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LOANS RECEIVABLE AND ALLOWANCE FOR CREDIT LOSSES (Details 3) - Loans Receivable - USD ($) $ in Thousands | 12 Months Ended |
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Dec. 31, 2015 | Dec. 31, 2014
Nonaccrual and Past Due Loans |  |
Total loans | $ 23,659,761 | $ 21,727,145
Number of days a loan is past due and is placed on nonaccrual status | 90 days |
CRE |  |
Nonaccrual and Past Due Loans |  |
Total loans | $ 8,110,749 | 6,819,513
CRE | Income producing |  |
Nonaccrual and Past Due Loans |  |
Total loans | 7,478,474 | 6,256,059
CRE | Construction |  |
Nonaccrual and Past Due Loans |  |
Total loans | 438,671 | 332,287
CRE | Land |  |
Nonaccrual and Past Due Loans |  |
Total loans | 193,604 | 231,167
C&I |  |
Nonaccrual and Past Due Loans |  |
Total loans | 9,003,007 | 8,077,201
C&I | Commercial business |  |
Nonaccrual and Past Due Loans |  |
Total loans | 8,213,897 | 7,181,189
C&I | Trade finance |  |
Nonaccrual and Past Due Loans |  |
Total loans | 789,110 | 896,012
Residential |  |
Nonaccrual and Past Due Loans |  |
Total loans | 4,589,914 | 5,316,689
Residential | Single-family |  |
Nonaccrual and Past Due Loans |  |
Total loans | 3,066,919 | 3,866,781
Residential | Multifamily |  |
Nonaccrual and Past Due Loans |  |
Total loans | 1,522,995 | 1,449,908
Consumer |  |
Nonaccrual and Past Due Loans |  |
Total loans | 1,956,091 | 1,513,742
Non-PCI loans |  |
Nonaccrual and Past Due Loans |  |
Total Accruing Past Due Loans | 53,194 | 40,235
Total Nonaccrual Loans | 121,369 | 100,262
Current Accruing Loans | 22,514,444 | 20,264,535
Total loans | 22,689,007 | 20,405,032
Non-PCI loans | CRE |  |
Nonaccrual and Past Due Loans |  |
Total loans | 7,561,384 | 6,102,216
Non-PCI loans | CRE | Income producing |  |
Nonaccrual and Past Due Loans |  |
Total Accruing Past Due Loans | 28,721 | 17,764
Total Nonaccrual Loans | 29,229 | 28,513
Current Accruing Loans | 6,879,249 | 5,521,769
Total loans | 6,937,199 | 5,568,046
Non-PCI loans | CRE | Construction |  |
Nonaccrual and Past Due Loans |  |
Total Accruing Past Due Loans | 0 | 0
Total Nonaccrual Loans | 14 | 6,913
Current Accruing Loans | 436,762 | 312,930
Total loans | 436,776 | 319,843
Non-PCI loans | CRE | Land |  |
Nonaccrual and Past Due Loans |  |
Total Accruing Past Due Loans | 1,124 | 0
Total Nonaccrual Loans | 683 | 2,723
Current Accruing Loans | 185,602 | 211,604
Total loans | 187,409 | 214,327
Non-PCI loans | C&I |  |
Nonaccrual and Past Due Loans |  |
Total loans | 8,943,791 | 7,987,581
Non-PCI loans | C&I | Commercial business |  |
Nonaccrual and Past Due Loans |  |
Total Accruing Past Due Loans | 3,177 | 7,548
Total Nonaccrual Loans | 64,735 | 28,436
Current Accruing Loans | 8,088,079 | 7,061,869
Total loans | 8,155,991 | 7,097,853
Non-PCI loans | C&I | Trade finance |  |
Nonaccrual and Past Due Loans |  |
Total Accruing Past Due Loans | 0 | 0
Total Nonaccrual Loans | 0 | 365
Current Accruing Loans | 787,800 | 889,363
Total loans | 787,800 | 889,728
Non-PCI loans | Residential |  |
Nonaccrual and Past Due Loans |  |
Total loans | 4,252,004 | 4,831,279
Non-PCI loans | Residential | Single-family |  |
