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Metris Receivables, Inc. Metris Master Trust Monthly Report
Securityholder's Statement Series 1998-3 Dec-2000
Section 5.2 Class A Class B Total
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(i) Security Amount 500,000,000.00 49,450,550.00 549,450,550.00
(ii) Security Principal Distributed 0.00 -- 0.00
(iii) Security Interest Distributed 3,362,447.92 -- 3,362,447.92
(iv) Principal Collections 23,131,038.47 2,287,685.15 25,418,723.62
(v) Finance Charge Collections 10,743,260.79 1,062,520.31 11,805,781.10
Recoveries 870,944.02 86,137.32 957,081.34
Principal Funding Account Investment Earnings 0.00 0.00 0.00
Accumulation Period Reserve Account Investment Earnings 0.00 0.00 0.00
Total Finance Charge Collections 11,614,204.81 1,148,657.63 12,762,862.44
Total Collections 34,745,243.28 3,436,342.78 38,181,586.06
(vi) Aggregate Amount of Principal Receivables -- -- 6,495,213,723.36
Invested Amount (End of Mth) 500,000,000.00 49,450,550.00 549,450,550.00
Floating Allocation Percentage 7.6979761% 0.7613383% 8.4593144%
Fixed/Floating Allocation Percentage 7.6979761% 0.7613383% 8.4593144%
Invested Amount (Beg. of Mth) 500,000,000.00 49,450,550.00 549,450,550.00
Average Daily Invested Amount -- -- 549,450,550.00
(vii) Receivable Delinquencies (as a % of Total Receivables) -- -- --
Current -- 84.35% 5,783,206,632.51
30 Days to 59 Days (1 to 29 Days Contractually Delinquent) -- 7.12% 488,046,806.66
60 Days to 89 Days (30 to 59 Days Contractually Delinquent) -- 2.52% 172,491,561.04
90 Days and Over (60+ Days Contractually Delinquent) -- 6.01% 412,177,543.65
Total Receivables -- 100.00% 6,855,922,543.86
(viii) Aggregate Investor Default Amount -- -- 5,282,921.17
As a % of Average Daily Invested Amount
(Annualized based on 366 days/year) -- -- 11.35%
(ix) Charge-Offs 0.00 0.00 0.00
(x) Servicing Fee -- -- 930,763.23
(xi) Unreimbursed Redirected Principal Collections -- -- 0.00
(xii) Excess Funding Account Balance -- -- 0.00
(xiii) New Accounts Added -- -- 52,675
(xiv) Average Gross Portfolio Yield -- -- 27.42%
Average Net Portfolio Yield -- -- 16.07%
(xv) Minimum Base Rate -- -- 9.34%
Excess Spread -- -- 6.74%
(xvi) Principal Funding Account Balance -- -- 0.00
(xvii) Accumulation Shortfall -- -- 0.00
(xviii) Scheduled date for the commencement -- --
of the Accumulation Period January 2001
Accumulation Period Length -- -- N/A
(xix) Principal Funding Account Investment Proceeds Deposit -- -- 0.00
Required Reserve Account Amount -- -- 0.00
Available Reserve Account Amount -- -- 0.00
Covered Amount -- -- 0.00
(xx) Aggregrate Interest Rate Caps Notional Amount -- -- 500,000,000.00
Deposit to the Caps Proceeds Account -- -- 0.00
(xxi) Policy Claim Amount -- -- 0.00
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