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Note 2 - Cash and Cash Equivalents (Details) (USD $)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Note 2 - Cash and Cash Equivalents (Details) [Line Items]    
Average Reserve Balances Required to be Maintained With Federal Bank $ 0caty_AverageReserveBalancesRequiredToBeMaintainedWithFederalBank $ 6,500,000caty_AverageReserveBalancesRequiredToBeMaintainedWithFederalBank
Average Excess Balances Required to be Maintained With Federal Reserve Bank 170,100,000caty_AverageExcessBalancesRequiredToBeMaintainedWithFederalReserveBank 136,300,000caty_AverageExcessBalancesRequiredToBeMaintainedWithFederalReserveBank
Interest Rate Swap [Member]    
Note 2 - Cash and Cash Equivalents (Details) [Line Items]    
Margin Deposit Assets $ 7,500,000us-gaap_MarginDepositAssets
/ us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis
= us-gaap_InterestRateSwapMember