Pledged assets (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2012

Schedule Of Pledged Assets Table [Text Block]

	September 30,		December 31,
(In thousands)	2012		2011
Investment securities available-for-sale, at fair value	$	1,757,309	$	1,894,651
Investment securities held-to-maturity, at amortized cost		25,000		25,000
Loans held-for-sale measured at lower of cost or fair value		132		5,286
Loans held-in-portfolio covered under loss sharing agreements with the FDIC		476,061		-
Loans held-in-portfolio not covered under loss sharing agreements with the FDIC		8,544,687		8,571,268
Total pledged assets	$	10,803,189	$	10,496,205