LOANS AND LEASES - Originated Troubled Debt Restructurings, Payment Default (Detail) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2019 USD ($) Contract	Mar. 31, 2018 USD ($) Contract
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number of Contracts \| Contract	6	55
Recorded Investment \| $	$ 0	$ 1
Commercial Real Estate [Member]
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number of Contracts \| Contract	1
Recorded Investment \| $	$ 0
Commercial and Industrial [Member]
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number of Contracts \| Contract	0
Recorded Investment \| $	$ 0
Total Commercial Loans and Leases [Member]
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number of Contracts \| Contract	1
Recorded Investment \| $	$ 0
Direct Installment [Member]
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number of Contracts \| Contract	2	45
Recorded Investment \| $	$ 0	$ 1
Residential Mortgages [Member]
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number of Contracts \| Contract	1	4
Recorded Investment \| $	$ 0	$ 0
Indirect Installment [Member]
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number of Contracts \| Contract		5
Recorded Investment \| $		$ 0
Consumer Lines of Credit [Member]
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number of Contracts \| Contract	2	1
Recorded Investment \| $	$ 0	$ 0
Consumer Loan [Member]
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number of Contracts \| Contract	5	55
Recorded Investment \| $	$ 0	$ 1

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Number of financing receivables that have been modified by troubled debt restructurings within the previous 12 months and for which there was a payment default.

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Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 310
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 34
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=84173941&loc=SL6953682-111524

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Amount of investment related to financing receivables modified by troubled debt restructurings within the previous 12 months, for which there was a payment default.

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