Pledged assets (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

Schedule of Financial Instruments Owned and Pledged as Collateral [Table Text Block]

	December 31,		December 31,
(In thousands)	2012		2011
Investment securities available-for-sale, at fair value	$	1,606,683	$	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		452,631		-
Loans held-in-portfolio not covered under loss sharing agreements with the FDIC		8,358,456		8,571,268
Total pledged assets	$	10,442,902	$	10,496,205