Loans and Accounts Receivable (Details 6) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended	6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2016 USD ($) M	Jun. 30, 2015 USD ($) M	Jun. 30, 2016 USD ($) M	Jun. 30, 2015 USD ($) M
Troubled Debt Restructurings
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number of Accounts	9,000	13,000	20,000	27,000
Aggregated Outstanding Balance	$ 77	$ 104	$ 172	$ 224
Card Member Loans [Member]
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number of Accounts	7,000	10,000	15,000	21,000
Aggregated Outstanding Balance	$ 50	$ 70	$ 107	$ 150
Average basis point reduction in interest rate by class of Card Member loans	10.00%	10.00%	11.00%	11.00%
Card Member Receivables [Member]
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number of Accounts	2,000	3,000	5,000	6,000
Aggregated Outstanding Balance	$ 27	$ 34	$ 65	$ 74
Average payment term extension \| M	17	12	17	12

The average basis point reduction in interest rate by class of cardmember loan.

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Number of financing receivables that have been modified by troubled debt restructurings.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 310
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 33
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=49124121&loc=SL6953676-111524

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Post-modification amount of investment in financing receivables modified by troubled debt restructurings.

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