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COMMITMENTS, CONTINGENCIES AND RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2015
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract] |
Schedule of credit-related commitments | The following table summarizes the Company’s credit-related commitments as of December 31:
($ in thousands) |  | 2015 |  | 2014
Loan commitments |  | $ | 3,370,271 |  |  | $ | 2,973,577 |
Commercial and standby letters of credit (“SBLCs”) |  | $ | 1,293,547 |  |  | $ | 1,253,066 |
Estimated future minimum rental payments under non-cancelable operating leases | Future minimum rental payments under non-cancellable operating leases are estimated as follows:
Years Ending December 31, |  | Amount
|  | ($ in thousands)
2016 |  | $ | 28,042 |
2017 |  | 24,902 |
2018 |  | 21,263 |
2019 |  | 18,112 |
2020 |  | 14,708 |
Thereafter |  | 53,320 |
Total |  | $ | 160,347 |

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of future minimum payments required in the aggregate and for each of the five succeeding fiscal years for operating leases having initial or remaining noncancelable lease terms in excess of one year and the total minimum rentals to be received in the future under noncancelable subleases as of the balance sheet date. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 840 -SubTopic 20 -Section 50 -Paragraph 2 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6453985&loc=d3e41502-112717 + Details
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