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Threshold for determining if a financing receivable with at least one extension of credit graded Special Mention, Substandard or Doubtful, will be individually evaluated for impairment.

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Term of the reduced payment period for a loan modified under a troubled debt restructuring.

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Amount of allowance for credit losses related to receivables which had been measured under a general allowance for credit losses methodology that are now identified as troubled debt restructurings.

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For an entity that discloses a concentration risk in relation to quantitative amount, which serves as the "benchmark" (or denominator) in the equation, this concept represents the concentration percentage derived from the division.

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A valuation allowance for financing receivables that are expected to be uncollectible.

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Number of financing receivables that have been modified by troubled debt restructurings.

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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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Number of financing receivables that have been modified by troubled debt restructurings within the previous 12 months and for which there was a payment default.

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Recorded investment of consumer mortgage loan receivables secured by residential real estate properties for which formal foreclosure proceedings are in process.

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