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Reportable Operating Segment
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2011
Segment Reporting Disclosure [Abstract] 
Reportable Operating Segments

16. Reportable Operating Segments

The Company is a leading global payments and travel company that is principally engaged in businesses comprising four reportable operating segments: USCS, ICS, GCS and GNMS. Corporate functions and auxiliary businesses, including the Company's publishing business, the Enterprise Growth Group (including the Global Prepaid Group), as well as other company operations are included in Corporate & Other.

Beginning in the first quarter of 2011, the Company changed its segment allocation methodology to better align segment reporting with the Company's previously announced management reorganization, which has been implemented over the last several quarters. The reorganization included the formation of the Enterprise Growth Group, which is reported in the Corporate & Other segment. Starting in the first quarter of 2011, certain business activities such as Loyalty Edge and Global Foreign Exchange Services that were previously managed and reported in the USCS and GCS operating segments, respectively, are now managed by Enterprise Growth and reported in the Corporate & Other segment. The reorganization also included consolidation of certain corporate support functions into the Global Services organization. Greater centralization of activities has led to modifications in the costs being allocated from the Corporate & Other segment to the reported operating segments starting in the first quarter of 2011. Prior period segment results have been revised for these changes.

 

The following table presents certain operating segment information

    Three Months Ended  Nine Months Ended
    September 30,  September 30,
(Millions)  2011  2010  2011  2010
Non-interest revenues:            
USCS $2,710 $2,501 $7,892 $7,278
ICS  1,132  926  3,233  2,668
GCS  1,195  1,128  3,631  3,217
GNMS  1,188  1,048  3,459  2,986
Corporate & Other, including adjustments and eliminations(a)  167  186  541  510
 Total $6,392 $5,789 $18,756 $16,659
              
Interest income:            
USCS $1,329 $1,334 $3,886 $4,060
ICS  323  342  995  1,047
GCS  3  2  7  5
GNMS  2  1  4  3
Corporate & Other, including adjustments and eliminations(a)  97  115  317  382
 Total $1,754 $1,794 $5,209 $5,497
              
Interest expense:            
USCS $201 $210 $604 $604
ICS  108  105  322  310
GCS  68  58  196  162
GNMS  (60)  (51)  (163)  (144)
Corporate & Other, including adjustments and eliminations(a)  258  288  786  886
 Total $575 $610 $1,745 $1,818
              
Total revenues, net of interest expense:            
USCS $3,838 $3,625 $11,174 $10,734
ICS  1,347  1,163  3,906  3,405
GCS  1,130  1,072  3,442  3,060
GNMS  1,250  1,100  3,626  3,133
Corporate & Other, including adjustments and eliminations(a)  6  13  72  6
 Total $7,571 $6,973 $22,220 $20,338
              
Income (loss) from continuing operations:            
USCS $733 $595 $1,953 $1,525
ICS  221  144  571  438
GCS  197  150  558  347
GNMS  332  252  969  766
Corporate & Other, including adjustments and eliminations(a)  (248)  (48)  (344)  (81)
 Total $1,235 $1,093 $3,707 $2,995

(a) Corporate & Other includes adjustments and eliminations for intersegment activity.