COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (Schedule of Securities Pledged as Collateral) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Dec. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Financial Instruments Owned and Pledged as Collateral [Line Items]
Cash	$ 251,047	$ 116,839
Loans	4,715,230	4,139,672
Total pledged assets	6,174,596	5,300,858
Available-for-sale Securities
Financial Instruments Owned and Pledged as Collateral [Line Items]
Securities pledged	763,236	733,995
Held-to-maturity Securities
Financial Instruments Owned and Pledged as Collateral [Line Items]
Securities pledged	445,083	310,352
Public deposits
Financial Instruments Owned and Pledged as Collateral [Line Items]
Cash	0	0
Loans	0	0
Total pledged assets	906,313	759,362
Public deposits \| Available-for-sale Securities
Financial Instruments Owned and Pledged as Collateral [Line Items]
Securities pledged	469,864	467,266
Public deposits \| Held-to-maturity Securities
Financial Instruments Owned and Pledged as Collateral [Line Items]
Securities pledged	436,449	292,096
Repurchase agreements
Financial Instruments Owned and Pledged as Collateral [Line Items]
Cash	0	0
Loans	0	0
Total pledged assets	116,876	86,901
Repurchase agreements \| Available-for-sale Securities
Financial Instruments Owned and Pledged as Collateral [Line Items]
Securities pledged	116,876	79,299
Repurchase agreements \| Held-to-maturity Securities
Financial Instruments Owned and Pledged as Collateral [Line Items]
Securities pledged	0	7,602
FHLB Advances
Financial Instruments Owned and Pledged as Collateral [Line Items]
Cash	0	0
Loans	4,374,383	3,846,934
Total pledged assets	4,426,706	3,910,746
FHLB Advances \| Available-for-sale Securities
Financial Instruments Owned and Pledged as Collateral [Line Items]
Securities pledged	52,323	63,812
FHLB Advances \| Held-to-maturity Securities
Financial Instruments Owned and Pledged as Collateral [Line Items]
Securities pledged	0	0
Derivatives
Financial Instruments Owned and Pledged as Collateral [Line Items]
Cash	251,047	116,839
Loans	0	0
Total pledged assets	251,832	118,099
Derivatives \| Available-for-sale Securities
Financial Instruments Owned and Pledged as Collateral [Line Items]
Securities pledged	785	1,260
Derivatives \| Held-to-maturity Securities
Financial Instruments Owned and Pledged as Collateral [Line Items]
Securities pledged	0	0
Fed Funds
Financial Instruments Owned and Pledged as Collateral [Line Items]
Cash	0	0
Loans	340,847	292,738
Total pledged assets	340,847	292,738
Fed Funds \| Available-for-sale Securities
Financial Instruments Owned and Pledged as Collateral [Line Items]
Securities pledged	0
Fed Funds \| Held-to-maturity Securities
Financial Instruments Owned and Pledged as Collateral [Line Items]
Securities pledged	0	0
Other purposes
Financial Instruments Owned and Pledged as Collateral [Line Items]
Cash	0	0
Loans	0	0
Total pledged assets	132,022	133,012
Other purposes \| Available-for-sale Securities
Financial Instruments Owned and Pledged as Collateral [Line Items]
Securities pledged	123,388	122,358
Other purposes \| Held-to-maturity Securities
Financial Instruments Owned and Pledged as Collateral [Line Items]
Securities pledged	$ 8,634	$ 10,654

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The carrying amount, as of the date of the latest financial statement presented, of all assets that are pledged as collateral for the payment of the related debt obligation primarily arising from secured borrowings, repurchase agreements or other current or potential obligations, where the secured party does not have the right by contract or custom to sell or re-pledge the collateral and therefore are not reclassified and separately reported in the statement of financial position.

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Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 860
-SubTopic 30
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1A
-Subparagraph (b)(1)(i)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=109249958&loc=SL6224234-111729

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Sum of the carrying amounts as of the date of the latest financial statement presented of securities which are owned but transferred to another party to serve as collateral to partially or fully secure a debt obligation, repurchase agreement or other current or potential obligation, and for which the transferee is not permitted to sell or re-pledge them to an unrelated party.

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