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Nominal or face amount used to calculate payment on derivative.

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LOANS AND ALLOWANCE FOR LOAN LOSSES - Purchases, Sales, and Transfers (Details) - USD ($)	3 Months Ended			9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2019	Jun. 30, 2019	Sep. 30, 2018	Sep. 30, 2019	Sep. 30, 2018
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Purchases of loans (excluding loans held-for-sale)	$ 0		$ 0	$ 0	$ 0
Transfers from Held-For-Sale			0
Transfers (to) Held-For-Sale			(20,019,000)
Gain (loss) on derivatives	603,000			(8,964,000)	0
Gain on securitization of loans	8,900,000
Gain on sale of loans	4,326,000	$ 2,826,000	279,000	8,705,000	1,059,000
Commercial \| Commercial real estate
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Transfers from Held-For-Sale	0			0
Transfers (to) Held-For-Sale	0			(573,000)
Commercial \| Multifamily
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Transfers from Held-For-Sale	0		0	0	0
Transfers (to) Held-For-Sale	0		0	(752,087,000)	(71,449,000)
Loans sold				751,600,000
Gain on sale of loans	8,900,000			11,700,000
Commercial \| SBA
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Transfers from Held-For-Sale	0			0
Transfers (to) Held-For-Sale	(559,000)			(559,000)
Commercial \| Commercial and Industrial Receivable
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Transfers from Held-For-Sale			0		0
Transfers (to) Held-For-Sale			(1,133,000)		(1,133,000)
Consumer
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Transfers from Held-For-Sale	0			0	0
Transfers (to) Held-For-Sale	(559,000)			(1,127,898,000)	(231,843,000)
Consumer \| Single family residential mortgage
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Transfers from Held-For-Sale	0		0	0	0
Transfers (to) Held-For-Sale	0		(18,886,000)	(374,679,000)	(154,899,000)
Loans sold	144,000			374,800,000
Gain on sale of loans	$ (150,000)			1,600,000
Consumer \| Other consumer
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Transfers from Held-For-Sale			0		0
Transfers (to) Held-For-Sale			$ 0		$ (4,362,000)
Interest rate swap
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Notional value		$ 543,400,000
Freddie Mac \| Commercial \| Multifamily
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Transfers (to) Held-For-Sale				$ (573,900,000)
Weighted average coupon (percent)				3.79%
Weighted average term to reset				3 years 6 months