Loans and reserve for credit losses Loans and reserve for credit losses (Schedule of Financing Receivables, Modified and Recorded as TDRs) ( (Details) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2016 USD ($) loan	Mar. 31, 2015 USD ($) loan
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Number of loans \| loan	1	0
TDR outstanding recorded investment \| $	$ 22	$ 0
Commercial real estate
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Number of loans \| loan	0	0
TDR outstanding recorded investment \| $	$ 0	$ 0
Construction
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Number of loans \| loan	0	0
TDR outstanding recorded investment \| $	$ 0	$ 0
Residential real estate
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Number of loans \| loan	0	0
TDR outstanding recorded investment \| $	$ 0	$ 0
Commercial and industrial
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Number of loans \| loan	1	0
TDR outstanding recorded investment \| $	$ 22	$ 0
Consumer
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Number of loans \| loan	0	0
TDR outstanding recorded investment \| $	$ 0	$ 0

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Number of financing receivables that have been modified by troubled debt restructurings.

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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 33
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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 310
-SubTopic 40
-Section 50
-Paragraph 4
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