Pledged assets (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2014

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

	March 31,		December 31,
(In thousands)	2014		2013
Investment securities available-for-sale, at fair value	$	2,270,951	$	1,638,558
Investment securities held-to-maturity, at amortized cost		35,000		35,000
Loans held-for-sale measured at lower of cost or fair value		217		363
Loans held-in-portfolio covered under loss sharing agreements with the FDIC		399,688		407,257
Loans held-in-portfolio not covered under loss sharing agreements with the FDIC		8,963,825		9,108,984
Total pledged assets	$	11,669,681	$	11,190,162