COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES AND OTHER MATTERS (Details 1) - USD ($) $ in Thousands		Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015
Commitments outstanding
Total commitments outstanding		$ 554,557	$ 479,560
Standby letters of credit
Commitments outstanding
Total commitments outstanding		21,507	14,930
Loan commitments outstanding
Commitments outstanding
Total commitments outstanding	[1]	66,779	46,034
Unused lines of credit
Commitments outstanding
Total commitments outstanding		$ 466,271	$ 418,596

[1] 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. Of the $46.0 million of loan commitments outstanding at December 31, 2015, $13.1 million are fixed rate commitments and $32.9 million are variable rate commitments.