Deposits and Related Interest (Deposits by Components) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Sep. 30, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017
Deposits, by Component, Alternative [Abstract]
Noninterest-bearing demand deposit	$ 1,107,567	$ 969,525
Interest-bearing saving and demand deposits	2,412,690	2,274,116
Individual Retirement Account	204,715	231,376
Retail certificates of deposists	610,118	595,983
Institutional certificates of deposits	223,025	209,951
Total Core Deposits	4,558,115	4,280,951
Brokered Deposists	530,878	518,531
Deposits, Total	$ 5,088,993	$ 4,799,482

Amount of interest-bearing domestic certificate of institutional deposit liabilities.

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The aggregate of all deposit liabilities held by the entity, including foreign and domestic, interest and noninterest bearing; may include demand deposits, saving deposits, Negotiable Order of Withdrawal (NOW) and time deposits among others.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 942
-SubTopic 210
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.9-03.12)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6876686&loc=d3e534808-122878

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The aggregate amount of all retail deposit accounts including demand accounts, savings accounts, and certificates of deposit.

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The aggregate of all domestic and foreign interest-bearing deposit liabilities.

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Amount of interest-bearing domestic third-party deposits placed by or through the assistance of a deposit broker, also known as brokered deposit liabilities.

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Amount of interest-bearing domestic certificate of deposit liabilities.

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Amount of interest-bearing domestic time deposits. Time deposits bear interest for a fixed, stated period of time and include certificate of deposits and individual retirement accounts.

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The aggregate amount of all domestic and foreign noninterest-bearing deposits liabilities held by the entity.

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