Short-Term Borrowings

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2014

Short-term Debt [Abstract]

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Short-term Borrowings

The following table presents the composition of our short-term borrowings portfolio.

	March 31, 2014						December 31, 2013
($ in millions)	Unsecured		Secured (a)		Total		Unsecured		Secured (a)		Total
Demand notes	$	3,404	$	—	$	3,404	$	3,225	$	—	$	3,225
Federal Home Loan Bank	—		750		750		—		3,570		3,570
Securities sold under agreements to repurchase (b)	—		759		759		—		1,500		1,500
Other (c)	—		250		250		—		250		250
Total short-term borrowings	$	3,404	$	1,759	$	5,163	$	3,225	$	5,320	$	8,545

(a) Refer to Note 13 for further details on assets restricted as collateral for payment of the related debt.

(b) We periodically enter into term repurchase agreements, short-term borrowing arrangements in which we sell financial instruments to one or more investors while simultaneously committing to repurchase them at a specified future date, at the stated price plus accrued interest. The financial instruments sold under agreement to repurchase typically consist of U.S. government and agency securities.

(c) Other relates to secured borrowings at our Commercial Finance Group at March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013.