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Amount of addition (reduction) to the amount of certain loans acquired in transfer not accounted for as debt securities on account of fair value adjustment.

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The amount of the loan's contractually required payments receivable in excess of the amount of its cash flows expected to be collected. This relates to loans with deteriorating of credit quality since origination that were acquired by completion of a transfer for which it is probable, at acquisition, that the investor will be unable to collect all contractually required payments receivable.

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Loans and Allowance for Loan Losses - Table of loan payment estimates (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2019	Sep. 30, 2018	Jun. 30, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018	Jun. 30, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017
Acquired credit impaired loans
Contractual loan payments receivable, estimates of amounts not expected to be collected, other fair value adjustments and the resulting fair values of acquired loans
Allowance for loan losses on acquired loans	$ (5,318)	$ (3,968)	$ (4,623)	$ (4,604)	$ (4,426)	$ (4,627)
Contractual principal and interest	496,141	666,040		626,691
Non-accretable difference	(15,292)	(38,422)		(24,818)
Cash flows expected to be collected	480,849	627,618		601,873
Accretable Yield	(90,135)	(114,985)		(116,754)
Acquired loans, net	390,714	512,633		485,119		618,803
Acquired non-credit impaired loans accounted under FASB 310 20
Contractual loan payments receivable, estimates of amounts not expected to be collected, other fair value adjustments and the resulting fair values of acquired loans
Contractual principal and interest	2,000,000	2,800,000
After fair value adjustment	2,000,000	2,800,000
Fair value adjustment	24,200	37,100
Acquired credit impaired loans accounted under FASB 310 30
Contractual loan payments receivable, estimates of amounts not expected to be collected, other fair value adjustments and the resulting fair values of acquired loans
Allowance for loan losses on acquired loans	(5,318)	(3,968)		(4,604)
Acquired loans, net	390,714	512,633		485,119
Residential real estate \| Acquired credit impaired loans
Contractual loan payments receivable, estimates of amounts not expected to be collected, other fair value adjustments and the resulting fair values of acquired loans
Allowance for loan losses on acquired loans	(2,702)	(2,311)	(2,346)	(2,246)	(2,514)	(3,553)
Consumer loans \| Acquired credit impaired loans
Contractual loan payments receivable, estimates of amounts not expected to be collected, other fair value adjustments and the resulting fair values of acquired loans
Allowance for loan losses on acquired loans	(461)	(546)	(470)	(761)	(572)	(461)
Commercial and industrial \| Acquired credit impaired loans
Contractual loan payments receivable, estimates of amounts not expected to be collected, other fair value adjustments and the resulting fair values of acquired loans
Allowance for loan losses on acquired loans		(79)		(79)	(128)	(145)
Construction and land development \| Commercial non-owner occupied real estate \| Acquired credit impaired loans
Contractual loan payments receivable, estimates of amounts not expected to be collected, other fair value adjustments and the resulting fair values of acquired loans
Allowance for loan losses on acquired loans	(760)	(340)	(798)	(717)	(576)	(180)
Other commercial non-owner occupied real estate \| Commercial non-owner occupied real estate \| Acquired credit impaired loans
Contractual loan payments receivable, estimates of amounts not expected to be collected, other fair value adjustments and the resulting fair values of acquired loans
Allowance for loan losses on acquired loans	$ (1,395)	$ (692)	$ (1,009)	$ (801)	$ (636)	$ (288)