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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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Loans Receivable and Allowance for Loan Losses - Allowance for Loans, by Portfolio Segment and Impairment Method (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016
Loans by Portfolio Segment and Impairment Method [Abstract]
Impaired loans, gross carrying value	$ 90,494	$ 104,007
Specific allowance	$ 3,402	$ 4,791
Loss coverage ratio	3.76%	4.61%
Non-impaired loans	$ 12,182,771	$ 11,993,899
General allowance	$ 90,742	$ 87,766
Loss coverage ratio	0.74%	0.73%
Total loans outstanding	$ 12,273,265	$ 12,097,906
Allowance for loan losses - Total	$ 94,144	$ 92,557	$ 84,541	$ 79,343
Loss coverage ratio	0.77%	0.77%
Real estate-Residential
Loans by Portfolio Segment and Impairment Method [Abstract]
Impaired loans, gross carrying value	$ 0	$ 0
Specific allowance	0	0
Non-impaired loans	52,437	51,197
General allowance	$ 204	$ 112
Loss coverage ratio	0.39%	0.22%
Total loans outstanding	$ 52,437	$ 51,197
Allowance for loan losses - Total	$ 204	$ 112
Loss coverage ratio	0.39%	0.22%
Real estate-Commercial
Loans by Portfolio Segment and Impairment Method [Abstract]
Impaired loans, gross carrying value	$ 54,433	$ 58,056
Specific allowance	$ 312	$ 437
Loss coverage ratio	0.57%	0.75%
Non-impaired loans	$ 8,261,949	$ 8,337,271
General allowance	$ 51,400	$ 55,453
Loss coverage ratio	0.62%	0.67%
Total loans outstanding	$ 8,316,382	$ 8,395,327
Allowance for loan losses - Total	$ 51,712	$ 55,890
Loss coverage ratio	0.62%	0.67%
Real estate-Construction
Loans by Portfolio Segment and Impairment Method [Abstract]
Impaired loans, gross carrying value	$ 10,165	$ 0
Specific allowance	$ 0	0
Loss coverage ratio	0.00%
Non-impaired loans	$ 285,981	275,076
General allowance	$ 1,677	$ 765
Loss coverage ratio	0.59%	0.28%
Total loans outstanding	$ 296,146	$ 275,076
Allowance for loan losses - Total	$ 1,677	$ 765
Loss coverage ratio	0.57%	0.28%
Commercial Business
Loans by Portfolio Segment and Impairment Method [Abstract]
Impaired loans, gross carrying value	$ 22,739	$ 35,358
Specific allowance	$ 3,073	$ 4,351
Loss coverage ratio	13.51%	12.31%
Non-impaired loans	$ 2,535,612	$ 2,092,272
General allowance	$ 29,505	$ 23,414
Loss coverage ratio	1.16%	1.12%
Total loans outstanding	$ 2,558,351	$ 2,127,630
Allowance for loan losses - Total	$ 32,578	$ 27,765
Loss coverage ratio	1.27%	1.30%
Trade finance
Loans by Portfolio Segment and Impairment Method [Abstract]
Impaired loans, gross carrying value	$ 103	$ 9,011
Specific allowance	$ 0	$ 0
Loss coverage ratio	0.00%	0.00%
Non-impaired loans	$ 160,756	$ 188,179
General allowance	$ 454	$ 719
Loss coverage ratio	0.28%	0.38%
Total loans outstanding	$ 160,859	$ 197,190
Allowance for loan losses - Total	$ 454	$ 719
Loss coverage ratio	0.28%	0.36%
Consumer and Other
Loans by Portfolio Segment and Impairment Method [Abstract]
Impaired loans, gross carrying value	$ 3,054	$ 1,582
Specific allowance	$ 17	$ 3
Loss coverage ratio	0.56%	0.19%
Non-impaired loans	$ 886,036	$ 1,049,904
General allowance	$ 7,502	$ 7,303
Loss coverage ratio	0.85%	0.70%
Total loans outstanding	$ 889,090	$ 1,051,486
Allowance for loan losses - Total	$ 7,519	$ 7,306
Loss coverage ratio	0.85%	0.69%
Real Estate
Loans by Portfolio Segment and Impairment Method [Abstract]
Total loans outstanding	$ 8,664,965	$ 8,721,600
Legacy
Loans by Portfolio Segment and Impairment Method [Abstract]
Total loans outstanding		10,199,858
Legacy \| Real estate-Residential
Loans by Portfolio Segment and Impairment Method [Abstract]
Total loans outstanding		44,612
Legacy \| Real estate-Construction
Loans by Portfolio Segment and Impairment Method [Abstract]
Total loans outstanding		238,135
Legacy \| Commercial Business
Loans by Portfolio Segment and Impairment Method [Abstract]
Total loans outstanding	2,498,788	2,017,691
Allowance for loan losses - Total	28,305	21,826	17,228	23,430
Legacy \| Trade finance
Loans by Portfolio Segment and Impairment Method [Abstract]
Total loans outstanding	160,859	194,066
Allowance for loan losses - Total	454	719	1,674	1,897
Legacy \| Consumer and Other
Loans by Portfolio Segment and Impairment Method [Abstract]
Total loans outstanding	845,263	910,733
Allowance for loan losses - Total	7,137	6,269	3,385	2,116
Legacy \| Real Estate
Loans by Portfolio Segment and Impairment Method [Abstract]
Total loans outstanding	7,482,747	7,077,368
Allowance for loan losses - Total	47,000	49,446	45,360	38,956
Acquired
Loans by Portfolio Segment and Impairment Method [Abstract]
Specific allowance	991	391
Total loans outstanding		1,898,048
Acquired \| Real estate-Residential
Loans by Portfolio Segment and Impairment Method [Abstract]
Specific allowance	0	0
Total loans outstanding		6,585
Acquired \| Real estate-Construction
Loans by Portfolio Segment and Impairment Method [Abstract]
Specific allowance	0	0
Total loans outstanding		36,941
Acquired \| Commercial Business
Loans by Portfolio Segment and Impairment Method [Abstract]
Specific allowance	875	130
Total loans outstanding	59,563	109,939
Allowance for loan losses - Total	4,273	5,939	3,527	117
Acquired \| Trade finance
Loans by Portfolio Segment and Impairment Method [Abstract]
Specific allowance	0	0
Total loans outstanding	0	3,124
Allowance for loan losses - Total	0	0	42	0
Acquired \| Consumer and Other
Loans by Portfolio Segment and Impairment Method [Abstract]
Specific allowance	6	0
Total loans outstanding	43,827	140,753
Allowance for loan losses - Total	382	1,037	3	36
Acquired \| Real Estate
Loans by Portfolio Segment and Impairment Method [Abstract]
Total loans outstanding	1,182,218	1,644,232
Allowance for loan losses - Total	$ 6,593	$ 7,321	$ 13,322	$ 12,791