Loans and Allowance for Credit Losses for Loans - Financing Receivable, Modified (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2025	Dec. 31, 2024
Financing Receivable, Modified [Line Items]
Total	$ 233,808	$ 392,956
% of Total Loan Class	0.47%	0.81%
Interest rate reduction
Financing Receivable, Modified [Line Items]
Total	$ 0	$ 4,048
Term Extension
Financing Receivable, Modified [Line Items]
Total	74,733	195,245
Term extension and interest rate reduction
Financing Receivable, Modified [Line Items]
Total	11,150	16,198
Term Extension and Principal Forgiveness
Financing Receivable, Modified [Line Items]
Total	20,388	0
Other than Insignificant Payment Delay
Financing Receivable, Modified [Line Items]
Total	127,537	177,465
Commercial and industrial
Financing Receivable, Modified [Line Items]
Total	$ 63,735	$ 112,823
% of Total Loan Class	0.58%	1.14%
Commercial and industrial \| Interest rate reduction
Financing Receivable, Modified [Line Items]
Total	$ 0	$ 825
Commercial and industrial \| Term Extension
Financing Receivable, Modified [Line Items]
Total	34,553	111,998
Commercial and industrial \| Term extension and interest rate reduction
Financing Receivable, Modified [Line Items]
Total	10,165	0
Commercial and industrial \| Term Extension and Principal Forgiveness
Financing Receivable, Modified [Line Items]
Total	0	0
Commercial and industrial \| Other than Insignificant Payment Delay
Financing Receivable, Modified [Line Items]
Total	19,017	0
Commercial real estate \| Commercial real estate
Financing Receivable, Modified [Line Items]
Total	$ 168,230	$ 275,407
% of Total Loan Class	0.63%	1.04%
Commercial real estate \| Construction
Financing Receivable, Modified [Line Items]
Total		$ 2,505
% of Total Loan Class		0.08%
Commercial real estate \| Interest rate reduction \| Commercial real estate
Financing Receivable, Modified [Line Items]
Total	$ 0	$ 3,223
Commercial real estate \| Interest rate reduction \| Construction
Financing Receivable, Modified [Line Items]
Total		0
Commercial real estate \| Term Extension \| Commercial real estate
Financing Receivable, Modified [Line Items]
Total	38,337	82,206
Commercial real estate \| Term Extension \| Construction
Financing Receivable, Modified [Line Items]
Total		0
Commercial real estate \| Term extension and interest rate reduction \| Commercial real estate
Financing Receivable, Modified [Line Items]
Total	985	16,198
Commercial real estate \| Term extension and interest rate reduction \| Construction
Financing Receivable, Modified [Line Items]
Total		0
Commercial real estate \| Term Extension and Principal Forgiveness \| Commercial real estate
Financing Receivable, Modified [Line Items]
Total	20,388	0
Commercial real estate \| Term Extension and Principal Forgiveness \| Construction
Financing Receivable, Modified [Line Items]
Total		0
Commercial real estate \| Other than Insignificant Payment Delay \| Commercial real estate
Financing Receivable, Modified [Line Items]
Total	108,520	173,780
Commercial real estate \| Other than Insignificant Payment Delay \| Construction
Financing Receivable, Modified [Line Items]
Total		2,505
Residential mortgage
Financing Receivable, Modified [Line Items]
Total	$ 1,843	$ 2,177
% of Total Loan Class	0.03%	0.04%
Residential mortgage \| Interest rate reduction
Financing Receivable, Modified [Line Items]
Total	$ 0	$ 0
Residential mortgage \| Term Extension
Financing Receivable, Modified [Line Items]
Total	1,843	1,041
Residential mortgage \| Term extension and interest rate reduction
Financing Receivable, Modified [Line Items]
Total	0	0
Residential mortgage \| Term Extension and Principal Forgiveness
Financing Receivable, Modified [Line Items]
Total	0	0
Residential mortgage \| Other than Insignificant Payment Delay
Financing Receivable, Modified [Line Items]
Total	$ 0	1,136
Home equity
Financing Receivable, Modified [Line Items]
Total		$ 44
% of Total Loan Class		0.01%
Home equity \| Interest rate reduction
Financing Receivable, Modified [Line Items]
Total		$ 0
Home equity \| Term Extension
Financing Receivable, Modified [Line Items]
Total		0
Home equity \| Term extension and interest rate reduction
Financing Receivable, Modified [Line Items]
Total		0
Home equity \| Term Extension and Principal Forgiveness
Financing Receivable, Modified [Line Items]
Total		0
Home equity \| Other than Insignificant Payment Delay
Financing Receivable, Modified [Line Items]
Total		$ 44

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