Bank Deposits (Narrative) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Sep. 30, 2024	Dec. 31, 2023
Bank Deposits [Line Items]
Weighted average interest rate on deposits	3.32%	2.66%
Certificates of deposit	$ 0.1
Certificates of deposit greater, due within one year	270.6
Brokerage Customers Deposits [Member]
Bank Deposits [Line Items]
Deposits of related parties	26,000.0	$ 24,100.0
Stifel Nicolaus [Member]
Bank Deposits [Line Items]
Interest bearing and time deposits of executive officers, directors, and affiliates	$ 2.4	$ 9.0

Bank deposits.

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Interest bearing and time deposit of officials.

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Amount of deposits held by the entity for a related party (entity, shareholder, employee).

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Amount of time deposit maturing in next fiscal year following current fiscal year. Time deposit includes, but is not limited to, certificate of deposit. Excludes interim and annual periods when interim periods are reported from current statement of financial position date (rolling approach).

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Any certificate of deposit or savings account held by a bank or other financial institution for a short-term specified period of time. Because of their short-term, time deposits are considered highly liquid investments that are both readily convertible to known amounts of cash and so near their maturity that they present insignificant risk of changes in value because of changes in interest rates. Generally, only investments with original maturities of three months or less qualify under that definition. Original maturity means original maturity to the entity holding the investment. For example, both a three-month US Treasury bill and a three-year Treasury note purchased three months from maturity qualify as cash equivalents. However, a Treasury note purchased three-years ago does not become a cash equivalent when its remaining maturity is three months.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Topic 210
-SubTopic 10
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-Section S99
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The weighted average interest rate for domestic time deposit liabilities.

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