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Time Deposit Maturities, Year Six

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Amount of time deposits (including certificates of deposits, individual retirement accounts and open accounts) held by the entity with a remaining term of greater than four years but five years or less.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher AICPA

-Name Audit and Accounting Guide (AAG)

-Number AAG-DEP

-Chapter 13

-Paragraph 45

-Subparagraph a

-IssueDate 2006-05-01

-LegacyDoc This reference is SUPERSEDED by the Accounting Standards Codification effective for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009. This reference is included to help users transition from the previous accounting hierarchy and will be removed from future versions of this taxonomy.

Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 470

-SubTopic 10

-Section 50

-Paragraph 1

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6802200&loc=d3e1835-112601

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Amount of time deposits (including certificates of deposits, individual retirement accounts and open accounts) held by the entity with a remaining term of greater than three years but four years or less.

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Amount of time deposits (including certificates of deposits, individual retirement accounts and open accounts) held by the entity with a remaining term of greater than two years but three years or less.

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Amount of time deposits (including certificates of deposits, individual retirement accounts and open accounts) held by the entity with a remaining term of greater than twelve months, but two years or less.

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Total amount of time deposits (including certificates of deposits, individual retirement accounts and open accounts) with remaining maturities of greater than one year.