Amount of expense related to estimated loss for indemnifications.

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The maximum recourse period for residential mortgage loans sold to third parties.

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The minimum recourse period for early payment default on residential loans sold to third parties.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Amount of loss contingency liability.

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Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 450
-SubTopic 20
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=121557415&loc=d3e14326-108349

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Commitments and Contingent Liabilities - Other (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2021	Sep. 30, 2020	Sep. 30, 2021	Sep. 30, 2020	Dec. 31, 2020
Commitments and Contingent Liabilities
Provision for indemnification losses	$ 20	$ 9	$ 52	$ 172
Mortgage Banking
Commitments and Contingent Liabilities
Recourse period for early payment default, minimum			90 days
Recourse period for early payment default, maximum			1 year
Indemnification reserve for recourse provisions
Commitments and Contingent Liabilities
Allowance for indemnifications	$ 3,410		$ 3,410		$ 3,360