Discontinued and Held-for-sale Operations (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2013

Discontinued Operations and Disposal Groups [Abstract]

Schedule of Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations, Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures [Table Text Block]

December 31, 2012 ($ in millions)	Select Insurance operations (a)			Select Automotive Finance operations (b)			Total held-for-sale operations
Assets
Cash and cash equivalents
Noninterest-bearing	$	8		$	100		$	108
Interest-bearing	119			1,918			2,037
Total cash and cash equivalents	127			2,018			2,145
Investment securities	576			424			1,000
Finance receivables and loans, net
Finance receivables and loans, net	—			25,835			25,835
Allowance for loan losses	—			(208		)	(208		)
Total finance receivables and loans, net	—			25,627			25,627
Investment in operating leases, net	—			144			144
Premiums receivable and other insurance assets	277			—			277
Other assets	94			2,942			3,036
Impairment on assets of held-for-sale operations	(53		)	—			(53		)
Total assets	$	1,021		$	31,155		$	32,176
Liabilities
Interest-bearing deposit liabilities	$	—		$	3,907		$	3,907
Short-term borrowings	—			2,800			2,800
Long-term debt	—			13,514			13,514
Interest payable	—			177			177
Unearned insurance premiums and service revenue	506			—			506
Accrued expenses and other liabilities	297			1,498			1,795
Total liabilities	$	803		$	21,896		$	22,699

(a) Includes our U.K.-based operations and ABA Seguros.

(b) Includes our Canadian operations sold to Royal Bank of Canada and international entities being sold to GM Financial.

Select financial information of discontinued operations is summarized below. The pretax income or loss, including direct costs to transact a sale, includes any impairment recognized to present the operations at the lower-of-cost or fair value. Fair value was based on the estimated sales price, which could differ from the ultimate sales price due to price volatility, changing interest rates, changing foreign-currency rates, and future economic conditions.

	Three months ended March 31,
($ in millions)	2013				2012
Select Mortgage operations
Total net revenue	$	—			$	403
Pretax (loss) income including direct costs to transact a sale (a)	(20		)		133
Tax expense (b)	16				16
Select Insurance operations
Total net revenue	$	148			$	156
Pretax income including direct costs to transact a sale	28				38
Tax expense	1				9
Select Automotive Finance operations
Total net revenue	$	286			$	387
Pretax income including direct costs to transact a sale (a)	1,042			(c)	196
Tax (benefit) expense (b)	(1		)		39
Select Corporate and Other operations
Total net revenue	$	—			$	2
Pretax (loss) income	(1		)		6
Tax expense	—				1

(a) Includes certain treasury and other corporate activity recognized by Corporate and Other.

(b) Includes certain income tax activity recognized by Corporate and Other.

(c) Includes recognized pretax gain of $888 million in connection with the sale of our Canadian automotive finance operations, Ally Credit Canada Limited, and ResMor Trust.

The assets and liabilities of operations held-for-sale are summarized below.

March 31, 2013 ($ in millions)	Select Insurance operations (a)		Select Automotive Finance operations (b)			Total held-for-sale operations
Assets
Cash and cash equivalents
Noninterest-bearing	$	4	$	150		$	154
Interest-bearing	66		514			580
Total cash and cash equivalents	70		664			734
Investment securities	418		3			421
Finance receivables and loans, net
Finance receivables and loans, net	—		15,175			15,175
Allowance for loan losses	—		(177		)	(177		)
Total finance receivables and loans, net	—		14,998			14,998
Investment in operating leases, net	—		128			128
Premiums receivable and other insurance assets	257		—			257
Other assets	70		2,455			2,525
Total assets	$	815	$	18,248		$	19,063
Liabilities
Interest-bearing deposit liabilities	$	—	$	17		$	17
Short-term borrowings	—		3,059			3,059
Long-term debt	—		8,092			8,092
Interest payable	—		155			155
Unearned insurance premiums and service revenue	417		—			417
Accrued expenses and other liabilities	221		1,272			1,493
Total liabilities	$	638	$	12,595		$	13,233

(a) Includes ABA Seguros.

(b) Includes our international entities being sold to GM Financial.

Held-for-sale Operations Recurring Fair Value [Table Text Block]

The following table displays the assets and liabilities of our held-for-sale operations measured at fair value on a recurring basis. Refer to Note 22 for descriptions of valuation methodologies used to measure material assets at fair value and details of the valuation models, key inputs to these models, and significant assumptions used.

	Recurring fair value measurements
($ in millions)	Level 1		Level 2		Level 3		Total
March 31, 2013
Assets
Investment securities
Available-for-sale securities
Debt securities
Foreign government	$	328	$	—	$	—	$	328
Corporate debt	—		93		—		93
Other assets
Derivative assets:
Interest rate contracts	—		—		7		7
Foreign currency contracts	—		17		—		17
Total assets	$	328	$	110	$	7	$	445
Liabilities
Accrued expenses and other liabilities:
Derivative liabilities
Interest rate contracts	$	—	$	11	$	8	$	19
Total liabilities	$	—	$	11	$	8	$	19
December 31, 2012
Assets
Investment securities
Available-for-sale securities
Debt securities
Foreign government	$	555	$	42	$	—	$	597
Corporate debt	—		76		—		76
Other	—		327		—		327
Other assets
Derivative assets:
Interest rate contracts	—		22		9		31
Total assets	$	555	$	467	$	9	$	1,031
Liabilities
Accrued expenses and other liabilities:
Derivative liabilities
Interest rate contracts	$	—	$	24	$	11	$	35
Foreign currency contracts	—		1		18		19
Total liabilities	$	—	$	25	$	29	$	54