Financial Receivables, Loans Collateralized By Real Estate In Foreclosure

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Represents the minimum period of payment default of loans determined to be troubled debt restructurings.

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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.

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Amount of restructured debt contingently payable based on the occurrence of future events or circumstances.

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Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 470
-SubTopic 60
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
-URI https://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6402221&loc=d3e15765-112638

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Bank segment - Troubled debt restructuring - narrative (Details) - USD ($)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2022	Mar. 31, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022
Financing Receivable, Impaired [Line Items]
Consumer mortgage loans collateralized by residential real estate property in foreclosure process		$ 3,400,000	$ 4,200,000
Troubled debt restructurings real estate loans
Financing Receivable, Impaired [Line Items]
Financing receivable modifications minimum, period of payment default of loans determined to be TDRs (in days)	90 days
Commitments to lend additional funds to borrows with impaired or modified loans			$ 0