Short-term Funding

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2014

Short-term Debt [Abstract]

Short-term funding

NOTE 7  SHORT-TERM FUNDING:

Short-term funding at December 31 was as follows.

		2014		2013
		($ in Thousands)
Federal funds purchased		$	109,770	$	56,195
Securities sold under agreements to repurchase			384,221		419,247
	Federal funds purchased and securities sold under
	agreements to repurchase		493,991		475,442
FHLB advances			500,000		200,000
Commercial paper			74,297		65,484
	Other short-term funding		574,297		265,484
Total short-term funding		$	1,068,288	$	740,926

Short-term funding includes funding with original contractual maturities of one year or less. The FHLB advances included in short-term funding are those with original contractual maturities of one year or less. The securities sold under agreements to repurchase represent short-term fundingwhich is collateralized by securities of the U.S. Government or its agencies.