COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES AND OTHER MATTERS (Details 1) - USD ($) $ in Thousands		Dec. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016
Commitments outstanding
Total commitments outstanding		$ 727,895	$ 554,557
Standby letters of credit
Commitments outstanding
Total commitments outstanding		26,913	21,507
Loan commitments outstanding
Commitments outstanding
Total commitments outstanding	[1]	124,284	66,779
Unused lines of credit
Commitments outstanding
Total commitments outstanding		$ 576,698	$ 466,271

[1] Of the $124.3 million of loan commitments outstanding at December 31, 2017, $36.8 million are fixed rate commitments and $87.5 million are variable rate commitments. Of the $66.8 million of loan commitments outstanding at December 31, 2016, $21.2 million are fixed rate commitments and $45.6 million are variable rate commitments.