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Amount of investment in debt and equity securities categorized neither as held-to-maturity nor trading.

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Amount, after allocation of valuation allowances and deferred tax liability, of deferred tax asset attributable to deductible differences and carryforwards, with jurisdictional netting.

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Sum of the carrying amounts as of the balance sheet date of all liabilities that are recognized. Liabilities are probable future sacrifices of economic benefits arising from present obligations of an entity to transfer assets or provide services to other entities in the future.

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Amount of allowance to cover probable credit losses on loans and leases. Includes carryover of or adjustments to the allowance for loan losses in connection with business combinations. Excludes allowance for loans and leases covered under loss sharing agreements.

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Amount before allowance of loans and leases held in portfolio, including but not limited to, commercial and consumer loans. Includes deferred interest and fees, undisbursed portion of loan balance, unamortized costs and premiums and discounts from face amounts. Excludes loans and leases covered under loss sharing agreements.

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Amount after allowance and deduction of deferred interest and fees, unamortized costs and premiums over and discounts from face amounts, of loans and leases held in portfolio, including but not limited to, commercial and consumer loans. Includes loans and leases covered under loss sharing agreements.

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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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Significant Accounting Policies (Impact Of Adoption Of CECL On Assets, Liabilities And Retained Earnings) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Sep. 30, 2020	Jan. 01, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
New Accounting Pronouncements Or Change In Accounting Principle [Line Items]
Available-for-sale Securities	$ 423,815		$ 1,074,169
Deferred tax asset, net	178,957		176,740
Loans	6,759,927		4,726,493
Allowance for credit losses	(235,313)		(116,539)
Total loans	6,579,140		6,641,847
Liabilities	8,954,669		8,252,183
Commercial Portfolio Segment [Member]
New Accounting Pronouncements Or Change In Accounting Principle [Line Items]
Loans	2,426,795		1,862,827
Mortgage Portfolio Segment [Member]
New Accounting Pronouncements Or Change In Accounting Principle [Line Items]
Loans	2,352,585		899,595
Consumer Portfolio Segment [Member]
New Accounting Pronouncements Or Change In Accounting Principle [Line Items]
Loans	$ 1,980,547		$ 1,964,071
Accounting Standards Update 2016-13 [Member]
New Accounting Pronouncements Or Change In Accounting Principle [Line Items]
Available-for-sale Securities		$ 1,074,169
Deferred tax asset, net		190,614
Loans		6,808,908
Allowance for credit losses		(206,259)
Total loans		6,602,649
Allowance for credit losses on off-balance sheet credit exposures		3,858
Liabilities		7,863,574
Accounting Standards Update 2016-13 [Member] \| Commercial Portfolio Segment [Member]
New Accounting Pronouncements Or Change In Accounting Principle [Line Items]
Loans		2,264,228
Allowance for credit losses		(80,591)
Accounting Standards Update 2016-13 [Member] \| Mortgage Portfolio Segment [Member]
New Accounting Pronouncements Or Change In Accounting Principle [Line Items]
Loans		2,516,651
Allowance for credit losses		(49,192)
Accounting Standards Update 2016-13 [Member] \| Consumer Portfolio Segment [Member]
New Accounting Pronouncements Or Change In Accounting Principle [Line Items]
Loans		504,688
Allowance for credit losses		(27,045)
Accounting Standards Update 2016-13 [Member] \| Auto Portfolio Segment [Member]
New Accounting Pronouncements Or Change In Accounting Principle [Line Items]
Loans		1,523,341
Allowance for credit losses		(49,431)
Accounting Standards Update 2016-13 [Member] \| Scenario Previously Reported [Member]
