Financing Receivable Allowance For Credit Losses On Off-Balance Sheet Credit

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Financing Receivable Allowance For Off-Balance Credit Losses Period Increase Decrease

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Financing Receivable Nonaccrual Interest Income Reversed

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Financing Receivable Recorded Investment Nonaccrual Status, Leases

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Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructured Loans, Reserves

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Increase In Remaining Qualitative Factors To Moderate Increased The Provision Amount

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Prepayments Percentage, Loans

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Discount rate which is used to value residual cash flows generated by financial assets of the securitization, asset-backed financing arrangement, or similar transfer for initial fair value measurement.

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For each line item in the statement of financial position, the amounts of gains and losses from fair value changes included in earnings.

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Amount of increase (decrease) in allowance for credit loss on financing receivable.

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Amount, after troubled debt restructuring, of modified financing receivable.

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Number of financing receivable contracts modified as troubled debt restructuring within previous 12 months, with subsequent payment default.

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Amount of interest income on financing receivable on nonaccrual status.

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A gain (loss) realized on a transfer, accounted for as a sale, of all or a portion of financial assets in which the transferor surrenders control and receives consideration other than a beneficial interest in the assets transferred. Reflects the amount of sales proceeds in excess of, or deficient from, the sum of the carrying amounts of transferred financial assets plus transaction costs.

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Amount of unfunded portion of contractual agreement to lend funds to borrower for financing receivable modified as troubled debt restructuring.

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Reflects the amount of additional interest income that would have been recorded if impaired or nonperforming loans were instead current, in compliance with their original terms, and outstanding throughout the reporting period or since origination (if held for part of the period).

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Amount, before allowance for credit loss, of financing receivable.

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Amount, after allowance for credit loss, of financing receivable. Excludes financing receivable covered under loss sharing agreement.

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Amount, after tax, of reclassification adjustment from accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) for unrealized gain (loss) from increase (decrease) in instrument-specific credit risk, realized upon derecognition of financial liability measured under fair value option.

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This is the principal amount outstanding for loans which are in the process of being securitized as of the date of the statement of financial position (across all types of loans).

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Represents the initial fair value recorded for assets received on transfer of financial assets in a securitization, asset-backed financing arrangement, or a similar transfer which transaction is recognized as a sale of the transferred financial assets.

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Loans (Narrative) (Details)	3 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
Loans (Narrative) (Details)	Mar. 31, 2020 USD ($) loan	Mar. 31, 2019 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($)	Jan. 01, 2020 USD ($)
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Loans available for sale, unpaid principal amount	$ 1,720,000,000
Gains recognized from changes in fair value	2,900,000	$ 329,000
Changes in fair value related to instrument-specific credit risk	$ 0
Prepayments percentage, loans	15.00%
Loans Receivable, Gross, Commercial, Mortgage	$ 1,976,124,000
Gain (Loss) on Securitization of Financial Assets		11,200,000
Transfers of Financial Assets Accounted for as Sale, Initial Fair Value of Assets Obtained as Proceeds		$ 41,600,000
Fair Value Assumption, Date of Securitization or Asset-backed Financing Arrangement, Transferor's Continuing Involvement, Servicing Assets or Liabilities, Discount Rate		4.75%
Non-accrual leases	0		$ 0
Interest which would have been earned on loans classified as non-accrual	103,000	$ 127,000
Commitments to lend additional funds to loan customers whose terms have been modified in troubled debt restructurings	0
Non-accrual loans, income	0
Nonaccrual loans, Income Reversed	134,000
Loans acquired with deteriorated credit quality	$ 0		0
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring, Subsequent Default, Number of Contracts \| loan	0
Financing Receivable, Modifications, Post-Modification Recorded Investment	$ 17,400,000		$ 2,084,000
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructured Loans, Reserves	1,000,000
Increase In Remaining Qualitative Factors To Moderate Increased The Provision Amount	849,000
ASU 2016-13 [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss, Period Increase (Decrease)	2,600,000
Financing Receivable Allowance For Off-Balance Credit Losses Period Increase Decrease	569,000
Financing Receivable Allowance For Credit Losses On Off-Balance Sheet Credit	786,000			$ 569,000
Commercial Mortgage 2020-CRE5 Trust [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Loans Receivable, Gross, Commercial, Mortgage		$ 518,300,000
SBA Loan [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Loans acquired with deteriorated credit quality	$ 1,000,000