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Securities (Schedule of Available-for-sale Debt Securities) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands | Mar. 31, 2020 | Dec. 31, 2019
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Schedule of Available-for-sale Debt Securities |  |
Amortized Cost | $ 3,660,413 | $ 3,320,648
Gross Unrealized Gains | 84,357 | 19,805
Gross Unrealized Losses | (48,827) | (23,239)
AFS debt securities | 3,695,943 | 3,317,214
U.S. Treasury securities |  |
Schedule of Available-for-sale Debt Securities |  |
Amortized Cost | 50,606 | 177,215
Gross Unrealized Gains | 822 | 0
Gross Unrealized Losses | 0 | (793)
AFS debt securities | 51,428 | 176,422
U.S. government agency and U.S. government-sponsored enterprise debt securities |  |
Schedule of Available-for-sale Debt Securities |  |
Amortized Cost | 511,176 | 584,275
Gross Unrealized Gains | 7,232 | 1,377
Gross Unrealized Losses | 0 | (4,407)
AFS debt securities | 518,408 | 581,245
U.S. government agency and U.S. government-sponsored enterprise mortgage-backed securities - Commercial mortgage-backed securities |  |
Schedule of Available-for-sale Debt Securities |  |
Amortized Cost | 677,644 | 599,814
Gross Unrealized Gains | 24,472 | 8,551
Gross Unrealized Losses | (4,168) | (4,894)
AFS debt securities | 697,948 | 603,471
U.S. government agency and U.S. government-sponsored enterprise mortgage-backed securities - Residential mortgage-backed securities |  |
Schedule of Available-for-sale Debt Securities |  |
Amortized Cost | 1,316,009 | 998,447
Gross Unrealized Gains | 38,770 | 6,927
Gross Unrealized Losses | (2,412) | (1,477)
AFS debt securities | 1,352,367 | 1,003,897
Municipal securities |  |
Schedule of Available-for-sale Debt Securities |  |
Amortized Cost | 300,551 | 101,621
Gross Unrealized Gains | 10,147 | 790
Gross Unrealized Losses | (1,072) | (109)
AFS debt securities | 309,626 | 102,302
Non-agency commercial mortgage-backed securities |  |
Schedule of Available-for-sale Debt Securities |  |
Amortized Cost | 85,843 | 86,609
Gross Unrealized Gains | 2,008 | 1,947
Gross Unrealized Losses | (737) | (6)
AFS debt securities | 87,114 | 88,550
Non-agency residential mortgage-backed securities |  |
Schedule of Available-for-sale Debt Securities |  |
Amortized Cost | 64,112 | 46,830
Gross Unrealized Gains | 156 | 3
Gross Unrealized Losses | (2,134) | (285)
AFS debt securities | 62,134 | 46,548
Corporate debt securities |  |
Schedule of Available-for-sale Debt Securities |  |
Amortized Cost | 11,250 | 11,250
Gross Unrealized Gains | 1 | 12
Gross Unrealized Losses | (288) | (113)
AFS debt securities | 10,963 | 11,149
Foreign bonds |  |
Schedule of Available-for-sale Debt Securities |  |
Amortized Cost | 283,822 | 354,481
Gross Unrealized Gains | 749 | 198
Gross Unrealized Losses | (50) | (507)
AFS debt securities | 284,521 | 354,172
Asset-backed securities |  |
Schedule of Available-for-sale Debt Securities |  |
Amortized Cost | 65,400 | 66,106
Gross Unrealized Gains | 0 | 0
Gross Unrealized Losses | (3,844) | (1,354)
AFS debt securities | 61,556 | 64,752
Collateralized loan obligations (“CLOs”) |  |
Schedule of Available-for-sale Debt Securities |  |
Amortized Cost | 294,000 | 294,000
Gross Unrealized Gains | 0 | 0
Gross Unrealized Losses | (34,122) | (9,294)
AFS debt securities | $ 259,878 | $ 284,706

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