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Fair Value Measurement and Fair Value of Financial Instruments (Financial Assets and Liabilities Measurement on Recurring Basis) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands | Jun. 30, 2021 | Dec. 31, 2020
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Available-for-sale debt securities |  |
Fair Value | $ 8,399,460 | $ 5,544,658
Equity Securities, FV-NI and with Readily Determinable Fair Value [Abstract] |  |
Total investments in tax credit and other investments | 364,187 | 266,525
Derivative |  |
Derivative assets - Fair value | 588,582 | 602,754
Net derivative assets | 495,491 | 501,242
Derivative liabilities - Fair value | 448,921 | 424,828
Net derivative liabilities | 195,612 | 240,131
U.S. Treasury securities |  |
Available-for-sale debt securities |  |
Fair Value | 836,940 | 50,761
U.S. government agency and U.S. government-sponsored enterprise debt securities |  |
Available-for-sale debt securities |  |
Fair Value | 1,224,511 | 814,319
U.S. government agency and U.S. government-sponsored enterprise mortgage-backed securities - Commercial mortgage-backed securities |  |
Available-for-sale debt securities |  |
Fair Value | 1,188,640 | 1,153,770
U.S. government agency and U.S. government-sponsored enterprise mortgage-backed securities - Residential mortgage-backed securities |  |
Available-for-sale debt securities |  |
Fair Value | 2,368,552 | 1,660,894
Municipal securities |  |
Available-for-sale debt securities |  |
Fair Value | 454,923 | 396,073
Non-agency commercial mortgage-backed securities |  |
Available-for-sale debt securities |  |
Fair Value | 364,172 | 239,842
Non-agency residential mortgage-backed securities |  |
Available-for-sale debt securities |  |
Fair Value | 772,474 | 289,775
Corporate debt securities |  |
Available-for-sale debt securities |  |
Fair Value | 552,715 | 405,968
Foreign government bonds |  |
Available-for-sale debt securities |  |
Fair Value | 283,175 | 182,531
Asset-backed securities |  |
Available-for-sale debt securities |  |
Fair Value | 61,829 | 63,231
Collateralized loan obligations (“CLOs”) |  |
Available-for-sale debt securities |  |
Fair Value | 291,529 | 287,494
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring |  |
Available-for-sale debt securities |  |
Fair Value | 8,399,460 | 5,544,658
Equity Securities, FV-NI and with Readily Determinable Fair Value [Abstract] |  |
Equity securities | 26,819 | 31,272
Total investments in tax credit and other investments | 26,819 | 31,272
Derivative |  |
Derivative assets - Fair value | 588,582 | 602,754
Netting adjustments | (93,091) | (101,512)
Net derivative assets | 495,491 | 501,242
Derivative liabilities - Fair value | 448,921 | 424,828
Netting adjustments | (253,309) | (184,697)
Net derivative liabilities | 195,612 | 240,131
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring | Interest rate contracts |  |
Derivative |  |
Derivative assets - Fair value | 329,953 | 489,132
Derivative liabilities - Fair value | 228,952 | 317,698
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring | Foreign exchange contracts |  |
Derivative |  |
Derivative assets - Fair value | 29,867 | 30,300
Derivative liabilities - Fair value | 20,555 | 22,759
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring | Credit contracts |  |
Derivative |  |
Derivative assets - Fair value | 3 | 13
Derivative liabilities - Fair value | 87 | 206
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring | Equity contracts |  |
Derivative |  |
Derivative assets - Fair value | 223 | 858
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring | Commodity contracts |  |
Derivative |  |
Derivative assets - Fair value | 228,536 | 82,451
Derivative liabilities - Fair value | 199,327 | 84,165
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring | U.S. Treasury securities |  |
Available-for-sale debt securities |  |
Fair Value | 836,940 | 50,761
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring | U.S. government agency and U.S. government-sponsored enterprise debt securities |  |
Available-for-sale debt securities |  |
Fair Value | 1,224,511 | 814,319
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring | U.S. government agency and U.S. government-sponsored enterprise mortgage-backed securities - Commercial mortgage-backed securities |  |
Available-for-sale debt securities |  |
Fair Value | 1,188,640 | 1,153,770
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring | U.S. government agency and U.S. government-sponsored enterprise mortgage-backed securities - Residential mortgage-backed securities |  |
Available-for-sale debt securities |  |
Fair Value | 2,368,552 | 1,660,894
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring | Municipal securities |  |
Available-for-sale debt securities |  |
Fair Value | 454,923 | 396,073
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring | Non-agency commercial mortgage-backed securities |  |
Available-for-sale debt securities |  |
Fair Value | 364,172 | 239,842
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring | Non-agency residential mortgage-backed securities |  |
Available-for-sale debt securities |  |
Fair Value | 772,474 | 289,775
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring | Corporate debt securities |  |
Available-for-sale debt securities |  |
Fair Value | 552,715 | 405,968
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring | Foreign government bonds |  |
Available-for-sale debt securities |  |
Fair Value | 283,175 | 182,531
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring | Asset-backed securities |  |
Available-for-sale debt securities |  |
Fair Value | 61,829 | 63,231
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring | Collateralized loan obligations (“CLOs”) |  |
Available-for-sale debt securities |  |
Fair Value | 291,529 | 287,494
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring | Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1) |  |
Available-for-sale debt securities |  |
Fair Value | 836,940 | 50,761
Equity Securities, FV-NI and with Readily Determinable Fair Value [Abstract] |  |
Equity securities | 22,345 | 22,548
Total investments in tax credit and other investments | 22,345 | 22,548
Derivative |  |
Derivative assets - Fair value | 0 | 0
Netting adjustments | 0 | 0
Net derivative assets | 0 | 0
Derivative liabilities - Fair value | 0 | 0
