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The number of financing receivables greater than 30 days past due that have been modified by troubled debt restructurings and that have been placed in the TDR status in the previous 12 months.

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Financing Receivable, Number Of Loans Classified As Troubled Debt Restructurings Involved In Foreclosure

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The number of loans classified as troubled debt restructurings that are involved in bankruptcy as of the balance sheet date.

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The number of loans classified as troubled debt restructurings that were on non-accrual status as of the balance sheet date.

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Financing receivables that are greater than 30 days past due.

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Loans classified as troubled debt restructurings that are involved in foreclosure as of the balance sheet date.

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Mortgage Loans in Process of Foreclosure, Number

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Number Of Days Past Due

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Amount of the collateral pledged in support of federal home loan bank advances outstanding.

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Amount of deferred interest and fee income, unamortized costs incurred to originate loans and leases, unamortized loan commitments and loan syndication fees, and premiums over or discounts from face amounts of acquired loans. Excludes amounts for loans and leases covered under loss sharing agreements.

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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.

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Recorded investment of consumer mortgage loan receivables secured by residential real estate properties for which formal foreclosure proceedings are in process.

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