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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 | Mar. 31, 2024 | Dec. 31, 2023
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Affordable housing partnership, tax credit and CRA investments, net: |  |
Total affordable housing partnership, tax credit and CRA investments, net | $ 933,187 | $ 905,036
Derivative |  |
Derivative assets - Fair value | 622,238 | 610,920
Net derivative assets | 132,976 | 298,128
Derivative liabilities - Fair value | 693,548 | 613,314
Net derivative liabilities | 558,585 | 537,144
Fair Value | 8,400,468 | 6,188,337
Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA) |  |
Derivative |  |
Fair Value | 4,400,000 | 1,200,000
U.S. Treasury securities |  |
Derivative |  |
Fair Value | 621,094 | 1,060,375
U.S. government agency and U.S. government-sponsored enterprise debt securities |  |
Derivative |  |
Fair Value | 360,802 | 364,446
U.S. government agency and U.S. government-sponsored enterprise mortgage-backed securities - Commercial mortgage-backed securities |  |
Derivative |  |
Fair Value | 455,619 | 468,259
U.S. government agency and U.S. government-sponsored enterprise mortgage-backed securities - Residential mortgage-backed securities |  |
Derivative |  |
Fair Value | 4,992,399 | 1,727,594
Municipal securities |  |
Derivative |  |
Fair Value | 258,495 | 261,016
Non-agency commercial mortgage-backed securities |  |
Derivative |  |
Fair Value | 333,996 | 367,516
Non-agency residential mortgage-backed securities |  |
Derivative |  |
Fair Value | 519,657 | 553,671
Corporate debt securities |  |
Derivative |  |
Fair Value | 502,647 | 502,425
Foreign government bonds |  |
Derivative |  |
Fair Value | 227,196 | 227,874
Asset-backed securities |  |
Derivative |  |
Fair Value | 40,712 | 42,300
Collateralized loan obligations (“CLOs”) |  |
Derivative |  |
Fair Value | 87,851 | 612,861
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring |  |
Available-for-sale debt securities |  |
Fair Value | 8,400,468 | 6,188,337
Affordable housing partnership, tax credit and CRA investments, net: |  |
Equity securities | 24,539 | 24,659
Total affordable housing partnership, tax credit and CRA investments, net | 24,539 | 24,659
Derivative |  |
Derivative assets - Fair value | 622,238 | 610,920
Netting adjustments | (489,262) | (312,792)
Net derivative assets | 132,976 | 298,128
Derivative liabilities - Fair value | 693,548 | 613,314
Netting adjustments | (134,963) | (76,170)
Net derivative liabilities | 558,585 | 537,144
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring | Interest rate contracts |  |
Derivative |  |
Derivative assets - Fair value | 484,794 | 473,907
Derivative liabilities - Fair value | 518,330 | 433,936
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring | Foreign exchange contracts |  |
Derivative |  |
Derivative assets - Fair value | 60,499 | 57,072
Derivative liabilities - Fair value | 53,153 | 42,564
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring | Equity contracts |  |
Derivative |  |
Derivative assets - Fair value | 330 | 336
Derivative liabilities - Fair value | 15,119 | 15,119
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring | Commodity contracts |  |
Derivative |  |
Derivative assets - Fair value | 76,615 | 79,604
Derivative liabilities - Fair value | 106,930 | 121,670
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring | Credit contracts |  |
Derivative |  |
Derivative assets - Fair value |  | 1
Derivative liabilities - Fair value | 16 | 25
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring | U.S. Treasury securities |  |
Available-for-sale debt securities |  |
Fair Value | 621,094 | 1,060,375
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring | U.S. government agency and U.S. government-sponsored enterprise debt securities |  |
Available-for-sale debt securities |  |
Fair Value | 360,802 | 364,446
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 | 455,619 | 468,259
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 | 4,992,399 | 1,727,594
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring | Municipal securities |  |
Available-for-sale debt securities |  |
Fair Value | 258,495 | 261,016
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring | Non-agency commercial mortgage-backed securities |  |
Available-for-sale debt securities |  |
Fair Value | 333,996 | 367,516
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring | Non-agency residential mortgage-backed securities |  |
Available-for-sale debt securities |  |
Fair Value | 519,657 | 553,671
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring | Corporate debt securities |  |
Available-for-sale debt securities |  |
Fair Value | 502,647 | 502,425
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring | Foreign government bonds |  |
Available-for-sale debt securities |  |
Fair Value | 227,196 | 227,874
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring | Asset-backed securities |  |