Nonaccrual and Past Due Loans |  |
Total Accruing Past Due Loans | 10,584 | 7,675
Total Nonaccrual Loans | 8,726 | 8,625
Current Accruing Loans | 2,857,976 | 3,630,962
Total loans | 2,877,286 | 3,647,262
Non-PCI loans | Residential | Multifamily |  |
Nonaccrual and Past Due Loans |  |
Total Accruing Past Due Loans | 7,301 | 4,932
Total Nonaccrual Loans | 16,244 | 20,819
Current Accruing Loans | 1,351,173 | 1,158,266
Total loans | 1,374,718 | 1,184,017
Non-PCI loans | Consumer |  |
Nonaccrual and Past Due Loans |  |
Total Accruing Past Due Loans | 2,287 | 2,316
Total Nonaccrual Loans | 1,738 | 3,868
Current Accruing Loans | 1,927,803 | 1,477,772
Total loans | 1,931,828 | 1,483,956
Accruing Loans 30-59 Days Past Due | Non-PCI loans |  |
Nonaccrual and Past Due Loans |  |
Total Accruing Past Due Loans | 22,636 | 30,318
Accruing Loans 30-59 Days Past Due | Non-PCI loans | CRE | Income producing |  |
Nonaccrual and Past Due Loans |  |
Total Accruing Past Due Loans | 3,465 | 14,171
Accruing Loans 30-59 Days Past Due | Non-PCI loans | CRE | Construction |  |
Nonaccrual and Past Due Loans |  |
Total Accruing Past Due Loans | 0 | 0
Accruing Loans 30-59 Days Past Due | Non-PCI loans | CRE | Land |  |
Nonaccrual and Past Due Loans |  |
Total Accruing Past Due Loans | 1,124 | 0
Accruing Loans 30-59 Days Past Due | Non-PCI loans | C&I | Commercial business |  |
Nonaccrual and Past Due Loans |  |
Total Accruing Past Due Loans | 1,992 | 3,187
Accruing Loans 30-59 Days Past Due | Non-PCI loans | C&I | Trade finance |  |
Nonaccrual and Past Due Loans |  |
Total Accruing Past Due Loans | 0 | 0
Accruing Loans 30-59 Days Past Due | Non-PCI loans | Residential | Single-family |  |
Nonaccrual and Past Due Loans |  |
Total Accruing Past Due Loans | 7,657 | 6,381
Accruing Loans 30-59 Days Past Due | Non-PCI loans | Residential | Multifamily |  |
Nonaccrual and Past Due Loans |  |
Total Accruing Past Due Loans | 6,320 | 4,425
Accruing Loans 30-59 Days Past Due | Non-PCI loans | Consumer |  |
Nonaccrual and Past Due Loans |  |
Total Accruing Past Due Loans | 2,078 | 2,154
Accruing Loans 60-89 Days Past Due | Non-PCI loans |  |
Nonaccrual and Past Due Loans |  |
Total Accruing Past Due Loans | 30,558 | 9,917
Accruing Loans 60-89 Days Past Due | Non-PCI loans | CRE | Income producing |  |
Nonaccrual and Past Due Loans |  |
Total Accruing Past Due Loans | 25,256 | 3,593
Accruing Loans 60-89 Days Past Due | Non-PCI loans | CRE | Construction |  |
Nonaccrual and Past Due Loans |  |
Total Accruing Past Due Loans | 0 | 0
Accruing Loans 60-89 Days Past Due | Non-PCI loans | CRE | Land |  |
Nonaccrual and Past Due Loans |  |
Total Accruing Past Due Loans | 0 | 0
Accruing Loans 60-89 Days Past Due | Non-PCI loans | C&I | Commercial business |  |
Nonaccrual and Past Due Loans |  |
Total Accruing Past Due Loans | 1,185 | 4,361
Accruing Loans 60-89 Days Past Due | Non-PCI loans | C&I | Trade finance |  |
Nonaccrual and Past Due Loans |  |
Total Accruing Past Due Loans | 0 | 0
Accruing Loans 60-89 Days Past Due | Non-PCI loans | Residential | Single-family |  |
Nonaccrual and Past Due Loans |  |
Total Accruing Past Due Loans | 2,927 | 1,294
