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INVESTMENT SECURITIES - Amortized Cost and Fair Value of HTM Securities (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands | Dec. 31, 2025 | Dec. 31, 2024 | Dec. 31, 2023 | Dec. 31, 2022
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Debt Securities, Held-to-maturity, Fair Value to Amortized Cost [Abstract] |  |  |  |
Amortized Cost | $ 1,554,759 | $ 1,586,909 |  |
Gross Unrealized Gains | 1,423 | 1,215 |  |
Gross Unrealized Losses | (116,210) | (155,404) |  |
Fair Value | 1,439,972 | 1,432,720 |  |
Allowance for credit losses | (744) | (704) | $ (721) | $ 0
Total held-to-maturity, net of allowance for credit losses | 1,554,015 | 1,586,205 |  |
Traditional securities |  |  |  |
Debt Securities, Held-to-maturity, Fair Value to Amortized Cost [Abstract] |  |  |  |
Amortized Cost | 476,991 | 542,295 |  |
Gross Unrealized Gains | 1,423 | 1,215 |  |
Gross Unrealized Losses | (29,000) | (43,946) |  |
Fair Value | 449,414 | 499,564 |  |
Allowance for credit losses | (41) | (49) |  |
Total held-to-maturity, net of allowance for credit losses | 476,950 | 542,246 |  |
GSE certificates & CMOs |  |  |  |
Debt Securities, Held-to-maturity, Fair Value to Amortized Cost [Abstract] |  |  |  |
Amortized Cost | 184,690 | 188,194 |  |
Gross Unrealized Gains | 1,178 | 707 |  |
Gross Unrealized Losses | (13,611) | (20,679) |  |
Fair Value | 172,257 | 168,222 |  |
Non-GSE certificates & CMOs |  |  |  |
Debt Securities, Held-to-maturity, Fair Value to Amortized Cost [Abstract] |  |  |  |
Amortized Cost | 69,198 | 73,850 |  |
Gross Unrealized Gains | 1 | 0 |  |
Gross Unrealized Losses | (3,331) | (5,993) |  |
Fair Value | 65,868 | 67,857 |  |
ABS |  |  |  |
Debt Securities, Held-to-maturity, Fair Value to Amortized Cost [Abstract] |  |  |  |
Amortized Cost | 156,020 | 215,161 |  |
Gross Unrealized Gains | 9 | 469 |  |
Gross Unrealized Losses | (4,167) | (6,437) |  |
Fair Value | 151,862 | 209,193 |  |
Municipal |  |  |  |
Debt Securities, Held-to-maturity, Fair Value to Amortized Cost [Abstract] |  |  |  |
Amortized Cost | 64,083 | 65,090 |  |
Gross Unrealized Gains | 229 | 39 |  |
Gross Unrealized Losses | (7,891) | (10,837) |  |
Fair Value | 56,421 | 54,292 |  |
Corporate |  |  |  |
Debt Securities, Held-to-maturity, Fair Value to Amortized Cost [Abstract] |  |  |  |
Amortized Cost | 3,000 |  |  |
Gross Unrealized Gains | 6 |  |  |
Gross Unrealized Losses | 0 |  |  |
Fair Value | 3,006 |  |  |
Property Assessed Clean Energy ("PACE") assessments |  |  |  |
Debt Securities, Held-to-maturity, Fair Value to Amortized Cost [Abstract] |  |  |  |
Amortized Cost | 1,077,768 | 1,044,614 |  |
Gross Unrealized Gains | 0 | 0 |  |
Gross Unrealized Losses | (87,210) | (111,458) |  |
Fair Value | 990,558 | 933,156 |  |
Allowance for credit losses | (703) | (655) |  |
Total held-to-maturity, net of allowance for credit losses | 1,077,065 | 1,043,959 |  |
Commercial PACE assessments |  |  |  |
Debt Securities, Held-to-maturity, Fair Value to Amortized Cost [Abstract] |  |  |  |
Amortized Cost | 327,735 | 268,692 |  |
Gross Unrealized Gains | 0 | 0 |  |
Gross Unrealized Losses | (28,865) | (37,731) |  |
Fair Value | 298,870 | 230,961 |  |
Allowance for credit losses | (328) | (268) | (258) | 0
Residential PACE assessments |  |  |  |
Debt Securities, Held-to-maturity, Fair Value to Amortized Cost [Abstract] |  |  |  |
Amortized Cost | 750,033 | 775,922 |  |
Gross Unrealized Gains | 0 | 0 |  |
Gross Unrealized Losses | (58,345) | (73,727) |  |
Fair Value | 691,688 | 702,195 |  |
Allowance for credit losses | $ (375) | $ (387) | $ (409) | $ 0

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