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Amount of time deposit liabilities, including certificates of deposit, in denominations that meet or exceed the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) insurance limit.

No definition available.

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Amount of time deposit liabilities, including certificates of deposit, in denominations that are below the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) insurance limit.

No definition available.

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The weighted average interest rate for all interest bearing domestic deposit liabilities.

No definition available.

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Weighted average interest rate for time deposit below the FDIC insurance limit.

No definition available.

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Weighted average interest rate for time deposit at or above FDIC insurance limit.

No definition available.

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The aggregate of all deposit liabilities held by the entity, including foreign and domestic, interest and noninterest bearing; may include demand deposits, saving deposits, Negotiable Order of Withdrawal (NOW) and time deposits among others.

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 210.9-03.12)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6876686&loc=d3e534808-122878

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Amount of deposits in accounts that offer many of the same services as checking accounts although transactions may be somewhat more limited, share some of the characteristics of a money market fund and are insured by the Federal government, also known as money market accounts.

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Amount of deposits in interest-bearing transaction accounts at banks or savings and loans, that are restricted in regard to ownership and can usually only be held by individuals, nonprofit entities and governments. Negotiable order of withdrawal accounts differ from money market demand accounts as they typically have higher reserve requirements and no limit on the number of checks that can be written.

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Amount of interest bearing deposits with no stated maturity, which may include passbook and statement savings accounts and money-market deposit accounts (MMDAs).

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The aggregate of all domestic and foreign interest-bearing deposit liabilities.

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Amount of interest-bearing domestic third-party deposits placed by or through the assistance of a deposit broker, also known as brokered deposit liabilities.

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The aggregate amount of all domestic and foreign noninterest-bearing deposits liabilities held by the entity.

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The weighted average interest rate for all domestic deposit liabilities.

No definition available.

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The weighted average interest rate for domestic brokered deposit liabilities.

No definition available.

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The weighted average interest rate for domestic money market demand account deposit liabilities.

No definition available.

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The weighted average interest rate for domestic notice of withdrawal demand deposit liabilities.

No definition available.

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The weighted average interest rate for domestic savings deposit liabilities.

No definition available.