DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS (Discontinued Operations Income Statement) (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
Interest income:
Interest and fees on loans	$ 1,221	$ 1,762	$ 3,132
Interest expense:
Interest on deposits	525	1,449	3,322
Net interest income (loss)	696	313	(190)
Provision for loan losses	0	0	0
Net interest income (loss) after provision for loan losses	696	313	(190)
Noninterest income:
Service charges and customer service fees	219	586	825
Other	109	122	128
Total noninterest income	328	708	953
Noninterest expense:
Salaries and employee benefits	3,930	4,862	5,201
Occupancy, net of rental income	585	1,772	1,824
Furniture and equipment	81	367	574
Legal, examination and professional fees	68	67	37
Amortization of intangible assets			63
FDIC insurance	724	1,481	1,796
Other	3,195	1,293	1,087
Total noninterest expense	8,583	9,842	10,582
(Loss) income from operations of discontinued operations	(7,559)	(8,821)	(9,819)
Net gain on sale of discontinued operations	29,023		425
Provision for income taxes	241	0	0
Net income (loss) from discontinued operations, net of tax	21,223	(8,821)	(9,394)
Association Bank Services [Member]
Interest income:
Interest and fees on loans	1,221	1,762	2,237
Interest expense:
Interest on deposits	292	477	901
Net interest income (loss)	929	1,285	1,336
Provision for loan losses	0	0	0
Net interest income (loss) after provision for loan losses	929	1,285	1,336
Noninterest income:
Service charges and customer service fees	85	119	155
Other	105	109	115
Total noninterest income	190	228	270
Noninterest expense:
Salaries and employee benefits	3,045	2,583	2,519
Occupancy, net of rental income	6	12	10
Furniture and equipment	41	89	114
Legal, examination and professional fees	68	62	30
Amortization of intangible assets			0
FDIC insurance	671	1,123	1,227
Other	743	942	641
Total noninterest expense	4,574	4,811	4,541
(Loss) income from operations of discontinued operations	(3,455)	(3,298)	(2,935)
Net gain on sale of discontinued operations	28,615		0
Provision for income taxes	241	0	0
Net income (loss) from discontinued operations, net of tax	24,919	(3,298)	(2,935)
Northern Florida Region [Member]
Interest income:
Interest and fees on loans	0	0	0
Interest expense:
Interest on deposits	233	972	2,160
Net interest income (loss)	(233)	(972)	(2,160)
Provision for loan losses	0	0	0
Net interest income (loss) after provision for loan losses	(233)	(972)	(2,160)
Noninterest income:
Service charges and customer service fees	134	467	411
Other	4	13	8
Total noninterest income	138	480	419
Noninterest expense:
Salaries and employee benefits	885	2,279	2,325
Occupancy, net of rental income	579	1,760	1,746
Furniture and equipment	40	278	431
Legal, examination and professional fees	0	5	1
Amortization of intangible assets			63
FDIC insurance	53	358	469
Other	2,452	351	379
Total noninterest expense	4,009	5,031	5,414
(Loss) income from operations of discontinued operations	(4,104)	(5,523)	(7,155)
Net gain on sale of discontinued operations	408		0
Provision for income taxes	0	0	0
Net income (loss) from discontinued operations, net of tax	(3,696)	(5,523)	(7,155)
Northern Illinois Region [Member]
Interest income:
Interest and fees on loans			895
Interest expense:
Interest on deposits			261
Net interest income (loss)			634
Provision for loan losses			0
Net interest income (loss) after provision for loan losses			634
Noninterest income:
Service charges and customer service fees			259
Other			5
Total noninterest income			264
Noninterest expense:
Salaries and employee benefits			357
Occupancy, net of rental income			68
Furniture and equipment			29
Legal, examination and professional fees			6
Amortization of intangible assets			0
FDIC insurance			100
Other			67
Total noninterest expense			627
(Loss) income from operations of discontinued operations			271
Net gain on sale of discontinued operations			425
Provision for income taxes			0
Net income (loss) from discontinued operations, net of tax			$ 696