Refers to the average interest rate paid during year on assets under repurchase agreement.

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Maximum month end carrying value as of the balance sheet date of securities that an institution sells and agrees to repurchase (the identical or substantially the same securities) as a seller-borrower at a specified date for a specified price, also known as a repurchase agreement, or repo. Most repos involve obligations of the federal government or its agencies, but other financial instruments, such as commercial paper, banker's acceptances, and negotiable certificates of deposit, are sometimes used in repos.

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Average balance over period for the carrying value as of the balance sheet date of securities that an institution sells and agrees to repurchase (the identical or substantially the same securities) as a seller-borrower at a specified date for a specified price, also known as a repurchase agreement, or repo. Most repos involve obligations of the federal government or its agencies, but other financial instruments, such as commercial paper, banker's acceptances, and negotiable certificates of deposit, are sometimes used in repos.

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Interest rate on the amount to be repaid to the counterparty to the repurchase agreement when the carrying amount (or market value, if higher than the carrying amount) of securities or other assets sold under the repurchase agreement exceeds 10 percent of total assets.

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Amount, after the effects of master netting arrangements, of funds outstanding borrowed in the form of a security repurchase agreement between the entity and another party for the sale and repurchase of identical or substantially the same securities at a date certain for a specified price. Includes liabilities not subject to a master netting arrangement and not elected to be offset.

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Fair value of securities pledged as collateral against securities sold under agreement to repurchase.

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Amount, before effects of master netting arrangements, of funds outstanding borrowed in the form of a security repurchase agreement between the entity and another party for the sale and repurchase of identical or substantially the same securities at a date certain for a specified price. Includes liabilities elected not to be offset. Excludes liabilities not subject to a master netting arrangement.

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SECURITIES SOLD UNDER AGREEMENTS TO REPURCHASE (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016
Summary of securities sold under agreements to repurchase [Abstract]
Securities sold under agreements to repurchase	$ 0	$ 10,000	$ 27,606
Maximum month-end balance	10,000	25,718	30,497
Average balance during year	$ 3,644	$ 14,207	$ 29,120
Weighted-average interest rate at December 31	0.00%	3.72%	3.02%
Average interest rate paid during year	3.77%	3.37%	2.92%
Mortgage-backed securities, residential		$ 11,798
Excess collateral held		(1,798)
Securities sold under agreements to repurchase	$ 0	10,000	$ 27,606
Overnight and Continuous
Summary of securities sold under agreements to repurchase [Abstract]
Securities sold under agreements to repurchase		0
Excess collateral held		0
Securities sold under agreements to repurchase		0
Up to 1 Year
Summary of securities sold under agreements to repurchase [Abstract]
Securities sold under agreements to repurchase		10,000
Excess collateral held		(1,798)
Securities sold under agreements to repurchase		10,000
1 - 3 Years
Summary of securities sold under agreements to repurchase [Abstract]
Securities sold under agreements to repurchase		0
Excess collateral held		0
Securities sold under agreements to repurchase		0
3 Years
Summary of securities sold under agreements to repurchase [Abstract]
Securities sold under agreements to repurchase		0
Excess collateral held		0
Securities sold under agreements to repurchase		0
Mortgage-backed securities, residential \| Overnight and Continuous
Summary of securities sold under agreements to repurchase [Abstract]
Mortgage-backed securities, residential		0
Mortgage-backed securities, residential \| Up to 1 Year
Summary of securities sold under agreements to repurchase [Abstract]
Mortgage-backed securities, residential		11,798
Mortgage-backed securities, residential \| 1 - 3 Years
Summary of securities sold under agreements to repurchase [Abstract]
Mortgage-backed securities, residential		0
Mortgage-backed securities, residential \| 3 Years
Summary of securities sold under agreements to repurchase [Abstract]
Mortgage-backed securities, residential		$ 0