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Private Education Loan Term Securitizations (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions | May 26, 2016 | Jun. 30, 2016
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Private Education Loans |  |
Securitization or Asset-backed Financing Arrangement, Financial Asset for which Transfer is Accounted as Sale [Line Items] |  |
Private education loan term accounted for as a secured financing | $ 551 |
Proceeds from loan securitization sold to third parties | 501 |
Loans pledged as collateral |  | $ 583
Class A Notes |  |
Securitization or Asset-backed Financing Arrangement, Financial Asset for which Transfer is Accounted as Sale [Line Items] |  |
Amount of loan securitization sold to third parties | 501 |
Proceeds from loan securitization sold to third parties | $ 501 |
Class B Notes |  |
Securitization or Asset-backed Financing Arrangement, Financial Asset for which Transfer is Accounted as Sale [Line Items] |  |
Ownership interest percentage | 100.00% |
Amount of ownership interest in loan securitization | $ 50 |
Residual Certificates |  |
Securitization or Asset-backed Financing Arrangement, Financial Asset for which Transfer is Accounted as Sale [Line Items] |  |
Ownership interest percentage | 100.00% |

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- Definition Carrying amount as of the balance sheet date of loans that have been pledged as collateral for borrowings. If the secured party has the right by contract or custom to sell or re-pledge the collateral, then the debtor reclassifies that asset and report that asset in its statement of financial position separately from other assets not so encumbered. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 860 -SubTopic 30 -Section 45 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=66007379&loc=d3e113888-111728 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 310 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 5 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=66008989&loc=d3e5086-111524 + Details
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