Regulatory Requirements (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2016

Regulatory Capital Requirements [Abstract]

Schedule Of Subsidiary Compliance With Regulatory Capital Requirements

The tables below summarize the minimum capital requirements and excess capital for the Company’s broker-dealer subsidiaries at March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015 (dollars in millions):

	Required Net Capital		Net Capital		Excess Net Capital
March 31, 2016:
E*TRADE Clearing(1)(2)	$	139	$	911	$	772
E*TRADE Securities(1)(3)	—		59		59
Other broker-dealers	—		11		11
Total	$	139	$	981	$	842
December 31, 2015:
E*TRADE Clearing(1)	$	161	$	1,007	$	846
E*TRADE Securities(1)	—		49		49
Other broker-dealers	1		15		14
Total	$	162	$	1,071	$	909

(1) Elected to use the Alternative method to compute net capital. The net capital requirement was $250,000 for E*TRADE Securities for both periods presented.

(2) E*TRADE Clearing paid a dividend of $124 million to the parent company during the first quarter of 2016 and $75 million in April 2016.

(3) E*TRADE Securities paid a dividend of $24 million to the parent company during the first quarter of 2016 and $27 million in April 2016.

Schedule of Compliance with Regulatory Capital Requirements under Banking Regulations

E*TRADE Financial and E*TRADE Bank were categorized as "well capitalized" under the regulatory framework for prompt corrective action for the periods presented in the table below (dollars in millions):

	March 31, 2016										December 31, 2015
	Actual				Well Capitalized Minimum Capital				Excess Capital		Actual				Well Capitalized Minimum Capital				Excess Capital
	Amount		Ratio		Amount		Ratio		Amount		Amount		Ratio		Amount		Ratio		Amount
E*TRADE Financial:
Tier 1 leverage	$	3,410	7.8	%	$	2,177	5.0	%	$	1,233	$	3,747	9.0	%	$	2,093	5.0	%	$	1,654
Common equity Tier 1 capital	$	3,410	34.5	%	$	642	6.5	%	$	2,768	$	3,747	39.3	%	$	620	6.5	%	$	3,127
Tier 1 risk-based capital	$	3,410	34.5	%	$	791	8.0	%	$	2,619	$	3,747	39.3	%	$	763	8.0	%	$	2,984
Total risk-based capital	$	3,956	40.0	%	$	988	10.0	%	$	2,968	$	4,186	43.9	%	$	954	10.0	%	$	3,232

	March 31, 2016										December 31, 2015
	Actual				Well Capitalized Minimum Capital				Excess Capital		Actual				Well Capitalized Minimum Capital				Excess Capital
	Amount		Ratio		Amount		Ratio		Amount		Amount		Ratio		Amount		Ratio		Amount
E*TRADE Bank(1)
Tier 1 leverage	$	2,895	8.6	%	$	1,691	5.0	%	$	1,204	$	3,075	9.7	%	$	1,579	5.0	%	$	1,496
Common equity Tier 1 capital	$	2,895	33.3	%	$	565	6.5	%	$	2,330	$	3,075	36.5	%	$	548	6.5	%	$	2,527
Tier 1 risk-based capital	$	2,895	33.3	%	$	696	8.0	%	$	2,199	$	3,075	36.5	%	$	674	8.0	%	$	2,401
Total risk-based capital	$	3,009	34.6	%	$	869	10.0	%	$	2,140	$	3,185	37.8	%	$	842	10.0	%	$	2,343

(1) E*TRADE Bank paid $248 million in dividends to the parent company during the first quarter of 2016.