Represents the reasonable period of a borrower's sustained repayment performance for consideration of returning the loan to performing status.

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Number of financing receivables that have been modified by troubled debt restructurings.

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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The fair value of collateral received that was taken through foreclosure due to default by the original transferor in lieu of collection of the secured receivable.

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LOANS AND ALLOWANCE FOR CREDIT LOSSES - TDR, Recorded Investment and Number of Modifications (Details) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2022 loan	Sep. 30, 2021 loan	Sep. 30, 2022 USD ($) loan	Sep. 30, 2021 loan	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($)
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Borrower's sustained repayment performance period			6 months
Number of Modifications \| loan	0	0	0	0
Total residential real estate \| Residential mortgages
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Residential mortgage loans collateralized by real estate property in the process of foreclosure \| $			$ 249		$ 574