Financing Receivable, Acquired with Without Deteriorated Credit Quality

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Number of pools of aggregate acquired loans based upon common risk characteristics.

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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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For receivables acquired in a business combination, excluding certain loans and debt securities acquired in a transfer (as defined), this element represents the gross contractual amounts receivable, by major class of receivable, such as loans, direct finance leases (as defined), and any other class of receivables.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 805
-SubTopic 20
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (b)(2)
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Net amount of the investment in a contractual right to receive money on demand or on fixed or determinable dates that is recognized as an asset in the creditor's statement of financial position. Examples include, but are not limited to, credit card receivables, notes receivable and receivables relating to lessor's rights to payments from leases other than operating leases that have been recorded as assets. Excludes trade accounts receivable with contractual maturity of one year or less and arose from the sale of goods or services.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 210
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02.3)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6877327&loc=d3e13212-122682

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Significant Accounting Policies (Loans Acquired in a Business Combination) (Details) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($) Pools	May. 31, 2015 USD ($)	Apr. 01, 2015 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($)	Oct. 31, 2014 USD ($)	Apr. 30, 2010 USD ($)
Receivables Acquired with Deteriorated Credit Quality [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Outstanding contractual principal balance of loans with deteriorated quality of acquired loan portfolio	$ 1,463,213			$ 698,163
Lake Michigan Financial Corp [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Outstanding contractual principal balance of loans without deteriorated quality of acquired loan portfolio		$ 947,000
Outstanding contractual principal balance of acquired loan portfolio		1,010,000
Number of pools of aggregate acquired loans based upon common risk characteristics \| Pools	2
Lake Michigan Financial Corp [Member] \| Receivables Acquired with Deteriorated Credit Quality [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Outstanding contractual principal balance of loans with deteriorated quality of acquired loan portfolio		$ 63,000
Monarch Community Bancorp [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Outstanding contractual principal balance of loans without deteriorated quality of acquired loan portfolio			$ 120,000
Outstanding contractual principal balance of acquired loan portfolio			129,000
Number of pools of aggregate acquired loans based upon common risk characteristics \| Pools	2
Monarch Community Bancorp [Member] \| Receivables Acquired with Deteriorated Credit Quality [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Outstanding contractual principal balance of loans with deteriorated quality of acquired loan portfolio			$ 9,000
OAK [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Outstanding contractual principal balance of loans without deteriorated quality of acquired loan portfolio						$ 578,000
Outstanding contractual principal balance of acquired loan portfolio						683,000
Number of pools of aggregate acquired loans based upon common risk characteristics \| Pools	14
OAK [Member] \| Receivables Acquired with Deteriorated Credit Quality [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Outstanding contractual principal balance of loans with deteriorated quality of acquired loan portfolio						$ 105,000
Northwestern Bancorp [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Outstanding contractual principal balance of loans without deteriorated quality of acquired loan portfolio					$ 461,000
Outstanding contractual principal balance of acquired loan portfolio					507,000
Number of pools of aggregate acquired loans based upon common risk characteristics \| Pools	4
Northwestern Bancorp [Member] \| Receivables Acquired with Deteriorated Credit Quality [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Outstanding contractual principal balance of loans with deteriorated quality of acquired loan portfolio					$ 46,000