Loans - Schedule Of Troubled Debt Restructurings Occurring During The Year (Details) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2018 USD ($) loan	Sep. 30, 2017 USD ($) loan	Sep. 30, 2018 USD ($) loan	Sep. 30, 2017 USD ($) loan
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number \| loan	91	99	254	229
Pre-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 31,716	$ 6,376	$ 42,946	$ 16,030
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 31,337	$ 6,301	$ 42,208	$ 15,720
Credit card & other
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number \| loan	12	37	80	66
Pre-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 65	$ 261	$ 370	$ 426
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 59	$ 251	$ 350	$ 411
Commercial Portfolio Segment
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number \| loan	1	0	9	2
Pre-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 25,591	$ 0	$ 27,639	$ 842
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 25,439	$ 0	$ 27,190	$ 836
Commercial real estate
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number \| loan	1		4
Pre-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 442		$ 643
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 442		$ 637
Consumer real estate
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number \| loan	77	60	156	150
Pre-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 5,618	$ 6,081	$ 13,585	$ 12,719
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 5,397	$ 6,018	$ 13,318	$ 12,445
Permanent mortgage
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number \| loan	0	2	5	11
Pre-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 0	$ 34	$ 709	$ 2,043
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 0	$ 32	$ 713	$ 2,028
General C&I \| Commercial Portfolio Segment
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number \| loan	1	0	9	2
Pre-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 25,591	$ 0	$ 27,639	$ 842
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 25,439	$ 0	$ 27,190	$ 836
Income CRE \| Commercial real estate
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number \| loan	1		4
Pre-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 442		$ 643
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 442		$ 637
HELOC \| Consumer real estate
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number \| loan	15	45	79	107
Pre-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 1,057	$ 4,451	$ 7,641	$ 9,333
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 1,041	$ 4,396	$ 7,580	$ 9,139
R/E installment loans \| Consumer real estate
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number \| loan	62	15	77	43
Pre-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 4,561	$ 1,630	$ 5,944	$ 3,386
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 4,356	$ 1,622	$ 5,738	$ 3,306

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