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Net transaction revenue from external customers

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Long-lived assets other than financial instruments, long-term customer relationships of a financial institution, mortgage and other servicing rights, deferred policy acquisition costs, and deferred tax assets.

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Number of segments reported by the entity. A reportable segment is a component of an entity for which there is an accounting requirement to report separate financial information on that component in the entity's financial statements.

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Amount of revenue recognized from goods sold, services rendered, insurance premiums, or other activities that constitute an earning process. Includes, but is not limited to, investment and interest income before deduction of interest expense when recognized as a component of revenue, and sales and trading gain (loss).

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Total revenue from sale of goods and services rendered during the reporting period, in the normal course of business, reduced by sales returns and allowances, and sales discounts.

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Segments (Details) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended								12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2014	Sep. 30, 2014	Jun. 30, 2014	Mar. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Sep. 30, 2013	Jun. 30, 2013	Mar. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2014 segments	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Number of reportable segments									3us-gaap_NumberOfReportableSegments
Net revenues	$ 4,921us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet	$ 4,353us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet	$ 4,366us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet	$ 4,262us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet	$ 4,530us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet	$ 3,892us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet	$ 3,877us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet	$ 3,748us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet	$ 17,902us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet	$ 16,047us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet	$ 14,072us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet
Income from operations									3,514us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss	3,371us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss	2,888us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss
Net revenues from external customers									17,902us-gaap_Revenues	16,047us-gaap_Revenues	14,072us-gaap_Revenues
Long-Lived Assets	3,153us-gaap_NoncurrentAssets				2,996us-gaap_NoncurrentAssets				3,153us-gaap_NoncurrentAssets	2,996us-gaap_NoncurrentAssets
Marketplaces [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net transaction revenues									6,995	6,569	5,834
Marketing services and other revenues									1,822	1,715	1,564
Net revenues									8,817	8,284	7,398
Income from operations									3,327	3,351	2,943
Payments [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net transaction revenues									7,218	6,096	5,146
Marketing services and other revenues									686	532	428
Net revenues									7,904	6,628	5,574
Income from operations									1,835	1,588	1,359
Enterprise [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net transaction revenues									985	898	850
Marketing services and other revenues									253	268	271
Net revenues									1,238	1,166	1,121
Income from operations									83	72	55
Corporate and Other [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Income from operations									(1,731)	(1,640)	(1,469)
U.S.
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net revenues from external customers									8,495	7,712	6,778
Long-Lived Assets	2,924				2,756				2,924	2,756
United Kingdom
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net revenues from external customers									2,633	2,183	1,889
Germany
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net revenues from external customers									2,107	1,930	1,679
Rest of world
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net revenues from external customers									4,667	4,222	3,726
International
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Long-Lived Assets	229				240				229	240
Intersegment Elimination [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net revenues									$ (57)	$ 31	$ 21