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NON-COVERED LOANS AND ALLOWANCE FOR LOAN LOSSES (Details 4) (Non-covered loans, USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified | Sep. 30, 2014 item | Dec. 31, 2013
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Credit Quality Indicators |  |  |  |
Number of grades in the risk rating system utilized by the company to rate credit risk of loans receivable | 8 |  |  |
Non-Covered Loans | $ 19,351,556 | [1] | $ 15,678,317 | [1]
Pass/Watch |  |  |  |
Credit Quality Indicators |  |  |  |
Non-Covered Loans | 18,633,206 |  | 14,991,479 |
Special Mention |  |  |  |
Credit Quality Indicators |  |  |  |
Non-Covered Loans | 275,309 |  | 197,284 |
Substandard |  |  |  |
Credit Quality Indicators |  |  |  |
Non-Covered Loans | 441,735 |  | 489,554 |
Doubtful |  |  |  |
Credit Quality Indicators |  |  |  |
Non-Covered Loans | 1,306 |  |  |
Residential |  |  |  |
Credit Quality Indicators |  |  |  |
Non-Covered Loans | 4,649,295 |  | 4,185,309 |
Residential | Residential Single-family |  |  |  |
Credit Quality Indicators |  |  |  |
Non-Covered Loans | 3,472,725 |  | 3,192,875 |
Residential | Residential Single-family | Pass/Watch |  |  |  |
Credit Quality Indicators |  |  |  |
Non-Covered Loans | 3,449,646 |  | 3,167,337 |
Residential | Residential Single-family | Special Mention |  |  |  |
Credit Quality Indicators |  |  |  |
Non-Covered Loans | 5,169 |  | 8,331 |
Residential | Residential Single-family | Substandard |  |  |  |
Credit Quality Indicators |  |  |  |
Non-Covered Loans | 17,910 |  | 17,207 |
Residential | Residential Multifamily |  |  |  |
Credit Quality Indicators |  |  |  |
Non-Covered Loans | 1,176,570 |  | 992,434 |
Residential | Residential Multifamily | Pass/Watch |  |  |  |
Credit Quality Indicators |  |  |  |
Non-Covered Loans | 1,114,395 |  | 923,697 |
Residential | Residential Multifamily | Special Mention |  |  |  |
Credit Quality Indicators |  |  |  |
Non-Covered Loans | 5,149 |  | 1,634 |
Residential | Residential Multifamily | Substandard |  |  |  |
Credit Quality Indicators |  |  |  |
Non-Covered Loans | 57,026 |  | 67,103 |
Commercial Real Estate ("CRE") |  |  |  |
Credit Quality Indicators |  |  |  |
Non-Covered Loans | 5,949,350 |  | 4,585,077 |
Commercial Real Estate ("CRE") | Income producing |  |  |  |
Credit Quality Indicators |  |  |  |
Non-Covered Loans | 5,463,209 |  | 4,301,030 |
Commercial Real Estate ("CRE") | Income producing | Pass/Watch |  |  |  |
Credit Quality Indicators |  |  |  |
Non-Covered Loans | 5,186,262 |  | 4,032,269 |
Commercial Real Estate ("CRE") | Income producing | Special Mention |  |  |  |
Credit Quality Indicators |  |  |  |
Non-Covered Loans | 72,725 |  | 56,752 |
Commercial Real Estate ("CRE") | Income producing | Substandard |  |  |  |
Credit Quality Indicators |  |  |  |
Non-Covered Loans | 203,445 |  | 212,009 |
Commercial Real Estate ("CRE") | Income producing | Doubtful |  |  |  |
Credit Quality Indicators |  |  |  |
Non-Covered Loans | 777 |  |  |
Commercial Real Estate ("CRE") | Construction |  |  |  |
Credit Quality Indicators |  |  |  |
Non-Covered Loans | 287,341 |  | 140,186 |
Commercial Real Estate ("CRE") | Construction | Pass/Watch |  |  |  |
Credit Quality Indicators |  |  |  |
Non-Covered Loans | 274,293 |  | 127,138 |
Commercial Real Estate ("CRE") | Construction | Special Mention |  |  |  |
Credit Quality Indicators |  |  |  |
