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Chattel Paper Agreements (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2015
Transfers and Servicing [Abstract] |
Schedule of Remaining Contractual Maturities for Chattel Paper Agreements | As of March 31, 2015, the remaining contractual maturities of the chattel paper agreements were as follows:
| (In thousands) |  | 2015 |  | 2016 |  | 2017 |  | 2018 |  | Thereafter |  | Total |
| Repurchase-to-Maturity Transactions: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Loans | $ | 383 | $ | 950 | $ | 552 | $ | 540 | $ | 1,841 | $ | 4,266 |

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