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Federal Home Loan Bank Advances and Long-Term Debt - Schedule of Debt (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands | 12 Months Ended |
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Dec. 31, 2025 | Dec. 31, 2024
Short-Term Debt [Line Items] |  |
Total FHLB advances | $ 3,000,000 | $ 3,500,000
Weighted-average contractual interest rates for FHLB advances | 3.94% |
Floating |  |
Short-Term Debt [Line Items] |  |
Total FHLB advances | $ 2,000,000 | 3,000,000
Fixed |  |
Short-Term Debt [Line Items] |  |
Total FHLB advances | $ 750,000 | 500,000
Overnight |  |
Short-Term Debt [Line Items] |  |
Interest Rate | 4.02% |
Total FHLB advances | $ 250,000 | $ 0
Minimum | Floating |  |
Short-Term Debt [Line Items] |  |
Interest Rate | 3.87% |
Minimum | Fixed |  |
Short-Term Debt [Line Items] |  |
Interest Rate | 3.87% |
Maximum | Floating |  |
Short-Term Debt [Line Items] |  |
Interest Rate | 3.96% |
Maximum | Fixed |  |
Short-Term Debt [Line Items] |  |
Interest Rate | 4.01% |
Junior subordinated debt |  |
Short-Term Debt [Line Items] |  |
Long-term debt total | $ 35,000 |
Junior subordinated debt | MCBI Statutory Trust I |  |
Short-Term Debt [Line Items] |  |
Debt instrument, basis spread on variable rate | 1.81% |
Parent company | Junior subordinated debt |  |
Short-Term Debt [Line Items] |  |
Weighted-average rate (as a percent) | 5.53% | 6.17%
Long-term debt total | $ 32,320 | $ 32,001

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- Definition Including the current and noncurrent portions, the carrying value of junior subordinated long-term debt owed to unconsolidated subsidiary trusts as of the balance sheet date. Such debt places a lender in a lien position behind debt having a higher priority of repayment in liquidation of the entity's assets and was initially scheduled to be repaid after one year or beyond the normal operating cycle if longer. + References Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef -Topic 942 -SubTopic 210 -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Section S99 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (SX 210.9-03(16)) -Publisher FASB -URI https://asc.fasb.org/1943274/2147478546/942-210-S99-1 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef -Topic 944 -SubTopic 210 -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Section S99 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (SX 210.7-03(a)(16)(a)(2)) -Publisher FASB -URI https://asc.fasb.org/1943274/2147478777/944-210-S99-1 + Details
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