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Fair Value Measurement and Fair Value of Financial Instruments - Carrying Amounts of Assets That Were Still Held and Had Fair Value Changes Measured on a Nonrecurring Basis (Details) - Fair Value, Measurements, Nonrecurring - USD ($) $ in Thousands | Jun. 30, 2022 | Dec. 31, 2021
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Fair Value, Assets Measured on a Nonrecurring Basis |  |
Loans held-for-investment, fair value disclosure | $ 87,953 | $ 126,984
Commercial lending |  |
Fair Value, Assets Measured on a Nonrecurring Basis |  |
Loans held-for-investment, fair value disclosure | 86,786 | 124,240
Consumer lending |  |
Fair Value, Assets Measured on a Nonrecurring Basis |  |
Loans held-for-investment, fair value disclosure | 1,167 | 2,744
Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1) |  |
Fair Value, Assets Measured on a Nonrecurring Basis |  |
Loans held-for-investment, fair value disclosure | 0 | 0
Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1) | Commercial lending |  |
Fair Value, Assets Measured on a Nonrecurring Basis |  |
Loans held-for-investment, fair value disclosure | 0 | 0
Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1) | Consumer lending |  |
Fair Value, Assets Measured on a Nonrecurring Basis |  |
Loans held-for-investment, fair value disclosure | 0 | 0
Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) |  |
Fair Value, Assets Measured on a Nonrecurring Basis |  |
Loans held-for-investment, fair value disclosure | 0 | 0
Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) | Commercial lending |  |
Fair Value, Assets Measured on a Nonrecurring Basis |  |
Loans held-for-investment, fair value disclosure | 0 | 0
Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) | Consumer lending |  |
Fair Value, Assets Measured on a Nonrecurring Basis |  |
Loans held-for-investment, fair value disclosure | 0 | 0
Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) |  |
Fair Value, Assets Measured on a Nonrecurring Basis |  |
Loans held-for-investment, fair value disclosure | 87,953 | 126,984
Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) | Commercial lending |  |
Fair Value, Assets Measured on a Nonrecurring Basis |  |
Loans held-for-investment, fair value disclosure | 86,786 | 124,240
Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) | Consumer lending |  |
Fair Value, Assets Measured on a Nonrecurring Basis |  |
Loans held-for-investment, fair value disclosure | 1,167 | 2,744
Other nonperforming assets |  |
Fair Value, Assets Measured on a Nonrecurring Basis |  |
Assets, fair value disclosure |  | 391
Other nonperforming assets | Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1) |  |
Fair Value, Assets Measured on a Nonrecurring Basis |  |
Assets, fair value disclosure |  | 391
Other nonperforming assets | Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) |  |
Fair Value, Assets Measured on a Nonrecurring Basis |  |
Assets, fair value disclosure |  | 0
Other nonperforming assets | Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) |  |
Fair Value, Assets Measured on a Nonrecurring Basis |  |
Assets, fair value disclosure |  | 0
Commercial and industrial (“C&I”) | Commercial lending |  |
Fair Value, Assets Measured on a Nonrecurring Basis |  |
Loans held-for-investment, fair value disclosure | 55,015 | 102,349
Commercial and industrial (“C&I”) | Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1) | Commercial lending |  |
Fair Value, Assets Measured on a Nonrecurring Basis |  |
Loans held-for-investment, fair value disclosure | 0 | 0
Commercial and industrial (“C&I”) | Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) | Commercial lending |  |
Fair Value, Assets Measured on a Nonrecurring Basis |  |
Loans held-for-investment, fair value disclosure | 0 | 0
Commercial and industrial (“C&I”) | Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) | Commercial lending |  |
Fair Value, Assets Measured on a Nonrecurring Basis |  |
Loans held-for-investment, fair value disclosure | 55,015 | 102,349
Commercial real estate (“CRE”) | Commercial lending |  |
Fair Value, Assets Measured on a Nonrecurring Basis |  |
Loans held-for-investment, fair value disclosure | 30,716 | 21,891
Commercial real estate (“CRE”) | Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1) | Commercial lending |  |
Fair Value, Assets Measured on a Nonrecurring Basis |  |
Loans held-for-investment, fair value disclosure | 0 | 0
Commercial real estate (“CRE”) | Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) | Commercial lending |  |
Fair Value, Assets Measured on a Nonrecurring Basis |  |
Loans held-for-investment, fair value disclosure | 0 | 0
Commercial real estate (“CRE”) | Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) | Commercial lending |  |
Fair Value, Assets Measured on a Nonrecurring Basis |  |
Loans held-for-investment, fair value disclosure | 30,716 | 21,891
Multifamily residential | Commercial lending |  |
Fair Value, Assets Measured on a Nonrecurring Basis |  |
Loans held-for-investment, fair value disclosure | 1,055 |
Multifamily residential | Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1) | Commercial lending |  |
Fair Value, Assets Measured on a Nonrecurring Basis |  |
Loans held-for-investment, fair value disclosure | 0 |
Multifamily residential | Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) | Commercial lending |  |
Fair Value, Assets Measured on a Nonrecurring Basis |  |
Loans held-for-investment, fair value disclosure | 0 |
Multifamily residential | Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) | Commercial lending |  |
Fair Value, Assets Measured on a Nonrecurring Basis |  |
Loans held-for-investment, fair value disclosure | 1,055 |
HELOCs | Consumer lending |  |
Fair Value, Assets Measured on a Nonrecurring Basis |  |
Loans held-for-investment, fair value disclosure | 1,167 | 2,744
HELOCs | Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1) | Consumer lending |  |
Fair Value, Assets Measured on a Nonrecurring Basis |  |
Loans held-for-investment, fair value disclosure | 0 | 0
HELOCs | Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) | Consumer lending |  |
Fair Value, Assets Measured on a Nonrecurring Basis |  |
Loans held-for-investment, fair value disclosure | 0 | 0
HELOCs | Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) | Consumer lending |  |
Fair Value, Assets Measured on a Nonrecurring Basis |  |
Loans held-for-investment, fair value disclosure | $ 1,167 | $ 2,744

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