COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015 Proceeding Party	Dec. 31, 2014
Settled Litigation [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Number of legal proceedings settled	2
Number of parties	2
Amount of litigation settlement	$ 12,100,000
Accrual for legal settlement	12,100,000	12,100,000
Receivable for insurance proceeds	7,900,000	7,900,000
Commitments to Make Loans [Member] \| Fixed Rate [Member]
Fair Value, Off-balance Sheet Risks, Disclosure Information [Line Items]
Off-balance sheet contractual amounts of financial instruments	27,618,000	23,756,000
Commitments to Make Loans [Member] \| Variable Rate [Member]
Fair Value, Off-balance Sheet Risks, Disclosure Information [Line Items]
Off-balance sheet contractual amounts of financial instruments	10,415,000	11,082,000
Unused Line of Credit [Member] \| Fixed Rate [Member]
Fair Value, Off-balance Sheet Risks, Disclosure Information [Line Items]
Off-balance sheet contractual amounts of financial instruments	1,120,000	812,000
Unused Line of Credit [Member] \| Variable Rate [Member]
Fair Value, Off-balance Sheet Risks, Disclosure Information [Line Items]
Off-balance sheet contractual amounts of financial instruments	177,007,000	185,235,000
Standby Letters of Credit [Member] \| Fixed Rate [Member]
Fair Value, Off-balance Sheet Risks, Disclosure Information [Line Items]
Off-balance sheet contractual amounts of financial instruments	0	0
Standby Letters of Credit [Member] \| Variable Rate [Member]
Fair Value, Off-balance Sheet Risks, Disclosure Information [Line Items]
Off-balance sheet contractual amounts of financial instruments	$ 17,053,000	$ 16,747,000

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The fair value of financial liabilities, which are not recognized in the financial statements (off-balance sheet) because they fail to meet some other criterion for recognition.

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