Borrowings and Subordinated Debentures (Details Textual) - USD ($)	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017
Non‑recourse debt
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Weighted average remaining maturity period	13 months
Unused Lines of Credit
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Amount outstanding	$ 0
Current borrowing capacity	125,000,000
Unused commitment fees	0
AFX borrowings
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Amount outstanding	235,000,000	$ 0
Federal Reserve Bank Advances
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Loans pledged as collateral	2,800,000,000
Amount outstanding	0	0
Federal Reserve Bank Advances \| FHLB secured advances
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Borrowing capacity description	2,073,375,000
Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Loans pledged as collateral	5,200,000,000
Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco \| FHLB secured advances
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Borrowing capacity description	3,587,256,000
Current outstanding	1,135,000,000	332,000,000
Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco \| FHLB unsecured overnight advance
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Current outstanding	143,000,000	135,000,000
Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco \| Unused Lines of Credit
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Borrowing capacity description	143,000,000
Maturity Overnight [Member] \| AFX borrowings
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Amount outstanding	225,000,000
Short-term Debt [Member] \| AFX borrowings
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Amount outstanding	10,000,000
Maturity Overnight [Member] \| Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Current outstanding	$ 1,100,000,000	$ 332,000,000

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The carrying value as of the balance sheet date of the current and noncurrent portions of long-term obligations drawn from a line of credit, which is a bank's commitment to make loans up to a specific amount. Examples of items that might be included in the application of this element may consist of letters of credit, standby letters of credit, and revolving credit arrangements, under which borrowings can be made up to a maximum amount as of any point in time conditional on satisfaction of specified terms before, as of and after the date of drawdowns on the line. Includes short-term obligations that would normally be classified as current liabilities but for which (a) postbalance sheet date issuance of a long term obligation to refinance the short term obligation on a long term basis, or (b) the enterprise has entered into a financing agreement that clearly permits the enterprise to refinance the short-term obligation on a long term basis and the following conditions are met (1) the agreement does not expire within 1 year and is not cancelable by the lender except for violation of an objectively determinable provision, (2) no violation exists at the BS date, and (3) the lender has entered into the financing agreement is expected to be financially capable of honoring the agreement.

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Amount of current borrowing capacity under the credit facility considering any current restrictions on the amount that could be borrowed (for example, borrowings may be limited by the amount of current assets), but without considering any amounts currently outstanding under the facility.

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