Loans Acquired - Changes in the Carrying Amount of the Accretable Yield for All Purchased Impaired and Non-impaired Loans (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017
Accretable Yield
Balance, accretable yield	$ 1,460	$ 620	$ 1,655
Additions, accretable yield	0	0	0
Accretable yield adjustments, accretable yield	39	2,045	4,893
Accretion, accretable yield	(51)	(1,205)	(5,928)
Payments and other reductions, accretable yield	0	0	0
Balance, accretable yield	1,448	1,460	620
Carrying Amount of Loans
Balance, carrying amount of loans	4,050	17,116	17,802
Additions, carrying amount of loans	11,351	0	13,793
Accretion, carrying amount of loans	51	1,205	5,928
Payments and other reductions, net, carrying amount of loans	(2,068)	(14,271)	(20,407)
Balance, carrying amount of loans	$ 13,384	$ 4,050	$ 17,116

Certain loans acquired in transfer not accounted for as debt securities accretable yield adjustments.

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Amount of payments and other reductions of the excess of a loan's cash flows expected to be collected over the investor's initial investment in acquired loans not accounted for as debt securities with evidence of deterioration of credit quality.

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The additions to the undiscounted sum of all amounts, including amounts deemed principal, interest, fees, penalties, and other under the loan, owed to the investor at the reporting date, whether or not currently due and whether or not any such amounts have been written or charged off by the investor. This relates to loans not accounted for as debt securities, with evidence of deterioration of credit quality since origination that were acquired by completion of a transfer for which it is probable, at acquisition, that the investor will be unable to collect all contractually required payments receivable.

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Certain loans acquired in transfer not accounted for as debt securities payments and other reductions net.

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Certain Loans Acquired in Transfer Accounted for as Debt Securities [Roll Forward]

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A roll forward is a reconciliation of a concept from the beginning of a period to the end of a period.

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Amount of the excess of a loan's cash flows expected to be collected over the investor's initial investment in acquired loans not accounted for as debt securities with evidence of deterioration of credit quality.

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Amount of accretion recognized for the excess of a loan's cash flows expected to be collected over the investor's initial investment in acquired loans not accounted for as debt securities, with evidence of deterioration of credit quality.

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Amount of increase (decrease) of the excess of a loan's cash flows expected to be collected over the investor's initial investment in acquired loans not accounted for as debt securities with evidence of deterioration of credit quality.

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