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Commitments and Contingencies Narrative (Details) (USD $) | 3 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2014 | Dec. 31, 2014 | Dec. 31, 2013 | Dec. 31, 2012
Loss Contingencies [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Reduction in repurchase requests | $ 7,500,000 fult_IncreaseDecreaseResidentialMortgagePrincipalBalanceRepurchaseRequestReceived |  |  |
Operating risk loss |  | 4,271,000 fult_OperatingRiskLoss | 9,290,000 fult_OperatingRiskLoss | 9,454,000 fult_OperatingRiskLoss
Residential mortgage principal balance repurchase request received |  | 917,000 fult_Residentialmortgageprincipalbalancerepurchaserequestreceived | 6,100,000 fult_Residentialmortgageprincipalbalancerepurchaserequestreceived |
Residential mortgage principal balance FHLB credit enhancement |  | 153,000,000 fult_Residentialmortgageprincipalbalancefhlbcreditenhancement |  |
Residential mortgage repurchase reserves FHLB credit enhancement |  | 2,300,000 fult_Residentialmortgagerepurchasereservesfhlbcreditenhancement | 2,500,000 fult_Residentialmortgagerepurchasereservesfhlbcreditenhancement |
Obligation to Repurchase Receivables Sold |  |  |  |
Loss Contingencies [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Settlement amount | 4,500,000 us-gaap_LitigationSettlementAmount / us-gaap_LossContingenciesByNatureOfContingencyAxis = us-gaap_ObligationToRepurchaseReceivablesSoldMember |  |  |
Increase (Decrease) Residential Mortgage Principal Balance Repurchase Request Reserve | 5,100,000 us-gaap_LossContingencyAccrualCarryingValuePeriodIncreaseDecrease / us-gaap_LossContingenciesByNatureOfContingencyAxis = us-gaap_ObligationToRepurchaseReceivablesSoldMember |  |  |
Reserve for Off-balance Sheet Activities |  |  |  |
Loss Contingencies [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Valuation allowances and reserves |  | 414,769,000 us-gaap_ValuationAllowancesAndReservesBalance / us-gaap_ValuationAllowancesAndReservesTypeAxis = us-gaap_ReserveForOffBalanceSheetActivitiesMember | 427,789,000 us-gaap_ValuationAllowancesAndReservesBalance / us-gaap_ValuationAllowancesAndReservesTypeAxis = us-gaap_ReserveForOffBalanceSheetActivitiesMember |
Reserve for Off-balance Sheet Activities | Residential Mortgage |  |  |  |
Loss Contingencies [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Valuation allowances and reserves |  | $ 3,200,000 us-gaap_ValuationAllowancesAndReservesBalance / us-gaap_FinancialInstrumentAxis = us-gaap_ResidentialMortgageMember / us-gaap_ValuationAllowancesAndReservesTypeAxis = us-gaap_ReserveForOffBalanceSheetActivitiesMember | $ 8,600,000 us-gaap_ValuationAllowancesAndReservesBalance / us-gaap_FinancialInstrumentAxis = us-gaap_ResidentialMortgageMember / us-gaap_ValuationAllowancesAndReservesTypeAxis = us-gaap_ReserveForOffBalanceSheetActivitiesMember |

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