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Loans - Loans Sales (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
Loans - Loans Sales (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Sep. 30, 2021	Sep. 30, 2020	Sep. 30, 2021	Sep. 30, 2020	Dec. 31, 2020
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Gain (Loss) on Sale of Financing Receivable	$ 5,761	$ 6,861	$ 22,205	$ 14,091
Total	14,788,732		14,788,732		$ 14,751,232
Corporate Loans
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Payments for loan purchases	66,843	13,888	370,521	196,501
Consumer Loan
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Payments for loan purchases	186,910	168,052	1,026,204	562,604
Commercial real estate
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Total	4,852,692		4,852,692		4,829,168
Corporate loan sales
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Proceeds from sales	0	50	17,227	4,648
Less book value of loans sold	0	65	17,177	4,542
Gain (Loss) on Sale of Financing Receivable	0	(15)	50	106
Commercial and industrial \| Corporate Loans
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Payments for loan purchases	65,633	10,196	299,708	178,912
Office, retail, and industrial \| Corporate Loans
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Payments for loan purchases	1,198	0	8,636	0
Multi- family \| Corporate Loans
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Payments for loan purchases	7	0	26,136	0
Multi- family \| Commercial real estate
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Total	1,082,941		1,082,941		872,813
Construction \| Corporate Loans
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Payments for loan purchases	5	3,692	1,041	7,589
Construction \| Commercial real estate
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Total	595,204		595,204		$ 612,611
Other commercial real estate \| Corporate Loans
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Payments for loan purchases	0	0	35,000	10,000
Home equity \| Consumer Loan
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Payments for loan purchases	0	0	0	144,967
1-4 family mortgages
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Proceeds from sales	205,699	258,695	713,775	551,105
Less book value of loans sold	199,938	251,819	691,620	537,120
Gain (Loss) on Sale of Financing Receivable	5,761	6,876	22,155	13,985
1-4 family mortgages \| Consumer Loan
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Payments for loan purchases	186,910	168,052	772,828	417,637
Installment \| Consumer Loan
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Payments for loan purchases	$ 0	$ 0	$ 253,376	$ 0