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Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Other Borrowings

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Sum of the carrying amounts as of the balance sheet date of all assets that are recognized. Assets are probable future economic benefits obtained or controlled by an entity as a result of past transactions or events.

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Number of shares of equity interests issued or issuable to acquire entity.

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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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Price of a single share of a number of saleable stocks paid or offered to be paid in a business combination.

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Amount of consideration transferred, consisting of acquisition-date fair value of assets transferred by the acquirer, liabilities incurred by the acquirer, and equity interest issued by the acquirer.

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The aggregate of all deposit liabilities held by the entity, including foreign and domestic, interest and noninterest bearing; may include demand deposits, saving deposits, Negotiable Order of Withdrawal (NOW) and time deposits among others.

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Gross amount of debt extinguished.

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Amount before allowance and after deduction of deferred interest and fees, unamortized costs and premiums and discounts from face amounts, of loans and leases held in portfolio, including but not limited to, commercial and consumer loans. Excludes loans and leases covered under loss sharing agreements.

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The cash outflow associated with the acquisition of business during the period. The cash portion only of the acquisition price.

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ACQUISITIONS (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands	Nov. 30, 2019	May 10, 2019	Jun. 30, 2020	Jun. 09, 2020	Feb. 11, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Deposits acquired			$ 12,708,699			$ 11,044,331
Gross loans held to maturity			9,246,830			8,367,917
Number of shares issued In exchange per share (in shares)					$ 207.0
Assets acquired			15,026,153			$ 13,209,597
AIM Bancshares, Inc.
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Share price (USD per share)					$ 685.00
Blue Valley Ban Corp.
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Share price (USD per share)		$ 44.78
Consideration paid		$ 92,300
Purchase price paid by delivery of shares of common stock (in shares)		2,060,258
Outstanding debt repaid		$ 6,900
Johnson Bank Branches
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Deposits acquired				$ 415,300
Gross loans held to maturity				$ 168,100
AIM Bancshares, Inc.
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Deposits acquired			1,690,000
Gross loans held to maturity			1,190,000
Assets acquired			$ 1,950,000
Rockford Bank And Trust Company
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Deposits acquired	$ 430,300
Gross loans held to maturity	354,000
Assets acquired	495,700
Purchase price in cash	$ 46,600
Blue Valley Ban Corp.
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Deposits acquired		617,100
Gross loans held to maturity		542,000
Assets acquired		766,200
Trust Preferred Securities Subject to Mandatory Redemption \| Blue Valley Ban Corp.
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Trust preferred securities assumed		$ 16,100