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Loans Pledged as Collateral Under The Federal Reserve Bank Discount Window

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Percentage of allowance for credit loss to total financing receivable outstanding.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Publisher SEC
-Name Regulation S-K (SK)
-Number 229
-Section 1405
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Amount excluding accrued interest, of allowance for credit loss on financing receivable.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 326
-SubTopic 20
-Section 45
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Loans and Leases Held for Investment, Net of Allowance For Loan and Lease Losses - Schedule of Components of Portfolio Segment by Class of Financing Receivable (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Sep. 30, 2021	Jun. 30, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Loans and leases held for investment	$ 2,707,992		$ 0
Allowance for loan and lease losses (ALLL)	(104,736)	$ (71,081)	0
Loans and leases held for investment, net	2,603,256		0
Loans pledged as collateral under the FRB discount window	$ 391,500
Allowance Ratios	3.90%
Allowance for loan and lease losses to commercial loans and leases held for investment, excluding PPP loans, percent	4.50%
Consumer Portfolio Segment
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Loans and leases held for investment	$ 1,715,238
Allowance for loan and lease losses (ALLL)	(88,631)	(54,058)	0
Loans and leases held for investment, net	$ 1,626,607
Allowance Ratios	5.20%
Consumer Portfolio Segment \| Unsecured personal
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Loans and leases held for investment	$ 1,258,279
Consumer Portfolio Segment \| Residential mortgages
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Loans and leases held for investment	141,200
Consumer Portfolio Segment \| Secured consumer
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Loans and leases held for investment	314,539
Consumer Portfolio Segment \| Other consumer
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Loans and leases held for investment	1,220
Commercial Portfolio Segment
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Loans and leases held for investment	992,754
Allowance for loan and lease losses (ALLL)	(16,105)	$ (17,023)	$ 0
Loans and leases held for investment, net	$ 976,649
Allowance Ratios	1.60%
Allowance for loan and lease losses to commercial loans and leases held for investment, excluding PPP loans, percent	2.60%
Commercial Portfolio Segment \| Equipment finance
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Loans and leases held for investment	$ 157,457
Commercial Portfolio Segment \| Commercial real estate
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Loans and leases held for investment	316,135
Commercial Portfolio Segment \| Commercial and industrial
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Loans and leases held for investment	519,162
Commercial Portfolio Segment \| Commercial and industrial loan, PPP
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Loans and leases held for investment	$ 367,600