Debt Securities Held-to-maturity - Weighted average yield and contractual maturities of debt securities HTM - Parenthetical (Details) - Held To Maturity Debt Securities $ in Millions	Dec. 31, 2022 USD ($)
Schedule of Held-to-maturity Securities [Line Items]
Debt securities net unrealized loss remaining in AOCI included in book value for AFS securities transferred to HTM securities	$ 831.0
Asset Not Pledged as Collateral
Schedule of Held-to-maturity Securities [Line Items]
Debt securities	$ 6.9

Amount of investment in debt security measured at carrying value which includes net unrealized loss which remains in Accumulated other comprehensive income related to certain securities transferred from the Available for Sale securities portfolio to the Held to Maturity securities portfolio.

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