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Portfolio Loans- Distribution of portfolio loans (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Mar. 31, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022	Mar. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Commercial loans	$ 7,783,808	$ 7,725,702
ACL	(91,727)	(91,608)	$ (88,213)	$ (87,887)
Portfolio loans, net	7,692,081	7,634,094
Total commercial loans
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Commercial loans	5,815,703	5,766,496
ACL	(63,856)	(68,616)
Commercial
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Commercial loans	1,937,158	1,974,154
ACL	(24,276)	(23,860)	(24,173)	(23,855)
Commercial real estate
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Commercial loans	3,324,536	3,261,873
ACL	(34,421)	(38,299)	(37,339)	(38,249)
Real estate construction
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Commercial loans	554,009	530,469
ACL	(5,159)	(6,457)	(5,705)	(5,102)
Total retail loans
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Commercial loans	1,968,105	1,959,206
ACL	(27,871)	(22,992)
Retail real estate
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Commercial loans	1,667,537	1,657,082
ACL	(24,255)	(18,193)	(17,555)	(17,589)
Retail other
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Commercial loans	300,568	302,124
ACL	$ (3,616)	$ (4,799)	$ (3,441)	$ (3,092)