Loans and allowance for credit losses - Financial Effect of TDRs (Details) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($) loan	Dec. 31, 2020 USD ($) loan	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($) loan
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring [Line Items]
Number of loans \| loan	23	18	12
Pre-modification outstanding recorded investment	$ 34,115	$ 9,516	$ 7,657
Post-modification outstanding recorded investment	34,115	9,516	7,658
Charge offs and specific reserves	$ 446	$ 0	$ 115
Commercial and industrial
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring [Line Items]
Number of loans \| loan	8	5	3
Pre-modification outstanding recorded investment	$ 15,430	$ 2,257	$ 3,204
Post-modification outstanding recorded investment	15,430	2,257	3,204
Charge offs and specific reserves	$ 446	$ 0	$ 0
Construction
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring [Line Items]
Number of loans \| loan			2
Pre-modification outstanding recorded investment			$ 1,085
Post-modification outstanding recorded investment			1,085
Charge offs and specific reserves			$ 0
Commercial real estate \| Owner occupied
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring [Line Items]
Number of loans \| loan	7	7	2
Pre-modification outstanding recorded investment	$ 5,209	$ 2,794	$ 1,494
Post-modification outstanding recorded investment	5,209	2,794	1,495
Charge offs and specific reserves	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0
Commercial real estate \| Non-owner occupied
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring [Line Items]
Number of loans \| loan	1	2	1
Pre-modification outstanding recorded investment	$ 11,997	$ 3,752	$ 1,366
Post-modification outstanding recorded investment	11,997	3,752	1,366
Charge offs and specific reserves	$ 0	$ 0	$ 106
Residential real estate \| 1-to-4 family mortgage
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring [Line Items]
Number of loans \| loan	3	3	2
Pre-modification outstanding recorded investment	$ 945	$ 618	$ 175
Post-modification outstanding recorded investment	945	618	175
Charge offs and specific reserves	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0
Residential real estate \| Residential line of credit
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring [Line Items]
Number of loans \| loan	3	1	2
Pre-modification outstanding recorded investment	$ 485	$ 95	$ 333
Post-modification outstanding recorded investment	485	95	333
Charge offs and specific reserves	$ 0	$ 0	$ 9
Residential real estate \| Multi-family mortgage
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring [Line Items]
Number of loans \| loan	1
Pre-modification outstanding recorded investment	$ 49
Post-modification outstanding recorded investment	49
Charge offs and specific reserves	$ 0

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 310
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 33
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=123577603&loc=SL6953676-111524

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