Business Acquisition, Equity Interest Issued or Issuable, Share Exchange Ratio

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Aggregate dividends declared during the period for each share of common stock outstanding.

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- Definition

Detail information of subsequent event by type. User is expected to use existing line items from elsewhere in the taxonomy as the primary line items for this disclosure, which is further associated with dimension and member elements pertaining to a subsequent event.

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Equity (Details) - $ / shares	Feb. 09, 2024	Nov. 13, 2023	Aug. 14, 2023	May 15, 2023	Feb. 28, 2023	Jan. 24, 2023
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Cash dividends declared per common share (usd per share)		$ 0.36	$ 0.36	$ 0.36		$ 0.35
Umpqua Bank and Columbia Banking System Merger
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Business Acquisition, Equity Interest Issued or Issuable, Share Exchange Ratio					0.5958
Subsequent Event
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Cash dividends declared per common share (usd per share)	$ 0.36