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Number of financing receivables that have been modified by troubled debt restructurings within the previous 12 months and for which there was a payment default.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 310

-SubTopic 10

-Section 50

-Paragraph 34

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=49124121&loc=SL6953682-111524

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Amount of investment related to financing receivables modified by troubled debt restructurings within the previous 12 months, for which there was a payment default.

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Loans and Loans Held for Sale - Summary of Nonperforming Assets of Defaulted TDRs (Detail) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2015 USD ($) Contract	Sep. 30, 2014 USD ($) Contract	Sep. 30, 2015 USD ($) Contract	Sep. 30, 2014 USD ($) Contract
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number of Defaults	0	0	4	1
Recorded Investment \| $	$ 0	$ 0	$ 307	$ 72
Commercial Real Estate [Member]
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number of Defaults	0		0
Recorded Investment \| $	$ 0	0	$ 0
Commercial and Industrial [Member]
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number of Defaults	0		0
Recorded Investment \| $	$ 0		$ 0
Commercial Construction [Member]
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number of Defaults	0		0
Recorded Investment \| $	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0
Residential Mortgage [Member]
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number of Defaults	0	0	1	1
Recorded Investment \| $	$ 0	$ 0	$ 183	$ 72
Home Equity [Member]
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number of Defaults	0		3
Recorded Investment \| $	$ 0		$ 124
Installment and Other Consumer [Member]
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number of Defaults	0		0
Recorded Investment \| $	$ 0		$ 0
Consumer Construction [Member]
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number of Defaults	0		0
Recorded Investment \| $	$ 0		$ 0