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Description of the Business	12 Months Ended
Description of the Business	Dec. 31, 2020
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]
Description of the Business	DESCRIPTION OF THE BUSINESS Customers Bancorp, Inc. ("Customers Bancorp") is a bank holding company engaged in banking activities through its wholly owned subsidiary, Customers Bank ("the Bank"), collectively referred to as “Customers” herein. Customers Bancorp and its wholly owned subsidiaries, the Bank, and non-bank subsidiaries, serve residents and businesses in Southeastern Pennsylvania (Bucks, Berks, Chester, Philadelphia and Delaware Counties); Rye Brook, New York (Westchester County); Hamilton, New Jersey (Mercer County); Boston, Massachusetts; Providence, Rhode Island; Portsmouth, New Hampshire (Rockingham County); Manhattan and Melville, New York; Washington, D.C.; Chicago, Illinois; and nationally for certain loan and deposit products. The Bank has 12 full-service branches and provides commercial banking products, primarily loans and deposits. In addition, Customers Bank also administratively supports loan and other financial products, including equipment finance leases, to customers through its limited-purpose offices in Boston, Massachusetts; Providence, Rhode Island; Portsmouth, New Hampshire; Manhattan, New York; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and Chicago, Illinois. The Bank also provides liquidity to residential mortgage originators nationwide through commercial loans to mortgage companies. Through BankMobile, a division of Customers Bank, Customers offered state of the art high tech digital banking services to consumers, students, and the "under banked" nationwide, along with "Banking as a Service" offerings with white label partners. The Customers Bancorp's consolidated financial statements as of and for the three years ended December 31, 2020 included the assets and liabilities and financial results of BankMobile. On January 4, 2021, Customers completed the divestiture of BankMobile Technologies, Inc. ("BMT"), a wholly owned subsidiary of Customers Bank and a component of the BankMobile business segment through a merger with Megalith Financial Acquisition Corp. ("MFAC"). In connection with the closing of the divestiture, MFAC changed its name to “BM Technologies, Inc." ("BM Technologies"). Following the completion of the divestiture, BankMobile's installment loans receivable and deposits, and related net interest income are presented in Customers Bancorp's consolidated financial statements in a single reportable segment. Beginning in first quarter 2021, BMT's historical financial results for periods prior to the divestiture will be reflected in Customers Bancorp’s consolidated financial statements as discontinued operations. See NOTE 26 – SUBSEQUENT EVENTS for additional information. The Bank is subject to regulation of the Pennsylvania Department of Banking and Securities and the Federal Reserve Bank and is periodically examined by those regulatory authorities. Customers Bancorp has made certain equity investments through its wholly owned subsidiaries CB Green Ventures Pte Ltd. and CUBI India Ventures Pte Ltd.