DEPOSITS AND RELATED INTEREST (Deposits by Components) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Dec. 31, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022
Deposits and Related Interest [Abstract]
Non-interest-bearing demand deposits	$ 2,537,431	$ 2,630,458
Interest-bearing savings and demand deposits	5,601,099	4,774,265
Retail certificates of deposit	1,083,316	979,545
Institutional certificates of deposit	378,143	172,725
Total core deposits	9,599,989	8,556,993
Brokered deposits	162,180	11,371
Total deposits	$ 9,762,169	$ 8,568,364

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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
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 942
-SubTopic 210
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.9-03.12)
-Publisher FASB
-URI https://asc.fasb.org//1943274/2147479853/942-210-S99-1

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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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