Capital required for capital adequacy to risk weighted assets including capital conservation buffer.

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Risk weighted assets capital conservation buffer.

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Ratio of minimum total risk-based capital to risk-weighted assets required for capital adequacy as defined by regulatory framework.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 942
-SubTopic 505
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1B
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=117337116&loc=SL5958570-112826

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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Ratio of Tier 1 capital to average assets as defined by regulatory framework.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 942
-SubTopic 505
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
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Minimum Regulatory Capital Requirements - Additional Information (Detail)	Dec. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019	Jan. 01, 2019
Compliance With Regulatory Capital Requirements Under Banking Regulations [Line Items]
Minimum ratio of capital to risk-weighted assets	8.00	8.00	8.0
Minimum ratio of capital to risk-weighted assets including capital conservation buffer			10.50%
Minimum leverage ratio calculated as ratio of Tier 1 capital to average quarterly assets	9.08	10.02	4.0
Common Equity Tier 1 Capital [Member]
Compliance With Regulatory Capital Requirements Under Banking Regulations [Line Items]
Minimum ratio of capital to risk-weighted assets			4.5
Capital conservation buffer			2.50%
Minimum ratio of capital to risk-weighted assets including capital conservation buffer			7.00%
Tier 1 Capital [Member]
Compliance With Regulatory Capital Requirements Under Banking Regulations [Line Items]
Minimum ratio of capital to risk-weighted assets			6.0
Minimum ratio of capital to risk-weighted assets including capital conservation buffer			8.50%