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Business combination recognized identifiable assets acquired and liabilities assumed bank owned life insurance.

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Business combination recognized identifiable assets acquired and liabilities assumed deposits.

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Business combination recognized identifiable assets acquired and liabilities assumed premium paid.

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Number of branches.

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Percentage of core deposits to total deposits.

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Date when the acquirer obtains control of the acquiree, in CCYY-MM-DD format.

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Amount of equity interests of the acquirer, including instruments or interests issued or issuable in consideration for the business combination.

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Amount of currency on hand as well as demand deposits with banks or financial institutions, acquired at the acquisition date. Includes other kinds of accounts that have the general characteristics of demand deposits. Also includes short-term, highly liquid investments that are both readily convertible to known amounts of cash and so near their maturity that they present insignificant risk of changes in value because of changes in interest rates.

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Amount due from customers or clients for goods or services, including trade receivables, that have been delivered or sold in the normal course of business, and amounts due from others, including related parties expected to be converted to cash, sold or exchanged within one year or the normal operating cycle, if longer, acquired at the acquisition date.

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The amount of inventory recognized as of the acquisition date.

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Amount recognized as of the acquisition date for the identifiable assets acquired in excess of (less than) the aggregate liabilities assumed.

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Amount after accumulated impairment loss of an asset representing future economic benefits arising from other assets acquired in a business combination that are not individually identified and separately recognized.

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Business Combinations - Additional Information (Detail)			3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
Business Combinations - Additional Information (Detail)	Aug. 10, 2018 USD ($) Branch	Mar. 10, 2017 USD ($) Branch	Sep. 30, 2018 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2017 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2018 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2017 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($)
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Acquisition date					Oct. 16, 2009
Goodwill			$ 662,888,000		$ 662,888,000		$ 116,564,000
Merger related expenses			6,645,000	$ 250,000	$ 7,942,000	$ 2,176,000
Valley Commerce Bancorp [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Acquisition date					Mar. 10, 2017
Acquired assets and assumed liabilities for cash		$ 23,200,000
Assets and assumed all of the liabilities, stock		37,600,000
Goodwill		27,000,000
Business combination, recognized identifiable assets acquired and liabilities assumed, intangible assets, other than goodwill		3,200,000
Merger related expenses				$ 250,000.0	$ 0	$ 2,200,000
Total fair value of assets acquired		405,900,000
Cash and cash equivalents		28,300,000
FHLB stock		2,000,000
Loans and lease finance receivables		309,700,000
Fixed assets		5,300,000
Bank-Owned Life Insurance		9,400,000
Other assets		21,000,000
Total fair value of liabilities assumed		368,300,000
Deposits		361,800,000
Other liabilities		$ 6,500,000
Valley Business Bank [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Number of branches owned by merger company \| Branch		4
Community Bank [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Acquisition date					Aug. 10, 2018
Number of branches owned by merger company \| Branch	16
Acquired assets and assumed liabilities for cash	$ 180,719,000
Assets and assumed all of the liabilities, stock	722,800,000
Goodwill	546,324,000
Business combination, recognized identifiable assets acquired and liabilities assumed, intangible assets, other than goodwill	$ 52,200,000
Percentage of core deposits to total deposits	2.26%
Merger related expenses			$ 6,600,000		$ 7,900,000
Total fair value of assets acquired	$ 3,719,911,000
Cash and cash equivalents	47,802,000
FHLB stock	17,250,000
Loans and lease finance receivables	2,734,081,000
Bank-Owned Life Insurance	70,904,000
Other assets	58,130,000
Total fair value of liabilities assumed	357,162,000
Deposits	2,869,986,000
Other liabilities	$ 29,192,000