Other Assets (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2016

Other Assets [Abstract]

Schedule of Other Assets [Table Text Block]

The components of other assets were as follows.

($ in millions)	September 30, 2016			December 31, 2015
Property and equipment at cost	$	838		$	691
Accumulated depreciation	(507		)	(456		)
Net property and equipment	331			235
Restricted cash collections for securitization trusts (a)	1,473			2,010
Net deferred tax assets	967			1,369
Nonmarketable equity investments (b)	818			418
Other accounts receivable	447			158
Accrued interest and rent receivables	408			402
Goodwill (c)	240			27
Cash reserve deposits held-for-securitization trusts (d)	188			252
Fair value of derivative contracts in receivable position (e)	141			233
Restricted cash and cash equivalents	98			120
Cash collateral placed with counterparties	78			125
Other assets	1,118			972
Total other assets	$	6,307		$	6,321

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

(b) Includes investments in FHLB stock of $352 million and $391 million and FRB stock of $435 million and $0 million at September 30, 2016, and December 31, 2015, respectively.

(c) Includes goodwill of $27 million at our Insurance operations at both September 30, 2016, and December 31, 2015, $193 million and $0 million within Corporate and Other at September 30, 2016, and December 31, 2015, respectively, and $20 million and $0 million within Automotive Finance operations at September 30, 2016, and December 31, 2015, respectively. As a result of our acquisition of TradeKing, we recognized $193 million of goodwill within Corporate and Other on June 1, 2016. On August 1, 2016, we purchased assets from Blue Yield. As a result of this purchase, we recognized $20 million of goodwill within Automotive Finance operations. No other changes in the carrying amount of goodwill were recorded during the nine months endedSeptember 30, 2016.

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

(e) For additional information on derivative instruments and hedging activities, refer to Note 20.

Schedule of Goodwill [Table Text Block]

Includes goodwill of $27 million at our Insurance operations at both September 30, 2016, and December 31, 2015, $193 million and $0 million within Corporate and Other at September 30, 2016, and December 31, 2015, respectively, and $20 million and $0 million within Automotive Finance operations at September 30, 2016, and December 31, 2015, respectively. As a result of our acquisition of TradeKing, we recognized $193 million of goodwill within Corporate and Other on June 1, 2016. On August 1, 2016, we purchased assets from Blue Yield. As a result of this purchase, we recognized $20 million of goodwill within Automotive Finance operations. No other changes in the carrying amount of goodwill were recorded during the nine months endedSeptember 30, 2016.