CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS (Relationships with Retirement Trusts (Details) (USD $) In Millions, except Share data, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2012 The Bancorp, Inc. [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 The Bancorp, Inc. [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Chief Executive Officer [Member] SERP [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Chief Executive Officer [Member] Retirement Trusts [Member] SERP [Member] Real_Estate_Investment_Trust	Dec. 31, 2013 Chief Executive Officer [Member] The Bancorp, Inc. [Member] SERP [Member]	Dec. 31, 2010 Chief Executive Officer [Member] The Bancorp, Inc. [Member] SERP [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Number of trust to fund SERP				2
Equity investment, stock, shares owned, number of shares			100,000
Equity investment, stock, shares owned, value			$ 1.8	$ 1.8
Number of shares held (in shares)					0	103,494
Number of shares sold that were held in trust (in shares)	6,992	96,502
Net liability recognized				$ 5.0