Residential Mortgage Servicing Rights (Schedule Of Information Relates To Serviced Loan Portfolio) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Sep. 30, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018
Transfers and Servicing [Abstract]
Balance of loans serviced for others	$ 15,707,519	$ 15,978,885
MSR as a percentage of serviced loans	0.96%	1.06%

Mortgage servicing rights, percentage of serviced loans

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