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Loans and Leases Receivable, Net Of Deferred Income, Increase (Decrease) in Period

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For an entity that discloses a concentration risk in relation to quantitative amount, which serves as the "benchmark" (or denominator) in the equation, this concept represents the concentration percentage derived from the division.

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Amount before allowance and after deduction of deferred interest and fees, unamortized costs and premiums and discounts from face amounts, of loans and leases held in portfolio, including but not limited to, commercial and consumer loans. Excludes loans and leases covered under loss sharing agreements.

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Indicates the number of mortgages under each classification.

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LOANS AND LEASES AND ALLOWANCE FOR LOAN AND LEASE LOSSES - Non Traditional Mortgage Performance by Credit Score (Detail) $ in Thousands	9 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2016 USD ($) Loan	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($) Loan	Sep. 30, 2015 USD ($)
Financing Receivable, Recorded Investment [Line Items]
Loans	$ 6,568,791	$ 5,184,394	$ 4,730,077
Non-Traditional Mortgages (NTM)
Financing Receivable, Recorded Investment [Line Items]
Loans	$ 891,083	$ 785,908
Consumer \| Non-Traditional Mortgages (NTM)
Financing Receivable, Recorded Investment [Line Items]
Count \| Loan	697	689
Loans	$ 891,083	$ 785,908
Amount change	$ 105,200
Percent Change	13.40%
Consumer \| Non-Traditional Mortgages (NTM) \| Green Loans (HELOC) - first liens
Financing Receivable, Recorded Investment [Line Items]
Count \| Loan	684	672
Loans	$ 887,374	$ 781,091
Consumer \| Non-Traditional Mortgages (NTM) \| Green Loans
Financing Receivable, Recorded Investment [Line Items]
Loans	$ 101,200	$ 109,800
Consumer \| Non-Traditional Mortgages (NTM) \| Green Loans \| Green Loans (HELOC) - first liens
Financing Receivable, Recorded Investment [Line Items]
Count \| Loan	112	121
Loans	$ 97,448	$ 105,131
Count Change \| Loan	0
Amount change	$ 0
Percent Change	0.00%
Consumer \| Non-Traditional Mortgages (NTM) \| Green Loans \| Green Loans (HELOC) - first liens \| Loan Portfolio Concentration Risk \| Non-Traditional Single Family Residential Mortgage Green Loans First Lien Portfolio
Financing Receivable, Recorded Investment [Line Items]
Concentration risk percentage	100.00%
Consumer \| Non-Traditional Mortgages (NTM) \| Green Loans \| Green Loans (HELOC) - first liens \| Greater than 800
Financing Receivable, Recorded Investment [Line Items]
Count \| Loan	17	21
Loans	$ 11,070	$ 14,041
Count Change \| Loan	(4)
Amount change	$ (2,971)
Percent Change	(3.00%)
Consumer \| Non-Traditional Mortgages (NTM) \| Green Loans \| Green Loans (HELOC) - first liens \| Greater than 800 \| Loan Portfolio Concentration Risk \| Non-Traditional Single Family Residential Mortgage Green Loans First Lien Portfolio
Financing Receivable, Recorded Investment [Line Items]
Concentration risk percentage	11.40%	14.40%
Consumer \| Non-Traditional Mortgages (NTM) \| Green Loans \| Green Loans (HELOC) - first liens \| 700-799
Financing Receivable, Recorded Investment [Line Items]
Count \| Loan	58	56
Loans	$ 38,137	$ 44,924
Count Change \| Loan	2
Amount change	$ (6,787)
Percent Change	(6.90%)
Consumer \| Non-Traditional Mortgages (NTM) \| Green Loans \| Green Loans (HELOC) - first liens \| 700-799 \| Loan Portfolio Concentration Risk \| Non-Traditional Single Family Residential Mortgage Green Loans First Lien Portfolio
Financing Receivable, Recorded Investment [Line Items]
Concentration risk percentage	39.20%	46.10%
Consumer \| Non-Traditional Mortgages (NTM) \| Green Loans \| Green Loans (HELOC) - first liens \| 600-699
Financing Receivable, Recorded Investment [Line Items]
Count \| Loan	30	21
Loans	$ 33,560	$ 21,032
Count Change \| Loan	9
Amount change	$ 12,528
Percent Change	12.80%
Consumer \| Non-Traditional Mortgages (NTM) \| Green Loans \| Green Loans (HELOC) - first liens \| 600-699 \| Loan Portfolio Concentration Risk \| Non-Traditional Single Family Residential Mortgage Green Loans First Lien Portfolio
Financing Receivable, Recorded Investment [Line Items]
Concentration risk percentage	34.40%	21.60%
Consumer \| Non-Traditional Mortgages (NTM) \| Green Loans \| Green Loans (HELOC) - first liens \| Less than 600
Financing Receivable, Recorded Investment [Line Items]
Count \| Loan	2	5
Loans	$ 2,257	$ 4,036
Count Change \| Loan	(3)
Amount change	$ (1,779)
Percent Change	(1.80%)
Consumer \| Non-Traditional Mortgages (NTM) \| Green Loans \| Green Loans (HELOC) - first liens \| Less than 600 \| Loan Portfolio Concentration Risk \| Non-Traditional Single Family Residential Mortgage Green Loans First Lien Portfolio
Financing Receivable, Recorded Investment [Line Items]
Concentration risk percentage	2.30%	4.10%
Consumer \| Non-Traditional Mortgages (NTM) \| Green Loans \| Green Loans (HELOC) - first liens \| No FICO
Financing Receivable, Recorded Investment [Line Items]
Count \| Loan	5	9
Loans	$ 12,424	$ 13,415
Count Change \| Loan	(4)
Amount change	$ (991)
Percent Change	(1.10%)
Consumer \| Non-Traditional Mortgages (NTM) \| Green Loans \| Green Loans (HELOC) - first liens \| No FICO \| Loan Portfolio Concentration Risk \| Non-Traditional Single Family Residential Mortgage Green Loans First Lien Portfolio
Financing Receivable, Recorded Investment [Line Items]
Concentration risk percentage	12.70%	13.80%