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Loans and Allowance - Subsequent Default (Details) $ in Thousands | 3 Months Ended | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2020 USD ($) loan | Jun. 30, 2019 USD ($) loan | Jun. 30, 2020 USD ($) loan | Jun. 30, 2019 USD ($) loan
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Number of Loans | loan | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1
Recorded Balance | $ | $ 268 | $ 62 | $ 268 | $ 62
Commercial and industrial loans |  |  |  |
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Number of Loans | loan | 1 |  | 1 |
Recorded Balance | $ | $ 268 |  | $ 268 |
Residential |  |  |  |
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Number of Loans | loan |  | 1 |  | 1
Recorded Balance | $ |  | $ 62 |  | $ 62

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