Financing Receivable Modifications Reserve

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Financing Receivable Recorded Investment 90 Days Past Due And Still Accruing Number of Loans

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Loans and Leases Receivable, Impaired Loans, Commitment to Lend, Reserve

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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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Number of financing receivables that have been modified by troubled debt restructurings.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 310
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 33
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=49124121&loc=SL6953676-111524

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Post-modification amount of investment in financing receivables modified by troubled debt restructurings.

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Number of financing receivables that have been modified by troubled debt restructurings within the previous 12 months and for which there was a payment default.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 310
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 34
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Reflects the unfunded portion of contractual agreements to lend funds to borrowers for loans whose terms have been modified by troubled debt restructuring.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 310
-SubTopic 40
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=25495931&loc=d3e18794-111554

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Amount representing an agreement for an unconditional promise by the maker to pay the entity (holder) a definite sum of money at a future date. Such amount may include accrued interest receivable in accordance with the terms of the note. The note also may contain provisions and related items including a discount or premium, payable on demand, secured, or unsecured, interest bearing or noninterest bearing, among a myriad of other features and characteristics. Excludes amounts related to receivables held-for-sale.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 942
-SubTopic 210
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.9-03.10(3))
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Portfolio Loans - Narrative (Details)	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
Portfolio Loans - Narrative (Details)	Sep. 30, 2016 USD ($) loan	Sep. 30, 2015 USD ($) loan	Sep. 30, 2016 USD ($) loan	Sep. 30, 2015 USD ($) loan	Jun. 30, 2016 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($) loan
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Number of loans over 90 days past due and still accruing interest \| loan	0		0			0
Unadvanced commitments on impaired loans	$ 500,000		$ 500,000			$ 0
Specific reserves on restructured loans	1,196,000.000		$ 1,196,000.000
Financing Receivable, Modifications, Subsequent Default, Number of Contracts \| loan			0	0
Unadvanced Commitment on Impaired Loan
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Estimated losses attributable to unadvanced commitments on impaired loans					$ 300,000	300,000
Non-Covered Loans
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Balance	$ 0	$ 0	$ 2,609,000	$ 0
Financing Receivable, Modifications, Number of Contracts \| loan	0	0	4	0
Financing Receivable, Gross	$ 3,038,137,000		$ 3,038,137,000			2,750,446,000
Non-Covered Loans \| Consumer and other
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Balance	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0
Financing Receivable, Modifications, Number of Contracts \| loan	0	0	0	0
Financing Receivable, Gross	$ 160,535,000		$ 160,535,000			$ 137,537,000