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Average amount of investment of impaired financing receivables with related allowance for credit losses and without a related allowance for credit losses.

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-Publisher FASB
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Amount of interest income recognized that the financing receivables (with related allowance for credit losses and without a related allowance for credit losses) were impaired.

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Loans Receivable - Average Recorded Investment of Impaired Loans (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring [Line Items]
Related Specific Valuation Allowance		$ 2,143
Average recorded investment of impaired loans		47,164	$ 39,489
Nonaccrual
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring [Line Items]
Interest income recognized	$ 639	595
Commercial business
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring [Line Items]
Related Specific Valuation Allowance		1,944
Average recorded investment of impaired loans		45,664	37,549
Commercial business \| Nonaccrual
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring [Line Items]
Interest income recognized	590	556
Commercial business \| Commercial and industrial
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring [Line Items]
Related Specific Valuation Allowance		1,372
Average recorded investment of impaired loans		31,905	16,773
Commercial business \| Commercial and industrial \| Nonaccrual
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring [Line Items]
Interest income recognized	434	147
Commercial business \| Owner-occupied CRE
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring [Line Items]
Related Specific Valuation Allowance		426
Average recorded investment of impaired loans		6,008	11,313
Commercial business \| Owner-occupied CRE \| Nonaccrual
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring [Line Items]
Interest income recognized	89	228
Commercial business \| Non-owner occupied CRE
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring [Line Items]
Related Specific Valuation Allowance		146
Average recorded investment of impaired loans		7,751	9,463
Commercial business \| Non-owner occupied CRE \| Nonaccrual
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring [Line Items]
Interest income recognized	67	181
Residential real estate
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring [Line Items]
Related Specific Valuation Allowance		56
Average recorded investment of impaired loans		242	290
Residential real estate \| Nonaccrual
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring [Line Items]
Interest income recognized	2	0
Real estate construction and land development
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring [Line Items]
Average recorded investment of impaired loans		682	1,220
Real estate construction and land development \| Nonaccrual
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring [Line Items]
Interest income recognized	0	33
Real estate construction and land development \| Residential
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring [Line Items]
Related Specific Valuation Allowance		0
Average recorded investment of impaired loans		682	1,091
Real estate construction and land development \| Residential \| Nonaccrual
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring [Line Items]
Interest income recognized	0	33
Real estate construction and land development \| Commercial and multifamily
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring [Line Items]
Average recorded investment of impaired loans		0	129
Real estate construction and land development \| Commercial and multifamily \| Nonaccrual
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring [Line Items]
Interest income recognized	0	0
Consumer
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring [Line Items]
Related Specific Valuation Allowance		143
Average recorded investment of impaired loans		576	$ 430
Consumer \| Nonaccrual
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring [Line Items]
Interest income recognized	$ 47	$ 6