Servicing Assets (Key Economic Assumptions) (Details) - Mortgage related servicing assets [Member]	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015
Minimum [Member]
Servicing Assets At Fair Value Line Items
Constant prepayment rate	3.94%	4.24%	5.23%
Servicing Assets And Servicing Liabilities At Fair Value Assumptions Used To Estimate Fair Value Discount Rate	10.00%	10.00%	10.00%
Maximum [Member]
Servicing Assets At Fair Value Line Items
Constant prepayment rate	8.49%	9.14%	15.24%
Servicing Assets And Servicing Liabilities At Fair Value Assumptions Used To Estimate Fair Value Discount Rate	12.00%	12.00%	12.00%

Discount rate used to estimate the fair value of servicing assets and servicing liabilities.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 860
-SubTopic 50
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (d)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=68078379&loc=d3e122596-111746

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Estimated rate of prepayments of principal on servicing assets and servicing liabilities.

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