Huntington Bancshares Incorporated Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

The end date of the period reflected on the cover page if a periodic report. For all other reports and registration statements containing historical data, it is the date up through which that historical data is presented. If there is no historical data in the report, use the filing date. The format of the date is CCYY-MM-DD.

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[Table Text Block] for MSR Derivative Hedging [Table]

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Trading Assets

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Aggregate notional amount specified by the derivative(s). Expressed as an absolute value.

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Fair value of the assets less the liabilities of a derivative or group of derivatives.

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Amount of increase (decrease) in the fair value of derivatives recognized in the income statement.

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- References

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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The carrying amount of liabilities as of the balance sheet date that pertain to principal and customer trading transactions, or which may be incurred with the objective of generating a profit from short-term fluctuations in price as part of an entity's market-making, hedging and proprietary trading. Examples include short positions in securities, derivatives and commodities, obligations under repurchase agreements, and securities borrowed arrangements.

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