Available-for-sale debt securities |  |
Fair Value | 40,712 | 42,300
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring | Collateralized loan obligations (“CLOs”) |  |
Available-for-sale debt securities |  |
Fair Value | 87,851 | 612,861
Level 1 | Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring |  |
Available-for-sale debt securities |  |
Fair Value | 621,094 | 1,060,375
Affordable housing partnership, tax credit and CRA investments, net: |  |
Equity securities | 20,402 | 20,509
Total affordable housing partnership, tax credit and CRA investments, net | 20,402 | 20,509
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
Level 1 | Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring | Interest rate contracts |  |
Derivative |  |
Derivative assets - Fair value | 0 | 0
Derivative liabilities - Fair value | 0 | 0
Level 1 | Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring | Foreign exchange contracts |  |
Derivative |  |
Derivative assets - Fair value | 0 | 0
Derivative liabilities - Fair value | 0 | 0
Level 1 | Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring | Equity contracts |  |
Derivative |  |
Derivative assets - Fair value | 0 | 0
Derivative liabilities - Fair value | 0 | 0
Level 1 | Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring | Commodity contracts |  |
Derivative |  |
Derivative assets - Fair value | 0 | 0
Derivative liabilities - Fair value | 0 | 0
Level 1 | Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring | Credit contracts |  |
Derivative |  |
Derivative assets - Fair value |  | 0
Derivative liabilities - Fair value | 0 | 0
Level 1 | Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring | U.S. Treasury securities |  |
Available-for-sale debt securities |  |
Fair Value | 621,094 | 1,060,375
Level 1 | Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring | U.S. government agency and U.S. government-sponsored enterprise debt securities |  |
Available-for-sale debt securities |  |
Fair Value | 0 | 0
Level 1 | 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 | 0 | 0
Level 1 | 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 | 0 | 0
Level 1 | Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring | Municipal securities |  |
Available-for-sale debt securities |  |
Fair Value | 0 | 0
Level 1 | Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring | Non-agency commercial mortgage-backed securities |  |
Available-for-sale debt securities |  |
Fair Value | 0 | 0
Level 1 | Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring | Non-agency residential mortgage-backed securities |  |
Available-for-sale debt securities |  |
Fair Value | 0 | 0
Level 1 | Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring | Corporate debt securities |  |
Available-for-sale debt securities |  |
Fair Value | 0 | 0
Level 1 | Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring | Foreign government bonds |  |
Available-for-sale debt securities |  |
Fair Value | 0 | 0
Level 1 | Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring | Asset-backed securities |  |
Available-for-sale debt securities |  |
Fair Value | 0 | 0
Level 1 | Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring | Collateralized loan obligations (“CLOs”) |  |
Available-for-sale debt securities |  |
Fair Value | 0 | 0
Level 2 | Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring |  |
Available-for-sale debt securities |  |
Fair Value | 7,779,374 | 5,127,962
Affordable housing partnership, tax credit and CRA investments, net: |  |
Equity securities | 4,137 | 4,150
Total affordable housing partnership, tax credit and CRA investments, net | 4,137 | 4,150
Derivative |  |
Derivative assets - Fair value | 621,908 | 610,584
Netting adjustments | (489,262) | (312,792)
Net derivative assets | 132,646 | 297,792
Derivative liabilities - Fair value | 678,429 | 598,195
Netting adjustments | (134,963) | (76,170)
Net derivative liabilities | 543,466 | 522,025
Level 2 | Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring | Interest rate contracts |  |
Derivative |  |
Derivative assets - Fair value | 484,794 | 473,907
Derivative liabilities - Fair value | 518,330 | 433,936
Level 2 | Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring | Foreign exchange contracts |  |
Derivative |  |
Derivative assets - Fair value | 60,499 | 57,072
Derivative liabilities - Fair value | 53,153 | 42,564
Level 2 | Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring | Equity contracts |  |
Derivative |  |
Derivative assets - Fair value | 0 | 0
Derivative liabilities - Fair value | 0 | 0
Level 2 | Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring | Commodity contracts |  |
Derivative |  |
Derivative assets - Fair value | 76,615 | 79,604
Derivative liabilities - Fair value | 106,930 | 121,670
Level 2 | Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring | Credit contracts |  |
Derivative |  |
Derivative assets - Fair value |  | 1
Derivative liabilities - Fair value | 16 | 25
Level 2 | Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring | U.S. Treasury securities |  |
