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Servicing Agreement, Renewal Term

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Servicing Agreement, Term

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The face amount of loans that will be sold to other entities.

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 310
-SubTopic 10
-Section 45
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The cash outflow to repay long-term debt that is wholly or partially secured by collateral. Excludes repayments of tax exempt secured debt.

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Detail information of subsequent event by type. User is expected to use existing line items from elsewhere in the taxonomy as the primary line items for this disclosure, which is further associated with dimension and member elements pertaining to a subsequent event.

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Subsequent events - Narrative (Details) $ in Millions		3 Months Ended
Subsequent events - Narrative (Details) $ in Millions	May 25, 2017 USD ($) employee	Jul. 29, 2017 USD ($)
Sterling Jewelers, Inc. \| Subsequent Event
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Servicing agreement, term	5 years
Servicing agreement, renewal term	2 years
Consumer Portfolio Segment \| Sterling Jewelers, Inc. \| Subsequent Event
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Loans receivables held for sale, amount	$ 1,000
OHIO \| Subsequent Event
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Expected number of positions eliminated \| employee	250
Forecast \| Securitization Facility
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Repayments of secured debt		$ 600