Deposits (Schedule of Detailed Deposits) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Dec. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Banking And Thrift Interest [Abstract]
Noninterest-bearing deposits	$ 12,199,750	$ 8,775,632
Interest-bearing retail transaction and savings deposits	10,435,362	8,845,097
Interest-bearing public fund deposits, Public fund transaction and savings deposits	3,068,555	2,803,912
Interest-bearing public fund deposits, Public fund time deposits	166,381	560,503
Total interest-bearing public fund deposits	3,234,936	3,364,415
Retail time deposits	1,813,705	2,652,842
Brokered time deposits	14,124	165,589
Total interest-bearing deposits	15,498,127	15,027,943
Total deposits	$ 27,697,877	$ 23,803,575

Interest-bearing Deposit Liabilities, Public Fund Deposits

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Interest-bearing Deposit Liabilities, Public Fund Time Deposits

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Interest-bearing Deposit Liabilities, Public Fund Transaction And Savings Deposits

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Interest-bearing Deposit Liabilities, Retail And Savings

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The aggregate of all deposit liabilities held by the entity, including foreign and domestic, interest and noninterest bearing; may include demand deposits, saving deposits, Negotiable Order of Withdrawal (NOW) and time deposits among others.

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Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 942
-SubTopic 210
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.9-03.12)
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Total amount of interest-bearing domestic deposit liabilities, which may include brokered, retail, demand, checking, notice of withdrawal, money market and other interest-bearing deposits.

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Amount of interest-bearing domestic retail deposit liabilities.

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The aggregate amount of all domestic and foreign noninterest-bearing deposits liabilities held by the entity.

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