| Cover Page | Apr. 22, 2020 |
| Cover [Abstract] | |
| Document Type | 8-K/A |
| Document Period End Date | Apr. 21, 2020 |
| Entity Registrant Name | Fulton Financial Corporation |
| Entity Central Index Key | 0000700564 |
| Amendment Flag | true |
| Entity Incorporation, State or Country Code | PA |
| Entity File Number | 0-10587 |
| Entity Tax Identification Number | 23-2195389 |
| Entity Address, Address Line One | One Penn Square, |
| Entity Address, City or Town | Lancaster, |
| Entity Address, State or Province | PA |
| Entity Address, Postal Zip Code | 17604 |
| City Area Code | 717 |
| Local Phone Number | 291-2411 |
| Written Communications | false |
| Soliciting Material | false |
| Pre-commencement Tender Offer | false |
| Pre-commencement Issuer Tender Offer | false |
| Title of 12(b) Security | Common stock, par value $2.50 |
| Trading Symbol | FULT |
| Security Exchange Name | NASDAQ |
| Entity Emerging Growth Company | false |
| Amendment Description | This Amendment No. 1 to Current Report on Form 8-K/A (this “Amendment”) is filed as an amendment to the Current Report on Form 8-K for Fulton Financial Corporation (the “Corporation”) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 22, 2020 under Items 2.02 and 9.01 (the “Original Filing”). The Corporation is filing this Amendment solely to correct Slides 4 and 15 of the presentation materials furnished as Exhibit 99.3 to the Original Filing (the “Presentation”). On Slide 4 of the Presentation, the legend for the first graph has been corrected, a new footnote 1 has been added and the original footnote has been renumbered. On Slide 15 of the Presentation, the first bullet point has been corrected to read “Loans: Current approved PPP applications ~ $1.7 billion. For other loan categories, expect growth on an annualized basis to be in the low single digits overall.” A corrected version of the Presentation is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.3, and a corrected version of the Presentation has now been posted on Fulton’s website, www.fult.com.No other changes have been made to the Presentation or the Original Filing. The remaining text of this Amendment and Exhibits 99.1 and 99.2, which are re-furnished herewith for the convenience of the reader, have not been changed from the Original Filing. |
