OTHER ASSETS (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2016

Deferred Costs, Capitalized, Prepaid, and Other Assets Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Other Assets

Other assets consist of the following:

	December 31,
	2016		2015
	(in thousands)
SBA 7(a) loans, subject to credit risk	$	43,623	$	43,178
SBA 7(a) loans, subject to secured borrowings	29,524		36,646
Other assets	19,123		22,577
	$	92,270	$	102,401