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Allowance for Credit Losses - Activity (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2020	Sep. 30, 2019	Sep. 30, 2020	Sep. 30, 2019	Dec. 31, 2019
Allowance for loan and lease losses:
Balance at beginning of period		$ 138,535	$ 130,530	$ 141,718
Adoption of ASU 2016-13					$ 770
Charge-offs		(8,536)	(39,639)	(26,663)
Recoveries		2,965	10,201	8,359
Increase (decrease) in Provision			94,014	9,550
Balance at end of period	$ 195,876	132,964	195,876	132,964
Commercial and Industrial
Allowance for loan and lease losses:
Balance at beginning of period	21,299	31,688	28,975	34,501
Adoption of ASU 2016-13					(16,105)
Charge-offs	(598)	(514)	(14,773)	(2,514)
Recoveries	1,699	241	2,019	303
Increase (decrease) in Provision	(1,129)	(4,098)	21,155	(4,973)
Balance at end of period	21,271	27,317	21,271	27,317
Commercial real estate
Allowance for loan and lease losses:
Balance at beginning of period	53,122	22,204	22,325	19,725
Adoption of ASU 2016-13					10,559
Charge-offs			(2,723)
Recoveries		30		93
Increase (decrease) in Provision	(1,389)	(358)	21,572	2,058
Balance at end of period	51,733	21,876	51,733	21,876
Construction
Allowance for loan and lease losses:
Balance at beginning of period	5,276	5,014	4,844	5,813
Adoption of ASU 2016-13					(1,803)
Charge-offs			(379)
Recoveries	30		170
Increase (decrease) in Provision	(372)	(361)	2,102	(1,160)
Balance at end of period	4,934	4,653	4,934	4,653
Lease financing
Allowance for loan and lease losses:
Balance at beginning of period	3,837	446	424	432
Adoption of ASU 2016-13					207
Charge-offs				(24)
Increase (decrease) in Provision	214	(54)	3,420	(16)
Balance at end of period	4,051	392	4,051	392
Residential
Allowance for loan and lease losses:
Balance at beginning of period			39,179
Consumer
Allowance for loan and lease losses:
Balance at beginning of period	67,077	33,638	34,644	35,813
Adoption of ASU 2016-13					15,575
Charge-offs	(4,238)	(8,015)	(21,742)	(24,118)
Recoveries	3,148	2,269	7,687	7,103
Increase (decrease) in Provision	(1,918)	5,838	27,905	14,932
Balance at end of period	64,069	33,730	64,069	33,730
Unallocated
Allowance for loan and lease losses:
Balance at beginning of period	192,120	2,125	139	528
Adoption of ASU 2016-13					(139)
Charge-offs	(4,836)
Recoveries	4,920
Increase (decrease) in Provision	3,672	(1,208)		389
Balance at end of period	195,876	917	195,876	917
Residential mortgage
Allowance for loan and lease losses:
Balance at beginning of period			29,303
Adoption of ASU 2016-13					(2,793)
Charge-offs			(14)
Recoveries			179
Increase (decrease) in Provision			15,542
Balance at end of period	42,217		42,217
Residential mortgage \| Residential
Allowance for loan and lease losses:
Balance at beginning of period	33,874	43,420		44,906
Charge-offs		(7)		(7)
Recoveries	27	425		860
Increase (decrease) in Provision	8,316	241		(1,680)
Balance at end of period	42,217	$ 44,079	42,217	$ 44,079
Home equity
Allowance for loan and lease losses:
Balance at beginning of period			9,876
Adoption of ASU 2016-13					$ (4,731)
Charge-offs			(8)
Recoveries			146
Increase (decrease) in Provision			2,318
Balance at end of period	7,601		7,601
Home equity \| Residential
Allowance for loan and lease losses:
Balance at beginning of period	7,635
Recoveries	16
Increase (decrease) in Provision	(50)
Balance at end of period	$ 7,601		$ 7,601