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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 | Mar. 31, 2024 | Dec. 31, 2023
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Fair Value, Assets Measured on a Nonrecurring Basis |  |
Loans held-for-investment, fair value disclosure | $ 48,294 | $ 45,892
Tax credit investments |  |
Fair Value, Assets Measured on a Nonrecurring Basis |  |
Affordable housing partnership, tax credit and CRA investments, net |  | 868
Commercial lending |  |
Fair Value, Assets Measured on a Nonrecurring Basis |  |
Loans held-for-investment, fair value disclosure | 48,178 | 44,688
Commercial lending | Commercial and industrial (“C&I”) |  |
Fair Value, Assets Measured on a Nonrecurring Basis |  |
Loans held-for-investment, fair value disclosure | 25,914 | 22,035
Commercial lending | CRE |  |
Fair Value, Assets Measured on a Nonrecurring Basis |  |
Loans held-for-investment, fair value disclosure | 10,028 | 22,653
Commercial lending | Construction and land |  |
Fair Value, Assets Measured on a Nonrecurring Basis |  |
Loans held-for-investment, fair value disclosure | 12,236 |
Consumer lending |  |
Fair Value, Assets Measured on a Nonrecurring Basis |  |
Loans held-for-investment, fair value disclosure | 116 | 1,204
Consumer lending | Single Family Residential |  |
Fair Value, Assets Measured on a Nonrecurring Basis |  |
Loans held-for-investment, fair value disclosure | 116 |
Consumer lending | HELOCs |  |
Fair Value, Assets Measured on a Nonrecurring Basis |  |
Loans held-for-investment, fair value disclosure |  | 1,204
Level 1 |  |
Fair Value, Assets Measured on a Nonrecurring Basis |  |
Loans held-for-investment, fair value disclosure | 0 | 0
Level 1 | Tax credit investments |  |
Fair Value, Assets Measured on a Nonrecurring Basis |  |
Affordable housing partnership, tax credit and CRA investments, net |  | 0
Level 1 | Commercial lending |  |
Fair Value, Assets Measured on a Nonrecurring Basis |  |
Loans held-for-investment, fair value disclosure | 0 | 0
Level 1 | Commercial lending | Commercial and industrial (“C&I”) |  |
Fair Value, Assets Measured on a Nonrecurring Basis |  |
Loans held-for-investment, fair value disclosure | 0 | 0
Level 1 | Commercial lending | CRE |  |
Fair Value, Assets Measured on a Nonrecurring Basis |  |
Loans held-for-investment, fair value disclosure | 0 | 0
Level 1 | Commercial lending | Construction and land |  |
Fair Value, Assets Measured on a Nonrecurring Basis |  |
Loans held-for-investment, fair value disclosure | 0 |
Level 1 | Consumer lending |  |
Fair Value, Assets Measured on a Nonrecurring Basis |  |
Loans held-for-investment, fair value disclosure | 0 | 0
Level 1 | Consumer lending | Single Family Residential |  |
Fair Value, Assets Measured on a Nonrecurring Basis |  |
Loans held-for-investment, fair value disclosure | 0 |
Level 1 | Consumer lending | HELOCs |  |
Fair Value, Assets Measured on a Nonrecurring Basis |  |
Loans held-for-investment, fair value disclosure |  | 0
Level 2 |  |
Fair Value, Assets Measured on a Nonrecurring Basis |  |
Loans held-for-investment, fair value disclosure | 0 | 0
Level 2 | Tax credit investments |  |
Fair Value, Assets Measured on a Nonrecurring Basis |  |
Affordable housing partnership, tax credit and CRA investments, net |  | 0
Level 2 | Commercial lending |  |
Fair Value, Assets Measured on a Nonrecurring Basis |  |
Loans held-for-investment, fair value disclosure | 0 | 0
Level 2 | Commercial lending | Commercial and industrial (“C&I”) |  |
Fair Value, Assets Measured on a Nonrecurring Basis |  |
Loans held-for-investment, fair value disclosure | 0 | 0
Level 2 | Commercial lending | CRE |  |
Fair Value, Assets Measured on a Nonrecurring Basis |  |
Loans held-for-investment, fair value disclosure | 0 | 0
Level 2 | Commercial lending | Construction and land |  |
Fair Value, Assets Measured on a Nonrecurring Basis |  |
Loans held-for-investment, fair value disclosure | 0 |
Level 2 | Consumer lending |  |
Fair Value, Assets Measured on a Nonrecurring Basis |  |
Loans held-for-investment, fair value disclosure | 0 | 0
Level 2 | Consumer lending | Single Family Residential |  |
Fair Value, Assets Measured on a Nonrecurring Basis |  |
Loans held-for-investment, fair value disclosure | 0 |
Level 2 | Consumer lending | HELOCs |  |
Fair Value, Assets Measured on a Nonrecurring Basis |  |
Loans held-for-investment, fair value disclosure |  | 0
Level 3 |  |
Fair Value, Assets Measured on a Nonrecurring Basis |  |
Loans held-for-investment, fair value disclosure | 48,294 | 45,892
Level 3 | Tax credit investments |  |
Fair Value, Assets Measured on a Nonrecurring Basis |  |
Affordable housing partnership, tax credit and CRA investments, net |  | 868
Level 3 | Commercial lending |  |
Fair Value, Assets Measured on a Nonrecurring Basis |  |
Loans held-for-investment, fair value disclosure | 48,178 | 44,688
Level 3 | Commercial lending | Commercial and industrial (“C&I”) |  |
Fair Value, Assets Measured on a Nonrecurring Basis |  |
Loans held-for-investment, fair value disclosure | 25,914 | 22,035
Level 3 | Commercial lending | CRE |  |
Fair Value, Assets Measured on a Nonrecurring Basis |  |
Loans held-for-investment, fair value disclosure | 10,028 | 22,653
Level 3 | Commercial lending | Construction and land |  |
Fair Value, Assets Measured on a Nonrecurring Basis |  |
Loans held-for-investment, fair value disclosure | 12,236 |
Level 3 | Consumer lending |  |
Fair Value, Assets Measured on a Nonrecurring Basis |  |
Loans held-for-investment, fair value disclosure | 116 | 1,204
Level 3 | Consumer lending | Single Family Residential |  |
Fair Value, Assets Measured on a Nonrecurring Basis |  |
Loans held-for-investment, fair value disclosure | $ 116 |
Level 3 | Consumer lending | HELOCs |  |
Fair Value, Assets Measured on a Nonrecurring Basis |  |
Loans held-for-investment, fair value disclosure |  | $ 1,204

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