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Interest bearing deposits public funds brokered.

No definition available.

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The percentage of certificate of deposit maturities at the next fiscal year following the latest fiscal year.

No definition available.

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The percentage of certificate of deposit maturities at year two and thereafter.

No definition available.

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The percentage of interest and non-interest bearing domestic deposits to deposits.

No definition available.

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The aggregate of all deposit liabilities held by the entity, including foreign and domestic, interest and noninterest bearing; may include demand deposits, saving deposits, Negotiable Order of Withdrawal (NOW) and time deposits among others.

Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 942
-SubTopic 210
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.9-03.12)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6876686&loc=d3e534808-122878

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Amount of interest-bearing domestic third-party deposits placed by or through the assistance of a deposit broker, also known as brokered deposit liabilities.