Loan Servicing, Mortgage Origination, and Loans Held for Sale - Mandatory cash forwards - (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016
Mortgage loan securitizations, mandatory cash forwards, and whole loan sales
Mandatory cash forwards and whole loan sales	$ 746,900	$ 745,700
Mandatory cash forwards and whole loan sales, without servicing rights	$ 565,000	$ 605,600
Percentage of loan securitizations and loan sales	75.70%	81.20%
Loans held for sale	$ 70,890	$ 50,572
Residential mortgage loans to be sold in secondary market
Mortgage loan securitizations, mandatory cash forwards, and whole loan sales
Residential mortgage loans held for sale	45,500	50,600
Loans Held-for-sale, Mortgages	$ 45,500	$ 50,600
Residential mortgage loans awaiting sale in secondary market \| Minimum
Mortgage loan securitizations, mandatory cash forwards, and whole loan sales
Loans held for sale, settlement period	15 days
Residential mortgage loans awaiting sale in secondary market \| Maximum
Mortgage loan securitizations, mandatory cash forwards, and whole loan sales
Loans held for sale, settlement period	45 days
Park Sterling Corporation
Mortgage loan securitizations, mandatory cash forwards, and whole loan sales
Loans held for sale, commercial	$ 25,400

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Amount, after allowance for bad debt, of loan receivables held-for-sale that are not part of a disposal group. Excludes loans and leases covered under loss sharing agreements and loans classified as debt securities.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 310
-SubTopic 10
-Section 45
-Paragraph 2
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=82891408&loc=d3e4428-111522

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