Amount of combined business value after business combination.

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Costs incurred to effect a business combination which have been expensed during the period. Such costs could include business integration costs, systems integration and conversion costs, and severance and other employee-related costs.

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Amount after accumulated impairment loss of an asset representing future economic benefits arising from other assets acquired in a business combination that are not individually identified and separately recognized.

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Business Combinations (Details) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
Business Combinations (Details) $ in Thousands	Mar. 31, 2020 USD ($) loan	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($) loan	Oct. 11, 2019 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2019 USD ($)
Combined business value after business combination	$ 4,100,000
Other merger-related costs	2,068
Salaries and employee benefits merger-related costs	356
Pre-tax acquisition costs	$ 2,424
Number of loan classified as PCI loan \| loan	0	0
Goodwill	$ 167,371	$ 167,420		$ 83,753
Presidio bank
Goodwill			$ 83,618
Decrease in goodwill	$ 49