LOANS RECEIVABLE AND THE ALLOWANCE FOR LOAN LOSSES (Purchased Credit-Impaired Loans, Changes in Accretable Yield) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2018	Sep. 30, 2017	Sep. 30, 2018	Sep. 30, 2017	Dec. 31, 2017
Receivables [Abstract]
Outstanding contractual unpaid balance of purchased credit-impaired loans	$ 20,700		$ 20,700		$ 32,500
Carrying balance of purchased credit-impaired loans	12,944	$ 23,221	12,944	$ 23,221	21,310
Accretable Yield Movement Schedule [Roll Forward]
Balance, beginning of period	6,109	7,666	6,520	8,717
Accretion to interest income	(2,907)	(1,720)	(4,738)	(5,210)
Disposals	0	0	(58)	497
Reclassifications from non-accretable difference	1,873	918	3,235	3,854
Balance, end of period	5,075	$ 6,864	5,075	$ 6,864
Certain Loans Acquired in Transfer, Nonaccretable Difference	$ 6,900		$ 6,900
Non-accretable difference					$ 11,300

Certain Loans Acquired in Transfer Not Accounted for as Debt Securities, Non-accretable Difference

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The amount of the loan's contractually required payments receivable in excess of the amount of its cash flows expected to be collected. This relates to loans with deteriorating of credit quality since origination that were acquired by completion of a transfer for which it is probable, at acquisition, that the investor will be unable to collect all contractually required payments receivable.

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Amount of the excess of a loan's cash flows expected to be collected over the investor's initial investment in acquired loans not accounted for as debt securities with evidence of deterioration of credit quality.

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Amount of accretion recognized for the excess of a loan's cash flows expected to be collected over the investor's initial investment in acquired loans not accounted for as debt securities, with evidence of deterioration of credit quality.

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Amount of reduction, resulting from a sale or transfer of a loan, in the excess of a loan's cash flows expected to be collected over the investor's initial investment in acquired loans not accounted for as debt securities with evidence of deterioration of credit quality.

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A roll forward is a reconciliation of a concept from the beginning of a period to the end of a period.

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The recorded balance, net of any applicable reductions (for example, unamortized accretable yield and allowance for loan losses). This relates to loans not accounted for debt securities with evidence of deterioration of credit quality since origination that were acquired by completion of a transfer for which it is probable, at acquisition, that the investor will be unable to collect all contractually required payments receivable.

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The undiscounted sum of all amounts, including amounts deemed principal, interest, fees, penalties, and other under the loan, owed to the investor at the reporting date, whether or not currently due and whether or not any such amounts have been written or charged off by the investor. This relates to loans not accounted for as debt securities, with evidence of deterioration of credit quality since origination that were acquired by completion of a transfer for which it is probable, at acquisition, that the investor will be unable to collect all contractually required payments receivable.

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