DERIVATIVES (Derivatives Designated in Hedge Relationships) (Details) - Designated as hedging instrument - USD ($) $ in Thousands	9 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Derivative [Line Items]
Notional Amount	$ 14,270,000	$ 14,020,000
Asset, Total	211,636	29,031
Liability, Total	$ 79,600	$ 68,337
Weighted Average Receive Rate	1.11%	1.17%
Weighted Average Pay Rate	0.37%	1.29%
Weighted Average
Derivative [Line Items]
Weighted Average Life (Years)	1 year 8 months 23 days	1 year 11 months 26 days
Cash flow hedges \| Pay fixed — receive variable interest rate swaps
Derivative [Line Items]
Notional Amount	$ 2,750,000	$ 2,650,000
Asset, Cash flow hedges	0	2,807
Liability, Cash flow hedges	$ 79,350	$ 39,128
Weighted Average Receive Rate	0.18%	1.85%
Weighted Average Pay Rate	1.49%	1.91%
Cash flow hedges \| Pay fixed — receive variable interest rate swaps \| Weighted Average
Derivative [Line Items]
Weighted Average Life (Years)	1 year 11 months 4 days	1 year 10 months 9 days
Cash flow hedges \| Pay variable - receive fixed interest rate swaps
Derivative [Line Items]
Notional Amount	$ 7,520,000	$ 7,570,000
Asset, Cash flow hedges	169,363	7,462
Liability, Cash flow hedges	$ 250	$ 29,209
Weighted Average Receive Rate	1.29%	1.43%
Weighted Average Pay Rate	0.15%	1.73%
Cash flow hedges \| Pay variable - receive fixed interest rate swaps \| Weighted Average
Derivative [Line Items]
Weighted Average Life (Years)	1 year 11 months 12 days	2 years 4 months 20 days
Cash flow hedges \| Interest rate floor
Derivative [Line Items]
Notional Amount	$ 4,000,000	$ 3,800,000
Asset, Cash flow hedges	42,273	18,762
Liability, Cash flow hedges	$ 0	$ 0
Weighted Average Receive Rate	1.42%	0.19%
Weighted Average Pay Rate	0.00%	0.00%
Cash flow hedges \| Interest rate floor \| Weighted Average
Derivative [Line Items]
Weighted Average Life (Years)	1 year 1 month 28 days	1 year 3 months 10 days

Average fixed interest rate related to the group of interest rate derivatives.

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Average remaining period until maturity of the derivative contract, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Average variable interest rate related to the group of interest rate derivatives.

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- Definition

Aggregate fair value of all derivative assets designated as hedging instruments. Includes instruments designated as cash flow hedges, fair value hedges, and hedges of net investments in foreign operations.

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Aggregate fair value of all derivative liabilities designated as hedging instruments. Includes instruments designated as cash flow hedges, fair value hedges, and hedges of net investments in foreign operations.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Nominal or face amount used to calculate payment on derivative.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 815
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1B
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=121590274&loc=SL5580258-113959

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 815
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1A
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Fair value as of the balance sheet date of all interest rate derivative assets designated as cash flow hedging instruments.

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Fair value as of the balance sheet date of all interest rate derivative liabilities designated as cash flow hedging instruments.

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