Fair Value of Assets and Liabilities - Valuation Assumptions (Details) - Income Approach Valuation Technique	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2016
Loans measured for impairment
Fair Value Measurements, Recurring and Nonrecurring, Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Discount rate	9.00%
Interest rate lock commitments
Fair Value Measurements, Recurring and Nonrecurring, Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Pull through rate	92.71%
Minimum \| Mortgage servicing rights
Fair Value Measurements, Recurring and Nonrecurring, Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Discount rate	8.79%
Prepayment rate	11.89%
Maximum \| Mortgage servicing rights
Fair Value Measurements, Recurring and Nonrecurring, Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Discount rate	10.50%
Prepayment rate	21.73%

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Interest rate used to find the present value of an amount to be paid or received in the future as an input to measure fair value. For example, but not limited to, weighted average cost of capital (WACC), cost of capital, cost of equity and cost of debt.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 820
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
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Rate at which loans or a loan portfolio are expected to prepay principal balances, used as an input to measure fair value.

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