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Loans and Allowance for Credit Losses Activity in the Allowance for Credit Losses (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015	Mar. 31, 2014
Allowance for Loan and Lease Losses [Roll Forward]
Balance at beginning of period	$ 185,931us-gaap_FinancingReceivableAllowanceForCreditLosses	$ 204,917us-gaap_FinancingReceivableAllowanceForCreditLosses
Loans charged off	(5,764)us-gaap_AllowanceForLoanAndLeaseLossesWriteOffs	(10,268)us-gaap_AllowanceForLoanAndLeaseLossesWriteOffs
Recoveries of loans previously charged off	3,191fult_AllowanceForLoanAndLeaseLossesRecoveriesOfBadDebt	1,857fult_AllowanceForLoanAndLeaseLossesRecoveriesOfBadDebt
Net loans charged off	(2,573)fult_LoansChargedOffNetOfRecoveries	(8,411)fult_LoansChargedOffNetOfRecoveries
Provision for credit losses	(3,700)us-gaap_ProvisionForLoanAndLeaseLosses	2,500us-gaap_ProvisionForLoanAndLeaseLosses
Balance at end of period	$ 179,658us-gaap_FinancingReceivableAllowanceForCreditLosses	$ 199,006us-gaap_FinancingReceivableAllowanceForCreditLosses

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Recoveries of debt previously charged off

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Reflects the increase in the allowance account attributable to collections of loans and lease receivables which had previously been fully or partially charged off as bad debts.

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Amount of loans and leases that have been written off from both loan receivables and allowance reserve for credit loss.

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A valuation allowance for financing receivables that are expected to be uncollectible.

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Amount of expense related to estimated loss from loan and lease transactions.

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