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Derivative Financial Instruments (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2013
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosure [Abstract] |
Schedule of Derivatives Not Designated as Hedging Instruments, Notional Amount And Statements of Financial Position, Location | The table below summarizes the notional amounts and fair values of the derivative instruments used to manage risk.
|  |  | Asset Derivatives (Other Assets) |  | Liability Derivatives (Other Liabilities)
Notional Amount |  | Fair Value |  | Fair Value
(in thousands) | September 30, 2013 |  | December 31, 2012 |  | September 30, 2013 |  | December 31, 2012 |  | September 30, 2013 |  | December 31, 2012
Non-designated hedging instruments |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Interest rate cap contracts | $ | 34,050 |  |  | $ | 49,050 |  |  | $ | 14 |  |  | $ | 13 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |
The table below summarizes the notional amounts and fair values of the client-related derivative instruments.
|  | Asset Derivatives (Other Assets) |  | Liability Derivatives (Other Liabilities)
| Notional Amount |  | Fair Value |  | Fair Value
(in thousands) | September 30, 2013 |  | December 31, 2012 |  | September 30, 2013 |  | December 31, 2012 |  | September 30, 2013 |  | December 31, 2012
Non-designated hedging instruments |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Interest rate swap contracts | $ | 139,223 |  |  | $ | 126,962 |  |  | $ | 1,114 |  |  | $ | 1,741 |  |  | $ | 1,114 |  |  | $ | 1,979 |
Schedule of Derivative Instruments, Gain (Loss) in Statement of Financial Performance | The following table shows the location and amount of gains and losses recorded in the condensed consolidated statements of operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012.
| Location of Gain or (Loss) Recognized in Operations on Derivative | Amount of Gain or (Loss) Recognized in Operations on Derivative |  | Amount of Gain or (Loss) Recognized in Operations on Derivative
Three months ended September 30, |  | Nine months ended September 30,
(in thousands) | 2013 |  | 2012 |  | 2013 |  | 2012
Non-designated hedging instruments |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Interest rate swap contracts | Interest and fees on loans | $ | (32 | ) |  | $ | (103 | ) |  | $ | (205 | ) |  | $ | (354 | )
The following table shows the location and amount of gains and losses related to derivatives used for risk management purposes that were recorded in the condensed consolidated statements of operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012.
| Location of Gain or (Loss) Recognized in Operations on Derivative | Amount of Gain or (Loss) Recognized in Operations on Derivative |  | Amount of Gain or (Loss) Recognized in Operations on Derivative
Three months ended September 30, |  | Nine months ended September 30,
(in thousands) | 2013 |  | 2012 |  | 2013 |  | 2012
Non-designated hedging instruments |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Interest rate cap contracts | Gain on state tax credits, net | $ | (9 | ) |  | $ | (14 | ) |  | $ | 1 |  |  | $ | (79 | )

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