INVESTMENT SECURITIES (Narrative) (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended						3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2011 The Bancorp, Inc. [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 The Bancorp, Inc. [Member] Supplemental Employee Retirement Plan [Member] Chief Executive Officer [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Equity Securities [Member] Resource Capital Corp [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Equity Securities [Member] The Bancorp, Inc. [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 CDO Securities [Member] Issuer	Sep. 30, 2012 CDO Securities [Member] Issuer	Dec. 31, 2012 CDO Securities [Member] Apidos CLO II [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Common Stock [Member] Equity Securities [Member] Resource Capital Corp [Member]
Equity Securities [Abstract]
Number of shares held (in shares)						18,972				2,700,000
Options to acquire an additional number of shares (in shares)					2,166
Options exercise price (in dollars per share)					$ 15.00
CDO securities [Abstract]
Number of CDO issuers that represent the retained equity interest							5	4
Minimum investment requirement									$ 2,000,000
Trading Securities [Abstract]
Unrealized gain on trading securities	164,000	0
Realized gain on trading securities	307,000	0	17,000
Number of shares sold that were held in trust (in shares)			26,517	6,992
Stock shares held in trust, value				$ 50,000