(Schedule Of Troubled Debt Restructurings Within The Previous 12 Months) (Details) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($) loan	Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($) loan
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number \| loan	24	7
Recorded Investment \| $	$ 13,154	$ 1,791
C&I
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number \| loan	5	1
Recorded Investment \| $	$ 11,498	$ 77
C&I \| General C&I
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number \| loan	5	1
Recorded Investment \| $	$ 11,498	$ 77
Commercial Real Estate
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number \| loan	1	0
Recorded Investment \| $	$ 88	$ 0
Commercial Real Estate \| Income CRE
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number \| loan	1	0
Recorded Investment \| $	$ 88	$ 0
Consumer Real Estate
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number \| loan	5	6
Recorded Investment \| $	$ 776	$ 1,714
Consumer Real Estate \| HELOC
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number \| loan	5	3
Recorded Investment \| $	$ 776	$ 154
Consumer Real Estate \| R/E installment loans
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number \| loan	0	3
Recorded Investment \| $	$ 0	$ 1,560
Permanent Mortgage
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number \| loan	3	0
Recorded Investment \| $	$ 715	$ 0
Credit Card and Other
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number \| loan	10	0
Recorded Investment \| $	$ 77	$ 0

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Number of financing receivables that have been modified by troubled debt restructurings within the previous 12 months and for which there was a payment default.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 310
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 34
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=84173941&loc=SL6953682-111524

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