Pledged assets (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2012

Schedule Of Pledged Assets Table [Text Block]

	March 31,		December 31,		March 31,
(In thousands)	2012		2011			2011
Investment securities available-for-sale, at fair value	$	1,840,351	$	1,894,651	$	1,529,464
Investment securities held-to-maturity, at amortized cost		25,000		25,000		49,734
Loans held-for-sale measured at lower of cost or fair value		4,421		5,286		2,638
Loans held-in-portfolio covered under loss sharing agreements with the FDIC		536,666		-		4,634,499
Loans held-in-portfolio not covered under loss sharing agreements with the FDIC		8,967,998		8,571,268		8,906,093
Other real estate covered under loss sharing agreements with the FDIC		-		-		65,562
Total pledged assets	$	11,374,436	$	10,496,205	$	15,187,990