The rate of shares exchanged in business combination.

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Number of Banking Offices.

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Percentage of voting equity interests acquired at the acquisition date in the business combination.

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Price of a single share of a number of saleable stocks paid or offered to be paid in a business combination.

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Amount of consideration transferred, consisting of acquisition-date fair value of assets transferred by the acquirer, liabilities incurred by the acquirer, and equity interest issued by the acquirer.

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Amount of assets acquired at the acquisition date.

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PENDING AQUISITION (Details) - Scenario, Plan [Member] - Maryland-based Revere [Member] $ / shares in Units, $ in Millions	6 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2019 USD ($) Banks	Sep. 30, 2019 USD ($)	Sep. 23, 2019 $ / shares shares
Pending acquisition [Line Items]
Business acquisition rate of share exchange \| shares			1.05
Transaction value		$ 460.7
Closing price \| $ / shares			$ 35.33
Number of Banking Offices \| Banks	11
Assets acquired	$ 2,600.0
Sandy Spring Shareholders [Member]
Pending acquisition [Line Items]
Percentage of combined company owned			74.00%
Revere shareholders [Member]
Pending acquisition [Line Items]
Percentage of combined company owned			26.00%