Netting adjustments | 0 | 0
Net derivative liabilities | 0 | 0
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring | Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1) | Interest rate contracts |  |
Derivative |  |
Derivative assets - Fair value | 0 | 0
Derivative liabilities - Fair value | 0 | 0
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring | Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1) | Foreign exchange contracts |  |
Derivative |  |
Derivative assets - Fair value | 0 | 0
Derivative liabilities - Fair value | 0 | 0
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring | Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1) | Credit contracts |  |
Derivative |  |
Derivative assets - Fair value | 0 | 0
Derivative liabilities - Fair value | 0 | 0
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring | Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1) | Equity contracts |  |
Derivative |  |
Derivative assets - Fair value | 0 | 0
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring | Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1) | Commodity contracts |  |
Derivative |  |
Derivative assets - Fair value | 0 | 0
Derivative liabilities - Fair value | 0 | 0
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring | Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1) | U.S. Treasury securities |  |
Available-for-sale debt securities |  |
Fair Value | 836,940 | 50,761
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring | Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1) | U.S. government agency and U.S. government-sponsored enterprise debt securities |  |
Available-for-sale debt securities |  |
Fair Value | 0 | 0
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring | Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1) | U.S. government agency and U.S. government-sponsored enterprise mortgage-backed securities - Commercial mortgage-backed securities |  |
Available-for-sale debt securities |  |
Fair Value | 0 | 0
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring | Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1) | U.S. government agency and U.S. government-sponsored enterprise mortgage-backed securities - Residential mortgage-backed securities |  |
Available-for-sale debt securities |  |
Fair Value | 0 | 0
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring | Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1) | Municipal securities |  |
Available-for-sale debt securities |  |
Fair Value | 0 | 0
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring | Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1) | Non-agency commercial mortgage-backed securities |  |
Available-for-sale debt securities |  |
Fair Value | 0 | 0
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring | Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1) | Non-agency residential mortgage-backed securities |  |
Available-for-sale debt securities |  |
Fair Value | 0 | 0
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring | Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1) | Corporate debt securities |  |
Available-for-sale debt securities |  |
Fair Value | 0 | 0
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring | Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1) | Foreign government bonds |  |
Available-for-sale debt securities |  |
Fair Value | 0 | 0
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring | Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1) | Asset-backed securities |  |
Available-for-sale debt securities |  |
Fair Value | 0 | 0
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring | Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1) | Collateralized loan obligations (“CLOs”) |  |
Available-for-sale debt securities |  |
Fair Value | 0 | 0
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring | Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) |  |
Available-for-sale debt securities |  |
Fair Value | 7,562,520 | 5,493,897
Equity Securities, FV-NI and with Readily Determinable Fair Value [Abstract] |  |
Equity securities | 4,474 | 8,724
Total investments in tax credit and other investments | 4,474 | 8,724
Derivative |  |
Derivative assets - Fair value | 588,359 | 602,481
Netting adjustments | (93,091) | (101,512)
Net derivative assets | 495,268 | 500,969
Derivative liabilities - Fair value | 448,921 | 424,828
Netting adjustments | (253,309) | (184,697)
Net derivative liabilities | 195,612 | 240,131
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring | Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) | Interest rate contracts |  |
Derivative |  |
Derivative assets - Fair value | 329,953 | 489,132
Derivative liabilities - Fair value | 228,952 | 317,698
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring | Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) | Foreign exchange contracts |  |
Derivative |  |
Derivative assets - Fair value | 29,867 | 30,300
Derivative liabilities - Fair value | 20,555 | 22,759
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring | Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) | Credit contracts |  |
Derivative |  |
Derivative assets - Fair value | 3 | 13
Derivative liabilities - Fair value | 87 | 206
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring | Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) | Equity contracts |  |
Derivative |  |
Derivative assets - Fair value | 0 | 585
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring | Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) | Commodity contracts |  |
Derivative |  |
Derivative assets - Fair value | 228,536 | 82,451
Derivative liabilities - Fair value | 199,327 | 84,165
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring | Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) | U.S. Treasury securities |  |
Available-for-sale debt securities |  |
Fair Value | 0 | 0
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring | Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) | U.S. government agency and U.S. government-sponsored enterprise debt securities |  |
Available-for-sale debt securities |  |
Fair Value | 1,224,511 | 814,319
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring | Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) | U.S. government agency and U.S. government-sponsored enterprise mortgage-backed securities - Commercial mortgage-backed securities |  |
