Loans and Allowance for Loan Losses (Details 8) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2019 Loan	Sep. 30, 2019 Loan	Sep. 30, 2018 USD ($) Contract
Information related to loans modified in a TDR
Number of contracts	0	0	7
Pre-modification recorded investment			$ 5,373
Post-modification recorded investment			$ 4,210
Commercial
Information related to loans modified in a TDR
Number of contracts \| Contract			7
Pre-modification recorded investment			$ 5,373
Post-modification recorded investment			$ 4,210

Loans modified in troubled debt restructurings.

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Number of financing receivables that have been modified by troubled debt restructurings.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 310
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 33
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=118936363&loc=SL6953676-111524

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