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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 | Sep. 30, 2023 | Dec. 31, 2022
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Investments in qualified affordable housing partnerships, tax credit and other investments, net: |  |
Total investments in qualified affordable housing partnerships, tax credit and other investments, net | $ 901,559 | $ 763,256
Derivative |  |
Derivative assets - Fair value | 862,316 | 755,328
Net derivative assets | 331,985 | 140,545
Derivative liabilities - Fair value | 948,387 | 887,264
Net derivative liabilities | 685,514 | 644,519
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring |  |
Available-for-sale debt securities |  |
Fair Value | 6,039,837 | 6,034,993
Investments in qualified affordable housing partnerships, tax credit and other investments, net: |  |
Equity securities | 23,601 | 23,954
Total investments in qualified affordable housing partnerships, tax credit and other investments, net | 23,601 | 23,954
Derivative |  |
Derivative assets - Fair value | 862,316 | 755,328
Netting adjustments | (530,331) | (614,783)
Net derivative assets | 331,985 | 140,545
Derivative liabilities - Fair value | 948,387 | 887,264
Netting adjustments | (262,873) | (242,745)
Net derivative liabilities | 685,514 | 644,519
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring | Interest rate contracts |  |
Derivative |  |
Derivative assets - Fair value | 624,087 | 440,283
Derivative liabilities - Fair value | 712,302 | 584,516
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring | Foreign exchange contracts |  |
Derivative |  |
Derivative assets - Fair value | 100,377 | 53,109
Derivative liabilities - Fair value | 77,099 | 44,117
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring | Equity contracts |  |
Derivative |  |
Derivative assets - Fair value | 352 | 323
Derivative liabilities - Fair value | 15,119 |
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring | Commodity contracts |  |
Derivative |  |
Derivative assets - Fair value | 137,500 | 261,613
Derivative liabilities - Fair value | 143,855 | 258,608
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring | Credit contracts |  |
Derivative |  |
Derivative liabilities - Fair value | 12 | 23
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring | U.S. Treasury securities |  |
Available-for-sale debt securities |  |
Fair Value | 904,101 | 606,203
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring | U.S. government agency and U.S. government-sponsored enterprise debt securities |  |
Available-for-sale debt securities |  |
Fair Value | 447,464 | 461,607
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 | 462,332 | 500,269
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 | 1,694,342 | 1,762,195
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring | Municipal securities |  |
Available-for-sale debt securities |  |
Fair Value | 243,556 | 257,099
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring | Non-agency commercial mortgage-backed securities |  |
Available-for-sale debt securities |  |
Fair Value | 365,320 | 398,329
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring | Non-agency residential mortgage-backed securities |  |
Available-for-sale debt securities |  |
Fair Value | 570,787 | 649,224
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring | Corporate debt securities |  |
Available-for-sale debt securities |  |
Fair Value | 475,434 | 526,274
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring | Foreign government bonds |  |
Available-for-sale debt securities |  |
Fair Value | 222,790 | 227,053
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring | Asset-backed securities |  |
Available-for-sale debt securities |  |
Fair Value | 43,757 | 49,076
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring | Collateralized loan obligations (“CLOs”) |  |
Available-for-sale debt securities |  |
Fair Value | 609,954 | 597,664
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring | Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1) |  |
Available-for-sale debt securities |  |
Fair Value | 904,101 | 606,203
Investments in qualified affordable housing partnerships, tax credit and other investments, net: |  |
Equity securities | 19,447 | 19,777
Total investments in qualified affordable housing partnerships, tax credit and other investments, net | 19,447 | 19,777
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) | Equity contracts |  |
Derivative |  |
Derivative assets - Fair value | 0 | 0
Derivative liabilities - Fair value | 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) | Credit contracts |  |
Derivative |  |
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 | 904,101 | 606,203
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 | 5,135,736 | 5,428,790
Investments in qualified affordable housing partnerships, tax credit and other investments, net: |  |
Equity securities | 4,154 | 4,177
Total investments in qualified affordable housing partnerships, tax credit and other investments, net | 4,154 | 4,177
Derivative |  |
Derivative assets - Fair value | 861,964 | 755,005
Netting adjustments | (530,331) | (614,783)
Net derivative assets | 331,633 | 140,222
Derivative liabilities - Fair value | 933,268 | 887,264
Netting adjustments | (262,873) | (242,745)
Net derivative liabilities | 670,395 | 644,519
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring | Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) | Interest rate contracts |  |
Derivative |  |
Derivative assets - Fair value | 624,087 | 440,283
Derivative liabilities - Fair value | 712,302 | 584,516
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring | Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) | Foreign exchange contracts |  |
Derivative |  |
Derivative assets - Fair value | 100,377 | 53,109
Derivative liabilities - Fair value | 77,099 | 44,117
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring | Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) | Equity contracts |  |
Derivative |  |
Derivative assets - Fair value | 0 | 0
Derivative liabilities - Fair value | 0 |
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring | Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) | Commodity contracts |  |
Derivative |  |
Derivative assets - Fair value | 137,500 | 261,613
Derivative liabilities - Fair value | 143,855 | 258,608
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring | Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) | Credit contracts |  |
Derivative |  |
Derivative liabilities - Fair value | 12 | 23
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 | 447,464 | 461,607
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 | 462,332 | 500,269
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 | 1,694,342 | 1,762,195
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring | Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) | Municipal securities |  |
Available-for-sale debt securities |  |
Fair Value | 243,556 | 257,099
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring | Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) | Non-agency commercial mortgage-backed securities |  |
Available-for-sale debt securities |  |
Fair Value | 365,320 | 398,329
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring | Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) | Non-agency residential mortgage-backed securities |  |
Available-for-sale debt securities |  |
Fair Value | 570,787 | 649,224
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring | Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) | Corporate debt securities |  |
Available-for-sale debt securities |  |
Fair Value | 475,434 | 526,274
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring | Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) | Foreign government bonds |  |
Available-for-sale debt securities |  |
Fair Value | 222,790 | 227,053
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring | Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) | Asset-backed securities |  |
Available-for-sale debt securities |  |
Fair Value | 43,757 | 49,076
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring | Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) | Collateralized loan obligations (“CLOs”) |  |
Available-for-sale debt securities |  |
Fair Value | 609,954 | 597,664
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring | Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) |  |
Available-for-sale debt securities |  |
Fair Value | 0 | 0
Investments in qualified affordable housing partnerships, tax credit and other investments, net: |  |
Equity securities | 0 | 0
Total investments in qualified affordable housing partnerships, tax credit and other investments, net | 0 | 0
Derivative |  |
Derivative assets - Fair value | 352 | 323
Netting adjustments | 0 | 0
Net derivative assets | 352 | 323
Derivative liabilities - Fair value | 15,119 | 0
Netting adjustments | 0 | 0
Net derivative liabilities | 15,119 | 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) | Equity contracts |  |
Derivative |  |
Derivative assets - Fair value | 352 | 323
Derivative liabilities - Fair value | 15,119 |
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) | Credit contracts |  |
Derivative |  |
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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