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Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Shares Reserved For Future Issuance

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Share Based Estimated Compensation Expense Stock Options Remainder Of Current Fiscal Year

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Share-based Compensation, Excluding Mergers and Acquisition and and Capitalized Portion

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Amount of expense for award under share-based payment arrangement. Excludes amount capitalized.

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Weighted-average period over which cost not yet recognized is expected to be recognized for award under share-based payment arrangement, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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The number of grants made during the period on other than stock (or unit) option plans (for example, phantom stock or unit plan, stock or unit appreciation rights plan, performance target plan).

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Shared-Based Compensation - Narrative (Details) - USD ($) shares in Millions, $ in Millions	1 Months Ended		3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2020	Feb. 29, 2020	Mar. 31, 2020	Mar. 31, 2019
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Non-cash expense recognized			$ 30	$ 29
Acquisition costs			$ 12	$ 0
Time Based Restricted Units
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Cost not yet recognized, period for recognition			3 years
Performance Based Restricted Stock Units
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Unrecognized compensation expense	$ 49	$ 41	$ 49
Cost not yet recognized, period for recognition		3 years
Vested stock options (in shares)		0.5
Stock-based compensation			5
Amount of non-cash compensation remaining in fiscal period	24		24
Time Based And Performance Based Restricted Stock
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Unrecognized compensation expense	184		$ 184
Cost not yet recognized, period for recognition			1 year 10 months 24 days
Maximum \| Performance Based Restricted Stock Units
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Unrecognized compensation expense		$ 82
Shares reserved for future issuance (in shares)		0.9
Employee Stock Option
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Unrecognized compensation expense	13		$ 13
Cost not yet recognized, period for recognition			2 years 1 month 6 days
Bridge2 Solutions
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Acquisition costs			$ 10
Bridge2 Solutions \| Bakkt
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Capital call amount	$ 300