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Amount of recovery of loans and lease receivables which had previously been fully or partially written-off as bad debts.

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Amount of loans and leases that have been written off from both loan receivables and allowance reserve for credit loss.

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The valuation allowance for financing receivables that are expected to be uncollectible that were collectively evaluated for impairment.

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The balance of financing receivables that were collectively evaluated for impairment.

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Amount of allowance to cover probable credit losses on loans and leases. Includes carryover of or adjustments to the allowance for loan losses in connection with business combinations. Excludes allowance for loans and leases covered under loss sharing agreements.

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Covered Assets and Indemnification Asset - Allowance (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2017	Mar. 31, 2016	Mar. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016
Changes in the allowance for loan losses
Balance, beginning of period	$ 54,186
Provision charged to (recapture from) operations operations	1,705	$ 3,407
Balance, end of period	55,157
Loan portfolio distributed by portfolio segment and impairment methodology
Total loans			$ 5,783,853	$ 5,843,499
Allowance for loan losses distributed by portfolio segment and impairment methodology
Total loans, allowance	54,186		55,157	54,186
Covered
Changes in the allowance for loan losses
Balance, beginning of period	413	1,532
Provision charged to (recapture from) operations operations	496	(278)
Loans charged off	(166)	(44)
Recoveries on charged off loans	10	7
Balance, end of period	753	1,217
Loan portfolio distributed by portfolio segment and impairment methodology
Loans collectively evaluated for impairment			117,041	122,373
Total loans			235,434	256,127
Allowance for loan losses distributed by portfolio segment and impairment methodology
Loans collectively evaluated for impairment, allowance			43	69
Total loans, allowance	413	1,532	753	413
Covered \| Commercial and industrial
Changes in the allowance for loan losses
Balance, beginning of period	35	758
Provision charged to (recapture from) operations operations	(17)	(314)
Loans charged off	(6)	(6)
Recoveries on charged off loans	4
Balance, end of period	16	438
Loan portfolio distributed by portfolio segment and impairment methodology
Loans collectively evaluated for impairment			1,121	1,185
Total loans			2,022	2,697
Allowance for loan losses distributed by portfolio segment and impairment methodology
Loans collectively evaluated for impairment, allowance			9	22
Total loans, allowance	35	758	16	35
Covered \| Real estate
Changes in the allowance for loan losses
Balance, beginning of period	378	774
Provision charged to (recapture from) operations operations	513	(23)
Loans charged off	(160)	(16)
Recoveries on charged off loans	5	7
Balance, end of period	736	742
Loan portfolio distributed by portfolio segment and impairment methodology
Loans collectively evaluated for impairment			112,325	117,431
Total loans			227,241	244,469
Allowance for loan losses distributed by portfolio segment and impairment methodology
Loans collectively evaluated for impairment, allowance			33	47
Total loans, allowance	378	774	736	378
Covered \| Construction and land development
Changes in the allowance for loan losses
Provision charged to (recapture from) operations operations		59
Loans charged off		(22)
Recoveries on charged off loans	1
Balance, end of period	1	37
Loan portfolio distributed by portfolio segment and impairment methodology
Loans collectively evaluated for impairment			3,595	3,757
Total loans			6,171	8,961
Allowance for loan losses distributed by portfolio segment and impairment methodology
Loans collectively evaluated for impairment, allowance			1
Total loans, allowance	1	$ 37	1
Covered \| PCI loans
Changes in the allowance for loan losses
Balance, beginning of period	344
Balance, end of period	710
Loan portfolio distributed by portfolio segment and impairment methodology
Total loans			118,393	133,754
Allowance for loan losses distributed by portfolio segment and impairment methodology
Total loans, allowance	344		710	344
Covered \| PCI loans \| Commercial and industrial
Changes in the allowance for loan losses
Balance, beginning of period	13
Balance, end of period	7
Loan portfolio distributed by portfolio segment and impairment methodology
Total loans			901	1,512
Allowance for loan losses distributed by portfolio segment and impairment methodology
Total loans, allowance	13		7	13
Covered \| PCI loans \| Real estate
Changes in the allowance for loan losses
Balance, beginning of period	331
Balance, end of period	703
Loan portfolio distributed by portfolio segment and impairment methodology
Total loans			114,916	127,038
Allowance for loan losses distributed by portfolio segment and impairment methodology
Total loans, allowance	$ 331		703	331
Covered \| PCI loans \| Construction and land development
Loan portfolio distributed by portfolio segment and impairment methodology
Total loans			$ 2,576	$ 5,204