Represents the weighted average ancillary income per year, used as an input to measure fair value.

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Represents the weighted average cost to service per year, used as an input to measure fair value.

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Represents the weighted average float rate, used as an input to measure fair value.

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Loan Servicing Rights, Measurement Input

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Amount of revenue from servicing real estate mortgages, credit cards, and other financial assets held by others.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Loan Servicing Rights - Assumptions Used in Determining Fair Value (Details)	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2018 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2017 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2018 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2017 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($)
Loan servicing rights
Loan servicing fee income	$ 4,300,000	$ 4,500,000	$ 13,200,000	$ 13,600,000
Mortgage
Loan servicing rights
WA cost to service/per year			66		$ 66
WA ancillary income/per year			$ 31		$ 31
WA float range			2.30%
Mortgage \| Weighted Average
Loan servicing rights
WA float range					1.60%
Prepayment rate \| Mortgage \| Minimum
Loan servicing rights
Measurement input	0.000		0.000		0.000
Prepayment rate \| Mortgage \| Maximum
Loan servicing rights
Measurement input	0.2574		0.2574		0.388
Discount rate \| Mortgage \| Weighted Average
Loan servicing rights
Measurement input	0.101		0.101		0.101