Fair value at acquisition of acquired loans not accounted for as debt securities.

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The aggregate excess of a loan's cash flows expected to be collected over the investor's initial investment in the loan. This relates to loans with deteriorating of credit quality since origination that were acquired by completion of a transfer for which it is probable, at acquisition, that the investor will be unable to collect all contractually required payments receivable.

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The amount of the loan's contractually required payments receivable in excess of the amount of its cash flows expected to be collected. This relates to loans with deteriorating of credit quality since origination that were acquired by completion of a transfer for which it is probable, at acquisition, that the investor will be unable to collect all contractually required payments receivable.

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Amount of cash flows expected to be collected at acquisition of acquired loans not accounted for as debt securities with evidence of deterioration of credit quality.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 310
-SubTopic 30
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (a)(3)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6379141&loc=d3e15032-111544

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 310
-SubTopic 30
-Section 15
-Paragraph 2
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=27045933&loc=d3e13503-111538

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Amount of contractually required payments receivable at acquisition of acquired loans not accounted for as debt securities with evidence of deterioration of credit quality.

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Mergers and Acquisitions (Loans Accounted for Under ASC 310-30) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Aug. 31, 2016	May 31, 2015	Apr. 01, 2015	Oct. 31, 2014
Talmer
Accounted for under ASC 310-30:
Contractual cash flows	$ 5,968,488
Contractual cash flows not expected to be collected (nonaccretable difference)	223,959
Expected cash flows	5,744,529
Interest component of expected cash flows (accretable yield)	862,127
Fair value at acquisition	$ 4,882,402
Lake Michigan
Accounted for under ASC 310-30:
Contractual cash flows		$ 1,198,388
Contractual cash flows not expected to be collected (nonaccretable difference)		22,600
Expected cash flows		1,175,788
Interest component of expected cash flows (accretable yield)		190,246
Fair value at acquisition		$ 985,542
Monarch
Accounted for under ASC 310-30:
Contractual cash flows			$ 166,797
Contractual cash flows not expected to be collected (nonaccretable difference)			7,100
Expected cash flows			159,697
Interest component of expected cash flows (accretable yield)			37,914
Fair value at acquisition			$ 121,783
Northwestern Bancorp
Accounted for under ASC 310-30:
Contractual cash flows				$ 618,788
Contractual cash flows not expected to be collected (nonaccretable difference)				33,500
Expected cash flows				585,288
Interest component of expected cash flows (accretable yield)				110,003
Fair value at acquisition				$ 475,285