The amount of the outstanding recorded investment related to financing receivables that have been modified by troubled debt restructurings during the period.

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Financing Receivable Modifications Recorded Investment Subsequently Defaulted

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

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

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 310

-SubTopic 40

-Section 50

-Paragraph 4

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Loans and Allowance for Loan Losses - Recorded Investment in Loans Modified in TDRs (Detail) - USD ($)	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2015	Jun. 30, 2014	Jun. 30, 2015	Jun. 30, 2014
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Loans classified as TDRs, charge-offs	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0
Payment deferral
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Loans modified in TDRs during the period				10,800,000
Partial principal forgiveness
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Loans modified in TDRs during the period				2,700,000
Commercial Portfolio Segment
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Loans modified in TDRs during the period	27,525,000	455,000	29,565,000	13,457,000
TDRs modified within the previous 12 months that defaulted during the period	27,525,000	236,000	27,525,000	236,000
Commercial Portfolio Segment \| Software and internet
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Loans modified in TDRs during the period	27,525,000	455,000	27,525,000	12,816,000
TDRs modified within the previous 12 months that defaulted during the period	27,525,000	236,000	27,525,000	236,000
Commercial Portfolio Segment \| Hardware
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Loans modified in TDRs during the period	0	0	2,040,000	0
Commercial Portfolio Segment \| Premium wine
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Loans modified in TDRs during the period	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0	$ 641,000