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Percentage of financing receivable balance that was granted relief due to the negative effects of COVID.

No definition available.

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Threshold period for payment deferrals or reduced financing rates for financing receivables negatively impacted by COVID, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact for one year, five months, and thirteen days.

No definition available.

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Threshold period for when financing receivable is considered past due and non-performing resulting in the accrual of finance income being ceased, in 'PnYnMnTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

No definition available.

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Percentage of nonaccrual financing receivable balance outstanding that is past due.

No definition available.

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Percentage of financing receivable balance that is past due.

No definition available.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

No definition available.

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Threshold period for when financing receivable is considered past due, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days. Excludes threshold period past due to write off as uncollectible.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 326
-SubTopic 20
-Section 50
-Paragraph 14
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=124255953&loc=SL82919253-210447

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Threshold period for when financing receivable is considered past due to write off as uncollectible, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 326
-SubTopic 20
-Section 50
-Paragraph 14
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=124255953&loc=SL82919253-210447