Loans and Allowance for Credit Losses Troubled Debt Restructuring Modification (Details) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2017 USD ($) loans	Mar. 31, 2016 USD ($) loans
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number of Loans \| loans	31	43
Post-Modification Recorded Investment \| $	$ 5,696	$ 3,677
Extend maturity without rate concession \| Commercial - secured
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number of Loans \| loans	4	4
Post-Modification Recorded Investment \| $	$ 3,126	$ 933
Extend maturity without rate concession \| Real-estate - commercial mortgage
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number of Loans \| loans	1	0
Post-Modification Recorded Investment \| $	$ 318	$ 0
Extend maturity without rate concession \| Real-estate - home equity
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number of Loans \| loans	16	0
Post-Modification Recorded Investment \| $	$ 1,284	$ 0
Extend maturity without rate concession \| Real-estate - residential mortgage
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number of Loans \| loans	2	0
Post-Modification Recorded Investment \| $	$ 337	$ 0
Bankruptcy \| Real-estate - home equity
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number of Loans \| loans	7	37
Post-Modification Recorded Investment \| $	$ 453	$ 2,698
Bankruptcy \| Real-estate - residential mortgage
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number of Loans \| loans	1	0
Post-Modification Recorded Investment \| $	$ 178	$ 0
Bankruptcy \| Consumer - direct
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number of Loans \| loans	0	1
Post-Modification Recorded Investment \| $	$ 0	$ 2

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 310
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 33
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=66008989&loc=SL6953676-111524

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