Receivable from and Payable to Brokers, Dealers and Clearing Organizations (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Mar. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017
Receivable from brokers, dealers and clearing organizations consists of:
Securities borrowed	$ 112,272	$ 132,368
Receivable from brokers	15,333	19,298
Securities failed to deliver	16,862	9,442
Clearing organizations	24,296	24,361
Other	2,367	1,646
Receivables from broker, dealers and clearing organizations	171,130	187,115
Payable to brokers, dealers and clearing organizations consists of:
Securities loaned	174,567	180,270
Due to Correspondent Brokers	3,405	1,567
Securities failed to receive	23,677	17,559
Other	53,477	12,087
Payable to brokers, dealers and clearing organizations	$ 255,126	$ 211,483

This is the amount of cash advanced as security in return for borrowing securities from another party.

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Amount payable to broker-dealers and clearing organizations, including, but not limited to, securities failed-to-receive, certain deposits received for securities loaned, open transactions, and floor-brokerage payables.

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Amount of right to receive cash and securities on deposit with clearing organizations. Clearing organizations perform post trade processing and trade comparisons among numerous broker-dealers and act as settlement agents between buying and selling broker-dealers.

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Amount receivable as the result of a fail-to-deliver. A fail-to-deliver is a securities sale to another broker-dealer that has not been delivered to buying broker-dealer by the close of business on the settlement date.

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