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Amount of temporarily held in the accounts with third party online payment service providers mainly to facilitate collection and transfer of the funds, interest and service fees from/to the Customers and Individual Investors or Institutional Funding Partners.

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The carrying amount of the asset transferred to a third party to serve as a deposit, which typically serves as security against failure by the transferor to perform under terms of an agreement.

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Amounts due from an Entity employee, not to include stockholders or officers, which are usually due within 1 year (or 1 business cycle).

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Fair value portion of loans held-for-sale including, but not limited to, mortgage loans and finance receivables.

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Amount of asset related to consideration paid in advance for costs that provide economic benefits in future periods, and amount of other assets that are expected to be realized or consumed within one year or the normal operating cycle, if longer.

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Amount of consideration paid in advance for supplies that provide economic benefits within a future period of one year or the normal operating cycle, if longer.

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Carrying amount as of the balance sheet date of value added taxes due either from customers arising from sales on credit terms, or as previously overpaid to tax authorities. For classified balance sheets, represents the current amount receivable, that is amounts expected to be collected within one year or the normal operating cycle, if longer.

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