New Accounting Pronouncements Or Change In Accounting Principle [Line Items]
Available-for-sale Securities		1,074,169
Deferred tax asset, net		176,740
Loans		6,758,386
Allowance for credit losses		(116,539)
Total loans		6,641,847
Allowance for credit losses on off-balance sheet credit exposures		3,688
Liabilities		7,889,068
Accounting Standards Update 2016-13 [Member] \| Scenario Previously Reported [Member] \| Commercial Portfolio Segment [Member]
New Accounting Pronouncements Or Change In Accounting Principle [Line Items]
Loans		2,222,085
Allowance for credit losses		(34,886)
Accounting Standards Update 2016-13 [Member] \| Scenario Previously Reported [Member] \| Mortgage Portfolio Segment [Member]
New Accounting Pronouncements Or Change In Accounting Principle [Line Items]
Loans		2,508,821
Allowance for credit losses		(30,382)
Accounting Standards Update 2016-13 [Member] \| Scenario Previously Reported [Member] \| Consumer Portfolio Segment [Member]
New Accounting Pronouncements Or Change In Accounting Principle [Line Items]
Loans		504,507
Allowance for credit losses		(18,446)
Accounting Standards Update 2016-13 [Member] \| Scenario Previously Reported [Member] \| Auto Portfolio Segment [Member]
New Accounting Pronouncements Or Change In Accounting Principle [Line Items]
Loans		1,522,973
Allowance for credit losses		(32,825)
Accounting Standards Update 2016-13 [Member] \| Restatement Adjustment [Member]
New Accounting Pronouncements Or Change In Accounting Principle [Line Items]
Available-for-sale Securities		0
Deferred tax asset, net		13,874
Loans		50,522
Allowance for credit losses		(89,720)
Total loans		(39,198)
Allowance for credit losses on off-balance sheet credit exposures		170
Liabilities		(25,494)
Accounting Standards Update 2016-13 [Member] \| Restatement Adjustment [Member] \| Commercial Portfolio Segment [Member]
New Accounting Pronouncements Or Change In Accounting Principle [Line Items]
Loans		42,143
Allowance for credit losses		(45,705)
Accounting Standards Update 2016-13 [Member] \| Restatement Adjustment [Member] \| Mortgage Portfolio Segment [Member]
New Accounting Pronouncements Or Change In Accounting Principle [Line Items]
Loans		7,830
Allowance for credit losses		(18,810)
Accounting Standards Update 2016-13 [Member] \| Restatement Adjustment [Member] \| Consumer Portfolio Segment [Member]
New Accounting Pronouncements Or Change In Accounting Principle [Line Items]
Loans		181
Allowance for credit losses		(8,599)
Accounting Standards Update 2016-13 [Member] \| Restatement Adjustment [Member] \| Auto Portfolio Segment [Member]
New Accounting Pronouncements Or Change In Accounting Principle [Line Items]
Loans		368
Allowance for credit losses		(16,606)
Accounting Standards Update 2016-13 [Member] \| Cumulative Effect On Retained Earnings [Member]
New Accounting Pronouncements Or Change In Accounting Principle [Line Items]
Available-for-sale Securities		0
Deferred tax asset, net		13,874
Loans		0
Allowance for credit losses		(39,198)
Total loans		(39,198)
Allowance for credit losses on off-balance sheet credit exposures		170
Liabilities		(25,494)
Accounting Standards Update 2016-13 [Member] \| Cumulative Effect On Retained Earnings [Member] \| Commercial Portfolio Segment [Member]
New Accounting Pronouncements Or Change In Accounting Principle [Line Items]
Loans		0
Allowance for credit losses		(3,562)
Accounting Standards Update 2016-13 [Member] \| Cumulative Effect On Retained Earnings [Member] \| Mortgage Portfolio Segment [Member]
New Accounting Pronouncements Or Change In Accounting Principle [Line Items]
Loans		0
Allowance for credit losses		(10,980)
Accounting Standards Update 2016-13 [Member] \| Cumulative Effect On Retained Earnings [Member] \| Consumer Portfolio Segment [Member]
New Accounting Pronouncements Or Change In Accounting Principle [Line Items]
Loans		0
Allowance for credit losses		(8,418)
Accounting Standards Update 2016-13 [Member] \| Cumulative Effect On Retained Earnings [Member] \| Auto Portfolio Segment [Member]
New Accounting Pronouncements Or Change In Accounting Principle [Line Items]
Loans		0
Allowance for credit losses		$ (16,238)