Allowance for credit losses - Financial effect of the modifications made to borrowers experiencing financial difficultie (Details)	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2024	Mar. 31, 2023
Interest Rate Reduction \| Mortgages
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Weighted average contractual interest rate before modification	5.88%	5.69%
Weighted average contractual interest rate after modification	4.50%	4.17%
Interest Rate Reduction \| Commercial \| CRE non-owner occupied
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Weighted average contractual interest rate before modification	10.13%
Weighted average contractual interest rate after modification	8.25%
Interest Rate Reduction \| Commercial \| CRE owner occupied
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Weighted average contractual interest rate before modification		6.00%
Weighted average contractual interest rate after modification		5.25%
Interest Rate Reduction \| Commercial \| Commercial and industrial
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Weighted average contractual interest rate before modification	25.53%
Weighted average contractual interest rate after modification	9.83%
Interest Rate Reduction \| Consumer \| Credit card
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Weighted average contractual interest rate before modification	21.05%	17.76%
Weighted average contractual interest rate after modification	6.23%	4.47%
Interest Rate Reduction \| Consumer \| Personal loans
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Weighted average contractual interest rate before modification	18.06%	16.97%
Weighted average contractual interest rate after modification	9.68%	9.11%
Interest Rate Reduction \| Consumer \| Auto Loan
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Weighted average contractual interest rate before modification		12.64%
Weighted average contractual interest rate after modification		12.62%
Interest Rate Reduction \| Consumer \| Other
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Weighted average contractual interest rate before modification		17.99%
Weighted average contractual interest rate after modification		0.00%
Term extension \| Construction
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Weighted average term increase		6 months
Term extension \| Mortgages
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Weighted average term increase	12 years	10 years
Term extension \| Commercial \| CRE non-owner occupied
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Weighted average term increase	1 year
Term extension \| Commercial \| CRE owner occupied
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Weighted average term increase	6 months	2 years
Term extension \| Commercial \| Commercial and industrial
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Weighted average term increase	9 months	5 months
Term extension \| Consumer \| Personal loans
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Weighted average term increase	11 years	6 years
Term extension \| Consumer \| Auto Loan
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Weighted average term increase		2 years
Other-Than-Insignificant Payment Delays \| Commercial \| CRE non-owner occupied
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Weighted average term increase		12 months
Other-Than-Insignificant Payment Delays \| Commercial \| CRE owner occupied
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Weighted average term increase	12 months	7 months
Other-Than-Insignificant Payment Delays \| Commercial \| Commercial and industrial
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Weighted average term increase	8 months	9 months
Other-Than-Insignificant Payment Delays \| Consumer \| Credit card
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Weighted average term increase	23 months
Other-Than-Insignificant Payment Delays \| Consumer \| Other
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Weighted average term increase		11 months

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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