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Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Investment securities, held-to-maturity \| $	$ 84,387	$ 84,432
Investment in unconsolidated entity \| $	$ 39,154	$ 59,273
Minimum [Member] \| Measurement Input, Discount Rate [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Investment securities available-for-sale, measurement input	4.05
Loans, net of deferred loan fees and costs, measurement input	3.11	4.22
Assets held for sale, measurement input	3.49	4.26
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Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Investment securities available-for-sale, measurement input	8.18
Loans, net of deferred loan fees and costs, measurement input	6.93	6.93
Assets held for sale, measurement input	7.58	8.36
Available-for-sale Securities [Member] \| Weighted Average [Member] \| Measurement Input, Discount Rate [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Investment securities available-for-sale, measurement input		6.55
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Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Investment securities held-to-maturity, measurement input	8.01	8.80
Commercial - SBA [Member] \| Minimum [Member] \| Measurement Input, Offered Price [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Commercial loans held for sale, measurement input	101.6	99.125
Commercial - SBA [Member] \| Maximum [Member] \| Measurement Input, Offered Price [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Commercial loans held for sale, measurement input	107.9	110
Commercial - Fixed [Member] \| Minimum [Member] \| Measurement Input, Discount Rate [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Commercial loans held for sale, measurement input	4.33	5.23
Commercial - Fixed [Member] \| Maximum [Member] \| Measurement Input, Discount Rate [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Commercial loans held for sale, measurement input	7.13	6.92
Commercial - Floating [Member] \| Minimum [Member] \| Measurement Input, Discount Rate [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Commercial loans held for sale, measurement input	4.51	5.41
Commercial - Floating [Member] \| Maximum [Member] \| Measurement Input, Discount Rate [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Commercial loans held for sale, measurement input	6.81	7.75
Investment In Unconsolidated Entity [Member] \| Weighted Average [Member] \| Measurement Input, Default Rate [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Investment in unconsolidated entity, measurement input	1.00	1.00
Investment In Unconsolidated Entity [Member] \| Weighted Average [Member] \| Measurement Input, Discount Rate [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Investment in unconsolidated entity, measurement input	5.84	6.30
Subordinated Debt [Member] \| Weighted Average [Member] \| Measurement Input, Discount Rate [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Subordinated debentures, measurement input	8.01	8.81
Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Commercial loans held for sale \| $	$ 1,180,546	$ 688,471
Assets held for sale \| $	140,657	197,831
Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) [Member] \| Available-for-sale Securities [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Investment securities available-for-sale \| $	117,333	24,390
Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) [Member] \| Held-to-maturity Securities [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Investment securities, held-to-maturity \| $	7,152	7,278
Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) [Member] \| Federal Home Loan And Atlantic Central Bank Stock [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Federal Home Loan Bank And Atlantic Central Bankers Bank stock \| $	5,342	1,113
Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) [Member] \| Loans Receivable [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Loans, net of deferred loan fees and costs \| $	1,826,154	1,503,780
Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) [Member] \| Commercial - SBA [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Commercial loans held for sale \| $	220,358	199,977
Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) [Member] \| Commercial - Fixed [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Commercial loans held for sale \| $	88,986	95,307
Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) [Member] \| Commercial - Floating [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Commercial loans held for sale \| $	871,202	393,187
Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) [Member] \| Commercial Loan Held For Sale [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Commercial loans held for sale \| $	1,180,546	688,471
Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) [Member] \| Investment In Unconsolidated Entity [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Investment in unconsolidated entity \| $	39,154	59,273
Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) [Member] \| Subordinated Debt [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Subordinated debentures \| $	$ 9,736	$ 9,975

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