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Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Line Items]

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Historic Tax Credit Recorded Investment

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Maximum interest rate range of loan commitments with fixed interest rates.

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Loan commitments with a fixed interest rate minimum interest rate range.

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The maximum maturity of fixed rate loan commitments.

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The minimum maturity of fixed rate loan commitments.

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Reserves for unfunded commitments

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Amount of obligation related to Affordable Housing Program (AHP) assessments required by the Federal Home Loan Bank Act of 1932.

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Amount of amortization expense of investment in qualified affordable housing projects.

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Amount of the difference between reported income tax expense (benefit) and expected income tax expense (benefit) computed by applying the domestic federal statutory income tax rates to pretax income (loss) from continuing operations attributable to tax credits. Including, but not limited to, research credit, foreign tax credit, investment tax credit, and other tax credits.

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The total amount of the contingent obligation under letters of credit outstanding as of the reporting date.

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The carrying value as of the balance sheet date of the current and noncurrent portions of long-term obligations drawn from a line of credit, which is a bank's commitment to make loans up to a specific amount. Examples of items that might be included in the application of this element may consist of letters of credit, standby letters of credit, and revolving credit arrangements, under which borrowings can be made up to a maximum amount as of any point in time conditional on satisfaction of specified terms before, as of and after the date of drawdowns on the line. Includes short-term obligations that would normally be classified as current liabilities but for which (a) postbalance sheet date issuance of a long term obligation to refinance the short term obligation on a long term basis, or (b) the enterprise has entered into a financing agreement that clearly permits the enterprise to refinance the short-term obligation on a long term basis and the following conditions are met (1) the agreement does not expire within 1 year and is not cancelable by the lender except for violation of an objectively determinable provision, (2) no violation exists at the BS date, and (3) the lender has entered into the financing agreement is expected to be financially capable of honoring the agreement.

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Aggregate carrying amount of the estimated litigation liability for known or estimated probable loss from litigation, which may include attorneys' fees and other litigation costs.

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COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES - Additional Information (Details) - USD ($)	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2020	Sep. 30, 2019	Sep. 30, 2020	Sep. 30, 2019	Dec. 31, 2019
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Line Items]
Reserves for unfunded commitments	$ 14,800,000		$ 14,800,000		$ 600,000
Loans and Leases Receivable, Commitments, Fixed Rates			128,800,000		123,700,000
Loans and Leases Receivable, Commitments, Variable Rates			$ 3,400,000,000		$ 3,200,000,000
Loan Commitments, Fixed Interest Rate Range, Minimum			0.00%
Loan Commitments, Fixed Interest Rate Range, Maximum			21.00%
Loan Commitments, Fixed Rate, Maturities, Minimum			1 year		1 year
Loan Commitments, Fixed Rate, Maturities, Maximum			30 years		31 years 7 months 6 days
Letters of credit issued to guarantee performance of a client to a third party	37,600,000		$ 37,600,000		$ 33,400,000
Affordable Housing Program Obligation	43,500,000		43,500,000		38,500,000
Amortization Method Qualified Affordable Housing Project Investments, Amortization	2,000,000.0	$ 1,600,000	6,100,000	$ 5,400,000
Affordable housing contingent commitment	0		0		0
Variable Interest Entity, Reporting Entity Involvement, Maximum Loss Exposure, Amount	4,100,000		4,100,000		5,100,000
Estimated Litigation Liability	0		0		0
Commitments to Extend Credit
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Line Items]
Commitments outstanding to extend credit	3,500,000,000		3,500,000,000		3,300,000,000
Affordable housing investment [Member]
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Line Items]
Low-income housing tax credit	1,800,000	1,600,000	5,500,000	4,800,000
Historic tax credit [Member]
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Line Items]
Low-income housing tax credit	100,000	$ 30,000.0	300,000	100,000
Minimum [Member]
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Line Items]
Loans and Leases Receivable, Commitments, Variable Rates				0.000
Maximum [Member]
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Line Items]
Loans and Leases Receivable, Commitments, Variable Rates				$ 0.210
Variable Interest Entity, Not Primary Beneficiary [Member]
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Line Items]
Historic Tax Credit Recorded Investment	$ 3,800,000		$ 3,800,000		$ 3,100,000