Noninterest Income and Expense - Summary of Noninterest Income and Expense (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2019	Mar. 31, 2018
Noninterest income
Service charges on deposit accounts	$ 2,697	$ 2,672
Trust fees	1,017	1,021
Mortgage banking fees	1,115	1,402
Brokerage commissions and fees	436	359
Marine finance fees	362	573
Interchange income	3,401	2,942
BOLI income	915	1,056
SBA gains	636	734
Other income	2,266	1,639
Noninterest income, gross	12,845	12,398
Securities losses, net	(9)	(102)
Total	12,836	12,296
Noninterest expense
Salaries and wages	18,506	15,381
Employee benefits	4,206	3,081
Outsourced data processing costs	3,845	3,679
Telephone/data lines	811	612
Occupancy	3,807	3,117
Furniture and equipment	1,757	1,457
Marketing	1,132	1,252
Legal and professional fees	2,847	1,973
FDIC assessments	488	598
Amortization of intangibles	1,458	989
Foreclosed property expense and net (gain)/loss on sale	(40)	192
Other	4,282	4,833
Total	$ 43,099	$ 37,164

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Furniture and equipment expense.

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Interchange income.

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Non interest income excluding gain loss on loans sale and investments.

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Small Business Administration, Gains

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Earnings on or other increases in the value of the cash surrender value of bank owned life insurance policies.

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Income from services rendered by trust departments or by any consolidated subsidiaries acting in a fiduciary capacity, including fees earned for (1) acting as an agent for fiduciary placement and loans and (2) custody or investment advisory services when such fees are not separately billed to the customer. This item excludes commissions and fees received for the accumulation or disbursement of funds deposited to Individual Retirement or Keogh plan accounts when such are not handled by the reporting entity's trust department.

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The noninterest income derived from mortgage banking activities (fees and commissions), excluding fees earned from servicing third-party assets.

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Revenue from marine-related services and products such as lubricants for offshore drilling, and retail or wholesale sales in a marina.

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Expenditures for planning and executing the conception, pricing, promotion, and distribution of ideas, goods, and services. Costs of public relations and corporate promotions are typically considered to be marketing costs.

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Total aggregate amount of all noninterest expense.

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The total amount of noninterest income which may be derived from: (1) fees and commissions; (2) premiums earned; (3) insurance policy charges; (4) the sale or disposal of assets; and (5) other sources not otherwise specified.

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Amount of net occupancy expense that may include items, such as depreciation of facilities and equipment, lease expenses, property taxes and property and casualty insurance expense.

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Expenditures for salaries other than officers. Does not include allocated share-based compensation, pension and post-retirement benefit expense or other labor-related non-salary expense. For commercial and industrial companies, excludes any direct and overhead labor that is included in cost of goods sold.

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