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Period of receipt of timely payments after which a financing receivable that has been modified in a troubled debt restructuring and is on non-accrual status can typically be returned to accrual status, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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

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Amount of financing receivable modified as troubled debt restructuring.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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Amount of unfunded portion of contractual agreement to lend funds to borrower for financing receivable modified as troubled debt restructuring.

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