Borrowings - Collateral Agreement With Federal Home Loans Bank (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2013
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest Rate, Minimum	0.45%
Interest Rate, Maximum	6.81%
Total available remaining borrowing capacity from FHLB	$ 228,124
Minimum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Required value of assets pledged as collateral as a percentage to outstanding advances	155.00%

Federal Home Loan Bank, Advances, Required Collateral, Percent

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Amount of unused borrowing capacity under the long-term financing arrangement that is available to the entity as of the balance sheet date.

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-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 210

-SubTopic 10

-Section S99

-Paragraph 1

-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02.22(b))

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-Publisher SEC

-Name Regulation S-X (SX)

-Number 210

-Section 02

-Paragraph 22

-Subparagraph b

-Article 5

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Discloses the lowest interest rate applicable to any of the advances from the Federal Home Loan Bank, by branch, as of the Balance Sheet date.

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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

-Paragraph 1

-Subparagraph (SX 210.9-03.13(3)(a))

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6876686&loc=d3e534808-122878

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Discloses the highest interest rate applicable to any of the advances from the Federal Home Loan Bank, by branch, as of the Balance Sheet date.

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