Loans Receivable - Loan Modifications (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2023	Sep. 30, 2023
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring [Line Items]
Percentage Modified in Period, to Total Loans Receivables	0.01%	0.30%
Loans Receivable, Excluding Accrued Interest, Modified in Period, Amount	$ 552	$ 12,968
Loans Receivable, Excluding Accrued Interest, Modified, Subsequent Default	$ 0	$ 0
Term Extension
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring [Line Items]
Weighted Average Term Increase from Modification	1 year 10 months 24 days	7 months 28 days
Loans Receivable, Excluding Accrued Interest, Modified in Period, Amount	$ 313	$ 12,712
Term Extension & Int. Rate Reduction
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring [Line Items]
Loans Receivable, Excluding Accrued Interest, Modified in Period, Amount	$ 239	$ 256
Weighted Average % of Interest Rate Reductions
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring [Line Items]
Weighted Average Interest Rate Decrease from Modification	3.00%	3.00%
90 Days or Greater
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring [Line Items]
Loans Receivable, Excluding Accrued Interest, Modified in Period, Amount		$ 0
30-89 Days
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring [Line Items]
Loans Receivable, Excluding Accrued Interest, Modified in Period, Amount		$ 0
Commercial Business
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring [Line Items]
Percentage Modified in Period, to Total Loans Receivables		0.28%
Loans Receivable, Excluding Accrued Interest, Modified in Period, Amount		$ 9,471
Commercial Business \| Term Extension
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring [Line Items]
Weighted Average Term Increase from Modification	1 year 10 months 24 days	8 months 26 days
Loans Receivable, Excluding Accrued Interest, Modified in Period, Amount		$ 9,232
Commercial Business \| Term Extension & Int. Rate Reduction
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring [Line Items]
Loans Receivable, Excluding Accrued Interest, Modified in Period, Amount		$ 239
Commercial Business \| Weighted Average % of Interest Rate Reductions
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring [Line Items]
Weighted Average Interest Rate Decrease from Modification	3.00%	3.00%
Commercial Business \| Commercial and industrial
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring [Line Items]
Percentage Modified in Period, to Total Loans Receivables	0.05%	0.94%
Loans Receivable, Excluding Accrued Interest, Modified in Period, Amount	$ 313	$ 6,516
Commercial Business \| Commercial and industrial \| Term Extension
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring [Line Items]
Weighted Average Term Increase from Modification	1 year 9 months 25 days	6 months 29 days
Loans Receivable, Excluding Accrued Interest, Modified in Period, Amount	$ 313	$ 6,516
Commercial Business \| Commercial and industrial \| Term Extension & Int. Rate Reduction
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring [Line Items]
Loans Receivable, Excluding Accrued Interest, Modified in Period, Amount	$ 0	$ 0
Commercial Business \| Commercial and industrial \| Weighted Average % of Interest Rate Reductions
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring [Line Items]
Weighted Average Interest Rate Decrease from Modification	0.00%	0.00%
Commercial Business \| Owner-occupied CRE \| Term Extension
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring [Line Items]
Weighted Average Term Increase from Modification
Commercial Business \| Owner-occupied CRE \| Weighted Average % of Interest Rate Reductions
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring [Line Items]
Weighted Average Interest Rate Decrease from Modification	0.00%	0.00%
Commercial Business \| Non-owner-occupied CRE
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring [Line Items]
Percentage Modified in Period, to Total Loans Receivables	0.01%	0.17%
Loans Receivable, Excluding Accrued Interest, Modified in Period, Amount	$ 239	$ 2,955
Commercial Business \| Non-owner-occupied CRE \| Term Extension
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring [Line Items]
Weighted Average Term Increase from Modification	2 years	1 year 1 month 2 days
Loans Receivable, Excluding Accrued Interest, Modified in Period, Amount	$ 0	$ 2,716
Commercial Business \| Non-owner-occupied CRE \| Term Extension & Int. Rate Reduction
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring [Line Items]
Loans Receivable, Excluding Accrued Interest, Modified in Period, Amount	$ 239	$ 239
Commercial Business \| Non-owner-occupied CRE \| Weighted Average % of Interest Rate Reductions
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring [Line Items]
Weighted Average Interest Rate Decrease from Modification	3.00%	3.00%
Real estate construction and land development: \| Commercial and multifamily
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring [Line Items]
Percentage Modified in Period, to Total Loans Receivables		1.11%
Loans Receivable, Excluding Accrued Interest, Modified in Period, Amount		$ 3,452
Real estate construction and land development: \| Commercial and multifamily \| Term Extension
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring [Line Items]
Weighted Average Term Increase from Modification		5 months 1 day
Loans Receivable, Excluding Accrued Interest, Modified in Period, Amount		$ 3,452
Real estate construction and land development: \| Commercial and multifamily \| Term Extension & Int. Rate Reduction
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring [Line Items]
Loans Receivable, Excluding Accrued Interest, Modified in Period, Amount		$ 0
Real estate construction and land development: \| Commercial and multifamily \| Weighted Average % of Interest Rate Reductions
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring [Line Items]
Weighted Average Interest Rate Decrease from Modification	0.00%	0.00%
Consumer
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring [Line Items]
Percentage Modified in Period, to Total Loans Receivables		0.03%
Loans Receivable, Excluding Accrued Interest, Modified in Period, Amount		$ 45
Consumer \| Term Extension
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring [Line Items]
Weighted Average Term Increase from Modification		2 years 7 months 13 days
Loans Receivable, Excluding Accrued Interest, Modified in Period, Amount		$ 28
Consumer \| Term Extension & Int. Rate Reduction
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring [Line Items]
Loans Receivable, Excluding Accrued Interest, Modified in Period, Amount		$ 17
Consumer \| Weighted Average % of Interest Rate Reductions
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring [Line Items]
Weighted Average Interest Rate Decrease from Modification	0.00%	1.00%

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