Loans - Troubled Debt Restructurings (Details)	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2019 USD ($) loan	Mar. 31, 2018 USD ($) loan
Loans
Number of Loans \| loan	0	0
TDR payment default period	12 months
Period determining when a past due TDR becomes a subsequent default	90 days
Recorded Investment, TDR payment defaults \| $	$ 0	$ 0

The period of time after the original troubled debt modification within which a subsequent default is defined to occur if a full or partial charge-off occurs.

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- Definition

The period of time after the restructured troubled debt becomes past due used to define a subsequent default.

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- Definition

Number of financing receivables that have been modified by troubled debt restructurings.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 310
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
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- Definition

Amount of investment related to financing receivables modified by troubled debt restructurings within the previous 12 months, for which there was a payment default.

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