INVESTMENT SECURITIES (Narrative) (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended		3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended		3 Months Ended			9 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2013	Jun. 30, 2012	Jun. 30, 2013	Jun. 30, 2012	Jun. 30, 2012 The Bancorp, Inc. [Member]	Jun. 30, 2012 The Bancorp, Inc. [Member]	Jun. 30, 2013 Equity Securities [Member] Resource Capital Corp [Member]	Jun. 30, 2013 Equity Securities [Member] Resource Real Estate Diversified Income Fund [Member]	Jun. 30, 2013 Equity Securities [Member] The Bancorp, Inc. [Member]	Jun. 30, 2013 Equity Securities [Member] Common Stock [Member] Resource Capital Corp [Member]	Jun. 30, 2013 CDO Securities [Member] Issuer	Sep. 30, 2012 CDO Securities [Member] Issuer	Jun. 30, 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)							$ 15.00
Payments to Acquire Investments			$ 2,845,000	$ 600,000				$ 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			666,000	175,000
Realized gain on trading securities	1,199,000		2,023,000			22,000
Trading Securities, Unrealized Holding Loss	(243,000)
Number of shares sold that were held in trust (in shares)					33,509
Other-than-Temporary Impairment Losses [Abstract]
Other-than-temporary impairment on investments		$ 0	$ 214,000	$ 74,000