LOAN SERVICING RIGHTS - Schedule of Sensitivity of Fair Value to Adverse Changes in Model Inputs and/or Assumptions (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	9 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Residential mortgage
Sensitivity Analysis of Fair Value of Interests Continued to be Held by Transferor, Servicing Assets or Liabilities, Impact of Adverse Change in Assumption [Line Items]
Unpaid principal balance of loans serviced for others	$ 12,185,383	$ 8,469,600
Loans serviced for others, percentage	100.00%	100.00%
Weighted average life (in years)	341 months	341 months
Weighted average age	23 months	33 months
Modeled prepayment speed	21.03%	14.41%
Decline in fair value due to a 10% adverse change	$ (6,249)	$ (4,455)
Decline in fair value due to a 20% adverse change	$ (11,924)	$ (8,520)
Weighted average discount rate	9.67%	9.49%
Decline in fair value due to a 10% adverse change	$ (3,861)	$ (3,557)
Decline in fair value due to a 20% adverse change	$ (7,154)	$ (6,810)
Residential mortgage \| FHLMC
Sensitivity Analysis of Fair Value of Interests Continued to be Held by Transferor, Servicing Assets or Liabilities, Impact of Adverse Change in Assumption [Line Items]
Loans serviced for others, percentage	21.97%	25.87%
Residential mortgage \| FNMA
Sensitivity Analysis of Fair Value of Interests Continued to be Held by Transferor, Servicing Assets or Liabilities, Impact of Adverse Change in Assumption [Line Items]
Loans serviced for others, percentage	62.89%	65.35%
Residential mortgage \| GNMA
Sensitivity Analysis of Fair Value of Interests Continued to be Held by Transferor, Servicing Assets or Liabilities, Impact of Adverse Change in Assumption [Line Items]
Loans serviced for others, percentage	15.14%	8.78%
SBA servicing rights
Sensitivity Analysis of Fair Value of Interests Continued to be Held by Transferor, Servicing Assets or Liabilities, Impact of Adverse Change in Assumption [Line Items]
Unpaid principal balance of loans serviced for others	$ 347,964	$ 339,247
Weighted average life (in years)	3 years 4 months 13 days	3 years 9 months 21 days
Modeled prepayment speed	19.68%	17.86%
Decline in fair value due to a 10% adverse change	$ (391)	$ (299)
Decline in fair value due to a 20% adverse change	$ (739)	$ (570)
Weighted average discount rate	6.61%	11.47%
Decline in fair value due to a 10% adverse change	$ (169)	$ (144)
Decline in fair value due to a 20% adverse change	$ (329)	$ (280)

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Servicing Assets And Servicing Liabilities At Fair Value, Assumptions Used To Estimate Fair Value, Weighted Average Age

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This is the sum of principal amount outstanding for both securitized and unsecuritized loans of all types.

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Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
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The hypothetical financial impact of a 10 percent adverse change of the discount rate on the fair value of transferor's interests in transferred financial assets (including any servicing assets or servicing liabilities) as of the balance sheet date.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
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The hypothetical financial impact of a 10 percent adverse change of prepayment speed on the fair value of transferor's interests in transferred financial assets (including any servicing assets or servicing liabilities) as of the balance sheet date.

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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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A specified percentage variance in the discount rate assumption in the determination of fair value of transferor's interests in transferred financial assets (including any servicing assets or servicing liabilities) as of the balance sheet date.

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Weighted average life of financial assets and financial liabilities, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
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