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Finance Assets (Credit Quality) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands | 12 Months Ended |
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Dec. 31, 2015 | Dec. 31, 2014
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items] |  |
Sales-type lease receivables | $ 1,520,489 | $ 1,653,293
Loan receivables | 405,276 | 424,652
Sales-type Lease Receivables |  |
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items] |  |
Sales-type lease receivables | 1,212,390 | 1,286,624
Loan Receivables |  |
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items] |  |
Loan receivables | $ 363,672 | 376,987
Low |  |
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items] |  |
Approximate percentage of portfolio | 30.00% |
Low | Sales-type Lease Receivables |  |
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items] |  |
Sales-type lease receivables | $ 926,387 | 936,979
Low | Loan Receivables |  |
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items] |  |
Loan receivables | $ 260,204 | 259,436
Medium |  |
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items] |  |
Approximate percentage of portfolio | 40.00% |
Medium | Sales-type Lease Receivables |  |
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items] |  |
Sales-type lease receivables | $ 192,645 | 230,799
Medium | Loan Receivables |  |
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items] |  |
Loan receivables | $ 85,671 | 96,243
High |  |
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items] |  |
Approximate percentage of portfolio | 30.00% |
High | Sales-type Lease Receivables |  |
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items] |  |
Sales-type lease receivables | $ 37,573 | 45,202
High | Loan Receivables |  |
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items] |  |
Loan receivables | 10,810 | 10,913
Not Scored | Sales-type Lease Receivables |  |
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items] |  |
Sales-type lease receivables | 55,785 | 73,644
Not Scored | Loan Receivables |  |
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items] |  |
Loan receivables | $ 6,987 | $ 10,395

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- Definition Amount of remaining payments as of the balance sheet date that lessees are obligated to make or can be required to make under sales-type leases, including any guarantee of residual value and executory costs. The amount also includes any guaranteed rental payments by an unrelated third-party provided that are financially capable of making such payments. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 840 -SubTopic 30 -Section 50 -Paragraph 4 -Subparagraph (a)(1) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=25496975&loc=d3e45377-112738 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 840 -SubTopic 10 -Section 25 -Paragraph 7 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=7661868&loc=d3e34102-112682 + Details
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