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Commitments and Contingencies Outstanding Commitments to Extend Credit and Letters of Credit (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Fair Value, Off-balance Sheet Risks, Disclosure Information [Line Items]
Residential Mortgage Principal Balance Repurchase Request Received	$ 851	$ 543
Residential Mortgage Principal Balance FHLB Credit Enhancement	132,000
Residential Mortgage Repurchase Reserves FHLB Credit Enhancement	1,800	2,300
Commitments to Extend Credit [Member] | Reserve for Off-balance Sheet Activities [Member]
Fair Value, Off-balance Sheet Risks, Disclosure Information [Line Items]
Valuation allowances and Reserves, Balance	5,635,629	4,389,064
Standby Letters of Credit [Member] | Reserve for Off-balance Sheet Activities [Member]
Fair Value, Off-balance Sheet Risks, Disclosure Information [Line Items]
Valuation allowances and Reserves, Balance	390,501	382,465
Commercial Letters of Credit [Member] | Reserve for Off-balance Sheet Activities [Member]
Fair Value, Off-balance Sheet Risks, Disclosure Information [Line Items]
Valuation allowances and Reserves, Balance	36,365	32,304
Residential Mortgage [Member] | Reserve for Off-balance Sheet Activities [Member]
Fair Value, Off-balance Sheet Risks, Disclosure Information [Line Items]
Valuation allowances and Reserves, Balance	$ 2,500	$ 3,200

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Total of allowances and reserves, the valuation and qualifying accounts that are either netted against the cost of an asset (in order to value it at its carrying value) or that reflect a liability established to represent expected future costs.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef



-Publisher FASB



-Name Accounting Standards Codification



-Topic 235



-SubTopic 10



-Section S99



-Paragraph 4



-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=26873400&loc=d3e24092-122690



Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef



-Publisher SEC



-Name Regulation S-X (SX)



-Number 210



-Section 09



-Article 12

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