Purchased Loans - Loans Determined to be Impaired (Details) - Purchased - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015
Fair value of loans determined to be impaired and not to be impaired at the time of acquisition
Accretable yield	$ (32,207)	$ (37,473)	$ (49,439)
Fair value of loans contractual principal cash flows amount	48,345	63,794
Fair value of loans contractual interest cash flows	9,042	11,071
Fair value of loans contractual purchase discount	1,640	1,858
Fair value of loans contractual interest payments	30,567	35,615
Receivables Acquired with Deteriorated Credit Quality
Fair value of loans determined to be impaired and not to be impaired at the time of acquisition
Contractually-required principal and interest	316,854	384,096
Nonaccretable difference	(57,387)	(74,865)
Cash flows expected to be collected	259,467	309,231
Accretable yield	(32,207)	(37,473)
Fair value	$ 227,260	$ 271,758

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Fair Value of Loans Determined to be Impaired and Not to be Impaired at Time of Acquisition [Abstract]

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Fair value of loans future interest payments.

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The aggregate excess of a loan's cash flows expected to be collected over the investor's initial investment in the loan for loans accounted for as debt securities, with evidence of deterioration of credit quality since origination that were acquired by completion of a transfer for which it is probable, at acquisition, that the investor will be unable to collect all contractually required payments receivable.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 310
-SubTopic 30
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Fair value at acquisition of acquired loans accounted for as debt securities with evidence of deterioration of credit quality.

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Amount of cash flows expected to be collected at acquisition of acquired loans accounted for as debt securities with evidence of deterioration of credit quality.

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Amount of contractually required payments receivable at acquisition of acquired loans accounted for as debt securities with evidence of deterioration of credit quality.

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The amount of the loan's contractually required payments receivable in excess of the amount of its cash flows expected to be collected. This relates to loans with deteriorating of credit quality since origination that were acquired by completion of a transfer for which it is probable, at acquisition, that the investor will be unable to collect all contractually required payments receivable.

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