INVESTMENT SECURITIES (Narrative) (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended		3 Months Ended	6 Months Ended		3 Months Ended			6 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2013	Mar. 31, 2012	Mar. 31, 2013	Mar. 31, 2012	Mar. 31, 2012 The Bancorp, Inc. [Member]	Mar. 31, 2012 The Bancorp, Inc. [Member]	Mar. 31, 2013 Equity Securities [Member] Resource Capital Corp [Member]	Mar. 31, 2013 Equity Securities [Member] Resource Real Estate Diversified Income Fund [Member]	Mar. 31, 2013 Equity Securities [Member] The Bancorp, Inc. [Member]	Mar. 31, 2013 Equity Securities [Member] Common Stock [Member] Resource Capital Corp [Member]	Mar. 31, 2013 CDO Securities [Member] Issuer	Sep. 30, 2012 CDO Securities [Member] Issuer	Mar. 31, 2013 CDO Securities [Member] Apidos CLO II [Member]
Equity Securities [Abstract]
Number of shares held (in shares)								10,000	18,972	2,800,000
Options to acquire an additional number of shares (in shares)							2,166
Options exercise price (in dollars per share)							$ 15
Payments to Acquire Investments			$ 2,849,000	$ 736,000				$ 100,000
CDO securities [Abstract]
Number of CDO issuers that represent the retained equity interest											7	4
Minimum investment requirement													2,000,000
Trading Securities [Abstract]
Unrealized gain on trading securities	745,000		909,000	0
Realized gain on trading securities	516,000		824,000		5,000	22,000
Number of shares sold that were held in trust (in shares)					6,992	33,509
Other-than-Temporary Impairment Losses [Abstract]
Other-than-temporary impairment on investments	$ 214,000	$ 74,000	$ 214,000	$ 74,000