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Business Combinations (Details) (USD $)	0 Months Ended	1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended
Business Combinations (Details) (USD $)	Nov. 01, 2014	Dec. 01, 2014 Branch	Mar. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Common stock, shares authorized (in shares)			332,023,233us-gaap_CommonStockSharesAuthorized	332,023,233us-gaap_CommonStockSharesAuthorized
First United Bancorp, Inc. [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Assets acquired	$ 1,700,000,000
Loans acquired	1,200,000,000
Deposits acquired	1,400,000,000
Number of branches acquired (in branch)		20
Common stock issued per share held	$ 0.89
Value of transaction based on closing stock price	300,000,000
Business Acquisition, Equity Interest Issued or Issuable, Number of Shares	30,700,000
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Gross	8,900,000
Increase in goodwill			$ 1,600,000