Accruing Loans 60-89 Days Past Due | Non-PCI loans | Residential | Multifamily |  |
Nonaccrual and Past Due Loans |  |
Total Accruing Past Due Loans | 981 | 507
Accruing Loans 60-89 Days Past Due | Non-PCI loans | Consumer |  |
Nonaccrual and Past Due Loans |  |
Total Accruing Past Due Loans | 209 | 162
Nonaccrual Loans Less Than 90 Days Past Due | Non-PCI loans |  |
Nonaccrual and Past Due Loans |  |
Total Nonaccrual Loans | 69,187 | 41,770
Nonaccrual Loans Less Than 90 Days Past Due | Non-PCI loans | CRE | Income producing |  |
Nonaccrual and Past Due Loans |  |
Total Nonaccrual Loans | 11,359 | 19,348
Nonaccrual Loans Less Than 90 Days Past Due | Non-PCI loans | CRE | Construction |  |
Nonaccrual and Past Due Loans |  |
Total Nonaccrual Loans | 14 | 15
Nonaccrual Loans Less Than 90 Days Past Due | Non-PCI loans | CRE | Land |  |
Nonaccrual and Past Due Loans |  |
Total Nonaccrual Loans | 277 | 221
Nonaccrual Loans Less Than 90 Days Past Due | Non-PCI loans | C&I | Commercial business |  |
Nonaccrual and Past Due Loans |  |
Total Nonaccrual Loans | 50,726 | 6,623
Nonaccrual Loans Less Than 90 Days Past Due | Non-PCI loans | C&I | Trade finance |  |
Nonaccrual and Past Due Loans |  |
Total Nonaccrual Loans | 0 | 73
Nonaccrual Loans Less Than 90 Days Past Due | Non-PCI loans | Residential | Single-family |  |
Nonaccrual and Past Due Loans |  |
Total Nonaccrual Loans | 92 | 2,861
Nonaccrual Loans Less Than 90 Days Past Due | Non-PCI loans | Residential | Multifamily |  |
Nonaccrual and Past Due Loans |  |
Total Nonaccrual Loans | 6,486 | 12,460
Nonaccrual Loans Less Than 90 Days Past Due | Non-PCI loans | Consumer |  |
Nonaccrual and Past Due Loans |  |
Total Nonaccrual Loans | 233 | 169
Nonaccrual Loans 90 or More Days Past Due | Non-PCI loans |  |
Nonaccrual and Past Due Loans |  |
Total Nonaccrual Loans | 52,182 | 58,492
Nonaccrual Loans 90 or More Days Past Due | Non-PCI loans | CRE | Income producing |  |
Nonaccrual and Past Due Loans |  |
Total Nonaccrual Loans | 17,870 | 9,165
Nonaccrual Loans 90 or More Days Past Due | Non-PCI loans | CRE | Construction |  |
Nonaccrual and Past Due Loans |  |
Total Nonaccrual Loans | 0 | 6,898
Nonaccrual Loans 90 or More Days Past Due | Non-PCI loans | CRE | Land |  |
Nonaccrual and Past Due Loans |  |
Total Nonaccrual Loans | 406 | 2,502
Nonaccrual Loans 90 or More Days Past Due | Non-PCI loans | C&I | Commercial business |  |
Nonaccrual and Past Due Loans |  |
Total Nonaccrual Loans | 14,009 | 21,813
Nonaccrual Loans 90 or More Days Past Due | Non-PCI loans | C&I | Trade finance |  |
Nonaccrual and Past Due Loans |  |
Total Nonaccrual Loans | 0 | 292
Nonaccrual Loans 90 or More Days Past Due | Non-PCI loans | Residential | Single-family |  |
Nonaccrual and Past Due Loans |  |
Total Nonaccrual Loans | 8,634 | 5,764
Nonaccrual Loans 90 or More Days Past Due | Non-PCI loans | Residential | Multifamily |  |
Nonaccrual and Past Due Loans |  |
Total Nonaccrual Loans | 9,758 | 8,359
Nonaccrual Loans 90 or More Days Past Due | Non-PCI loans | Consumer |  |
Nonaccrual and Past Due Loans |  |
Total Nonaccrual Loans | $ 1,505 | $ 3,699

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