RESERVE REQUIREMENTS (Details) (Central Pacific Bank, USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012
Central Pacific Bank
RESERVE REQUIREMENTS
Amount held as a reserve	$ 48.5	$ 57.4

Cash deposited in a special reserve account for the exclusive benefit of customers pursuant to SEC Regulations.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 942

-SubTopic 305

-Section 50

-Paragraph 1

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6478312&loc=d3e61473-112792

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