Off-balance-sheet Securitizations involve the transfer of pools of consumer loan receivables by the Company to one or more third-party trusts or qualified special purpose entities in transactions that are accounted for as sales in accordance with SFAS 140. Certain undivided interests in the pool of consumer loan receivables are sold to investors as asset-backed securities in public underwritten offerings or private placement transactions. The proceeds from Off-balance-sheet Securitizations are distributed by the trusts to the Company as consideration for the consumer loan receivables transferred.Each new Off-balance-sheet Securitizations result in the pool from the Company's consolidated balance sheet (Off-balance-sheet loan), the recognition of certain retained residual interests and a gain on the sale. The remaining undivided interests in principal receivables of the pool, as well as the unpaid billed finace charge and fee receivables are related to the Company's undivided interest in the principal receivables are retained by the Company and recorded as consumer loans on the Consolidated Balance Sheet. The amounts of the remaining undivided interests fluctuate as the accountholders make principal payments and incur new charges on the selected accounts. The amount of retained consumer loan receivables was $10.3 billion and $8.3 billion as December 31, 2004 and 2003, respectively.