Fair Value, Measurement with Unobservable Inputs Reconciliation, Recurring Basis, Asset Principal, Sales

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Fair Value, Measurement with Unobservable Inputs Reconciliation, Recurring Basis, Asset Principal, Settlements

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Fair Value, Measurement with Unobservable Inputs Reconciliation, Recurring Basis, Asset Valuation Adjustment, Gain (Loss) Included in Earnings

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Loans, Notes and Certificates, and Loan Servicing Rights [Line Items]

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Loans Receivable and Loans Held for Sale, Fair Value Disclosure

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Non Accrual Loans Number Of Days Threshold

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Principal amount of loan before fair value adjustment.

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Principal balances of underlying loans for the loan servicing rights.

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Unfunded Loan Commitments, Purchases

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The fair value as of the balance sheet date of financial instruments and other positions owned by the entity and pledged to counterparties as collateral, including: (1) mortgages, mortgage-backed and asset backed securities; (2) US government and agency obligations; (3) state and municipal government obligations; (4) other sovereign government debt; (5) corporate obligations; (6) corporate equities; (7) principal investments; (8) derivative contracts; and (9) physical commodities.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 860
-SubTopic 30
-Section 45
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The net amount of operating interest income (expense).

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Carrying amount as of the balance sheet date of loans that have been pledged as collateral for borrowings. If the secured party has the right by contract or custom to sell or re-pledge the collateral, then the debtor reclassifies that asset and report that asset in its statement of financial position separately from other assets not so encumbered.

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This is the principal amount outstanding for loans which are in the process of being securitized as of the date of the statement of financial position (across all types of loans).

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