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| Schedule of Segment Reporting Information, by Segment   | The following tables present certain information regarding the Company’s segments. For the Three-Month Period EndedSHUSA excluding SCUSA SCUSA(4)  September 30, 2015Consumer & Business BankingCommercial BankingCommercial Real Estate Global Corporate BankingOther(2) SCUSA(3)SCUSA Purchase Price AdjustmentsEliminations Total (in thousands)Net interest income$214,208$70,445$67,302$54,381$(20,594) $1,176,411$71,620$116 $1,633,889Total non-interest income167,69612,43123,15819,04722,852 382,700101,102(9,991) 718,995Gain on change in control————— ——— —Provision/(release)  for credit losses7,094(6,329)9,898(10,931)(18,357) 723,921231,869— 937,165Total expenses442,84344,99317,42726,41093,197 462,21415,034(13,975) 1,088,143(Loss)/Income before income taxes(68,033)44,21263,13557,949(72,582) 372,976(74,181)4,100 327,576Intersegment revenue/(expense)(1)2381,203368(2,241)432 ——— —Total assets21,944,62515,796,71415,012,12912,200,06230,703,998 35,329,343—— 130,986,871For the Nine-Month Period EndedSHUSA excluding SCUSA SCUSA(4)  September 30, 2015Consumer & Business BankingCommercial BankingCommercial Real Estate Global Corporate BankingOther(2) SCUSA(3)SCUSA Purchase Price AdjustmentsEliminations Total (in thousands)Net interest income$627,152$202,833$202,126$157,555$(18,189) $3,469,970$342,018$260 $4,983,725Total non-interest income523,33735,70439,32460,43767,397 1,137,296184,390(38,304) 2,009,581Gain on change in control————— ——— —Provision/(release)  for credit losses33,7791,37022,694(5,173)12,706 1,935,147955,532— 2,956,055Total expenses1,306,508135,96654,39279,310203,182 1,360,70843,438(40,849) 3,142,655(Loss)/Income before income taxes(189,798)101,201164,364143,855(166,680) 1,311,411(472,562)2,805 894,596            Intersegment revenue/(expense)(1)8912,9611,467(5,886)567 ——— —Total assets21,944,62515,796,71415,012,12912,200,06230,703,998 35,329,343—— 130,986,871(1)Intersegment revenue/(expense) represents charges or credits for funds used or provided by each of the segments and is included in net interest income.(2)Other is not considered a segment and includes earnings from non-strategic assets, the investment portfolio, interest expense on the Bank’s and Holding Company's borrowings and other debt obligations, amortization of intangible assets and certain unallocated corporate income and indirect expenses.(3)Management of SHUSA manages SCUSA by analyzing the pre-Change in Control results of SCUSA as disclosed in this column.(4)Purchase Price Adjustments represents the impact that SCUSA purchase marks had on the results of SCUSA included within the consolidated operations of SHUSA, while eliminations eliminate intercompany transactions.NOTE 17. BUSINESS SEGMENT INFORMATION (As Restated) (continued)For the Three-Month Period EndedSHUSA excluding SCUSA SCUSA(4)  September 30, 2014Consumer & Business BankingCommercial BankingCommercial Real Estate Global Corporate BankingOther(2) SCUSA(3)SCUSA Purchase Price AdjustmentsEliminations Total (in thousands)Net interest income$206,182$62,548$65,060$46,536$21,507 $1,054,292$159,849$29 $1,616,003Total non-interest income205,13511,4966,79121,07238,777 289,20947,486(16,220) 603,746Provision/(release) for credit losses36,08334,032(84,235)7,9906,130 722,15924,504— 746,663Total expenses405,53338,67123,77026,14271,486 343,61715,153(14,784) 909,588Income/(loss) before income taxes(30,299)1,341132,31633,476(17,332) 277,725167,678(1,407) 563,498            Intersegment revenue/(expense)(1)2571,49362(1,653)(159) ——— —Total assets21,882,10514,288,90914,161,2379,807,12222,964,250 30,817,353—— 113,920,976For the Nine-Month Period EndedSHUSA excluding SCUSA SCUSA(4)  September 30, 2014Consumer & Business BankingCommercial BankingCommercial Real Estate Global Corporate BankingOther(2) SCUSA(3)SCUSA Purchase Price AdjustmentsEliminations Total (in thousands)Net interest income$615,362$177,879$187,445$131,695$69,304 $3,117,685$381,554$(332,746) $4,348,178Total non-interest income423,75035,56328,01356,51295,861 741,125293,909(88,886) 1,585,847Gain on Change in Control————— —2,417,563— 2,417,563Provision/(release) for credit losses54,711(3,240)(95,339)6,228(2,360) 1,829,30759,633(215,051) 1,633,889Total expenses1,131,708111,57462,74072,620183,024 1,134,571120,601(256,464) 2,560,374Income/(loss) before income taxes(147,307)105,108248,057109,359(15,499) 894,9322,912,79249,883 4,157,325            Intersegment revenue/(expense)(1)8513,643839(5,451)118 ——— —Total assets21,882,10514,288,90914,161,2379,807,12222,964,250 30,817,353—— 113,920,976(1)Intersegment revenue/(expense) represents charges or credits for funds used or provided by each of the segments and is included in net interest income.(2)Other is not considered a segment and includes earnings from non-strategic assets, the investment portfolio, interest expense on the Bank’s and Holding Company's borrowings and other debt obligations, amortization of intangible assets and certain unallocated corporate income and indirect expenses.(3)Management of SHUSA manages SCUSA by analyzing the pre-Change in Control results of SCUSA as disclosed in this column.(4)Purchase Price Adjustments represent the impact that SCUSA purchase marks had on the results of SCUSA included within the consolidated operations of SHUSA, while eliminations adjust for the one month that SHUSA accounted for SCUSA as an equity method investment and eliminate intercompany transactions. |

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Tabular disclosure of the profit or loss and total assets for each reportable segment. An entity discloses certain information on each reportable segment if the amounts (a) are included in the measure of segment profit or loss reviewed by the chief operating decision maker or (b) are otherwise regularly provided to the chief operating decision maker, even if not included in that measure of segment profit or loss.
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