Available-for-sale debt securities |  |
Fair Value | 0 | 0
Level 2 | Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring | U.S. government agency and U.S. government-sponsored enterprise debt securities |  |
Available-for-sale debt securities |  |
Fair Value | 360,802 | 364,446
Level 2 | 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 | 455,619 | 468,259
Level 2 | 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 | 4,992,399 | 1,727,594
Level 2 | Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring | Municipal securities |  |
Available-for-sale debt securities |  |
Fair Value | 258,495 | 261,016
Level 2 | Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring | Non-agency commercial mortgage-backed securities |  |
Available-for-sale debt securities |  |
Fair Value | 333,996 | 367,516
Level 2 | Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring | Non-agency residential mortgage-backed securities |  |
Available-for-sale debt securities |  |
Fair Value | 519,657 | 553,671
Level 2 | Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring | Corporate debt securities |  |
Available-for-sale debt securities |  |
Fair Value | 502,647 | 502,425
Level 2 | Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring | Foreign government bonds |  |
Available-for-sale debt securities |  |
Fair Value | 227,196 | 227,874
Level 2 | Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring | Asset-backed securities |  |
Available-for-sale debt securities |  |
Fair Value | 40,712 | 42,300
Level 2 | Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring | Collateralized loan obligations (“CLOs”) |  |
Available-for-sale debt securities |  |
Fair Value | 87,851 | 612,861
Level 3 | Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring |  |
Available-for-sale debt securities |  |
Fair Value | 0 | 0
Affordable housing partnership, tax credit and CRA investments, net: |  |
Equity securities | 0 | 0
Total affordable housing partnership, tax credit and CRA investments, net | 0 | 0
Derivative |  |
Derivative assets - Fair value | 330 | 336
Netting adjustments | 0 | 0
Net derivative assets | 330 | 336
Derivative liabilities - Fair value | 15,119 | 15,119
Netting adjustments | 0 | 0
Net derivative liabilities | 15,119 | 15,119
Level 3 | Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring | Interest rate contracts |  |
Derivative |  |
Derivative assets - Fair value | 0 | 0
Derivative liabilities - Fair value | 0 | 0
Level 3 | Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring | Foreign exchange contracts |  |
Derivative |  |
Derivative assets - Fair value | 0 | 0
Derivative liabilities - Fair value | 0 | 0
Level 3 | Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring | Equity contracts |  |
Derivative |  |
Derivative assets - Fair value | 330 | 336
Derivative liabilities - Fair value | 15,119 | 15,119
Level 3 | Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring | Commodity contracts |  |
Derivative |  |
Derivative assets - Fair value | 0 | 0
Derivative liabilities - Fair value | 0 | 0
Level 3 | Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring | Credit contracts |  |
Derivative |  |
Derivative assets - Fair value |  | 0
Derivative liabilities - Fair value | 0 | 0
Level 3 | Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring | U.S. Treasury securities |  |
Available-for-sale debt securities |  |
Fair Value | 0 | 0
Level 3 | Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring | U.S. government agency and U.S. government-sponsored enterprise debt securities |  |
Available-for-sale debt securities |  |
Fair Value | 0 | 0
Level 3 | 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 | 0 | 0
Level 3 | 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 | 0 | 0
Level 3 | Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring | Municipal securities |  |
Available-for-sale debt securities |  |
Fair Value | 0 | 0
Level 3 | Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring | Non-agency commercial mortgage-backed securities |  |
Available-for-sale debt securities |  |
Fair Value | 0 | 0
Level 3 | Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring | Non-agency residential mortgage-backed securities |  |
Available-for-sale debt securities |  |
Fair Value | 0 | 0
Level 3 | Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring | Corporate debt securities |  |
Available-for-sale debt securities |  |
Fair Value | 0 | 0
Level 3 | Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring | Foreign government bonds |  |
Available-for-sale debt securities |  |
Fair Value | 0 | 0
Level 3 | Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring | Asset-backed securities |  |
Available-for-sale debt securities |  |
Fair Value | 0 | 0
Level 3 | Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring | Collateralized loan obligations (“CLOs”) |  |
Available-for-sale debt securities |  |
Fair Value | $ 0 | $ 0

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