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Allowance For Loan And Lease Losses, Loans Transferred To Real Estate Loan Portfolio

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Represents increase (decrease) in allowance during the period due to non-provision transfer of reserves associated with deferred interest to other assets.

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Provision charged or released during the period against earnings for credit losses on loans and leases receivable that are expected and were collectively evaluated for impairment.

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Provision charged or released during the period against earnings for credit losses on loans and leases receivable that are expected and were individually evaluated for impairment.

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Amount of gain (loss) from converting allowance reserve for credit loss to currency of reporting entity from amount denominated or measured in a different currency.

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Amount of loans and leases that have been written off from both loan receivables and allowance reserve for credit loss.

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