Loans and Allowance for Credit Losses - Loans on Nonaccrual Status (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Sep. 30, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021
Financing Receivable, Nonaccrual [Line Items]
Nonaccrual	$ 7,092	$ 11,650
Nonaccrual With No ACL	7,043	11,542
Government guarantees
Financing Receivable, Nonaccrual [Line Items]
Nonaccrual	619	978
Nonaccrual With No ACL	619	978
Net of government guarantees
Financing Receivable, Nonaccrual [Line Items]
Nonaccrual	6,473	10,672
Nonaccrual With No ACL	6,424	10,564
Commercial & industrial loans
Financing Receivable, Nonaccrual [Line Items]
Nonaccrual	3,228	4,350
Nonaccrual With No ACL	3,228	4,298
Commercial real estate \| Owner occupied properties
Financing Receivable, Nonaccrual [Line Items]
Nonaccrual	1,531	3,506
Nonaccrual With No ACL	1,531	3,506
Commercial real estate \| Non-owner occupied and multifamily properties
Financing Receivable, Nonaccrual [Line Items]
Nonaccrual	275	0
Nonaccrual With No ACL	275	0
Residential real estate \| 1-4 family residential properties secured by first liens
Financing Receivable, Nonaccrual [Line Items]
Nonaccrual	151	1,778
Nonaccrual With No ACL	151	1,778
Residential real estate \| 1-4 family residential properties secured by junior liens and revolving secured by 1-4 family first liens
Financing Receivable, Nonaccrual [Line Items]
Nonaccrual	252	271
Nonaccrual With No ACL	203	215
Residential real estate \| 1-4 family residential construction loans
Financing Receivable, Nonaccrual [Line Items]
Nonaccrual	109	109
Nonaccrual With No ACL	109	109
Other construction, land development and raw land loans
Financing Receivable, Nonaccrual [Line Items]
Nonaccrual	1,546	1,636
Nonaccrual With No ACL	$ 1,546	$ 1,636

Amortized cost excluding accrued interest, of financing receivable on nonaccrual status. Excludes net investment in lease.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 326
-SubTopic 20
-Section 50
-Paragraph 16
-Subparagraph (a)
-URI https://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=124255953&loc=SL82919258-210447

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
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