FDIC Indemnification Asset, Payments for Early Termination

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Financing Receivable Impairment Minimum Performance Requirement Period

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Funds For Reimbursement Relating To Purchased Manufactured Housing

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Loans Held-for-investment, Purchase Price as a Percentage of Loans Outstanding

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Loans Receivables Gross Troubled Debt Restructurings

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Mortgage Loans on Real Estate, Loans Acquired

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Number Of Commitments To Lend Additional Funds For Troubled Debt Restructurings

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Other Real Estate And Foreclosed Assets, Residential

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Specific Allowance, Loans Modified In Troubled Debt Restructurings

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The effect of a change in method or methods for calculating the allowance for credit losses on the current period provision.

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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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Number of financing receivables that have been modified by troubled debt restructurings within the previous 12 months and for which there was a payment default.

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Amount of investment related to financing receivables modified by troubled debt restructurings within the previous 12 months, for which there was a payment default.

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The net gain (loss) resulting from a sale of loans, including adjustments to record loans classified as held-for-sale at the lower-of-cost-or-market and fair value adjustments to loan held for investment purposes.

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

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Recorded investment of consumer mortgage loan receivables secured by residential real estate properties for which formal foreclosure proceedings are in process.

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The cash inflow associated with the sale of loans receivables arising from the financing of goods and services.

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Loans Receivable and Allowance for Loan Losses - Additional Information (Detail)		3 Months Ended				6 Months Ended
	Jul. 11, 2016 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2017 USD ($) Allowance Commitment	Mar. 31, 2017 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2016 USD ($) Loan Allowance	Mar. 31, 2016 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2017 USD ($) Loan Allowance Commitment	Jun. 30, 2016 USD ($) Loan Allowance	Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($) Commitment
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Funds for reimbursement		$ 800,000				$ 800,000		$ 1,000,000
Loans reported as TDR		$ 21,300,000				$ 21,300,000		$ 16,400,000
Minimum performance requirement						6 months
Sustained performance period						9 months
Number of commitments to lend additional funds (commitment) \| Commitment		0				0		0
Loans modified as TDR allowance (allowance) \| Allowance		0		0			0
Payments for early termination of FDIC loss sharing agreement	$ 1,400,000
Residential mortgage loans acquired		$ 90,000,000	$ 174,200,000	$ 0			$ 0
Term of fixed rate residential mortgage loans		30 years	30 years
Purchase price as a percentage of loans outstanding		101.00%	98.50%
Loans receivable, net of allowance for loan losses		$ 6,684,820,000				$ 6,684,820,000		$ 6,105,075,000
Proceeds from sales of loans						112,927,000	17,527,000
Gain on sale of SBA and other loans		573,000		285,000		1,901,000	929,000
Residential real estate
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Residential real estate held in other real estate owned		300,000				300,000		500,000
Loans in process of foreclosure		1,600,000				$ 1,600,000		$ 400,000
Commercial and industrial
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number of loans modified as TDR (loan) \| Loan						1
Loans modified as TDR						$ 2,300,000
Commercial real estate - non-owner occupied
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Loans modified as TDR allowance (allowance) \| Allowance						1
Allowance for credit losses, effect of change in method						$ 1,000
Loans receivable, net of allowance for loan losses				5,700,000			$ 5,700,000
Gain on sale of SBA and other loans				$ 100,000
Number of loans sold \| Loan				1
Manufactured housing
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number of loans modified as TDR (loan) \| Loan						6	2
Loans modified as TDR						$ 300,000	$ 100,000
Small Business Administration Loan
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Loans receivable, net of allowance for loan losses			$ 8,700,000	$ 3,600,000	$ 6,900,000		$ 3,600,000
Gain on sale of SBA and other loans		600,000	800,000	$ 400,000	$ 600,000
Multi-family
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Loans receivable, net of allowance for loan losses		$ 7,000,000	94,900,000			$ 7,000,000
Proceeds from sales of loans			95,400,000
Gain on sale of SBA and other loans			$ 500,000