Adjustment resulting from changes in unaccreted market value to loan balance.

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Amount of allowance for credit loss on financing receivable. Excludes allowance for financing receivable covered under loss sharing agreement.

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Amount, after valuation allowance, of financing receivable held for sale and not part of disposal group. Excludes loan covered under loss sharing agreement and loan classified as investment in debt security.

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Amount, before allowance for credit loss, of financing receivable.

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Loans Held for Investment - Composition of Loan Portfolio (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Jun. 30, 2020	Mar. 31, 2020	Jan. 01, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019	Jun. 30, 2019	Mar. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018
Loans Held for Investment
Loans held for investment	$ 15,082,884			$ 8,722,311
Allowance for credit losses for loans held for investment	(282,271)	$ (115,422)		(35,698)	$ (35,026)	$ (37,856)	$ (36,072)
Loans held for investment, net	14,800,613			8,686,613
Loans held for sale, at lower of cost or fair value	1,007			1,672
Unaccreted mark-to-market discount	144,500			40,700
Investor loans secured by real estate
Loans Held for Investment
Loans held for investment	8,426,157			4,153,084
Allowance for credit losses for loans held for investment			$ (9,027)
Investor loans secured by real estate \| CRE non-owner-occupied
Loans Held for Investment
Loans held for investment	2,783,692			2,070,141
Allowance for credit losses for loans held for investment	(63,007)	(15,896)		(1,899)	(1,765)	(1,668)	(1,624)
Investor loans secured by real estate \| Multifamily
Loans Held for Investment
Loans held for investment	5,225,557			1,575,726
Allowance for credit losses for loans held for investment	(63,511)	(14,722)		(729)	(705)	(669)	(740)
Investor loans secured by real estate \| Construction and land
Loans Held for Investment
Loans held for investment	357,426			438,786
Allowance for credit losses for loans held for investment	(18,804)	(9,222)		(4,484)	(5,408)	(5,960)	(5,964)
Investor loans secured by real estate \| SBA secured by real estate
Loans Held for Investment
Loans held for investment	59,482			68,431
Allowance for credit losses for loans held for investment	(2,010)	(935)		(1,915)	(1,322)	(2,704)	(1,827)
Business loans secured by real estate
Loans Held for Investment
Loans held for investment	2,620,343			2,288,175
Allowance for credit losses for loans held for investment			(5,492)
Business loans secured by real estate \| SBA secured by real estate
Loans Held for Investment
Loans held for investment	85,542			88,381
Allowance for credit losses for loans held for investment	(4,368)	(4,044)		(2,119)	(1,611)	(1,966)	(1,824)
Business loans secured by real estate \| CRE owner-occupied
Loans Held for Investment
Loans held for investment	2,170,154			1,846,554
Allowance for credit losses for loans held for investment	(48,213)	(26,793)		(2,781)	(2,299)	(1,969)	(1,908)
Business loans secured by real estate \| Franchise real estate secured
Loans Held for Investment
Loans held for investment	364,647			353,240
Allowance for credit losses for loans held for investment	(13,060)	(7,503)		(592)	(579)	(2,173)	(743)
Commercial loans
Loans Held for Investment
Loans held for investment	3,724,905			1,975,053
Allowance for credit losses for loans held for investment			(20,118)
Commercial loans \| Commercial and industrial
Loans Held for Investment
Loans held for investment	2,051,313			1,393,270
Allowance for credit losses for loans held for investment	(41,967)	(15,742)		(13,857)	(13,796)	(13,587)	(13,695)
Commercial loans \| Franchise non-real estate secured
Loans Held for Investment
Loans held for investment	523,755			564,357
Allowance for credit losses for loans held for investment	(21,676)	(16,616)		(5,816)	(6,186)	(5,698)	(6,066)
Commercial loans \| SBA non-real estate secured
Loans Held for Investment
Loans held for investment	21,057			17,426
Allowance for credit losses for loans held for investment	(600)	(516)		(445)	(430)	(503)	(654)
Commercial loans \| SBA PPP
Loans Held for Investment
Loans held for investment	1,128,780			0
Retail loans
Loans Held for Investment
Loans held for investment	311,479			305,999
Allowance for credit losses for loans held for investment			$ (1,061)
Retail loans \| Single family residential
Loans Held for Investment
Loans held for investment	265,170			255,024
Allowance for credit losses for loans held for investment	(1,479)	(1,137)		(655)	(704)	(758)	(808)
Retail loans \| Consumer
Loans Held for Investment
Loans held for investment	46,309			50,975
Allowance for credit losses for loans held for investment	$ (3,576)	$ (2,296)		$ (406)	$ (221)	$ (201)	$ (219)