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The transfer of financial assets using Level 3 fair value measurement techniques to financial assets using Level 1 fair value measurement techniques.

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The transfer of financial assets using Level 3 fair value measurement techniques to financial assets using Level 2 fair value measurement techniques.

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The transfer of financial liabilities using Level 3 fair value measurement techniques to financial liabilities using Level 1 fair value measurement techniques.

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The transfer of financial liabilities using Level 3 fair value measurement techniques to financial liabilities using Level 2 fair value measurement techniques.

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The transfer of financial liabilities using Level 2 fair value measurement techniques to financial liabilities using Level 3 fair value measurement techniques.

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Adjustments related to a change in the fair value of loans designated for sale.

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Percentage increase to investor's indicated pricing based on historical sales prices for loans held for sale and associated derivatives.

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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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Fair value portion of assets, excluding financial assets, that lack physical substance, having a limited useful life.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 820
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (a)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=117815213&loc=d3e19207-110258

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