Loans and Allowance for Credit Losses Narrative (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	9 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Impaired loans with principal balances approximately in percentage	93.00%	93.00%
Unpaid principal balance, with no related allowance	$ 65,689
Excluded from TDRs	3,800,000
Minimum
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Minimum balance of loans evaluated individually for impairment	1,000
Impaired loans balances, real estate as collateral	$ 1,000

Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring, Postmodification, Excluded

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Represents the maximum balance of impaired loans that are pooled and evaluated collectively for impairment, rather than individually evaluated for impairment.

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Represents the minimum principal balance threshold for disclosing impaired loans primarily secured by real estate that were measured at estimated fair value using certified third party appraisals updated in the previous 12 months.

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Percentage of impaired loans primarily collateralized by real estate with principal balances greater than $1 million that were measured at estimated fair value using certified third party appraisals that had been updated in the previous 12 months.

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Amount of unpaid principal balance of impaired financing receivables for which there is no related allowance for credit losses.

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Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 310
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 15
-Subparagraph (a)(4)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=121611835&loc=d3e5212-111524

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