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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Fair value portion of loan receivable, including, but not limited to, mortgage loans held for investment, finance receivables held for investment, policy loans on insurance contracts.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 310
-SubTopic 10
-Glossary Loan
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6517073

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LOANS (Detail Textuals) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
LOANS (Detail Textuals) $ in Thousands	Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($) Family	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($)	Jun. 19, 2015 USD ($)	Feb. 14, 2014 USD ($)
CNB
Classifications of loans
Addition in acquired loans recorded at fair value			$ 729,413
Fair value of loans acquired	$ 464,200	$ 659,700
FNBNY
Classifications of loans
Fair value of loans acquired	26,500	$ 37,700		$ 89,700
Commercial real estate \| Mortgage loans
Lending Risk
Loan amount beyond which annual financial information is sought	$ 250
Residential real estate \| Minimum \| Mortgage loans \| Home equity
Lending Risk
Loan-to-value ratio (as a percent)	80.00%
Multi-family \| Mortgage loans
Lending Risk
Number of families having income producing residential investment properties \| Family	5
Multi-family \| Maximum \| Mortgage loans
Lending Risk
Loan-to-value ratio (as a percent)	75.00%