Other Assets

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2012

Other Assets [Abstract]

Other Assets

Other Assets

The components of other assets were as follows.

($ in millions)	March 31, 2012			December 31, 2011
Property and equipment at cost	$	1,162		$	1,152
Accumulated depreciation	(802		)	(787		)
Net property and equipment	360			365
Fair value of derivative contracts in receivable position	4,175			5,687
Servicer advances	2,144			2,142
Restricted cash collections for securitization trusts (a)	1,830			1,596
Collateral placed with counterparties	1,425			1,448
Other accounts receivable	1,176			1,110
Cash reserve deposits held-for-securitization trusts (b)	890			838
Restricted cash and cash equivalents	846			1,381
Debt issuance costs	610			612
Prepaid expenses and deposits	558			568
Goodwill	519			518
Real estate and other investments	411			385
Nonmarketable equity securities	394			419
Accrued interest and rent receivable	227			232
Interests retained in financial asset sales	194			231
Repossessed and foreclosed assets	150			141
Other assets	1,056			1,068
Total other assets	$	16,965		$	18,741

(a) Represents cash collection from customer payments on securitized receivables. These funds are distributed to investors as payments on the related secured debt.

(b) Represents credit enhancement in the form of cash reserves for various securitization transactions.