Interest Bearing Deposits (Major Types Of Interest Bearing Deposits) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Dec. 31, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022
Deposits, Money Market Deposits and Negotiable Order of Withdrawal (NOW) [Abstract]
Interest-bearing demand	$ 8,044,432	$ 4,080,469
Money market	10,324,454	7,721,011
Savings	2,754,113	2,265,052
Time, greater than $250,000	1,034,094	582,838
Time, $250,000 or less	5,193,475	2,127,393
Total interest-bearing deposits	$ 27,350,568	$ 16,776,763

Time Deposits, $250,000 or Less

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Time Deposits, Greater than $250,000

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Amount of deposits in accounts that offer many of the same services as checking accounts although transactions may be somewhat more limited, share some of the characteristics of a money market fund and are insured by the Federal government, also known as money market accounts.

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Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 942
-SubTopic 210
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.9-03.12)
-Publisher FASB
-URI https://asc.fasb.org//1943274/2147479853/942-210-S99-1

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Amount of deposits in interest-bearing transaction accounts at banks or savings and loans, that are restricted in regard to ownership and can usually only be held by individuals, nonprofit entities and governments. Negotiable order of withdrawal accounts differ from money market demand accounts as they typically have higher reserve requirements and no limit on the number of checks that can be written.

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Amount of interest bearing deposits with no stated maturity, which may include passbook and statement savings accounts and money-market deposit accounts (MMDAs).

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The aggregate of all domestic and foreign interest-bearing deposit liabilities.

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