COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2016

Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Fair Value, Off-balance Sheet Risks [Table Text Block]

Outstanding commitments for which no asset or liability for the notional amount has been recorded consisted of the following at the dates indicated (in thousands):

	Contract or Notional Amount
	December 31, 2016		December 31, 2015
Commitments to extend credit	$	2,204,795	$	2,132,996
Standby letters of credit and financial guarantees	17,694		22,315
Commitments to originate loans	69,833		32,908
Risk participation agreement	7,488		7,672
Derivatives also included in Note 24:
Commitments to originate loans held for sale	69,487		76,146
Commitments to sell loans secured by one- to four-family residential properties	36,907		37,545
Commitments to sell securities related to mortgage banking activities	44,000		41,500