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, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021
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	$ 9,708,757	$ 16,786,442
Loans serviced for others, percentage	100.00%	100.00%
Weighted average term/life	353 months	341 months
Weighted average age (months)	21 months	20 months
Modeled prepayment speed	7.20%	12.96%
Decline in fair value due to a 10% adverse change	$ (5,103)	$ (8,368)
Decline in fair value due to a 20% adverse change	$ (10,248)	$ (16,157)
Weighted average discount rate	10.02%	8.77%
Decline in fair value due to a 10% adverse change	$ (6,316)	$ (6,984)
Decline in fair value due to a 20% adverse change	(12,501)	$ (13,504)
Residential mortgage \| Sale Of Residential Mortgage Loans \| Disposal Group, Disposed of by Sale, Not Discontinued Operations
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	$ 9,000,000
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	16.55%	21.88%
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	48.85%	60.26%
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	34.60%	17.86%
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	$ 364,548	$ 410,167
Weighted average term/life	3 years 7 months 28 days	3 years 7 months 24 days
Modeled prepayment speed	18.12%	17.68%
Decline in fair value due to a 10% adverse change	$ (233)	$ (291)
Decline in fair value due to a 20% adverse change	$ (446)	$ (557)
Weighted average discount rate	14.62%	11.92%
Decline in fair value due to a 10% adverse change	$ (112)	$ (144)
Decline in fair value due to a 20% adverse change	$ (220)	$ (282)

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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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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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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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