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Interest Bearing Deposits Public Funds

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Interest Bearing Private Accounts Deposits

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Percentage Of Non Interest Bearing Demand Deposits To Deposit

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Percentage Of Non Interest Bearing Demand Deposits To Deposits

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Percentage Of Public Funds To Deposits

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Percentage Of Time Accounts Of 100000 Or More Deposits

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Percentage Of Time Accounts Of 100000 Or More To Deposits

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Percentage Of Time Accounts Under 100000 To Deposits

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The aggregate of all deposit liabilities held by the entity, including foreign and domestic, interest and noninterest bearing; may include demand deposits, saving deposits, Negotiable Order of Withdrawal (NOW) and time deposits among others.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 942

-SubTopic 210

-Section S99

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Amount of deposits in accounts that offer many of the same services as checking accounts although transactions may be somewhat more limited, share some of the characteristics of a money market fund and are insured by the Federal government, also known as money market accounts.

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Amount of interest bearing deposits with no stated maturity, which may include passbook and statement savings accounts and money-market deposit accounts (MMDAs).

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The aggregate of all domestic and foreign interest-bearing deposit liabilities.

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The aggregate amount of all domestic and foreign noninterest-bearing deposits liabilities held by the entity.

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Percentage of interest-bearing domestic deposit liabilities to total deposit liabilities.

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Percentage of interest-bearing domestic money market demand account deposit liabilities to total deposit liabilities.

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Percentage of interest-bearing domestic savings deposit liabilities to total deposit liabilities.

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The aggregate amount of domestic time deposits (including certificates of deposits, individual retirement accounts and open accounts) in denominations of $100,000 or more.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 942

-SubTopic 405

-Section 50

-Paragraph 1

-Subparagraph (a)

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The aggregate amount of domestic or foreign time deposits (including certificates of deposits, individual retirement accounts and open accounts) that total to less than $100,000.

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