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COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2016
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract] |
Schedule of credit-related commitments | The following table presents the Company’s credit-related commitments as of the periods indicated:
($ in thousands) |  | September 30, 2016 |  | December 31, 2015
Loan commitments |  | $ | 4,688,223 |  |  | $ | 3,370,271 |
Commercial letters of credit and SBLCs |  | $ | 1,527,366 |  |  | $ | 1,293,547 |

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