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Contractual interest rate for funds borrowed, under the debt agreement.

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Stated interest rate of the subordinated debt.

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Short and Long-term Funding Short and Long-term Funding (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands			12 Months Ended
	Aug. 13, 2018	Nov. 13, 2014	Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Federal Home Loan Bank, Advances, Branch of FHLB Bank, Amount of Advances			$ 3,180,967	$ 3,574,371
Collateral for repurchase agreements			153,000
Maximum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Federal Home Loan Bank, Advances, General Debt Obligations, Disclosures, Collateral Pledged			$ 9,600,000
Two Thousand Eighteen Senior Notes [Member] [Domain]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Issuance Date Month, Year	August 2018
New Senior Debt Issued	$ 300,000
Debt Instrument, Maturity Date Month, Year	August 2021
Debt Instrument Call Date Earliest Month Year	July 2021
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage	3.50%
Two Thousand Fourteen Senior Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Issuance Date Month, Year		November 2014
New Senior Debt Issued		$ 250,000
Debt Instrument, Maturity Date Month, Year		November 2019
Debt Instrument Call Date Earliest Month Year		October 2019
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage		2.75%
Debt Instrument, Called Date		October 15, 2019
Finance Leases [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Term			40 years
Debt Instrument, Maturity Date Month, Year			August 2059
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage			3.99%
FHLB Decrease in Advances [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Federal Home Loan Bank, Advances, Branch of FHLB Bank, Amount of Advances			$ 393,000
FLHB Advances, Putable [Domain]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Federal Home Loan Bank, Advances, Branch of FHLB Bank, Amount of Advances			$ 1,500,000
FHLB Long Term Advances [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
FHLB Put Contractual Maturity Weighted Average Life1			3 months 7 days
FHLB Weighted Average Life to Contractual Maturity			5 years 7 months 28 days
Two Thousand Fourteen Subordinated Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Issuance Date Month, Year		November 2014
Junior Subordinated Debentures Issued		$ 250,000
Debt Instrument, Term		10 years
Debt Instrument, Maturity Date Month, Year		January 2025
Debt Instrument Call Date Earliest Month Year		October 2024
Subordinated Borrowing, Interest Rate		4.25%