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We are considered to be the transferor when we transfer assets from our portfolio in a portfolio securitization transaction and the following represents the unpaid principal balance of portfolio securitizations which occurred during the period.

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Represents the unpaid principal balance of securities retained in unconsolidated portfolio securitization trusts as of the period end.

No definition available.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

No definition available.

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Cash flows between transferee and transferor in payment of the transferor's beneficial interest related to a securitization, asset-backed financing arrangement, or similar transfer in which the transferor has continuing involvement with the transferred financial assets underlying the transaction.

No definition available.

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Amount, before counterparty netting, of cash proceeds received in transfers of derecognized financial assets from transactions which comprise an initial transfer and an agreement entered into in contemplation of the initial transfer resulting in retention of substantially all of the exposure to the economic return throughout the term of the transaction.

Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 860
-SubTopic 20
-Section 50
-Paragraph 4D
-Subparagraph (b)
-URI https://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=121570589&loc=SL51823488-111719