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Amount of increase in allowance for credit loss on financing receivable purchased with credit deterioration.

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Amount of allowance for credit loss on financing receivable. Excludes allowance for financing receivable covered under loss sharing agreement.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Amount of discount (premium) attributable to other factors on financing receivable purchased with credit deterioration.

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Loans and Leases Receivable and Allowance for Credit Losses - Additional Information (Detail)			1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2020 USD ($) Commitment	Jan. 01, 2020 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2020 USD ($) Commitment	Sep. 30, 2020 USD ($) Loan Commitment	Sep. 30, 2019 USD ($) Loan	Jun. 30, 2020 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2020 USD ($) Loan Commitment	Sep. 30, 2019 USD ($) Loan	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($) Commitment	Jun. 30, 2019 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($)
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring [Line Items]
Accrued interest receivable	$ 65,668,000		$ 65,668,000	$ 65,668,000			$ 65,668,000		$ 38,072,000
Loans receivable	16,423,029,000		16,423,029,000	16,423,029,000			16,423,029,000		9,508,367,000
Interest income				132,107,000	$ 118,444,000		$ 366,634,000	$ 315,126,000
Loans held for sale, average life from purchase to sale							30 days
Accrued interest reversed							$ 1,200,000
Allowance for credit losses on loans and leases	155,561,000	$ 136,200,000	155,561,000	155,561,000	$ 51,053,000	$ 159,905,000	155,561,000	$ 51,053,000	56,379,000	$ 48,388,000	$ 39,972,000
Allowance for credit loss, period increase							19,400,000
Loans reported as TDR	16,100,000		16,100,000	16,100,000			$ 16,100,000		13,300,000
Minimum performance requirement							9 months
Lease receivable, TDR	$ 0		$ 0	$ 0			$ 0		$ 0
Number of loans \| Loan				67	7		105	21
Number of commitments to lend additional funds (commitment) \| Commitment	0		0	0			0		0
Purchased-credit-impaired loans	$ 14,400,000					17,488,000
Financing receivable sale				$ 21,568,000	$ 0		$ 23,390,000	$ 0
Loans pledged as collateral	8,900,000,000		$ 8,900,000,000	8,900,000,000			8,900,000,000		$ 4,600,000,000
Small Business Administration (SBA), CARES Act, Paycheck Protection Program
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring [Line Items]
Loans receivable	5,000,000,000.0		5,000,000,000.0	5,000,000,000.0			5,000,000,000.0
Interest income				24,300,000			36,000,000.0
Accounting Standards Update 2016-13
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring [Line Items]
Initial allowance on loans purchased with credit deterioration		200,000
Financing receivable, purchased with credit deterioration, discount		$ 300,000
Residential real estate
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring [Line Items]
Residential real estate held in other real estate owned	100,000		100,000	100,000			100,000		200,000
Loans in process of foreclosure	500,000		500,000	500,000			500,000		900,000
Commercial and industrial
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring [Line Items]
Financing receivable sale				3,968,000	0		3,968,000	0
Commercial real estate non-owner occupied
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring [Line Items]
Amount deferred, CARES Act	79,000,000.0		79,000,000.0	79,000,000.0			79,000,000.0
Financing receivable sale			17,600,000
Multi-family
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring [Line Items]
Allowance for credit losses on loans and leases	15,026,000		15,026,000	15,026,000	$ 7,498,000	14,697,000	15,026,000	$ 7,498,000	6,157,000	$ 9,926,000	$ 11,462,000
Purchased-credit-impaired loans						$ 1,688,000
Consumer loans
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring [Line Items]
Amount deferred, CARES Act	25,000,000.0		25,000,000.0	$ 25,000,000.0			$ 25,000,000.0
Forgiveness of debt
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring [Line Items]
Number of loans \| Loan				0	0		0	0
Other Assets
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring [Line Items]
Accrued interest receivable	61,900,000		61,900,000	$ 61,900,000			$ 61,900,000		$ 34,800,000
Commercial Real Estate \| Commercial and industrial \| Collateral Dependent Loan
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring [Line Items]
Loans receivable	32,100,000		32,100,000	32,100,000			32,100,000
Government-Guaranteed Collateral
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring [Line Items]
Loans pledged as collateral	$ 4,800,000,000		$ 4,800,000,000	$ 4,800,000,000			$ 4,800,000,000