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Amount of investment of impaired financing receivables with related allowance for credit losses and without a related allowance for credit losses.

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Carrying amount of other real estate not separately disclosed, including, but not limited to, real estate investments, real estate loans that qualify as investments in real estate, and premises that are no longer used in operations may also be included in real estate owned. This does not include real estate assets taken in settlement of troubled loans through surrender or foreclosure.

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Value of input used to measure real estate owned by financial institution by financial institution which is not directly related to its business.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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-Section 50
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FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENT AND DISCLOSURE (Schedule of Valuation Methodology and Unobservable Inputs) (Details) $ in Thousands	Jun. 30, 2020 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2019 USD ($)
Fair Value Inputs, Assets, Quantitative Information [Line Items] (Deprecated 2018-01-31)
Impaired Loans	$ 4,163	$ 4,478	$ 6,443
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member] \| Fair Value, Nonrecurring [Member] \| Other real estate owned
Fair Value Inputs, Assets, Quantitative Information [Line Items] (Deprecated 2018-01-31)
Other Real Estate	$ 94	$ 94
Measurement Input, Appraised Value [Member] \| Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member] \| Market Approach Valuation Technique \| Minimum \| Fair Value, Nonrecurring [Member] \| Other real estate owned
Fair Value Inputs, Assets, Quantitative Information [Line Items] (Deprecated 2018-01-31)
Other Real Estate Owned, Measurement Input	0.18	0.18
Measurement Input, Appraised Value [Member] \| Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member] \| Market Approach Valuation Technique \| Maximum \| Fair Value, Nonrecurring [Member] \| Other real estate owned
Fair Value Inputs, Assets, Quantitative Information [Line Items] (Deprecated 2018-01-31)
Other Real Estate Owned, Measurement Input	0.18	0.18
Measurement Input, Cost to Sell [Member] \| Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member] \| Market Approach Valuation Technique \| Minimum \| Fair Value, Nonrecurring [Member] \| Other real estate owned
Fair Value Inputs, Assets, Quantitative Information [Line Items] (Deprecated 2018-01-31)
Other Real Estate Owned, Measurement Input	0.13	0.13
Measurement Input, Cost to Sell [Member] \| Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member] \| Market Approach Valuation Technique \| Maximum \| Fair Value, Nonrecurring [Member] \| Other real estate owned
Fair Value Inputs, Assets, Quantitative Information [Line Items] (Deprecated 2018-01-31)
Other Real Estate Owned, Measurement Input	0.13	0.13