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Financing Receivable, Individually Evaluated for Impairment, Threshold Amount

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Financing Receivables, Impaired, Trouble Debt Restructuring, Allowance For Loan and Lease Losses, Period Increase (Decrease)

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Troubled debt restructuring, additional lending amount

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Amount of increase (decrease) of allowance reserve for credit loss.

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Number of financing receivables that have been modified by troubled debt restructurings.

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Number of financing receivables that have been modified by troubled debt restructurings within the previous 12 months and for which there was a payment default.

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Reflects the amount of the write-down related to a troubled debt restructuring.

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Amount of deferred interest and fee income, unamortized costs incurred to originate loans and leases, unamortized loan commitments and loan syndication fees, and premiums over or discounts from face amounts of acquired loans. Excludes amounts for loans and leases covered under loss sharing agreements.

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Amount before allowance of loans and leases held in portfolio, including but not limited to, commercial and consumer loans. Includes deferred interest and fees, undisbursed portion of loan balance, unamortized costs and premiums and discounts from face amounts. Excludes loans and leases covered under loss sharing agreements.

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Amount after allowance and deduction of deferred interest and fees, unamortized costs and premiums and discounts from face amounts, of loans and leases held in portfolio, including but not limited to, commercial and consumer loans. Excludes loans and leases covered under loss sharing agreements and loans held for sale.

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Recorded investment of consumer mortgage loan receivables secured by residential real estate properties for which formal foreclosure proceedings are in process.

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Loans (Additional Information) (Details)	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
Loans (Additional Information) (Details)	Sep. 30, 2018 USD ($) loan	Sep. 30, 2017 USD ($) loan	Sep. 30, 2018 USD ($) loan	Sep. 30, 2017 USD ($) loan	May 18, 2018 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($)
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Loans at fair value	$ 2,320,574,000		$ 2,320,574,000			$ 2,125,944,000
Loans	2,340,173,000		2,340,173,000			2,145,019,000
Loans, fair value discounts	$ 3,548,000		$ 3,548,000			3,381,000
Number of loans modified as troubled debt restructurings \| loan	0	0	0	2
Additional lending amount to customers whose loan terms has been modified in troubled debt restructuring	$ 0		$ 0			0
Increase in allowance for loan losses for troubled debt restructuring loans			0	$ 10,000
Charge-offs due to troubled debt restructurings			$ 0	$ 0
Number of loans modified as troubled debt restructuring subsequently defaulted \| loan	0	0	0	0
Threshold amount to individually classify loans by credit risk	$ 250,000		$ 250,000
Carrying amount of consumer mortgage loans secured by residential real estate properties	60,000		60,000			$ 14,000
Loans Acquired With Deteriorated Credit Quality
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Increase in allowance for loan losses	0	$ 0	30,000	$ 11,000
Reversal of allowance for loan losses	3,000	$ 54,000	6,000	$ 110,000
First Financial Bancorp
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Loans at fair value	112,873,000		112,873,000		$ 117,604,000
Loans	115,523,000		115,523,000		120,484,000
Loans, fair value discounts	$ 2,650,000		$ 2,650,000		2,880,000
First Financial Bancorp \| Loans Acquired With No Deteriorated Credit Quality
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Loans at fair value					$ 0