Available-for-sale debt securities |  |
Fair Value | 1,188,640 | 1,153,770
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring | Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) | U.S. government agency and U.S. government-sponsored enterprise mortgage-backed securities - Residential mortgage-backed securities |  |
Available-for-sale debt securities |  |
Fair Value | 2,368,552 | 1,660,894
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring | Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) | Municipal securities |  |
Available-for-sale debt securities |  |
Fair Value | 454,923 | 396,073
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring | Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) | Non-agency commercial mortgage-backed securities |  |
Available-for-sale debt securities |  |
Fair Value | 364,172 | 239,842
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring | Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) | Non-agency residential mortgage-backed securities |  |
Available-for-sale debt securities |  |
Fair Value | 772,474 | 289,775
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring | Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) | Corporate debt securities |  |
Available-for-sale debt securities |  |
Fair Value | 552,715 | 405,968
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring | Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) | Foreign government bonds |  |
Available-for-sale debt securities |  |
Fair Value | 283,175 | 182,531
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring | Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) | Asset-backed securities |  |
Available-for-sale debt securities |  |
Fair Value | 61,829 | 63,231
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring | Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) | Collateralized loan obligations (“CLOs”) |  |
Available-for-sale debt securities |  |
Fair Value | 291,529 | 287,494
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring | Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) |  |
Available-for-sale debt securities |  |
Fair Value | 0 | 0
Equity Securities, FV-NI and with Readily Determinable Fair Value [Abstract] |  |
Equity securities | 0 | 0
Total investments in tax credit and other investments | 0 | 0
Derivative |  |
Derivative assets - Fair value | 223 | 273
Netting adjustments | 0 | 0
Net derivative assets | 223 | 273
Derivative liabilities - Fair value | 0 | 0
Netting adjustments | 0 | 0
Net derivative liabilities | 0 | 0
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring | Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) | Interest rate contracts |  |
Derivative |  |
Derivative assets - Fair value | 0 | 0
Derivative liabilities - Fair value | 0 | 0
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring | Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) | Foreign exchange contracts |  |
Derivative |  |
Derivative assets - Fair value | 0 | 0
Derivative liabilities - Fair value | 0 | 0
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring | Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) | Credit contracts |  |
Derivative |  |
Derivative assets - Fair value | 0 | 0
Derivative liabilities - Fair value | 0 | 0
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring | Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) | Equity contracts |  |
Derivative |  |
Derivative assets - Fair value | 223 | 273
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring | Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) | Commodity contracts |  |
Derivative |  |
Derivative assets - Fair value | 0 | 0
Derivative liabilities - Fair value | 0 | 0
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring | Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) | U.S. Treasury securities |  |
Available-for-sale debt securities |  |
Fair Value | 0 | 0
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring | Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) | U.S. government agency and U.S. government-sponsored enterprise debt securities |  |
Available-for-sale debt securities |  |
Fair Value | 0 | 0
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring | Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) | U.S. government agency and U.S. government-sponsored enterprise mortgage-backed securities - Commercial mortgage-backed securities |  |
Available-for-sale debt securities |  |
Fair Value | 0 | 0
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring | Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) | U.S. government agency and U.S. government-sponsored enterprise mortgage-backed securities - Residential mortgage-backed securities |  |
Available-for-sale debt securities |  |
Fair Value | 0 | 0
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring | Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) | Municipal securities |  |
Available-for-sale debt securities |  |
Fair Value | 0 | 0
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring | Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) | Non-agency commercial mortgage-backed securities |  |
Available-for-sale debt securities |  |
Fair Value | 0 | 0
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring | Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) | Non-agency residential mortgage-backed securities |  |
Available-for-sale debt securities |  |
Fair Value | 0 | 0
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring | Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) | Corporate debt securities |  |
Available-for-sale debt securities |  |
Fair Value | 0 | 0
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring | Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) | Foreign government bonds |  |
Available-for-sale debt securities |  |
Fair Value | 0 | 0
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring | Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) | Asset-backed securities |  |
Available-for-sale debt securities |  |
Fair Value | 0 | 0
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring | Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) | Collateralized loan obligations (“CLOs”) |  |
Available-for-sale debt securities |  |
Fair Value | $ 0 | $ 0

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