Loans and Leases - Accruing and Nonaccruing Troubled Debt Restructured Loans with Payment Defaults (Details) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2019 USD ($) loan	Mar. 31, 2018 USD ($) loan
Accrual Troubled Debt Restructuring Loans [Member]
Accruing and nonaccrual troubled debt restructured loans with payment default
Number of Loans \| loan	0	0
Recorded Investment \| $	$ 0	$ 0
Nonaccrual Troubled Debt Restructuring Loans [Member]
Accruing and nonaccrual troubled debt restructured loans with payment default
Number of Loans \| loan	0	1
Recorded Investment \| $	$ 0	$ 953
Nonaccrual Troubled Debt Restructuring Loans [Member] \| Commercial, Financial and Agricultural [Member]
Accruing and nonaccrual troubled debt restructured loans with payment default
Number of Loans \| loan	0	1
Recorded Investment \| $	$ 0	$ 953

Number of financing receivables that have been modified by troubled debt restructurings within the previous 12 months and for which there was a payment default.

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 310
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 34
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