Non-Covered Loans | 6,160 |  | 6,160 |
Commercial Real Estate ("CRE") | Construction | Substandard |  |  |  |
Credit Quality Indicators |  |  |  |
Non-Covered Loans | 6,888 |  | 6,888 |
Commercial Real Estate ("CRE") | Land |  |  |  |
Credit Quality Indicators |  |  |  |
Non-Covered Loans | 198,800 |  | 143,861 |
Commercial Real Estate ("CRE") | Land | Pass/Watch |  |  |  |
Credit Quality Indicators |  |  |  |
Non-Covered Loans | 175,033 |  | 116,000 |
Commercial Real Estate ("CRE") | Land | Special Mention |  |  |  |
Credit Quality Indicators |  |  |  |
Non-Covered Loans | 6,378 |  | 9,304 |
Commercial Real Estate ("CRE") | Land | Substandard |  |  |  |
Credit Quality Indicators |  |  |  |
Non-Covered Loans | 17,389 |  | 18,557 |
Commercial and Industrial ("C&I") |  |  |  |
Credit Quality Indicators |  |  |  |
Non-Covered Loans | 7,283,658 |  | 5,360,193 |
Commercial and Industrial ("C&I") | Commercial Business |  |  |  |
Credit Quality Indicators |  |  |  |
Non-Covered Loans | 6,539,640 |  | 4,637,056 |
Commercial and Industrial ("C&I") | Commercial Business | Pass/Watch |  |  |  |
Credit Quality Indicators |  |  |  |
Non-Covered Loans | 6,264,128 |  | 4,400,847 |
Commercial and Industrial ("C&I") | Commercial Business | Special Mention |  |  |  |
Credit Quality Indicators |  |  |  |
Non-Covered Loans | 157,768 |  | 92,315 |
Commercial and Industrial ("C&I") | Commercial Business | Substandard |  |  |  |
Credit Quality Indicators |  |  |  |
Non-Covered Loans | 117,215 |  | 143,894 |
Commercial and Industrial ("C&I") | Commercial Business | Doubtful |  |  |  |
Credit Quality Indicators |  |  |  |
Non-Covered Loans | 529 |  |  |
Commercial and Industrial ("C&I") | Trade finance |  |  |  |
Credit Quality Indicators |  |  |  |
Non-Covered Loans | 744,018 |  | 723,137 |
Commercial and Industrial ("C&I") | Trade finance | Pass/Watch |  |  |  |
Credit Quality Indicators |  |  |  |
Non-Covered Loans | 707,963 |  | 681,345 |
Commercial and Industrial ("C&I") | Trade finance | Special Mention |  |  |  |
Credit Quality Indicators |  |  |  |
Non-Covered Loans | 19,999 |  | 22,099 |
Commercial and Industrial ("C&I") | Trade finance | Substandard |  |  |  |
Credit Quality Indicators |  |  |  |
Non-Covered Loans | 16,056 |  | 19,693 |
Consumer |  |  |  |
Credit Quality Indicators |  |  |  |
Non-Covered Loans | 1,469,253 |  | 1,547,738 |
Consumer | Student loans |  |  |  |
Credit Quality Indicators |  |  |  |
Non-Covered Loans | 93,179 |  | 679,220 |
Consumer | Student loans | Pass/Watch |  |  |  |
Credit Quality Indicators |  |  |  |
Non-Covered Loans | 88,786 |  | 677,094 |
Consumer | Student loans | Special Mention |  |  |  |
Credit Quality Indicators |  |  |  |
Non-Covered Loans | 1,048 |  | 445 |
Consumer | Student loans | Substandard |  |  |  |
Credit Quality Indicators |  |  |  |
Non-Covered Loans | 3,345 |  | 1,681 |
Consumer | Other Consumer |  |  |  |
Credit Quality Indicators |  |  |  |
Non-Covered Loans | 1,376,074 |  | 868,518 |
Consumer | Other Consumer | Pass/Watch |  |  |  |
Credit Quality Indicators |  |  |  |
Non-Covered Loans | 1,372,700 |  | 865,752 |
Consumer | Other Consumer | Special Mention |  |  |  |
Credit Quality Indicators |  |  |  |
Non-Covered Loans | 913 |  | 244 |
Consumer | Other Consumer | Substandard |  |  |  |
Credit Quality Indicators |  |  |  |
Non-Covered Loans | $ 2,461 |  | $ 2,522 |
[1] | Loans net of ASC 310-30 discount.

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