Fair Value Disclosures - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($)	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2016	Mar. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2015
Fair Value Inputs Assets And Liabilities Quantitative Information [Line Items]
Assets transfer between Level 2 and Level 3	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0
Impaired loans carrying value	27,175,000	18,935,000	28,601,000
Impaired loans valuation reserves	5,262,000
Impaired loans net fair value	21,913,000
Other real estate owned, total	$ 743,000	$ 863,000	$ 153,000
Minimum [Member]
Fair Value Inputs Assets And Liabilities Quantitative Information [Line Items]
Debt discounts, percentage	5.00%
Maximum [Member]
Fair Value Inputs Assets And Liabilities Quantitative Information [Line Items]
Debt discounts, percentage	25.00%

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Impaired loans fair value net.

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Impaired loans valuation allowance.

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Interest rate used to find the present value of an amount to be paid or received in the future as an input to measure fair value. For example, but not limited to, weighted average cost of capital (WACC), cost of capital, cost of equity and cost of debt.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 820
-SubTopic 10
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Amount of transfer of financial instrument classified as an asset into level 3 of the fair value hierarchy.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 820
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-Section 50
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Carrying amount as of the balance sheet date of all assets obtained in full or partial satisfaction of a debt arrangement through foreclosure proceedings or defeasance; includes real and personal property; equity interests in corporations, partnerships, and joint ventures; and beneficial interests in trusts.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 310
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Amount of investment of impaired financing receivables with related allowance for credit losses and without a related allowance for credit losses.

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