Guarantees and Commitments Guarantees and Commitments (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2016

Schedule of Guarantor Obligations [Table Text Block]

Guarantees are defined as contracts or indemnification agreements that contingently require us to make payments to third parties based on changes in the underlying agreements with the guaranteed parties. The following summarizes our outstanding guarantees, including those of our discontinued operations, made to third parties on our Consolidated Balance Sheet, for the periods shown.



	2016				2015
December 31, ($ in millions)	Maximum liability		Carrying value of liability		Maximum liability		Carrying value of liability
Standby letters of credit and other guarantees	$	175	$	8	$	208	$	13

Financing Commitments [Table Text Block]

The contractual commitments were as follows.



December 31, ($ in millions)	2016		2015
Commitments to provide capital to investees (a)	$	206	$	132
Construction-lending commitments (b)	164		197
Home equity lines of credit (c)	356		358
Unused revolving credit line commitments and other (d)	1,995		1,445


(a)	We are committed to contribute capital to certain investees. The fair value of these commitments is considered in the overall valuation of the underlying assets with which they are associated.


(b)	The fair value of these commitments is considered in the overall valuation of the related assets.


(c)	We are committed to fund the remaining unused balances on home equity lines of credit.


(d)	The unused portion of revolving lines of credit reset at prevailing market rates and, as such, approximate market value.

Schedule of Future Minimum Rental Payments for Operating Leases [Table Text Block]

Future minimum rental payments required under operating leases, primarily for real property, with noncancelable lease terms expiring after December 31, 2016, are as follows.



Year ended December 31, ($ in millions)
2017	$	36
2018	36
2019	35
2020	33
2021	25
2022 and thereafter	75
Total minimum payment required	$	240

Long-term Purchase Commitment [Table Text Block]

We have entered into multiple agreements for information technology, voice and communication technology, and related maintenance. Many of the agreements are subject to variable price provisions, fixed or minimum price provisions, and termination or renewal provisions.



Year ended December 31, ($ in millions)
2017	$	94
2018 and 2019	13
2020 and thereafter	4
Total future payment obligations	$	111