Loans and Allowance for Credit Losses - Accretiable Yield (Details) - Purchased credit impaired loans - USD ($) $ in Thousands	6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2023	Jun. 30, 2022
Certain Loans Acquired in Transfer Not Accounted for as Debt Securities, Accretable Yield Movement Schedule [Roll Forward]
Beginning balance	$ 6,253	$ 6,505
Accretion of income	(985)	(1,793)
Accretion from disposals	(1,041)	(1,041)
Disposals	(1,271)	(1,271)
Other changes in expected cash flows	(1,047)	(491)
Ending balance	$ 1,909	$ 1,909

Certain Loans Acquired In Transfer Not Accounted For As Debt Securities, Accretable Yield, Accretion From Disposals

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Certain Loans Acquired in Transfer Not Accounted for as Debt Securities, Accretable Yield, Other Changes In Expected Cash Flows

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Amount of the excess of a loan's cash flows expected to be collected over the investor's initial investment in acquired loans not accounted for as debt securities with evidence of deterioration of credit quality.

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 310
-SubTopic 30
-Section 15
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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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-SubTopic 30
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (a)(2)
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Amount of accretion recognized for the excess of a loan's cash flows expected to be collected over the investor's initial investment in acquired loans not accounted for as debt securities, with evidence of deterioration of credit quality.

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Amount of reduction, resulting from a sale or transfer of a loan, in the excess of a loan's cash flows expected to be collected over the investor's initial investment in acquired loans not accounted for as debt securities with evidence of deterioration of credit quality.

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A roll forward is a reconciliation of a concept from the beginning of a period to the end of a period.

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