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Fair Value Accounting and Measurement (Financial Assets Accounted For Fair Value On Nonrecurring Basis) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Equity Securities without Readily Determinable Fair Value, Amount	$ 13,425	$ 0
Fair Value, Option, Changes in Fair Value, Gain (Loss)	(508)	0	$ 0
Fair Value, Nonrecurring [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Collateral dependent loans, Fair Value	15,569	10,007
Other real estate owned, fair value disclosure	525
Equity Securities without Readily Determinable Fair Value, Amount	13,425
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 \| Fair Value, Nonrecurring [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Collateral dependent loans, Fair Value	0	0
Other real estate owned, fair value disclosure	0
Equity Securities without Readily Determinable Fair Value, Amount	0
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 \| Fair Value, Nonrecurring [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Collateral dependent loans, Fair Value	0	0
Other real estate owned, fair value disclosure	0
Equity Securities without Readily Determinable Fair Value, Amount	13,425
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 \| Fair Value, Nonrecurring [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Collateral dependent loans, Fair Value	15,569	10,007
Other real estate owned, fair value disclosure	525
Equity Securities without Readily Determinable Fair Value, Amount	0
Collateral dependent loans [Domain] \| Fair Value, Nonrecurring [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Fair Value, Option, Changes in Fair Value, Gain (Loss)	8,700	$ 7,519
Other real estate owned \| Fair Value, Nonrecurring [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Fair Value, Option, Changes in Fair Value, Gain (Loss)	70
equity securities without readily determinable fair value [Domain] \| Fair Value, Nonrecurring [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Fair Value, Option, Changes in Fair Value, Gain (Loss)	$ (13,425)