LOANS (Details 5) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($) contract	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($) contract	Dec. 31, 2013 USD ($) contract
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Number of Contracts \| contract	3	4	3
Pre-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 160	$ 582	$ 1,373
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 160	$ 582	$ 1,373
Commercial real estate: Owner occupied
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Number of Contracts \| contract			1
Pre-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment			$ 720
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment			$ 720
Commercial real estate: Non-owner occupied
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Number of Contracts \| contract		1	1
Pre-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment		$ 323	$ 620
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment		$ 323	$ 620
Residential real estate: Home equity
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Number of Contracts \| contract		1
Pre-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment		$ 127
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment		$ 127
Commercial: Unsecured
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Number of Contracts \| contract	3	1	1
Pre-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 160	$ 127	$ 33
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 160	$ 127	$ 33
Installment/Consumer Loans
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Number of Contracts \| contract		1
Pre-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment		$ 5
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment		$ 5

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 310
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
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