Loans and Allowances for Credit Losses Loans and Allowances for Credit Losses, Nonaccrual (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Mar. 31, 2025	Dec. 31, 2024
Financing Receivable, Nonaccrual [Line Items]
Nonaccrual	$ 83,520	$ 46,725
Nonperforming Financial Instruments [Member] \| Nonaccrual [Member]
Financing Receivable, Nonaccrual [Line Items]
Nonaccrual	83,520	46,725
Financing Receivable, Nonaccrual, No Allowance	83,520	46,449
Financing Receivable, Nonaccrual, With Allowance	0	276
Financing Receivable, Nonaccrual, Related Allowance	0	276
Commercial [Member]
Financing Receivable, Nonaccrual [Line Items]
Nonaccrual	43,067	14,647
Commercial [Member] \| Nonperforming Financial Instruments [Member] \| Nonaccrual [Member]
Financing Receivable, Nonaccrual [Line Items]
Nonaccrual	43,067	14,647
Financing Receivable, Nonaccrual, No Allowance	43,067	14,371
Financing Receivable, Nonaccrual, With Allowance	0	276
Financing Receivable, Nonaccrual, Related Allowance	0	276
Commercial [Member] \| Healthcare [Member] \| Nonperforming Financial Instruments [Member] \| Nonaccrual [Member]
Financing Receivable, Nonaccrual [Line Items]
Nonaccrual	29,253	13,717
Financing Receivable, Nonaccrual, No Allowance	29,253	13,717
Financing Receivable, Nonaccrual, With Allowance	0	0
Financing Receivable, Nonaccrual, Related Allowance	0	0
Commercial [Member] \| Services [Member] \| Nonperforming Financial Instruments [Member] \| Nonaccrual [Member]
Financing Receivable, Nonaccrual [Line Items]
Nonaccrual	13,662	767
Financing Receivable, Nonaccrual, No Allowance	13,662	491
Financing Receivable, Nonaccrual, With Allowance	0	276
Financing Receivable, Nonaccrual, Related Allowance	0	276
Commercial [Member] \| Energy [Member] \| Nonperforming Financial Instruments [Member] \| Nonaccrual [Member]
Financing Receivable, Nonaccrual [Line Items]
Nonaccrual	49	49
Financing Receivable, Nonaccrual, No Allowance	49	49
Financing Receivable, Nonaccrual, With Allowance	0	0
Financing Receivable, Nonaccrual, Related Allowance	0	0
Commercial [Member] \| General business [Member] \| Nonperforming Financial Instruments [Member] \| Nonaccrual [Member]
Financing Receivable, Nonaccrual [Line Items]
Nonaccrual	103	114
Financing Receivable, Nonaccrual, No Allowance	103	114
Financing Receivable, Nonaccrual, With Allowance	0	0
Financing Receivable, Nonaccrual, Related Allowance	0	0
Commercial real estate [Member]
Financing Receivable, Nonaccrual [Line Items]
Nonaccrual	13,125	9,905
Commercial real estate [Member] \| Nonperforming Financial Instruments [Member] \| Nonaccrual [Member]
Financing Receivable, Nonaccrual [Line Items]
Nonaccrual	13,125	9,905
Financing Receivable, Nonaccrual, No Allowance	13,125	9,905
Financing Receivable, Nonaccrual, With Allowance	0	0
Financing Receivable, Nonaccrual, Related Allowance	0	0
Loans to individuals [Member]
Financing Receivable, Nonaccrual [Line Items]
Nonaccrual	27,328	22,173
Loans to individuals [Member] \| Nonperforming Financial Instruments [Member] \| Nonaccrual [Member]
Financing Receivable, Nonaccrual [Line Items]
Nonaccrual	27,328	22,173
Financing Receivable, Nonaccrual, No Allowance	27,328	22,173
Financing Receivable, Nonaccrual, With Allowance	0	0
Financing Receivable, Nonaccrual, Related Allowance	0	0
Loans to individuals [Member] \| Residential mortgage [Member] \| Nonperforming Financial Instruments [Member] \| Nonaccrual [Member]
Financing Receivable, Nonaccrual [Line Items]
Nonaccrual	20,502	15,261
Financing Receivable, Nonaccrual, No Allowance	20,502	15,261
Financing Receivable, Nonaccrual, With Allowance	0	0
Financing Receivable, Nonaccrual, Related Allowance	0	0
Loans to individuals [Member] \| Personal [Member] \| Nonperforming Financial Instruments [Member] \| Nonaccrual [Member]
Financing Receivable, Nonaccrual [Line Items]
Nonaccrual	40	109
Financing Receivable, Nonaccrual, No Allowance	40	109
Financing Receivable, Nonaccrual, With Allowance	0	0
Financing Receivable, Nonaccrual, Related Allowance	0	0
US Government Agency Insured Loans [Member] \| Loans to individuals [Member] \| Residential mortgage [Member] \| Nonperforming Financial Instruments [Member] \| Nonaccrual [Member]
Financing Receivable, Nonaccrual [Line Items]
Nonaccrual	6,786	6,803
Financing Receivable, Nonaccrual, No Allowance	6,786	6,803
Financing Receivable, Nonaccrual, With Allowance	0	0
Financing Receivable, Nonaccrual, Related Allowance	$ 0	$ 0

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Amortized cost of financing receivable on nonaccrual status with no allowance for credit loss. Excludes net investment in lease.

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