Deposits - Interest Expense on Deposits (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017
Banking and Thrift [Abstract]
Transaction	$ 4,623	$ 2,175	$ 1,429
Savings	15,850	8,878	6,804
Certificates of deposit	20,855	16,688	8,153
Total interest expense on deposits	$ 41,328	$ 27,741	$ 16,386

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Aggregate amount of interest expense on all deposits.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 942
-SubTopic 220
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.9-04.6)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=114873765&loc=SL114874048-224260

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Amount of interest expense on domestic certificates of deposit liabilities.

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Amount of interest expense on domestic savings deposit liabilities.

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