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Financing receivable recorded investment 30 to 89 days past due.

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Loan Receivable, Recorded Investment, Equal to Greater than 90 Days Past Due - replaces Financing Receivable, Recorded Investment, Equal to Greater than 90 Days Past Due

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Unfunded Commitments For Troubled Debt Restructurings.

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For an entity that discloses a concentration risk in relation to quantitative amount, which serves as the "benchmark" (or denominator) in the equation, this concept represents the concentration percentage derived from the division.

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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 increase (decrease) in allowance for credit loss on financing receivable.

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Amount, after troubled debt restructuring, of modified financing receivable.

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Amount, before troubled debt restructuring, of financing receivable to be modified.

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Amount of financing receivable on nonaccrual status.

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Amount before allowance of loans and leases held in portfolio, including but not limited to, commercial and consumer loans. Includes deferred interest and fees, undisbursed portion of loan balance, unamortized costs and premiums and discounts from face amounts. Excludes loans and leases covered under loss sharing agreements.

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Reflects the amount of additional interest income that would have been recorded if impaired or nonperforming loans were instead current, in compliance with their original terms, and outstanding throughout the reporting period or since origination (if held for part of the period).

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Amount before allowance and after deduction of deferred interest and fees, unamortized costs and premiums and discounts from face amounts, of loans and leases held in portfolio, including but not limited to, commercial and consumer loans. Excludes loans and leases covered under loss sharing agreements.

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Cash inflow associated with loan origination (the process when securing a mortgage for a piece of real property) or lease origination.

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Loans and Leases (Details 13) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended			15 Months Ended
Loans and Leases (Details 13) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019	May 31, 2021
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss [Line Items]
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring, Premodification	$ 56,926	$ 80,190	$ 27,646
Loans and Leases Receivable, Impaired, Interest Lost on Nonaccrual Loans	4,900	7,500
Financing Receivable, Nonaccrual	61,174	91,163
Loan Receivable, Recorded Investment, Equal to Greater than 90 Days Past Due		36,523
Financing Receivable Recorded Investment Thirty to Eighty Nine Days Past Due		12,232
Unfunded Commitments For Troubled Debt Restructurings	2,000	900
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring, Postmodification	36,332	37,441	27,663
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss, Period Increase (Decrease)	(147,600)
Loans and Leases Receivable, Gross	23,026,308	19,153,357
Loans held for investment, net	22,941,548	19,083,377
Proceeds from Loan Originations				$ 1,650,000
Commercial Portfolio Segment [Member]
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss [Line Items]
Financing Receivable, Nonaccrual	16,213	44,902
Loan Receivable, Recorded Investment, Equal to Greater than 90 Days Past Due		6,894
Financing Receivable Recorded Investment Thirty to Eighty Nine Days Past Due		2,863
Loans and Leases Receivable, Gross	7,888,068	7,534,801
Loans held for investment, net	7,868,051	7,502,905
Finance Receivable, Payroll Protection Program Loan \| Commercial Portfolio Segment [Member]
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss [Line Items]
Loans held for investment, net	156,700
Asset Based [Member] \| Commercial Portfolio Segment [Member]
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss [Line Items]
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring, Premodification	1,987	17,008	3,082
Financing Receivable, Nonaccrual	1,464	2,679
Loan Receivable, Recorded Investment, Equal to Greater than 90 Days Past Due		2,128
Financing Receivable Recorded Investment Thirty to Eighty Nine Days Past Due		0
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring, Postmodification	1,987	1,741	$ 3,082
Loans held for investment, net	4,075,477	3,429,283
Credit Concentration Risk [Member]
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss [Line Items]
Financing Receivable, Nonaccrual	14,200
Nonaccrual [Member]
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss [Line Items]
Loan Receivable, Recorded Investment, Equal to Greater than 90 Days Past Due	18,500	36,500
Financing Receivable Recorded Investment Thirty to Eighty Nine Days Past Due	6,300	3,400
Financing Receivable Recorded Investment Nonaccrual Status Current	$ 36,400	51,300
Nonaccrual [Member] \| Credit Concentration Risk [Member] \| Financing Receivable
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss [Line Items]
Concentration Risk, Percentage	23.00%
Non Purchased Credit Impaired Loans and Leases
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss [Line Items]
Loans held for investment, net		$ 19,083,377