Federal Home Loan Bank Advances - Summary of FHLB Advances (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Dec. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016
Federal Home Loan Bank Advances Maturities Summary [Abstract]
Within year, Amount	$ 308,000	$ 343,000
Within one to two years, Amount	48,536
Within two to three years, Amount		47,756
Total Federal Home Loan Bank advances	$ 356,536	$ 390,756
Within year, Weighted average rate	1.42%	0.64%
Within one to two years, Weighted average rate	3.26%	0.00%
Within two to three years, Weighted average rate		2.73%
Total federal home loan bank advances, Weighted average rate	1.67%	0.90%

Federal home loan bank advances maturities summary average interest rate.

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Amount of borrowings as of the balance sheet date from the Federal Home Loan Bank, which are primarily used to cover shortages in the required reserve balance and liquidity shortages.

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The weighted average interest rate applicable to the Federal Home Loan Bank advances which are due within one year of the Balance Sheet date.

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The weighted average interest rate applicable to the Federal Home Loan Bank advances which are due from one to two years of the Balance Sheet date.

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The weighted average interest rate applicable to the Federal Home Loan Bank advances which are due from two to three years of the Balance Sheet date.

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Amount of advances from Federal Home Loan Bank (FHLBank) maturing in the second fiscal year following the latest fiscal year. Excludes interim and annual periods when interim periods are reported on a rolling approach, from latest balance sheet date.

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Amount of advances from Federal Home Loan Bank (FHLBank) maturing in the third fiscal year following the latest fiscal year. Excludes interim and annual periods when interim periods are reported on a rolling approach, from latest balance sheet date.

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Amount of advances from Federal Home Loan Bank (FHLBank) maturing in the next fiscal year following the latest fiscal year. Excludes interim and annual periods when interim periods are reported on a rolling approach, from latest balance sheet date.

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