Commitments And Contingencies (Narrative) (Details) - 3 months ended Mar. 31, 2022 - Nedbank [Member] - Guarantee [Member] R in Millions, $ in Millions	USD ($)	ZAR (R)
Guarantor Obligations [Line Items]
Guarantee amount	$ 10.7	R 155.1
Maximum payment amount under guarantee	$ 10.7	R 155.1
Minimum [Member]
Guarantor Obligations [Line Items]
Guarantees commission fee percent per annum	0.40%
Maximum [Member]
Guarantor Obligations [Line Items]
Guarantees commission fee percent per annum	1.82%

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The current carrying amount of the liability for the freestanding or embedded guarantor's obligations under the guarantee or each group of similar guarantees.

+ References

Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 460
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 4
-Subparagraph (c)
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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Maximum potential amount of future payments (undiscounted) the guarantor could be required to make under the guarantee or each group of similar guarantees before reduction for potential recoveries under recourse or collateralization provisions.

+ References

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 460
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 4
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