COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES AND OTHER MATTERS (Details 1) - USD ($) $ in Thousands		Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Commitments outstanding
Total commitments outstanding		$ 479,560	$ 248,328
Standby letters of credit
Commitments outstanding
Total commitments outstanding		14,930	1,903
Loan commitments outstanding
Commitments outstanding
Total commitments outstanding	[1]	46,034	58,930
Unused lines of credit
Commitments outstanding
Total commitments outstanding		$ 418,596	$ 248,328

[1] Of the $46.0 million of loan commitments outstanding at December 31, 2014, $13.1 million are fixed rate commitments and $32.9 million are variable rate commitments.