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Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses [Line Items]
Accretable yield	$ (35,635)		$ (32,207)
Receivables Acquired with Deteriorated Credit Quality
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses [Line Items]
Contractually-required principal and interest	330,403
Nonaccretable difference	(62,705)
Cash flows expected to be collected	267,698
Accretable yield	(35,635)
Fair value	$ 232,063
Brand \| Receivables Acquired with Deteriorated Credit Quality
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses [Line Items]
Contractually-required principal and interest		$ 1,625,137
Nonaccretable difference		(120,033)
Cash flows expected to be collected		1,505,104
Accretable yield		(169,631)
Fair value		$ 1,335,473
Metropolitan Bancgroup, Inc. \| Receivables Acquired with Deteriorated Credit Quality
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses [Line Items]
Contractually-required principal and interest				$ 1,198,741
Nonaccretable difference				(79,165)
Cash flows expected to be collected				1,119,576
Accretable yield				(154,543)
Fair value				$ 965,033