Financing Receivable, Acquired with Without Deteriorated Credit Quality

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Number of pools of aggregate acquired loans based upon common risk characteristics.

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For receivables acquired in a business combination, excluding certain loans and debt securities acquired in a transfer (as defined), this element represents the gross contractual amounts receivable, by major class of receivable, such as loans, direct finance leases (as defined), and any other class of receivables.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 805

-SubTopic 20

-Section 50

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-Subparagraph (b)(2)

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The balance of financing receivables that were acquired with deteriorated credit quality.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 310

-SubTopic 10

-Section 50

-Paragraph 11B

-Subparagraph (h)

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=35738203&loc=SL6953423-111524

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Significant Accounting Policies (Loans Acquired in a Business Combination) (Details) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2014 Pools	Dec. 31, 2013	Apr. 30, 2010	Oct. 31, 2014
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Outstanding contractual principal balance of loans with deteriorated quality of acquired loan portfolio	698,163,000	$ 294,697,000
OAK [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Outstanding contractual principal balance of loans with deteriorated quality of acquired loan portfolio			105,000,000
Outstanding contractual principal balance of loans without deteriorated quality of acquired loan portfolio			578,000,000
Outstanding contractual principal balance of acquired loan portfolio			683,000,000
Number of pools of aggregate acquired loans based upon common risk characteristics	14
Northwestern Bancorp [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Outstanding contractual principal balance of loans with deteriorated quality of acquired loan portfolio				46,000,000
Outstanding contractual principal balance of loans without deteriorated quality of acquired loan portfolio				461,000,000
Outstanding contractual principal balance of acquired loan portfolio				$ 507,000,000
Number of pools of aggregate acquired loans based upon common risk characteristics	4