Affordable Housing Projects Tax Credit Partnerships - Payments for Unfunded Affordable Housing Commitments (Details) $ in Thousands	Sep. 30, 2020 USD ($)
Affordable Housing Tax Credit Investments, Unfunded Commitment [Abstract]
2020	$ 12,820
2021	10,283
2022	6,026
2023	6,059
2024	58
Thereafter	3,772
Total Unfunded Commitments	$ 39,018

Affordable Housing Tax Credit Investments, Unfunded Commitment [Abstract]

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Amount of commitment or contingent commitments to qualified affordable housing project investments.

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Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 323
-SubTopic 740
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (e)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=116633289&loc=SL49122993-202985

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