Variable Interest Entities

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2020

Variable Interest Entities [Abstract]

The following table summarizes the assets and liabilities related to our consolidated VIEs:


	September 30, 2020		December 31, 2019
Restricted cash(a)	$	2,725	$	2,643
Finance receivables, net of fees	$	28,762	$	35,392
Lease related assets	$	16,594	$	14,464
Secured debt	$	35,475	$	39,771

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(a) Included in other assets.

We use SPEs that are considered VIEs to issue variable funding notes to third party, bank-sponsored warehouse facilities or asset-backed securities to investors in securitization transactions. The debt issued by these VIEs is backed by finance receivables and leasing-related assets transferred to the VIEs. We determined that we are the primary beneficiary of the VIEs because our servicing responsibilities give us the power to direct the activities that most significantly impact the performance of the VIEs and our variable interests in the VIEs give us the obligation to absorb losses and the right to receive residual returns that could potentially be significant. The respective assets of the VIEs serve as the sole source of repayment for the debt issued by these entities. Investors in the notes issued by the VIEs do not have recourse to us or our other assets, with the exception of customary representation and warranty repurchase provisions and indemnities that we provide as the servicer. We are not required to provide any additional financial support to these VIEs. While these VIE subsidiaries are included in our condensed consolidated financial statements, they are separate legal entities and their assets are legally owned by them and are not available to our creditors.

Other transfers of finance receivables Under certain debt agreements, we transfer finance receivables to entities that we do not control through majority voting interest or through contractual arrangements. These transfers do not meet the criteria to be considered sales under U.S. GAAP; therefore, the finance receivables and the related debt are included in our consolidated financial statements, similar to the treatment of finance receivables and related debt of our consolidated VIEs. Any collections received on the transferred receivables are available only for the repayment of the related debt. At September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, $408 million and $226 million in finance receivables had been transferred in secured funding arrangements to third-party banks, relating to $256 million and $244 million in secured debt outstanding.