Loans (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Mar. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015
Summary of loans, by loan type
Total loans	$ 5,935,574	$ 5,950,914
Commercial, financial and agricultural
Summary of loans, by loan type
Total loans	3,025,604	3,101,748
Real estate - mortgage
Summary of loans, by loan type
Total loans	969,212	962,582
Commercial Real Estate: Other Construction and Land Development
Summary of loans, by loan type
Total loans	1,708,152	1,649,827
Consumer
Summary of loans, by loan type
Total loans	55,925	57,744
Foreign
Summary of loans, by loan type
Total loans	$ 176,681	$ 179,013

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

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 310
-SubTopic 10
-Section 45
-Paragraph 2
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=28367877&loc=d3e4428-111522

Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 310
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 4
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=49124121&loc=d3e5074-111524

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