PLAN DESCRIPTION - Notes Receivable from Participants (Details) - REPUBLIC BANCORP INC. 401(K) RETIREMENT PLAN	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2025 USD ($) loan
PLAN TERMINATION
Maximum participant borrowing percentage	50.00%
Minimum participant borrowings	$ 500
Maximum participant borrowings	$ 50,000
Number of outstanding loans \| loan	1
Basis spread on prime rate (as a percent)	1.00%
Loan origination fee	$ 50
Annual loan maintenance fee	$ 25
Loan repayments suspension period	1 year
Minimum
PLAN TERMINATION
Participant loan term	1 year
Maximum
PLAN TERMINATION
Participant loan term	5 years

Number of loans outstanding in employee stock purchase, saving, or similar plan (employee benefit plan (EBP)).

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Amount of annual loan maintenance fee deducted from participants account in employee stock purchase, saving, or similar plan (employee benefit plan (EBP)).

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Represents the percentage points added to the prime rate to compute the interest rate on participant loans.

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Amount of loan origination fee deducted from participants account in employee stock purchase, saving, or similar plan (employee benefit plan (EBP)).

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period during which loan repayments are suspended in employee stock purchase, saving, or similar plan (employee benefit plan (EBP)).

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- Definition

Represents the participant loan term of employee stock purchase, saving, or similar plan (employee benefit plan (EBP)).

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- Definition

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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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Topic 962
-SubTopic 205
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (a)
-Publisher FASB
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Amount of maximum account balance that participant in employee stock purchase, saving, or similar plan (employee benefit plan (EBP)) can borrow.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/exampleRef
-Topic 962
-SubTopic 325
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Section 55
-Paragraph 17
-Publisher FASB
-URI https://asc.fasb.org/1943274/2147478873/962-325-55-17

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Percentage of maximum account balance that participant in employee stock purchase, saving, or similar plan (employee benefit plan (EBP)) can borrow to total participant account balance.

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Amount of minimum account balance that participant in employee stock purchase, saving, or similar plan (employee benefit plan (EBP)) can borrow.

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