ESTIMATED FAIR VALUE OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS (Detail Textuals) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Mar. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015
ESTIMATED FAIR VALUE OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS
Impaired loans	$ 200	$ 500
Outstanding balance of impaired loans with an allowance recorded	185	512
Valuation allowance on impaired loans	18	29
Additional provision for loan loosses	$ 20	$ 30

This element represents amount of additional provision for loan losses.

No definition available.

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- Definition

The fair value related to impaired loan financing receivables.

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No definition available.

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Balance Type:	debit
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No definition available.

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- Definition

Amount of allowance for credit losses related to recorded investment.

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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
-Paragraph 15
-Subparagraph (a)(3)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=49124121&loc=d3e5212-111524

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- Definition

Amount of investment in impaired financing receivables for which there is a related allowance for credit losses.

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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
-Paragraph 14A
-Subparagraph (b)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=49124121&loc=SL6953550-111524

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