SUPPLEMENTAL STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS INFORMATION - Supplemental Cash Flow Information (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended	6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2024	Jun. 30, 2023	Jun. 30, 2024	Jun. 30, 2023
Cash paid for:
Interest			$ 134,995	$ 84,530
Income tax			49,236	82,215
Operating cash flow from operating leases			8,693	8,630
Non-cash investing and financing activities:
Additions to OREO			4,599	10,738
Additions to auto and other repossessed assets			29,590	29,720
Capitalization of servicing assets	$ 647	$ 706	1,107	1,238
Loan securitizations			58,911	65,092
Loans held for investment transferred to held for sale			118	2,962
Loans held for sale transferred to held for investment			0	1,714
Payable related to unsettled purchase of investment securities			0	4,502
Right-of-use asset obtained in exchange for operating lease liabilities, net of lease terminations			5,112	2,263
Payable related to unsettled common stock repurchases			$ 760	$ 0

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Loans converted into marketable securities.

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Unsettled common stock share repurchases

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