Derivative Financial Instruments - Interest Rate Swaps Recorded in Noninterest Expense (Details) - Interest Rate Swap - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2023	Sep. 30, 2022	Sep. 30, 2023	Sep. 30, 2022
Derivative [Line Items]
Net change in fair value of interest rate swaps	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0
Noninterest expense
Derivative [Line Items]
Gain (loss), pay floating, receive fixed	9,007	18,317	4,646	21,792
Gain (loss), pay fixed, receive floating	$ (9,007)	$ (18,317)	$ (4,646)	$ (21,792)

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Amount of increase (decrease) in the fair value of derivatives pay floating receive fixed recognized in the income statement.

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Amount of increase (decrease) in the fair value of derivatives recognized in the income statement.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Topic 815
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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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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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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Topic 815
-SubTopic 40
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Section 50
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