Pledged assets (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2014

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

	September 30,		December 31,
(In thousands)	2014		2013
Investment securities available-for-sale, at fair value	$	1,985,427	$	1,638,558
Investment securities held-to-maturity, at amortized cost		10,000		35,000
Loans held-for-sale measured at lower of cost or fair value		884		363
Loans held-in-portfolio covered under loss sharing agreements with the FDIC		514,578		407,257
Loans held-in-portfolio not covered under loss sharing agreements with the FDIC		8,516,488		9,108,984
Total pledged assets	$	11,027,377	$	11,190,162
Pledged assets from discontinued operations are presented as part of "Assets from Discontinued Operations" in the Consolidated Statement of Condition. Refer to Note 3 to the consolidated financial statements for further information on the discontinued operations.