Deposits - Schedule of Deposits (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Mar. 31, 2024	Dec. 31, 2023
Deposit [Line Items]
Non-interest-bearing demand deposits	$ 13,754,985	$ 14,926,094
Interest-bearing Domestic Deposit, Savings	9,994,133	10,512,637
Interest-bearing Domestic Deposit, Money Market	11,072,561	10,997,279
Interest-bearing Domestic Deposit, Time Deposits	5,984,807	5,484,558
Total interest-bearing deposit	27,051,501	26,994,474
Total deposits	$ 40,806,486	$ 41,920,568

Deposit [Line Items]

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The aggregate of all deposit liabilities held by the entity, including foreign and domestic, interest and noninterest bearing; may include demand deposits, saving deposits, Negotiable Order of Withdrawal (NOW) and time deposits among others.

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Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 942
-SubTopic 210
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.9-03.12)
-Publisher FASB
-URI https://asc.fasb.org//1943274/2147479853/942-210-S99-1

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The aggregate of all domestic and foreign interest-bearing deposit liabilities.

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Amount of interest-bearing domestic money market demand account deposit liabilities.

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Amount of interest-bearing domestic savings deposit liabilities. Saving deposits bear interest and have no stated maturity.

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Amount of interest-bearing domestic time deposits. Time deposits bear interest for a fixed, stated period of time and include certificate of deposits and individual retirement accounts.

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- Definition

The aggregate amount of all domestic and foreign noninterest-bearing deposits liabilities held by the entity.

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