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Summary of significant accounting policies - Nature of operations and Basis of presentation (Details)		3 Months Ended						9 Months Ended
	Oct. 28, 2022 $ / shares	Sep. 30, 2022 $ / shares	Jun. 30, 2022 $ / shares	Mar. 31, 2022 $ / shares	Sep. 30, 2021 $ / shares	Jun. 30, 2021 $ / shares	Mar. 31, 2021 $ / shares	Sep. 30, 2022 Office $ / shares	Sep. 30, 2021 $ / shares
Summary of significant accounting policies
Number of full-service community banking offices | Office								28
Dividends declared | $ / shares	$ 0.40	$ 0.40	$ 0.39	$ 0.39	$ 0.38	$ 0.37	$ 0.37	$ 1.18	$ 1.12

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Aggregate dividends declared during the period for each share of common stock outstanding.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 505
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
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-Subparagraph (SX 210.3-04)
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