Borrowings (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2012

Schedule Of Fed Funds Purchased And Assets Sold Under Agreements To Repurchase Table [Text Block]

	March 31,		December 31,		March 31,
(In thousands)	2012		2011		2011
Assets sold under agreements to repurchase	$	2,113,557	$	2,141,097	$	2,642,800

Schedule of Short-term Debt [Table Text Block]

	March 31,		December 31,		March 31,
(In thousands)	2012		2011		2011
Advances with the FHLB paying interest at maturity, at fixed rates ranging from 0.37% to 0.40% (March 31, 2011 - 0.36% to 0.40%)	$	750,000	$	295,000	$	250,000
Term funds purchased paying interest at maturity, at fixed rates ranging from 0.70% to 1.05%		-		-		39,102
Others		1,200		1,200		1,200
Total other short-term borrowings	$	751,200	$	296,200	$	290,302

Schedule of Notes Payable [Table Text Block]

		March 31,		December 31,		March 31,
(In thousands)		2012		2011		2011
Advances with the FHLB with maturities ranging from 2012 through 2021 paying interest at
	monthly fixed rates ranging from 1.07% to 4.95% (March 31, 2011 - 0.66% to 4.95%)	$	623,286	$	642,568	$	577,000
Note issued to the FDIC paying interest monthly at an annual fixed rate of 2.50%			-		-		2,022,669
Term notes with maturities ranging from 2012 to 2016 paying interest semiannually
	at fixed rates ranging from 5.25% to 7.86% (March 31, 2011 - 5.25% to 7.03%)		278,337		278,309		278,201
Term notes with maturities ranging from 2012 to 2013 paying interest
	monthly at a floating rate of 3.00% over the 10-year U.S. Treasury note rate		478		588		907
Junior subordinated deferrable interest debentures (related to trust preferred
	securities) with maturities ranging from 2027 to 2034 with fixed interest		439,800		439,800		439,800
	rates ranging from 6.125% to 8.327% (Refer to Note ##TPS)
Junior subordinated deferrable interest debentures (related to trust preferred
	securities) ($936,000 less discount of $459,043 at March 31, 2012 and $485,128 at
	March 31, 2011) with no stated maturity and a fixed interest rate of 5.00% until, but		476,957		470,037		450,872
	excluding December 5, 2013 and 9.00% thereafter (Refer to Note ##TPS)[1]
Others			24,896		25,070		25,206
Total notes payable		$	1,843,754	$	1,856,372	$	3,794,655

Maturity Distribution Of Debt Securities [Text Block]

	Assets sold under
	agreements		Short-term
(In thousands)	to repurchase		borrowings		Notes payable		Total
Year
2012	$	1,021,360	$	751,200	$	192,697	$	1,965,257
2013		-		-		98,901		98,901
2014		350,000		-		189,452		539,452
2015		174,135		-		36,099		210,234
2016		453,062		-		311,479		764,541
Later years		115,000		-		538,169		653,169
No stated maturity		-		-		936,000		936,000
Subtotal		2,113,557		751,200		2,302,797		5,167,554
Less: Discount		-		-		459,043		459,043
Total borrowings	$	2,113,557	$	751,200	$	1,843,754	$	4,708,511