Fair Value Measurement of Assets and Liabilities - Additional Information (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2020	Jun. 30, 2019
Fair Value Disclosures [Abstract]
Collateral dependent loans, charge-offs		$ 938
Collateral dependent loans amortized cost	$ 110,900
Specific valuation allowance allocations	68,100
Reported net carrying amount of collateral dependent loans	$ 42,800
Valuation of loan servicing rights, prepayment rate	17.00%
Valuation of loan servicing rights, discount rate	9.60%
Loan servicing rights	$ 14,400

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Fair value of an asset representing net future revenue from contractually specified servicing fees, late charges, and other ancillary revenues, in excess of future costs related to servicing arrangements.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 860
-SubTopic 50
-Section 45
-Paragraph 2
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6469459&loc=d3e122501-111745

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 860
-SubTopic 50
-Section 50
-Paragraph 3
-Subparagraph (a)(1)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=116651436&loc=d3e122625-111746

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Collateral Dependent Impaired Loans Carrying Value

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This amount represents the direct charge-off the allowance for loan losses related to the collateral dependent loans.

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Fair value, unobservable inputs, quantitative information for assets measured on non-recurring basis, loan servicing rights discount rate.

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Fair value, unobservable inputs, quantitative information for assets measured on non-recurring basis, loan servicing rights prepayment rate.

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Impaired loans, reported net carrying value.

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Specific valuation for loan losses related to impaired loans which are evaluated for impairment on an individual basis.

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