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Business Combination, Acquired Receivables, Cash Settlement For Liabilities Assumed

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Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Financial Assets Under Management And Administration

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Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired And Liabilities Assumed, Premium To Pay

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Number Of Branches

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Payments to Acquire Businesses, Premium For The Earnings Stream acquired

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Proceeds From Sale Of Consumer Finance Subsidiary

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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The amount of financial assets (as defined) recognized as of the acquisition date.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 805
-SubTopic 10
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The cash inflow associated with the acquisition of business during the period (for example, cash that was held by the acquired business).

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The net realized gain (loss) on investments sold during the period, not including gains (losses) on securities separately or otherwise categorized as trading, available-for-sale, or held-to-maturity, which, for cash flow reporting, is a component of proceeds from investing activities.

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The cash outflow associated with the acquisition of business during the period. The cash portion only of the acquisition price.

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The cash outflow associated with the acquisition of a business, net of the cash acquired from the purchase.

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Acquisitions and Divestiture (Narrative) (Details) $ in Millions	Mar. 09, 2018 USD ($)	Apr. 28, 2017 USD ($)	Mar. 10, 2017 USD ($) entity	Jul. 13, 2018 USD ($)
Harrison Finance Company [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Loss from sale of consumer finance subsidiary	$ 1.1
Proceeds from sale of finance subsidiary	$ 78.9
FNBC I [Member] \| Whitney Bank [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Number of branches \| entity			9
Net of cash acquired			$ 323.0
Cash paid			326.0
Cash acquired			3.0
Acquisition, Premium amount to pay			$ 41.6
FNBC II [Member] \| Whitney Bank [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Cash received		$ 800.0
Cash acquired		158.0
Premium payment		35.0
Unpaid principal balance of the loans acquired, Net liabilities assumed		$ 642.0
Capital One [Member] \| Subsequent Event [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Assets under management				$ 4,000.0
Assets under management and administration				10,400.0
Cash for customer deposit liabilities assumed				$ 217.0