Interest Bearing Deposits (Remaining Maturities Of Time Deposits of $100,000 Or More) (Details) (USD $)	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Banking and Thrift [Abstract]
Three months or less	$ 384,868,000
Over three months through six months	331,049,000
Over six months through twelve months	376,671,000
Over twelve months	673,133,000
Time, $100,000 and over	1,765,721,000us-gaap_TimeDeposits100000OrMore	1,065,380,000us-gaap_TimeDeposits100000OrMore
Time Deposit Of One Hundred Thousand Or More	$ 100,000

Time Deposit Of One Hundred Thousand Or More

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The amount of contractual maturities of domestic and foreign time deposits (including certificates of deposits, individual retirement accounts and open accounts) in denominations of $100,000 or more, after twelve months from the balance sheet date.

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-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 942

-SubTopic 405

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-Publisher SEC

-Name Industry Guide

-Number 3

-Section V

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