Financing Receivable, Impaired Loans without allowance for loan losses, allowance

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

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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Average amount of investment of impaired financing receivables with related allowance for credit losses and without a related allowance for credit losses.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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-Section 50
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Amount of interest income recognized on a cash-basis method of accounting that the financing receivables (with related allowance for credit losses and without a related allowance for credit losses) were impaired.

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Amount of investment of impaired financing receivables with related allowance for credit losses and without a related allowance for credit losses.

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Amount of allowance for credit losses related to recorded investment.

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Amount of unpaid principal balance of impaired financing receivables with related allowance for credit losses and without related allowance for credit losses.

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Amount of investment in impaired financing receivables for which there is no related allowance for credit losses.

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Amount of unpaid principal balance of impaired financing receivables for which there is no related allowance for credit losses.

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Amount of investment in impaired financing receivables for which there is a related allowance for credit losses.

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BANK LOANS, NET, Summary of Impaired Loans (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2016	Mar. 31, 2015	Mar. 31, 2016	Mar. 31, 2015	Sep. 30, 2015
Gross recorded investment
Gross recorded investment, impaired loans with allowance for loan losses	$ 44,828		$ 44,828		$ 46,041
Gross recorded investment, impaired loans without allowance for loan losses	23,029		23,029		25,017
Gross recorded investment	67,857		67,857		71,058
Unpaid principal balance
Unpaid principal balance, impaired loans with allowance for loan losses	56,625		56,625		60,032
Unpaid principal balance, impaired loans without allowance for loan losses	38,800		38,800		41,209
Unpaid principal balance	95,425		95,425		101,241
Allowance for loan losses
Impaired loans with allowance for loan losses, allowance for losses	5,909		5,909		5,146
Impaired loans without allowance for loan losses, allowance for losses	0		0		0
Loan and Lease Receivables, Impaired
Average impaired loan balance	64,511	$ 88,745	66,711	$ 90,619
Interest income recognized	334	426	707	741
C&I loans
Gross recorded investment
Gross recorded investment, impaired loans with allowance for loan losses	11,391		11,391		10,599
Unpaid principal balance
Unpaid principal balance, impaired loans with allowance for loan losses	11,535		11,535		11,204
Allowance for loan losses
Impaired loans with allowance for loan losses, allowance for losses	3,105		3,105		1,132
Loan and Lease Receivables, Impaired
Impaired loan, troubled debt restructurings					10,600
Average impaired loan balance	7,258	11,613	8,882	11,732
CRE loans
Gross recorded investment
Gross recorded investment, impaired loans without allowance for loan losses	4,497		4,497		4,796
Unpaid principal balance
Unpaid principal balance, impaired loans without allowance for loan losses	11,611		11,611		11,611
Allowance for loan losses
Impaired loans without allowance for loan losses, allowance for losses	0		0		0
Loan and Lease Receivables, Impaired
Impaired loan, troubled debt restructurings	4,500		4,500		4,800
Average impaired loan balance	4,540	17,257	4,606	17,394
Residential - first mortgage loans
Gross recorded investment
Gross recorded investment, impaired loans with allowance for loan losses	33,437		33,437		35,442
Gross recorded investment, impaired loans without allowance for loan losses	18,532		18,532		20,221
Unpaid principal balance
Unpaid principal balance, impaired loans with allowance for loan losses	45,090		45,090		48,828
Unpaid principal balance, impaired loans without allowance for loan losses	27,189		27,189		29,598
Allowance for loan losses
Impaired loans with allowance for loan losses, allowance for losses	2,804		2,804		4,014
Impaired loans without allowance for loan losses, allowance for losses	0		0		0
Loan and Lease Receivables, Impaired
Impaired loan, troubled debt restructurings	30,600		30,600		$ 32,800
Average impaired loan balance	52,713	59,875	53,223	61,493
Interest income recognized	$ 334	$ 426	$ 707	$ 741