Loans - Schedule Of Troubled Debt Restructurings Occurring During The Year (Details) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2020 USD ($) loan	Mar. 31, 2019 USD ($) loan
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring [Line Items]
Number \| loan	45	83
Pre-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 8,508	$ 23,498
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 6,967	$ 23,388
Commercial \| C&I
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring [Line Items]
Number \| loan	3	2
Pre-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 5,927	$ 13,895
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 4,433	$ 13,820
Consumer \| Consumer Real Estate (a)
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring [Line Items]
Number \| loan	18	66
Pre-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 2,423	$ 9,529
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 2,388	$ 9,497
Consumer \| Credit Card and Other
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring [Line Items]
Number \| loan	24	15
Pre-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 158	$ 74
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 146	$ 71
C&I \| Commercial \| C&I
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring [Line Items]
Number \| loan	3	2
Pre-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 5,927	$ 13,895
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 4,433	$ 13,820
HELOC \| Consumer \| Consumer Real Estate (a)
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring [Line Items]
Number \| loan	8	19
Pre-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 912	$ 2,104
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 891	$ 2,084
R/E Installment Loans \| Consumer \| Consumer Real Estate (a)
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring [Line Items]
Number \| loan	10	47
Pre-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 1,511	$ 7,425
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment	$ 1,497	$ 7,413

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 310
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 33
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=118936363&loc=SL6953676-111524

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