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Amount before allowance and after deduction of deferred interest and fees, unamortized costs and premiums and discounts from face amounts, of loans and leases held in portfolio, including but not limited to, commercial and consumer loans. Excludes loans and leases covered under loss sharing agreements.

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Amount of deferred fees paid by borrowers and unamortized costs incurred to originate loans and leases, unamortized loan commitments and loan syndication fees, and premiums over or discounts from face amounts of loans that are being amortized into income as an adjustment to yield. Excludes amounts for loans and leases covered under loss sharing agreements.

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Loans - Summary of Acquired non-credit impaired loans (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Dec. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018
Summary of Loans
Total loans	$ 24,664,134	$ 11,375,104
Commercial loans \| Construction and land development
Summary of Loans
Total loans	1,899,066	1,017,261
Commercial loans \| Commercial non-owner occupied
Summary of Loans
Total loans	5,931,323	2,323,967
Commercial loans \| Commercial non-owner occupied real estate
Summary of Loans
Total loans	4,842,092	2,158,701
Commercial loans \| Commercial and industrial
Summary of Loans
Total loans	5,047,147	1,386,327
Commercial loans \| Other income producing property
Summary of Loans
Total loans	587,448	346,554
Consumer \| Consumer Owner Occupied Loans
Summary of Loans
Total loans	4,108,042	2,706,960
Consumer \| Home equity loans
Summary of Loans
Total loans	1,336,689	758,020
Consumer \| Consumer
Summary of Loans
Total loans	894,334	663,422
Consumer \| Other loans
Summary of Loans
Total loans	$ 17,993	13,892
Acquired non-credit impaired loans
Summary of Loans
Total loans		1,760,427	$ 2,594,826
Unamortized Discounts		20,300
Acquired non-credit impaired loans \| Construction and land development
Summary of Loans
Total loans		33,569	165,070
Acquired non-credit impaired loans \| Commercial non-owner occupied
Summary of Loans
Total loans		447,441	679,253
Acquired non-credit impaired loans \| Consumer Owner Occupied Loans
Summary of Loans
Total loans		496,431	628,813
Acquired non-credit impaired loans \| Home equity loans
Summary of Loans
Total loans		188,732	242,425
Acquired non-credit impaired loans \| Commercial owner occupied real estate loan
Summary of Loans
Total loans		307,193	421,841
Acquired non-credit impaired loans \| Commercial and industrial
Summary of Loans
Total loans		101,880	212,537
Acquired non-credit impaired loans \| Other income producing property
Summary of Loans
Total loans		95,697	133,110
Acquired non-credit impaired loans \| Consumer
Summary of Loans
Total loans		89,484	$ 111,777
Acquired non-credit impaired loans \| Commercial loans
Summary of Loans
Total loans		985,780
Acquired non-credit impaired loans \| Commercial loans \| Construction and land development
Summary of Loans
Total loans		33,569
Acquired non-credit impaired loans \| Commercial loans \| Commercial non-owner occupied
Summary of Loans
Total loans		447,441
Acquired non-credit impaired loans \| Commercial loans \| Commercial non-owner occupied real estate
Summary of Loans
Total loans		481,010
Acquired non-credit impaired loans \| Commercial loans \| Commercial owner occupied real estate loan
Summary of Loans
Total loans		307,193
Acquired non-credit impaired loans \| Commercial loans \| Commercial and industrial
Summary of Loans
Total loans		101,880
Acquired non-credit impaired loans \| Commercial loans \| Other income producing property
Summary of Loans
Total loans		95,697
Acquired non-credit impaired loans \| Consumer
Summary of Loans
Total loans		774,647
Acquired non-credit impaired loans \| Consumer \| Consumer Owner Occupied Loans
Summary of Loans
Total loans		496,431
Acquired non-credit impaired loans \| Consumer \| Home equity loans
Summary of Loans
Total loans		188,732
Acquired non-credit impaired loans \| Consumer \| Real estate
Summary of Loans
Total loans		685,163
Acquired non-credit impaired loans \| Consumer \| Consumer
Summary of Loans
Total loans		$ 89,484