BORROWINGS (Additional Information) (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015
FHLB
Borrowings [Line Items]
Pledged under blanket lien	$ 1,400.0	$ 1,400.0
Line of credit amount available for borrowing	1,400.0	1,400.0
Line Of Credit, Outstanding Amount	790.0	685.0
Residential Portfolio Segment
Borrowings [Line Items]
Pledged under blanket lien	725.1	677.3
HELOC
Borrowings [Line Items]
Pledged under blanket lien	307.2	323.0
Multifamily Loans
Borrowings [Line Items]
Pledged under blanket lien	60.4	23.5
Federal Reserve and Correspondent Banks
Borrowings [Line Items]
Line of credit amount available for borrowing	369.4	375.1
Unsecured line of credit available for borrowing	70.0	70.0
Line Of Credit, Outstanding Amount	0.0	0.0
Commercial Portfolio Segment
Borrowings [Line Items]
Pledged under blanket lien	$ 1,030.0	$ 932.8

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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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The carrying value as of the balance sheet date of the current and noncurrent portions of long-term obligations drawn from a line of credit, which is a bank's commitment to make loans up to a specific amount. Examples of items that might be included in the application of this element may consist of letters of credit, standby letters of credit, and revolving credit arrangements, under which borrowings can be made up to a maximum amount as of any point in time conditional on satisfaction of specified terms before, as of and after the date of drawdowns on the line. Includes short-term obligations that would normally be classified as current liabilities but for which (a) postbalance sheet date issuance of a long term obligation to refinance the short term obligation on a long term basis, or (b) the enterprise has entered into a financing agreement that clearly permits the enterprise to refinance the short-term obligation on a long term basis and the following conditions are met (1) the agreement does not expire within 1 year and is not cancelable by the lender except for violation of an objectively determinable provision, (2) no violation exists at the BS date, and (3) the lender has entered into the financing agreement is expected to be financially capable of honoring the agreement.

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Maximum borrowing capacity under the credit facility without consideration of any current restrictions on the amount that could be borrowed or the amounts currently outstanding under the facility.

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The carrying amount, as of the date of the latest financial statement presented, of loans receivable which are owned but transferred to serve as collateral for the payment of FHLB debt obligations, and for which the transferee is not permitted to sell or re-pledge them to an unrelated party.

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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