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| **Deferred Costs, Capitalized, Prepaid, and Other Assets Disclosure [Abstract]** |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
| Schedule of Other Assets                                                         | The following is a detail of items that comprise other assets at March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014:  March 31, 2015 December 31, 2014  (in thousands)Income tax receivables $575,143 $939,948Derivative assets at fair value 451,267 366,061Other repossessed assets (1) 160,151 137,201MSRs, at fair value 135,452 145,047Prepaid expenses 155,944 159,250OREO 52,157 65,051Miscellaneous assets and receivables 350,134 1,047,563Total other assets $1,880,248 $2,860,121(1)  Other repossessed assets primarily consists of assets obtained through repossession or lease termination. |
| Schedule of Servicing Assets at Fair Value                                       | The following table presents a summary of activity included in Mortgage Banking Income, net in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations for the Company’s residential MSRs. Three-Month Period Ended March 31, 2015 March 31, 2014 (in thousands)Fair value at beginning of period$145,047 $141,787Mortgage servicing assets recognized3,526 1,874Principal reductions(6,131) (4,427)Change in fair value due to valuation assumptions(6,990) (4,459)Fair value at end of period$135,452 $134,775                                                                                                                                                 |

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Tabular disclosure of the carrying amounts of other assets. This disclosure includes other current assets and other noncurrent assets.
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Tabular disclosure of the activity in the balance of servicing assets (including a description of where changes in fair value are reported in the statement of income for each period for which results of operations are presented), including but not limited to, the following: beginning and ending balances, additions (for instance, through purchases of servicing assets), disposals, changes in fair value during the period resulting from changes in inputs or assumptions used in the valuation model, other changes in fair value along with a description of those changes, and other changes that affect the balance along with a description of those changes.
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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 860 -SubTopic 50 -Section 50 -Paragraph 3 -Subparagraph (a) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=7882072&loc=d3e122625-111746
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