Pledged assets (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2013

Schedule of Financial Instruments Owned and Pledged as Collateral [Table Text Block]

	June 30,		December 31,
(In thousands)	2013		2012
Investment securities available-for-sale, at fair value	$	1,836,714	$	1,606,683
Investment securities held-to-maturity, at amortized cost		35,000		25,000
Loans held-for-sale measured at lower of cost or fair value		8,556		132
Loans held-in-portfolio covered under loss sharing agreements with the FDIC		407,334		452,631
Loans held-in-portfolio not covered under loss sharing agreements with the FDIC		8,787,654		8,358,456
Total pledged assets	$	11,075,258	$	10,442,902