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Amounts allocated within the allowance for loan losses related to troubled debt restructured loans at period end.

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The amount of the outstanding recorded investment related to financing receivables that have been modified by troubled debt restructurings and are in accrual status.

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The amount of the outstanding recorded investment related to financing receivables that have been modified by troubled debt restructurings and are in non-accrual status

No definition available.

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Number of financing receivables that have been modified by troubled debt restructurings in the period.

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Number of financing receivables that have been modified by troubled debt restructurings and are in accrual status.

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Number of financing receivables that have been modified by troubled debt restructurings and are in non-accrual status.

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The number of troubled debt restructured loans disposed of in the period that resulted in a charge-off against the allowance for loans losses

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The number of troubled debt restructured loans for which allocated reserves within the allowance for loan losses were no longer deemed warranted.

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The aggregate premium paid on loans purchased during the period to be recognized as an adjustment to the yield on the loans over their respective remaining lives.

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Reflects the amount of loans that have been removed, or charged off, from both trouble debt restructuring loan receivables and the reserve for credit losses, typically because they are considered to be not salvageable or have been purchased by unconsolidated collection entities.

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Number of financing receivables that have been modified by troubled debt restructurings.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 310
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 33
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Post-modification amount of investment in financing receivables modified by troubled debt restructurings.

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Pre-modification amount of investment in financing receivables modified by troubled debt restructurings.

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The amount of the outstanding recorded investment related to financing receivables that have been modified by troubled debt restructurings.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 310
-SubTopic 40
-Section 50
-Paragraph 4
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Amount of investment related to financing receivables modified by troubled debt restructurings within the previous 12 months, for which there was a payment default.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 310
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 34
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=49124121&loc=SL6953682-111524

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