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Loans Receivable and Allowance for Credit Losses - Allowance for Credit Losses Narrative (Details) $ in Millions | 6 Months Ended |
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Jun. 30, 2023 USD ($) qtr | Dec. 31, 2022 USD ($)
Financing Receivable Allowance for Credit Losses |  |
Life time loss rate, period span | qtr | 11 |
Allowance for credit losses | $ 665.1 | $ 621.9
Increase in allowance for credit losses | $ 43.2 |
US Treasury Spread |  |
Financing Receivable Allowance for Credit Losses |  |
Credit derivative, term | 10 years |

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- Definition Term of the credit risk derivative contract, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days. + References Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Section 50 -Paragraph 4K -Subparagraph (a)(1) -SubTopic 10 -Topic 815 -Publisher FASB -URI https://asc.fasb.org//1943274/2147480434/815-10-50-4K + Details
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- Definition Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef -Topic 326 -SubTopic 20 -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Section 50 -Paragraph 13 -Publisher FASB -URI https://asc.fasb.org//1943274/2147479319/326-20-50-13 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Name Regulation S-K (SK) -Number 229 -Section 1405 -Paragraph c -Publisher SEC + Details
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