Loans - Schedule Of Troubled Debt Restructurings Within The Previous 12 Months (Details) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2019 USD ($) loan	Sep. 30, 2018 USD ($) loan	Sep. 30, 2019 USD ($) loan	Sep. 30, 2018 USD ($) loan
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring [Line Items]
Number \| loan	11	18	29	52
Recorded Investment \| $	$ 151	$ 711	$ 320	$ 1,719
Commercial \| C&I (a)
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring [Line Items]
Number \| loan	0	1	0	2
Recorded Investment \| $	$ 0	$ 321	$ 0	$ 579
Consumer \| Consumer Real Estate
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring [Line Items]
Number \| loan	2	1	5	6
Recorded Investment \| $	$ 99	$ 40	$ 236	$ 229
Consumer \| Permanent mortgage
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring [Line Items]
Number \| loan	1	3	1	5
Recorded Investment \| $	$ 7	$ 294	$ 7	$ 699
Consumer \| Credit Card and Other
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring [Line Items]
Number \| loan	8	13	23	39
Recorded Investment \| $	$ 45	$ 56	$ 77	$ 212
General C&I \| Commercial \| C&I (a)
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring [Line Items]
Number \| loan	0	1	0	2
Recorded Investment \| $	$ 0	$ 321	$ 0	$ 579
HELOC \| Consumer \| Consumer Real Estate
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring [Line Items]
Number \| loan	2	1	4	5
Recorded Investment \| $	$ 99	$ 40	$ 198	$ 204
R/E Installment Loans \| Consumer \| Consumer Real Estate
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring [Line Items]
Number \| loan	0	0	1	1
Recorded Investment \| $	$ 0	$ 0	$ 38	$ 25

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Number of financing receivable contracts modified as troubled debt restructuring within previous 12 months, with subsequent payment default.

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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