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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 Non-GAAP measure(4)  September 30, 2015Retail BankingAuto Finance & Business BankingReal Estate and Commercial BankingGlobal Corporate BankingOther(2) SCUSA(3)SCUSA Purchase Price AdjustmentsEliminations Total (in thousands)Net interest income$175,417$63,418$115,514$54,475$(23,080) $1,231,539$65,863$116 $1,683,262Total non-interest income60,206104,94734,93017,28024,779 478,873119,409(4,463) 835,961Provision/(release)  for credit losses18,8007,0173,8974,570(52,908) 744,143128,661— 854,180Total expenses284,969102,78143,16818,981174,343 613,26312,099(8,449) 1,241,155Income/(loss) before income taxes(68,146)58,567103,37948,204(119,736) 353,00644,5124,102 423,888            Intersegment (expense)/revenue(1)66,5685,136(65,233)(10,199)3,728 ——— —Total average assets16,871,1088,440,98521,849,12012,093,66634,262,662 35,478,456—— 128,995,997For the Nine-Month Period EndedSHUSA excluding SCUSA Non-GAAP measure(4)  September 30, 2015Retail BankingAuto Finance & Business BankingReal Estate and Commercial Banking        Global Corporate BankingOther(2) SCUSA(3)SCUSA Purchase Price AdjustmentsEliminations Total (in thousands)Net interest income$512,584$187,654$338,678$157,806$(25,245) $3,620,089$307,689$260 $5,099,515Total non-interest income213,064306,32072,61060,96167,295 1,435,354170,391(21,437) 2,304,558Provision/(release)  for credit losses47,03318,45222,8689,514(32,490) 2,088,857573,884— 2,728,118Total expenses839,119302,750129,94563,483442,311 1,736,2108,270(23,982) 3,498,106Income/(loss) before income taxes(160,504)172,772258,475145,770(367,771) 1,230,376(104,074)2,805 1,177,849            Intersegment (expense)/revenue(1)183,78012,175(200,550)(30,039)34,634 ——— —Total average assets17,065,5738,374,50821,138,12211,573,65131,299,057 34,352,761—— 123,803,672(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 (continued)For the Three-Month Period EndedSHUSA excluding SCUSA Non-GAAP measure(4)  September 30, 2014Retail BankingAuto Finance & Business BankingReal Estate and Commercial Banking         Global Corporate BankingOther(2) SCUSA(3)SCUSA Purchase Price AdjustmentsEliminations Total (in thousands)Net interest income$166,555$61,293$107,924$46,586$19,696 $1,092,698$130,695$29 $1,625,476Total non-interest income128,77476,01217,98619,70039,495 374,872(4,075)(8,938) 643,826Provision/(release) for credit losses35,2512,868(59,849)7,99013,740 770,105243,252— 1,013,357Total expenses259,79975,82139,38618,160194,770 415,403(35,086)(7,502) 960,751Income/(loss) before income taxes27958,616146,37340,136(149,319) 282,062(81,546)(1,407) 295,194            Intersegment revenue/(expense)(1)27,3425,649(79,516)(10,162)56,687 ——— —Total average assets17,833,5977,027,22520,511,5189,812,82526,775,746 30,648,333—— 112,609,244For the Nine-Month Period EndedSHUSA excluding SCUSA Non-GAAP measure(4)  September 30, 2014Retail BankingAuto Finance & Business BankingReal Estate and Commercial Banking        Global Corporate BankingOther(2) SCUSA(3)SCUSA Purchase Price AdjustmentsEliminations Total (in thousands)Net interest income$497,851$180,088$310,761$131,780$62,039 $3,238,551$310,652$(344,107) $4,387,615Total non-interest income280,088142,51561,51457,51396,987 927,958241,067(92,809) 1,714,833Gain on Change in Control————— —2,428,539— 2,428,539Provision/(release) for credit losses51,3084,779(63,135)6,228(39,181) 2,057,260242,915(225,453) 2,034,721Total expenses767,240146,519110,33555,391537,435 1,307,85170,066(260,476) 2,734,361Income/(loss) before income taxes(40,609)171,305325,075127,674(339,228) 801,3982,667,27749,013 3,761,905            Intersegment revenue/(expense)(1)77,83615,902(242,454)(30,077)178,793 ——— —Total average assets17,866,9006,217,47120,355,2259,161,99226,430,492 26,160,378—— 106,192,458(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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