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Federal Home Loan Bank, Advance, Maturity, Next Six Months

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Federal Home Loan Bank, Advance, Maturity, With Three Months and Beyond Six Months, Weighted Average Interest Rate

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Federal Home Loan Bank, Advance, Maturity, Within Six Months and Beyond Six Months, Weighted Average Life

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Federal Home Loan Bank, Advances, General Debt Obligations, Disclosure, Weighted Average Interest Rate, Variable

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Federal Home Loan Bank, Advances, General Debt Obligations, Disclosures, Extinguishment Fee

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Federal Home Loan Bank, Advances, Number of Correspondent Banks

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Federal Home Loan Bank, Advances, Refinanced

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Amount of assets pledged to secure a debt instrument.

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Amount of short term borrowing where a bank borrows, at the federal funds rate, from another bank.

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Amount of unearned commitment fees on advances made and reported by Federal Home Loan Bank (FHLBank).

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Amount of advances or credit lines available from the Federal Home Loan Bank (FHLB).

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Amount of the collateral pledged in support of federal home loan bank advances outstanding.

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Federal Home Loan Bank (FHLB) stock represents an equity interest in a FHLB. It does not have a readily determinable fair value because its ownership is restricted and it lacks a market (liquidity).

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The carrying value as of the balance sheet date of the current and noncurrent portions of long-term obligations drawn from a line of credit, which is a bank's commitment to make loans up to a specific amount. Examples of items that might be included in the application of this element may consist of letters of credit, standby letters of credit, and revolving credit arrangements, under which borrowings can be made up to a maximum amount as of any point in time conditional on satisfaction of specified terms before, as of and after the date of drawdowns on the line. Includes short-term obligations that would normally be classified as current liabilities but for which (a) postbalance sheet date issuance of a long term obligation to refinance the short term obligation on a long term basis, or (b) the enterprise has entered into a financing agreement that clearly permits the enterprise to refinance the short-term obligation on a long term basis and the following conditions are met (1) the agreement does not expire within 1 year and is not cancelable by the lender except for violation of an objectively determinable provision, (2) no violation exists at the BS date, and (3) the lender has entered into the financing agreement is expected to be financially capable of honoring the agreement.

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FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANK ADVANCES AND SHORT-TERM BORROWINGS - Additional Information (Details)	1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2020 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2020 USD ($) correspondent_bank	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($)
Federal Home Loan Bank, Advances, Branch of FHLB Bank [Line Items]
Repayments of FHLB advances		$ 335,000,000	$ 125,000,000	$ 125,000,000
FHLB variable-rate, weighted average interest rate (percent)		0.17%	1.66%
Overnight borrowings		$ 85,000,000.0
Borrowings maturing within six months		50,000,000.0
Borrowings maturing beyond six months		$ 411,000,000.0
Weighted average life		5 years
Average interest rate (percent)		2.53%
Advances from FHLB collateralized		$ 2,370,000,000	$ 3,050,000,000.00
Unamortized debt issuance costs		6,200,000
Securities sold under repurchase agreements		0	0
Unsecured debt		196,000,000.0
Federal Reserve Bank Advances
Federal Home Loan Bank, Advances, Branch of FHLB Bank [Line Items]
Amount of available line of credit with Federal Reserve Bank		422,400,000
Other borrowings		0	0
FHLB Advance Repaid June 2020
Federal Home Loan Bank, Advances, Branch of FHLB Bank [Line Items]
Repayments of FHLB advances	$ 100,000,000.0
FHLB variable-rate, weighted average interest rate (percent)	2.07%
Extinguishment fee	$ 2,500,000
FHLB Advance Refinanced June 2020
Federal Home Loan Bank, Advances, Branch of FHLB Bank [Line Items]
FHLB term advances refinanced	$ 111,000,000.0
Line of Credit \| Unsecured Federal Funds Line of Credit
Federal Home Loan Bank, Advances, Branch of FHLB Bank [Line Items]
Amount of available line of credit with Federal Reserve Bank		185,000,000.0
Other borrowings		$ 0
Number of correspondent banks \| correspondent_bank		5
Collateralized loan obligations \| Federal Reserve Bank Advances
Federal Home Loan Bank, Advances, Branch of FHLB Bank [Line Items]
Advances from FHLB collateralized		$ 856,200,000
Collateral on line of credit facility		23,700,000
Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco
Federal Home Loan Bank, Advances, Branch of FHLB Bank [Line Items]
Amount of additional available borrowing		821,700,000
FHLB stock		$ 17,300,000	$ 32,300,000