Interest-Bearing Deposits (Schedule of Interest-bearing Deposits) (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Interest-Bearing Deposits [Abstract]
Interest-bearing demand deposits	$ 354,511us-gaap_DemandDepositAccounts	$ 316,743us-gaap_DemandDepositAccounts
Savings deposits	24,914us-gaap_DepositsSavingsDeposits	20us-gaap_DepositsSavingsDeposits
Time deposits:
Less than $100	6,956us-gaap_TimeDepositsLessThan100000	7,777us-gaap_TimeDepositsLessThan100000
$100 or more	72,819us-gaap_TimeDeposits100000OrMore	91,219us-gaap_TimeDeposits100000OrMore
Total	$ 459,200	$ 438,655
Weighted Average Interest Rate Interest-bearing demand deposits	0.49%	0.61%
Weighted Average Interest Rate Savings deposits	0.51%	0.66%
Weighted Average Interest Rate Less than $100	1.14%	1.09%
Weighted Average Interest Rate $100 or more	0.79%	0.81%
Weighted Average Interest Rate Total	0.58%	0.69%

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The weighted average interest rate of interest bearing deposits.

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The weighted average interest rate of all domestic and foreign time deposits (including certificates of deposits, individual retirement accounts and open accounts) in denominations less than $100,000 at the balance sheet date.

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The amount of money in accounts that may bear interest and that the depositor is entitled to withdraw at any time without prior notice.

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Amount of interest bearing deposits with no stated maturity, which may include passbook and statement savings accounts and money-market deposit accounts (MMDAs).

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The aggregate of all domestic and foreign interest-bearing deposit liabilities.

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

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 942

-SubTopic 210

-Section S99

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-Subparagraph (SX 210.9-03.12)

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-Name Regulation S-X (SX)

-Number 210

-Section 03

-Paragraph 12

-Article 9

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The aggregate amount of domestic and foreign time deposit liabilities (including certificates of deposits, individual retirement accounts and open accounts) in denominations of $100,000 or more.

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-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 942

-SubTopic 405

-Section 50

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-Section V

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The aggregate amount of domestic or foreign time deposits (including certificates of deposits, individual retirement accounts and open accounts) that total to less than $100,000.

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The weighted average interest rate for domestic demand deposit liabilities.

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The weighted average interest rate for domestic savings deposit liabilities.

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