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Segment reporting disclosure.

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Ratio of Common Equity Tier 1 risk-based capital to risk-weighted assets as defined by regulatory framework.

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For an entity that discloses a concentration risk in relation to quantitative amount, which serves as the "benchmark" (or denominator) in the equation, this concept represents the concentration percentage derived from the division.

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

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Number of operating segments. An operating segment is a component of an enterprise: (a) that engages in business activities from which it may earn revenues and incur expenses (including revenues and expenses relating to transactions with other components of the same enterprise), (b) whose operating results are regularly reviewed by the enterprise's chief operating decision maker to make decisions about resources to be allocated to the segment and assess its performance, and (c) for which discrete financial information is available. An operating segment may engage in business activities for which it has yet to earn revenues, for example, start-up operations may be operating segments before earning revenues.

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Segment Reporting - Additional Information (Detail)	9 Months Ended
Segment Reporting - Additional Information (Detail)	Sep. 30, 2020 Segment	Dec. 31, 2019
Segment Reporting Disclosure [Line Items]
Number of business segments	6
Number of operating segments	4
Number of non-operating segments	2
Capital ratios for operating segments	10.8	13.8
Operating Segments [Member]
Segment Reporting Disclosure [Line Items]
Capital ratios for operating segments	20
Swimming Pools [Member]
Segment Reporting Disclosure [Line Items]
Loan outstanding percent	28.00%
Roofs [Member]
Segment Reporting Disclosure [Line Items]
Loan outstanding percent	24.00%
Windows [Member]
Segment Reporting Disclosure [Line Items]
Loan outstanding percent	12.00%
Solar Panels [Member]
Segment Reporting Disclosure [Line Items]
Loan outstanding percent	9.00%
Texas [Member]
Segment Reporting Disclosure [Line Items]
Loan outstanding percent	16.00%
Florida [Member]
Segment Reporting Disclosure [Line Items]
Loan outstanding percent	10.00%
California [Member]
Segment Reporting Disclosure [Line Items]
Loan outstanding percent	9.00%
Geographic Concentration Risk [Member] \| Recreational Vehicles [Member]
Segment Reporting Disclosure [Line Items]
Aggregate percentage of loans lending	61.00%
Geographic Concentration Risk [Member] \| Boats [Member]
Segment Reporting Disclosure [Line Items]
Aggregate percentage of loans lending	20.00%
Geographic Concentration Risk [Member] \| Trailers [Member]
Segment Reporting Disclosure [Line Items]
Aggregate percentage of loans lending	12.00%
Geographic Concentration Risk [Member] \| Midwest [Member]
Segment Reporting Disclosure [Line Items]
Aggregate percentage of loans lending	54.00%
Geographic Concentration Risk [Member] \| New York City [Member]
Segment Reporting Disclosure [Line Items]
Aggregate percentage of loans lending	90.00%