| **INVESTMENT SECURITIES (Other Investments) (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Millions** | 12 Months Ended |         |
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| **Investments, Debt and Equity Securities [Abstract]**                                               |            |    |
| Stock of FHLB of Pittsburgh and the Federal Reserve Bank                                             | $ 997.9         | $ 817.0 |
| FHLB Stock, par value (in usd per share)                                                             | $ 100           |    |
| Purchases of FHLB stock                                                                              | $ 501.5         |    |
| FHLB stock redeemed                                                                                  | 325.6           |    |
| Purchases of FRB stock at par                                                                        | 5.0             |    |
| Low income housing tax credit investment                                                             | $ 26.4          |    |

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| - Definition
Federal Home Loan Bank Stock, par value
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| - Definition
Low Income Housing Tax Credit Investment
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No definition available.
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| - Definition
Amount of Federal Home Loan Bank (FHLB) and Federal Reserve Bank stock.
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No definition available.
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| - Definition
Amount of cash outflow to acquire Federal Home Loan Bank (FHLB) stock.
+ References
No definition available.
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| - Definition
Amount of cash outflow to acquire Federal Reserve Bank (FRB) stock.
+ References
Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 230 -SubTopic 10 -Section 45 -Paragraph 13 -Subparagraph (b) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=56944662&loc=d3e3213-108585
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| - Definition
Amount of cash inflow from sale of Federal Home Loan Bank (FHLB) stock.
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No definition available.
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