Deposits - Deposits (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018
Deposits [Line Items]
Noninterest-bearing demand deposits	$ 709,760	$ 642,129
Interest-bearing demand deposits	1,159,296	864,026
Money market (variable rate)	522,382	420,123
Savings deposits	563,952	400,187
Other certificates and time deposits	514,177	441,087
Total deposits	3,931,002	3,139,376
Certificates of Deposit of $250,000 or More [Member]
Deposits [Line Items]
Certificates of deposit	$ 461,435	$ 371,824

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Other certificate and time deposit.

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- Definition

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=6876686&loc=d3e534808-122878

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Amount of deposits in accounts that offer many of the same services as checking accounts although transactions may be somewhat more limited, share some of the characteristics of a money market fund and are insured by the Federal government, also known as money market accounts.

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Amount of interest bearing deposits with no stated maturity, which may include passbook and statement savings accounts and money-market deposit accounts (MMDAs).

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Amount of interest-bearing domestic certificate of deposit liabilities.

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Amount of money in interest-bearing domestic accounts that entitle the depositor to withdraw funds at any time without prior notice, also known as demand deposits.

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The aggregate amount of all domestic and foreign noninterest-bearing deposits liabilities held by the entity.

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