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Difference between Fair Value Option and Unpaid Principal Balance (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Mar. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015
Fair Value, Option, Quantitative Disclosures [Line Items]
Fair Value Carrying Amount	$ 471,276	$ 367,221
Aggregate Unpaid Principal	456,339	359,587
Fair Value Carrying Amount Less Aggregate Unpaid Principal	$ 14,937	$ 7,634

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- Definition

For loan receivables for which the fair value option has been elected, this item represents the aggregate unpaid principal balance.

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No definition available.

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- Definition

This item represents the difference between the aggregate fair value and the aggregate unpaid principal balance of loans and long-term receivables (other than securities categorized as trading, available-for-sale or held-to-maturity) that have contractual principal amounts and for which the fair value option has been elected.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 825
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 28
-Subparagraph (d)(1)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6957238&loc=d3e14064-108612

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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.

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No definition available.

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- Definition

Fair value portion of loans held-for-sale including, but not limited to, mortgage loans and finance receivables.

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No definition available.

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