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Financing Receivable, Excluding Accrued Interest, Modified in Period, Term Extension

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Financing Receivable, Modified Contracts

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Amount, before allowance for credit loss, of accrued interest on financing receivable.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Amount, excluding accrued interest, of decrease in allowance for credit loss on financing receivable from writeoff. Excludes net investment in lease.

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Amortized cost excluding accrued interest, before allowance for credit loss, of financing receivable. Excludes net investment in lease.

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Amount of financing receivable individually evaluated for credit loss. Excludes financing receivable collectively evaluated for credit loss.

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LOANS AND ALLOWANCE FOR CREDIT LOSSES - Narrative (Details)	3 Months Ended			6 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2025 USD ($) loan	Jun. 30, 2024 USD ($) loan	Sep. 30, 2023	Jun. 30, 2025 USD ($) loan	Jun. 30, 2024 USD ($) loan	Dec. 31, 2024 USD ($)
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss [Line Items]
Accrued interest	$ 8,100,000			$ 8,100,000		$ 8,000,000.0
Loans, net of deferred loan fees	2,132,414,000			2,132,414,000		2,071,419,000
Amortized cost basis	0	$ 440,000		0	$ 440,000
Charge-offs	1,120,000	$ 449,000		1,519,000	$ 816,000	1,873,000
Individually analyzed	4,981,000			$ 4,981,000		6,471,000
Number of days past due after which a retail loan is rated				90 days
Collateral Pledged
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss [Line Items]
Individually analyzed	4,172,000			$ 4,172,000		5,089,000
Commercial and industrial
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss [Line Items]
Loans, net of deferred loan fees	$ 294,474,000			294,474,000		299,521,000
Weighted-average term extension (in months)			6 months
Charge-offs				$ 777,000		302,000
Commercial and industrial \| Defaulted Loan
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss [Line Items]
Modified contracts \| loan	0	0		0	1
Charge-offs	$ 700,000			$ 700,000
Commercial Mortgages
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss [Line Items]
Loans, net of deferred loan fees	1,297,525,000			1,297,525,000		1,217,004,000
Charge-offs	0	$ 0		0	$ 0
Individually analyzed	3,767,000			3,767,000		4,959,000
Commercial and Industrial
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss [Line Items]
Loans, net of deferred loan fees	294,474,000			294,474,000		299,521,000
Charge-offs	772,000	$ 0		777,000	$ 0
Individually analyzed	861,000			861,000		1,512,000
Commercial Mortgages, Other Loan Category
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss [Line Items]
Loans, net of deferred loan fees	1,200,000,000			1,200,000,000		1,120,000,000
Commercial and industrial
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss [Line Items]
Loans, net of deferred loan fees	294,474,000			$ 294,474,000		$ 299,521,000
Laon transferred	$ 2,100,000