Portfolio Loans - Summary of Recorded Investment by Category for Portfolio Loans Restructured (Details) - Non-Covered Loans $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($) loan	Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($) loan
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring [Line Items]
Number of Loans \| loan	3	2
Pre-Modification Outstanding Recorded Balance	$ 520	$ 267
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Balance	$ 520	$ 267
Commercial and industrial
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring [Line Items]
Number of Loans \| loan	0	1
Pre-Modification Outstanding Recorded Balance	$ 0	$ 187
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Balance	$ 0	$ 187
CRE - owner occupied
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring [Line Items]
Number of Loans \| loan	1	0
Pre-Modification Outstanding Recorded Balance	$ 188	$ 0
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Balance	$ 188	$ 0
Residential real estate
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring [Line Items]
Number of Loans \| loan	2	1
Pre-Modification Outstanding Recorded Balance	$ 332	$ 80
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Balance	$ 332	$ 80

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Number of financing receivables that have been modified by troubled debt restructurings.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 310
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 33
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=118936363&loc=SL6953676-111524

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