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Loans Receivable and Allowance for Credit Losses (Amortized Cost of Loans on Nonaccrual Status) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Sep. 30, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020
Financing Receivable, Nonaccrual [Line Items]
Total nonaccrual loans with no related allowance for loan losses	$ 36,238	$ 126,676
Commercial lending
Financing Receivable, Nonaccrual [Line Items]
Total nonaccrual loans with no related allowance for loan losses	29,096	110,096
Commercial lending | Commercial and industrial (“C&I”)
Financing Receivable, Nonaccrual [Line Items]
Total nonaccrual loans with no related allowance for loan losses	15,270	62,040
Commercial lending | Commercial real estate (“CRE”)
Financing Receivable, Nonaccrual [Line Items]
Total nonaccrual loans with no related allowance for loan losses	13,826	45,537
Commercial lending | Real estate loan | Multifamily residential
Financing Receivable, Nonaccrual [Line Items]
Total nonaccrual loans with no related allowance for loan losses	0	2,519
Commercial lending | Total CRE
Financing Receivable, Nonaccrual [Line Items]
Total nonaccrual loans with no related allowance for loan losses	13,826	48,056
Consumer lending
Financing Receivable, Nonaccrual [Line Items]
Total nonaccrual loans with no related allowance for loan losses	7,142	16,580
Consumer lending | Real estate loan | Single-family residential
Financing Receivable, Nonaccrual [Line Items]
Total nonaccrual loans with no related allowance for loan losses	1,534	6,013
Consumer lending | HELOCs
Financing Receivable, Nonaccrual [Line Items]
Total nonaccrual loans with no related allowance for loan losses	5,608	8,076
Consumer lending | Total residential mortgage
Financing Receivable, Nonaccrual [Line Items]
Total nonaccrual loans with no related allowance for loan losses	7,142	14,089
Consumer lending | Other consumer
Financing Receivable, Nonaccrual [Line Items]
Total nonaccrual loans with no related allowance for loan losses	$ 0	$ 2,491

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Amount of financing receivable on nonaccrual status with no allowance for credit loss.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 326
-SubTopic 20
-Section 50
-Paragraph 16
-Subparagraph (d)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=124255953&loc=SL82919258-210447

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