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Variable Interest Entities (Summary of VIE Not Consolidated By FHN) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands | Dec. 31, 2017 | Dec. 31, 2016 | Dec. 31, 2015
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Variable Interest Entity [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Loans, net of unearned income | $ 27,658,929 | [1] | $ 19,589,520 | [1] | $ 17,686,502
Term borrowings (Note 10) | 1,218,097 |  | 1,040,656 |  |
Trading securities | 1,416,345 |  | 897,071 |  |
Securities available-for-sale (Note 3) | 5,170,255 |  | 3,943,499 |  |
Low income housing partnerships |  |  |  |  |
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Maximum Loss Exposure | 94,798 |  | 73,582 |  |
Maximum loss exposure, contractual funding commitments | 33,300 |  | 17,400 |  |
Liability Recognized | 33,348 |  | 17,398 |  |
Low income housing partnerships | Other Assets |  |  |  |  |
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Maximum loss exposure, current investments | 61,500 |  | 56,200 |  |
Other tax credit investments |  |  |  |  |
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Maximum Loss Exposure | 20,394 |  | 21,898 |  |
Liability Recognized | 0 |  | 0 |  |
Other tax credit investments | Other Assets |  |  |  |  |
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Maximum loss exposure, current investments | 18,000 |  | 18,000 |  |
Small issuer trust preferred holdings |  |  |  |  |
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Maximum Loss Exposure | 332,455 |  | 332,985 |  |
Liability Recognized | 0 |  | 0 |  |
On-balance sheet trust preferred securitization |  |  |  |  |
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Maximum Loss Exposure | 48,817 |  | 49,361 |  |
Liability Recognized | 65,357 |  | 64,812 |  |
Loans, net of unearned income | 112,500 |  | 112,500 |  |
Term borrowings (Note 10) | 65,400 |  | 64,800 |  |
Trading securities | 1,700 |  | 1,700 |  |
Proprietary residential mortgage securitizations |  |  |  |  |
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Maximum Loss Exposure | 2,151 |  | 2,568 |  |
Liability Recognized | 0 |  | 0 |  |
Holdings of agency mortgage-backed securities |  |  |  |  |
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Maximum Loss Exposure | 5,349,287 |  | 4,163,313 |  |
Liability Recognized | 0 |  | 0 |  |
Trading securities | 500,000 |  | 400,000 |  |
Securities available-for-sale (Note 3) | 4,800,000 |  | 3,800,000 |  |
Commercial loan troubled debt restructurings |  |  |  |  |
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Maximum Loss Exposure | 19,411 |  | 42,696 |  |
Maximum loss exposure, contractual funding commitments | 300 |  | 5,200 |  |
Liability Recognized | 0 |  | 0 |  |
Loans, net of unearned income | 19,100 |  | 37,500 |  |
Sale-leaseback transaction |  |  |  |  |
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Maximum Loss Exposure | 14,827 |  | 11,827 |  |
Liability Recognized | 0 |  | $ 0 |  |
Proprietary trust preferred issuances |  |  |  |  |
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Maximum Loss Exposure | 0 |  |  |  |
Liability Recognized | $ 212,378 |  |  |  |
[1] | December 31, 2017 and 2016 include $22.7 million and $28.5 million, respectively, of held-to-maturity consumer mortgage loans secured by residential real estate in process of foreclosure.

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