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The total amount of contractually specified mortgage servicing fees earned for each period for which results of operations are presented. Depending on the servicing contract, those fees may include some or all of the difference between the interest rate collected on the mortgage loan being serviced and the rate to be paid to the beneficial owners of the asset.

No definition available.

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Aggregate cash payments (classified as investing activities) to third-party sellers for the carrying amount of accumulated prepayments received by financial institutions from borrowers for taxes and insurance, which will periodically be remitted to the appropriate governmental agency or vendor on behalf of the borrower.

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Unpaid principal amount of loans repurchased under credit recourse provisions or representations, warranty arrangements and GNMA buy-back options.

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Weighted average of mortgage servicing fees for each period presented.

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Principal amount of transferred financial assets in which the transferor has continuing involvement with the assets underlying the transaction. Continuing involvement includes, but is not limited to, servicing, recourse, and restrictions on transferor's interests in transferred financial assets.

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Reflects the net positive or negative amount derived from subtracting from net proceeds of sale and the carrying amounts, net of allocated reserves, of financial assets transferred to third parties in transactions that qualify for sales treatment.

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Amount before allowance of loans and leases held in portfolio, including but not limited to, commercial and consumer loans. Includes deferred interest and fees, undisbursed portion of loan balance, unamortized costs and premiums and discounts from face amounts. Excludes loans and leases covered under loss sharing agreements.

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This is the principal amount outstanding for securitized loans only (across all types of loans).

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Reflects, by transferred financial asset type, the amount of sales proceeds in excess of or deficient from the sum of the carrying amounts of transferred financial assets plus transaction costs, including those transactions in which the seller/transferor has continuing involvement with the financial assets that have been transferred.

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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.

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A description of the objectives, methodology, and limitations of the sensitivity analysis or stress test that shows the hypothetical effect on the fair value of transferor's interests in transferred financial assets (including any servicing assets or servicing liabilities) of two or more unfavorable variations from the expected levels for each key assumption that is reported, independently from any change in another key assumption.

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The value of new servicing assets, subsequently measured at fair value, acquired or created during the current period through purchases or from transfers of financial assets.

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Represents the initial fair value recorded for liabilities incurred on transfer of financial assets in a securitization, asset-backed financing arrangement, or a similar transfer which transaction is recognized as a sale of the transferred financial assets.

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