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Federal Home Loan Bank, Advances, General Debt Obligations, Disclosure, Weighted Average Interest Rate, Variable

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Federal Home Loan Bank, Advances, General Debt Obligations, Disclosures, Extinguishment Fee

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Federal Home Loan Bank, Advances, Number of Correspondent Banks

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Amount of assets pledged to secure a debt instrument.

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Amount of advances or credit lines available from the Federal Home Loan Bank (FHLB).

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Amount of the collateral pledged in support of federal home loan bank advances outstanding.

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Federal Home Loan Bank (FHLB) stock represents an equity interest in a FHLB. It does not have a readily determinable fair value because its ownership is restricted and it lacks a market (liquidity).

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The carrying value as of the balance sheet date of the current and noncurrent portions of long-term obligations drawn from a line of credit, which is a bank's commitment to make loans up to a specific amount. Examples of items that might be included in the application of this element may consist of letters of credit, standby letters of credit, and revolving credit arrangements, under which borrowings can be made up to a maximum amount as of any point in time conditional on satisfaction of specified terms before, as of and after the date of drawdowns on the line. Includes short-term obligations that would normally be classified as current liabilities but for which (a) postbalance sheet date issuance of a long term obligation to refinance the short term obligation on a long term basis, or (b) the enterprise has entered into a financing agreement that clearly permits the enterprise to refinance the short-term obligation on a long term basis and the following conditions are met (1) the agreement does not expire within 1 year and is not cancelable by the lender except for violation of an objectively determinable provision, (2) no violation exists at the BS date, and (3) the lender has entered into the financing agreement is expected to be financially capable of honoring the agreement.

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FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANK ADVANCES AND OTHER BORROWINGS - Additional Information (Detail)	1 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2020 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2020 USD ($) correspondent_bank	Sep. 30, 2019 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($)
Federal Home Loan Bank, Advances, Branch of FHLB Bank [Line Items]
Repayment of FHLB advances		$ 235,000,000	$ 25,000,000
Weighted average interest rate (percent)		0.00%		1.66%
Overnight borrowings		$ 0
Advances maturing within three months		105,000,000.0
Advances maturing beyond three months		461,000,000.0
Weighted average life of advances maturing within three months and beyond three months	4 years 8 months 12 days
Weighted average interest rate advances maturing within three months and beyond three months (percent)	2.51%
Advances from FHLB collateralized		2,410,000,000		$ 3,050,000,000.00
Securities sold under repurchase agreements		$ 0		0
FHLB Advance Repaid June 2020
Federal Home Loan Bank, Advances, Branch of FHLB Bank [Line Items]
Repayment of FHLB advances	$ 100,000,000.0
Weighted average interest rate (percent)		2.07%
Extinguishment fee	2,500,000
FHLB Advance Refinanced June 2020
Federal Home Loan Bank, Advances, Branch of FHLB Bank [Line Items]
FHLB advances refinanced	$ 111,000,000.0
Line of Credit \| Unsecured Federal Funds Line of Credit
Federal Home Loan Bank, Advances, Branch of FHLB Bank [Line Items]
Line of credit facility		$ 185,000,000.0
Other borrowings		$ 0
Number of correspondent banks \| correspondent_bank		5
Federal Reserve Bank Advances
Federal Home Loan Bank, Advances, Branch of FHLB Bank [Line Items]
Line of credit facility		$ 427,700,000
Other borrowings		0	$ 0
Federal Reserve Bank Advances \| Collateralized loan obligations
Federal Home Loan Bank, Advances, Branch of FHLB Bank [Line Items]
Advances from FHLB collateralized		879,900,000
Collateral on line of credit facility		23,500,000
Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco
Federal Home Loan Bank, Advances, Branch of FHLB Bank [Line Items]
Amount of additional available borrowing		890,000,000.0
FHLB stock		$ 17,600,000		$ 32,300,000