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Commitments and Contingencies - Additional Information (Details)

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Commitments and Contingencies - Additional Information (Details)
3 Months Ended 9 Months Ended 0 Months Ended 0 Months Ended 1 Months Ended 3 Months Ended 9 Months Ended 1 Months Ended 3 Months Ended 9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2014
USD ($)
Sep. 30, 2013
USD ($)
Sep. 30, 2014
USD ($)
Sep. 30, 2013
USD ($)
Dec. 31, 2013
USD ($)
Sep. 30, 2014
Commercial Banks
USD ($)
Dec. 31, 2013
Commercial Banks
USD ($)
Sep. 30, 2014
Unconsolidated VIEs
USD ($)
Dec. 31, 2013
Unconsolidated VIEs
USD ($)
Sep. 30, 2014
Life Insurance Book Value Protection
USD ($)
Dec. 31, 2013
Life Insurance Book Value Protection
USD ($)
Sep. 30, 2014
Employee Retirement Protection
USD ($)
Dec. 31, 2013
Employee Retirement Protection
USD ($)
Sep. 30, 2014
Other Guarantee
USD ($)
Dec. 31, 2013
Other Guarantee
USD ($)
Aug. 20, 2014
DoJ Settlement
USD ($)
Aug. 20, 2014
DoJ Settlement
state
Jul. 30, 2014
O'Donnell Litigation
USD ($)
Aug. 27, 2014
Takefuji Settlement
USD ($)
Aug. 27, 2014
Takefuji Settlement
JPY (¥)
Apr. 30, 2010
Takefuji Settlement
USD ($)
Apr. 30, 2010
Takefuji Settlement
JPY (¥)
Sep. 30, 2014
Unfunded Equity Investment Commitments
USD ($)
Dec. 31, 2013
Unfunded Equity Investment Commitments
USD ($)
Sep. 30, 2014
Loan Commitments
USD ($)
Dec. 31, 2013
Loan Commitments
USD ($)
Sep. 30, 2014
Forward-Dated Resale and Securities Borrowing Agreements
USD ($)
Dec. 31, 2013
Forward-Dated Resale and Securities Borrowing Agreements
USD ($)
Sep. 30, 2014
Forward-Dated Repurchase and Securities Lending Agreements
USD ($)
Dec. 31, 2013
Forward-Dated Repurchase and Securities Lending Agreements
USD ($)
Sep. 30, 2014
Payment Protection Insurance
USD ($)
Sep. 30, 2013
Payment Protection Insurance
USD ($)
Sep. 30, 2014
Payment Protection Insurance
USD ($)
Sep. 30, 2013
Payment Protection Insurance
USD ($)
Dec. 31, 2013
Payment Protection Insurance
USD ($)
Sep. 30, 2014
Merchant Servicing Joint Venture
Oct. 15, 2014
Subsequent Event
Federal Home Loan Bank Settlement
trust
Oct. 31, 2014
Subsequent Event
DoJ Settlement
USD ($)
Sep. 30, 2014
Merchant Processing Servicers, Sponsored Entities
USD ($)
Sep. 30, 2013
Merchant Processing Servicers, Sponsored Entities
USD ($)
Sep. 30, 2014
Merchant Processing Servicers, Sponsored Entities
USD ($)
Sep. 30, 2013
Merchant Processing Servicers, Sponsored Entities
USD ($)
Dec. 31, 2013
Merchant Processing Servicers, Sponsored Entities
USD ($)
Sep. 30, 2014
Merchant Processing Servicers, Sponsored Entities
Merchant Services
USD ($)
Dec. 31, 2013
Merchant Processing Servicers, Sponsored Entities
Merchant Services
USD ($)
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]                                                                                          
Other commitments                                             $ 75,000,000 $ 195,000,000 $ 2,300,000,000 $ 1,500,000,000 $ 95,500,000,000 $ 75,500,000,000 $ 74,900,000,000 $ 38,300,000,000                              
Operating Leases, Future Minimum Payments Due [Abstract]                                                                                          
2014 702,000,000   702,000,000                                                                                    
2015 2,500,000,000   2,500,000,000                                                                                    
2016 2,200,000,000   2,200,000,000                                                                                    
2017 1,800,000,000   1,800,000,000                                                                                    
2018 1,400,000,000   1,400,000,000                                                                                    
Thereafter 6,200,000,000   6,200,000,000                                                                                    
Notional amount of derivatives 1,236,202,000,000   1,236,202,000,000   1,328,787,000,000 579,000,000 1,800,000,000 1,100,000,000 1,300,000,000 13,500,000,000 13,400,000,000 1,200,000,000 4,600,000,000                                                                
Net fair value of bank-owned life insurance book value protection                   28,000,000 39,000,000                                                                    
Transactions processed and settled by sponsored entities                                                                             162,700,000,000 154,700,000,000 476,400,000,000 460,900,000,000      
Losses as result of cardholder disputed transactions                                                                             3,000,000 4,000,000 11,000,000 12,000,000      
Equity method investment ownership percentage                                                                       49.00%                  
Merchant escrow deposits held as collateral                                                                             124,000,000   124,000,000   203,000,000    
Maximum potential exposure                   3,100,000,000 3,000,000,000     5,800,000,000 6,900,000,000                                                         264,500,000,000 258,500,000,000
Loss contingency accrual                                                             384,000,000   384,000,000   381,000,000                    
Provision                                                             298,000,000 66,000,000 482,000,000 95,000,000                      
Litigation expense 6,000,000,000 1,100,000,000 16,000,000,000 3,800,000,000                                                                                  
Minimum estimate range of possible loss 0   0                                                                                    
Maximum estimated range of possible loss 3,100,000,000.0   3,100,000,000.0                                                                                    
Number of trusts involved in settlement agreement                                                                         2                
Number of states involved in settlement                                 6                                                        
Payments for legal settlements                                                                           9,160,000,000              
Litigation settlement                               9,650,000,000   1,300,000,000 135,000,000 14,500,000,000                                                  
Customer relief settlement                               7,000,000,000                                                          
Civil monetary settlement                               5,020,000,000                                                          
Compensatory remediation payments                               4,630,000,000                                                          
Loss incurred by plaintiff                                         $ 270,000,000 ¥ 29,000,000,000                                              
Litigation settlement interest rate                                     5.00% 5.00%