Loans - Narrative (Details) - USD ($)	3 Months Ended	6 Months Ended	9 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2018	Jun. 30, 2020	Sep. 30, 2018	Dec. 31, 2019
Receivables [Abstract]
Impaired Financing Receivable, Interest Income, Accrual Method		$ 0
Impaired Financing Receivable, Recorded Investment		84,500,000		$ 64,700,000
Impaired Financing Receivable, Related Allowance				3,600,000
Loans renegotiated in troubled debt restructurings		22,500,000		24,900,000
Troubled restructurings included in non-accrual loans		19,100,000		19,400,000
Loans renegotiated in troubled debt restructurings, accrual loans		3,400,000		5,500,000
Troubled debt restructurings		0
Charge-offs directly related to modifying troubled debt restructurings	$ 0	0	$ 0	0
Balance of defaulted loans under trouble debt restructurings		0		0
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring, Commitment to Lend		0		$ 0
Loans and Leases Receivable, Commitments to Purchase or Sell		0
Proceeds from Sale of Loans Held-for-investment		$ 0

Financing Receivable, Modifications, Recorded Investment, Accrual Method

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Financing Receivable, Modifications, Recorded Investment, Non Accrual

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Amount, after troubled debt restructuring, of modified financing receivable.

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Amount of financing receivable modified as troubled debt restructuring.

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Amount of financing receivable modified as troubled debt restructuring within previous 12 months, with subsequent payment default.

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Reflects the amount of the write-down related to a troubled debt restructuring.

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Amount of interest income recognized that the financing receivables (with related allowance for credit losses and without a related allowance for credit losses) were impaired.

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Amount of investment of impaired financing receivables with related allowance for credit losses and without a related allowance for credit losses.

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Amount of allowance for credit losses related to recorded investment.

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Reflects the carrying amount of loans and leases for which agreements to acquire or dispose exist.

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Amount of unfunded portion of contractual agreement to lend funds to borrower for financing receivable modified as troubled debt restructuring.

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The cash inflow from Sales of Loans Held For Investment.

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