Derivative Financial Instruments (Notional Amounts) (Details 1) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Mar. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018
Interest Rate Lock Commitments
Derivative [Line Items]
Notional Amount	$ 45,876	$ 33,133
Fair Value	1,099	871
Forward Commitments
Derivative [Line Items]
Notional Amount	51,318	34,102
Fair Value	(379)	(352)
Receive Fixed / Pay Variable Swap
Derivative [Line Items]
Notional Amount	550,255	505,034
Fair Value	6,409	(2,537)
Pay Fixed / Receive Variable Swap
Derivative [Line Items]
Notional Amount	550,255	505,034
Fair Value	1,667	6,082
Foreign Exchange Contracts
Derivative [Line Items]
Notional Amount	59,893	55,663
Fair Value	(173)	793
Visa Conversion Rate Swap Agreement
Derivative [Line Items]
Notional Amount	95,587	80,746
Fair Value	$ 0	$ 0

Aggregate notional amount specified by the derivative(s). Expressed as an absolute value.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher SEC
-Name Regulation S-X (SX)
-Number 210
-Article 12
-Section 13
-Sentence Column B

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Fair value of the assets less the liabilities of a derivative or group of derivatives.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 825
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 10
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=109250915&loc=d3e13433-108611

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