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Available-for-sale Securities, Number of Securities in Nonaccrual Status

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Held-to-maturity Securities, Number of Securities in Nonaccrual Status

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Held-to-maturity Securities, Realized Gain (Loss), Number of Securities Sold

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Other than Temporary Impairment Losses (Recoveries) Investments, Portion Recognized in Earnings, Trading Securities

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Trading Securities, Number of Securities in Nonaccrual Status

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Trading Securities, Number of Securities Sold

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This item represents the difference between the gross realized gains and losses realized on the sale of debt or equity securities categorized neither as held-to-maturity nor trading securities. Additionally, this item would include any losses recognized for other than temporary impairments (OTTI) of the subject investments in debt and equity securities.

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-Publisher FASB

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-Topic 320

-SubTopic 10

-Section 50

-Paragraph 9

-Subparagraph (a)

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The total amount of proceeds received for the sale of securities, categorized neither as held-to-maturity nor trading securities, during the reporting period.

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Number of investment positions in available-for-sale investments in a continuous unrealized loss position for which an other-than-temporary impairment (OTTI) has not been recognized in the income statement.

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 320

-SubTopic 10

-Section 50

-Paragraph 6

-Subparagraph (b)(3)

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Disclosure regarding factors used to determine that the impairment of securities categorized as held-to-maturity where cost exceeds fair value is not an other than temporary impairment (OTTI). This item contains disclosure of the number of investment positions in the held-to-maturity investments determined to be temporarily impaired.

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The amount of other than temporary impairment losses on investments in debt and equity securities categorized as Available-for-sale which have been recognized in earnings during the period. Such impairment losses consist of other than temporary impairments (OTTI) on equity securities, credit losses on investments in debt securities, and when the entity intends to sell an impaired debt security or it is more likely than not that the entity will be required to sell the impaired debt security before recovery of its amortized cost basis.

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-SubTopic 10

-Section 50

-Paragraph 2

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The amount of other than temporary impairment losses on investments in debt securities categorized as Held-to-maturity which have been recognized in earnings during the period. Such impairment losses consist of other than temporary impairments (OTTI) of investments in debt securities due to credit losses and other than temporary impairments due to other than credit losses when the entity intends to sell an impaired debt security or it is more likely than not that the entity will be required to sell the impaired debt security before recovery of its amortized cost basis.

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Amount of cash inflow (outflow) from sales and purchases of trading securities.

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-Topic 320

-SubTopic 10

-Section 45

-Paragraph 11

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This item represents the gain (loss) realized during the period from the sale of trading securities.

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-Name Regulation S-X (SX)

-Number 210

-Section 03

-Paragraph 7

-Subparagraph c

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INTEREST-BEARING DEPOSITS AND SECURITIES (Textual) (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015 security	Mar. 31, 2014 security	Dec. 31, 2013 security	Dec. 31, 2014 security	Sep. 30, 2013 security
Trading Securities [Abstract]
Trading Securities, Number of Securities Sold	1	3
Trading Securities, Sale Proceeds	$ 2,290,000	$ 2,387,000
Trading Securities, Realized Gain (Loss)	(642,000)	1,000
Trading Securities, OTTI (Recovery) Charges	0	0
Trading Securities, Number of Securities on Nonaccrual Status	0		0
Available-for-sale Securities [Abstract]
Available-for-sale Securities, Number of Securities Sold	42	6
Available-for-sale Securities, Sale Proceeds	22,300,000	28,200,000
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Realized Gain (Loss)	103,000	34,000
Available-for-sale Securities, Number of Securities in Unrealized Loss Position	59			94
Available-for-sale Securities, OTTI Charges	0		0
Available-for-sale Securities, Number of Securities in Nonaccrual Status	0				0
Held-to-maturity Securities [Abstract]
Held-to-maturity Securities, Number of Securities Sold	0		0
Held-to-maturity Securities, Number of Securities in Unrealized Loss Position	10			25
Held-to-maturity Securities, OTTI Charges	$ 0		$ 0
Held-to-maturity Securities, Number of Securities in Nonaccrual Status	0		0