Investment Securities - Schedule of Amortized Cost and Fair Value by Contractual Maturity of Debt Securities (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Dec. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Amortized Cost
Amortized Cost	$ 245,871	$ 274,788
Fair Value
Fair Value	247,633	276,138
U.S. Treasury and government sponsored entities
Amortized Cost
Within 1 year	44,044
1-5 years	129,274
Amortized Cost	173,318	210,756
Fair Value
Within 1 year	44,601
1-5 years	130,000
Fair Value	$ 174,601	211,852
Weighted Average Yield
Within 1 year	2.06%
1-5 years	0.82%
Weighted Average Yield	1.14%
Corporate bonds
Amortized Cost
Within 1 year	$ 2,241
1-5 years	27,710
5-10 years	10,000
Amortized Cost	29,951	34,764
Amortized Cost	39,951
Fair Value
Within 1 year	2,257
1-5 years	28,235
5-10 years	10,000
Fair Value	30,492	35,066
Fair Value	$ 40,492
Weighted Average Yield
Within 1 year	1.23%
1-5 years	1.36%
5-10 years	5.00%
Weighted Average Yield	2.26%
Collateralized loan obligations
Amortized Cost
5-10 years	$ 8,783
Over 10 years	32,999
Amortized Cost	41,782	25,980
Fair Value
5-10 years	8,720
Over 10 years	32,964
Fair Value	$ 41,684	25,923
Weighted Average Yield
5-10 years	1.70%
Over 10 years	1.60%
Weighted Average Yield	1.62%
Municipal securities
Amortized Cost
1-5 years	$ 820
Amortized Cost	820	3,288
Fair Value
1-5 years	856
Fair Value	$ 856	$ 3,297
Weighted Average Yield
1-5 years	2.14%
Weighted Average Yield	2.14%

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