Common Equity Tier One Risk Based Capital Required for Capital Adequacy to Risk Weighted Assets

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Subordinated Debt, Phase-Out Period, Annual, Percentage

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Value of trust preferred securities included in Tier I Capital.

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Ratio of minimum total risk-based capital to risk-weighted assets required for capital adequacy as defined by regulatory framework.

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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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The cash outflow from the repayment of long-term borrowing where a lender is placed in a lien position behind debt having a higher priority of repayment (senior) in case of liquidation of the entity's assets or underlying collateral.

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Ratio of minimum Tier 1 leverage capital to average assets required for capital adequacy as defined by regulatory framework.

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Ratio of minimum Tier 1 risk-based capital to risk-weighted assets required for capital adequacy as defined by regulatory framework.

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REGULATORY CAPITAL REQUIREMENTS Regulatory Capital Requirements (Narrative) (Details) $ in Thousands		6 Months Ended
	Apr. 16, 2021 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2021 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2020 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2020 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($)
Compliance with Regulatory Capital Requirements under Banking Regulations [Line Items]
Banking Regulation, Total Risk-Based Capital Ratio, Capital Adequacy, Minimum		0.1050		0.1050
Banking Regulation, Tier One Risk-Based Capital Ratio, Capital Adequacy, Minimum		0.0850		0.0850
Common Equity Tier One Risk Based Capital Required for Capital Adequacy to Risk Weighted Assets		7.00%		7.00%
Banking Regulation, Tier One Leverage Capital Ratio, Capital Adequacy, Minimum		0.0400		0.0400
Value Of Trust Preferred Securities Included In Tier One Capital		$ 43,000		$ 43,000
Subordinated Debt		$ 44,331		59,331	$ 15,000
Subordinated Debt, Phase-Out Period, Annual, Percentage		0.20
Repayments of Subordinated Debt	$ 15,000	$ 15,000	$ 0
Minimum
Compliance with Regulatory Capital Requirements under Banking Regulations [Line Items]
Banking Regulation, Total Risk-Based Capital Ratio, Capital Adequacy, Minimum		0.080
Banking Regulation, Tier One Risk-Based Capital Ratio, Capital Adequacy, Minimum		0.060
Common Equity Tier One Risk Based Capital Required for Capital Adequacy to Risk Weighted Assets		4.50%
Banking Regulation, Tier One Leverage Capital Ratio, Capital Adequacy, Minimum		0.040
Tier II Capital [Domain]
Compliance with Regulatory Capital Requirements under Banking Regulations [Line Items]
Subordinated Debt				$ 12,000