DEPOSITS (Interest Expense Deposit Liabilities by Type) (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010
Banking and Thrift [Abstract]
Certificates of deposit	$ 11,458	$ 19,752	$ 40,569
Demand, NOW and money market accounts	1,824	3,293	6,598
Regular savings	1,825	3,119	5,153
Total interest expense	$ 15,107	$ 26,164	$ 52,320

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Aggregate amount of all interest expense on domestic deposit liabilities.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 942

-SubTopic 225

-Section S99

-Paragraph 1

-Subparagraph (SX 210.9-04.6)

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6879574&loc=d3e536633-122882

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-Publisher SEC

-Name Regulation S-X (SX)

-Number 210

-Section 04

-Paragraph 6

-Article 9

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Amount of interest expense on domestic certificates of deposit liabilities.

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Amount of interest expense on domestic demand deposit liabilities.

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Amount of interest expense on domestic savings deposit liabilities.

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