Investment Securities - Pledged to Secure Borrowings And Public Deposits (Details) $ in Thousands	Mar. 31, 2017 USD ($)
Investments, Debt and Equity Securities [Abstract]
Federal Home Loan Bank to secure borrowings	$ 228,947
Washington and California State to secure public deposits	28,315
Securities pledged to secure derivatives in a liability position	9,723
Other securities pledged	7,763
Total securities pledged as collateral	$ 274,748

Pledged Assets Not Separately Reported Securities Pledged For State and Local Governments.

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Pledged Assets Separately Reported Other Securities Pledged

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Pledged Financial Instruments, Securities pledged to secure derivatives in a liability position

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The carrying amount as of the date of the latest financial statement presented of securities which are owned but transferred to serve as collateral for FHLB debt obligations, and for which the transferee does not have the right by contract or custom to sell or re-pledge them to an unrelated party.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 860
-SubTopic 30
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1A
-Subparagraph (b)(1)(i)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=64858031&loc=SL6224234-111729

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Sum of the carrying amounts as of the date of the latest financial statement presented of securities which are owned but transferred to another party to serve as collateral to partially or fully secure a debt obligation, repurchase agreement or other current or potential obligation, and for which the transferee is not permitted to sell or re-pledge them to an unrelated party.

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