Deposits and Related Interest (Deposits by Components) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Dec. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Deposits and Related Interest [Abstract]
Non-interest bearing demand deposits	$ 2,259,048	$ 1,675,315
Interest-bearing saving and demand deposits	4,274,586	3,718,846
Retail certificates of deposits	1,540,406	1,781,237
Institutional certificates of deposit	292,485	279,714
Total core deposits	8,366,525	7,455,112
Brokered deposits	49,115	243,498
Total deposits	$ 8,415,640	$ 7,698,610

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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://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-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=120398452&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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The aggregate amount of all domestic and foreign noninterest-bearing deposits liabilities held by the entity.

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