Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Policies)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2018

Basis of Presentation [Policy Text Block]

Basis of Presentation The accompanying unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America (“GAAP”) for interim financial information and with the SEC’s instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 10 of Regulation S-X. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and note disclosures required by GAAP for complete consolidated financial statements. In the opinion of management, all adjustments of a normal recurring nature considered necessary for a fair presentation have been included. The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements include our accounts as well as the accounts of other entities in which we have a controlling financial interest. All intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated. To conform to our current period presentation, we have reclassified certain amounts reported in our prior periods’ condensed consolidated financial statements. Results for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2018 may not necessarily be indicative of the results for the year ending December 31, 2018.

Use of Estimates, Policy [Policy Text Block]

Use of EstimatesPreparing condensed consolidated financial statements in accordance with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect our reported amounts of assets and liabilities, and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities as of the dates of our condensed consolidated financial statements, as well as our reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting periods. Management has made significant estimates in a variety of areas including, but not limited to, valuation of certain financial instruments and allowance for loan losses. Actual results could be different from these estimates.

Earnings Per Share, Policy [Policy Text Block]

Earnings (loss) per share (“EPS”) is presented for basic and diluted EPS. We compute basic EPS by dividing net income (loss) attributable to common stockholders by the weighted-average number of shares of common stock outstanding during the period. However, as a result of our conservatorship status and the terms of the senior preferred stock, no amounts are available to distribute as dividends to common or preferred stockholders (other than to Treasury as holder of the senior preferred stock). Weighted average common shares includes 4.6 billion shares for the periods ended September 30, 2018 and 2017 that would be issued upon the full exercise of the warrant issued to Treasury from the date the warrant was issued.

The calculation of diluted EPS includes all the components of basic earnings per share, plus the dilutive effect of common stock equivalents such as convertible securities and stock options. Weighted average shares outstanding is increased to include the number of additional common shares that would have been outstanding if the dilutive potential common shares had been issued. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2018

and the nine months ended September 30, 2017, our diluted EPS weighted average shares outstanding includes shares of common stock that would be issuable upon the conversion of 131 million shares of convertible preferred stock. For the three months ended September 30, 2017, convertible preferred stock is not included in the calculation because a net loss attributable to common stockholders was incurred and it would have an anti-dilutive effect.

New Accounting Pronouncements, Policy [Policy Text Block]

New Accounting Guidance

The following table updates information about our significant policies that have recently been adopted or are yet to be adopted from the information included in our 2017 Form 10-K.



Standard	Description	Effective Date	Impact on Consolidated Financial Statements
Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2016-01, Recognition and Measurement of Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities (Subtopic 825-10)	The amendment addresses certain aspects of recognition, measurement, presentation and disclosure of financial instruments.	January 1, 2018	The adoption of the amendments did not have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements.
ASU 2016-15, Statement of Cash Flows (Topic 230), Classification of Certain Cash Receipts and Cash Payments (a consensus of the Emerging Issues Task Force)	The main objective of this update is to address the diversity in practice that currently exists in regards to how certain cash receipts and cash payments are presented and classified in the statement of cash flows under Topic 230, Statement of Cash Flows, and other Topics.	January 1, 2018	This guidance was applied retrospectively to the statement of cash flows for the prior period presented. The adoption of the amendments did not have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements.
ASU 2016-18, Statement of Cash Flows (Topic 230), Restricted Cash (a consensus of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Emerging Issues Task Force)	The amendments in this update address the diversity in the classification and presentation of changes in restricted cash on the statement of cash flows under Topic 230, Statement of Cash Flows. Specifically, this amendment dictates that the statement of cash flows should explain the change in the period of the total of cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash balances.	January 1, 2018	This guidance was applied retrospectively to the statements of cash flows for the prior period presented. As a result of this adoption, the net change in restricted cash that results from transfers between cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash is no longer presented as an investing activity in our consolidated statement of cash flows. The adoption of the amendments did not have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements.
ASU 2018-02, Income Statement (Topic 220): Reclassification of Certain Tax Effects from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income	The amendments in this update allow a reclassification from accumulated other comprehensive income to retained earnings for stranded tax effects resulting from the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.	January 1, 2019	The early adoption of this guidance on January 1, 2018 resulted in the reclassification of $117 million in stranded tax amounts from accumulated other comprehensive income to retained earnings.
ASU 2018-13, Fair Value Measurement (Topic 820), Disclosure Framework—Changes to the Disclosure Requirements for Fair Value Measurement	The amendments in this update streamline, clarify and enhance certain disclosures related to Level 3 recurring and nonrecurring fair value measurements.	January 1, 2020	We do not expect the adoption of this guidance to have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements. Adoption is required for periods beginning January 1, 2020 with early adoption permitted. We are considering adopting this guidance for our 2018 Form 10-K.
ASU 2016-13, Financial Instruments-Credit Losses (Topic 326): Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments	The amendments in this update replace the incurred loss impairment methodology in current GAAP with a methodology that reflects lifetime expected credit losses and requires consideration of a broader range of reasonable and supportable information to inform credit loss estimates.	January 1, 2020	We are continuing to evaluate the impact of this guidance on our consolidated financial statements. We expect the greater impact of the guidance to relate to our accounting for credit losses for loans that are not individually impaired. The adoption of this guidance may increase our allowance for loan losses and decrease, perhaps substantially, our retained earnings.