CertainLoansAcquiredInTransferNotAccountedForAsDebtSecuritiesCarryingAmountAccretion.

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Certain Loans Acquired In Transfer Not Accounted For As Debt Securities FDIC Payments Received Under Loss Sharing Agreement.

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Amount of the excess of a loan's cash flows expected to be collected over the investor's initial investment in acquired loans not accounted for as debt securities with evidence of deterioration of credit quality.

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-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 310

-SubTopic 30

-Section 15

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Amount of decrease from accretion of the excess of a loan's cash flows expected to be collected over the investor's initial investment in acquired loans not accounted for as debt securities with evidence of deterioration of credit quality.

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Amount of reduction, resulting from a sale or transfer of a loan, in the excess of a loan's cash flows expected to be collected over the investor's initial investment in acquired loans not accounted for as debt securities with evidence of deterioration of credit quality.

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Amount of increase of reclassification from nonaccretable difference to the excess of a loan's cash flows expected to be collected over the investor's initial investment in acquired loans not accounted for as debt securities with evidence of deterioration of credit quality.

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The recorded balance, net of any applicable reductions (for example, unamortized accretable yield and allowance for loan losses). This relates to loans not accounted for debt securities with evidence of deterioration of credit quality since origination that were acquired by completion of a transfer for which it is probable, at acquisition, that the investor will be unable to collect all contractually required payments receivable.

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-Topic 310

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-Section 15

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The undiscounted sum of all amounts, including amounts deemed principal, interest, fees, penalties, and other under the loan, owed to the investor at the reporting date, whether or not currently due and whether or not any such amounts have been written or charged off by the investor. This relates to loans not accounted for as debt securities, with evidence of deterioration of credit quality since origination that were acquired by completion of a transfer for which it is probable, at acquisition, that the investor will be unable to collect all contractually required payments receivable.

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-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

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-Section 15

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Loans (Changes in the carrying amount and accretable yield for acquired impaired loans) (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Apr. 12, 2013
Acquired Impaired Loans
Changes in the carrying amount and accretable yield for acquired impaired loans [Line Items]
Certain Loans Acquired in Transfer, Accretable Yield	$ 119,450	$ 136,646	$ 0
Certain Loans Acquired in Transfer Not Accounted for as Debt Securities, Carrying Amount, Net	423,209	601,000	0
Certain Loans Acquired in Transfer Not Accounted for as Debt Securities, Accretable Yield, Accretion	(49,271)	(27,144)
Certain Loans Acquired in Transfer not Accounted for as Debt Securities Carrying Amount Accretion	49,271	27,144
Certain Loans Acquired in Transfer Not Accounted for as Debt Securities, Accretable Yield, Reclassifications from Nonaccretable Difference	45,824	46,361
Certain Loans Acquired in Transfer Not Accounted for as Debt Securities F D I C Payments Received under Loss Sharing Agreement	(227,062)	(245,859)
Certain Loans Acquired in Transfer Not Accounted for as Debt Securities, Accretable Yield, Disposals of Loans	(13,749)	(14,129)
Acquired Impaired Loans \| Citizens Republic Bancorp
Changes in the carrying amount and accretable yield for acquired impaired loans [Line Items]
Certain Loans Acquired in Transfer Not Accounted for as Debt Securities, Outstanding Balance				1,231,172
Certain Loans Acquired in Transfer, Accretable Yield	0			131,558
Certain Loans Acquired in Transfer Not Accounted for as Debt Securities, Carrying Amount, Net	0			819,715
Impaired loans \| Acquired Loans
Changes in the carrying amount and accretable yield for acquired impaired loans [Line Items]
Certain Loans Acquired in Transfer Not Accounted for as Debt Securities, Outstanding Balance	$ 590,900	$ 817,600