Card Member Receivables and Card Member Loans (Details 2) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Sep. 30, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018
Card Member Receivables [Member]
Financing receivable recorded investment aging
Card Member receivables total aging	$ 24,955	$ 24,596
Global Consumer Services Group [Member] \| Card Member Receivables [Member]
Financing receivable recorded investment aging
Current	8,702	8,432
Card Member receivables total aging	8,785	8,485
Global Consumer Services Group [Member] \| Card Member Loans [Member]
Financing receivable recorded investment aging
Current	636	636
Card Member loans total aging	642	641
Global Consumer Services Group [Member] \| 30-59 Days Past Due [Member] \| Card Member Receivables [Member]
Financing receivable recorded investment aging
Period past due	29	17
Global Consumer Services Group [Member] \| 30-59 Days Past Due [Member] \| Card Member Loans [Member]
Financing receivable recorded investment aging
Period past due	2	2
Global Consumer Services Group [Member] \| 60-89 Days Past Due [Member] \| Card Member Receivables [Member]
Financing receivable recorded investment aging
Period past due	15	12
Global Consumer Services Group [Member] \| 60-89 Days Past Due [Member] \| Card Member Loans [Member]
Financing receivable recorded investment aging
Period past due	1	1
Global Consumer Services Group [Member] \| 90+ Days Past Due [Member] \| Card Member Receivables [Member]
Financing receivable recorded investment aging
Period past due	39	24
Global Consumer Services Group [Member] \| 90+ Days Past Due [Member] \| Card Member Loans [Member]
Financing receivable recorded investment aging
Period past due	3	2
Global Small Business Services [Member] \| Card Member Receivables [Member]
Financing receivable recorded investment aging
Current	1,926	1,787
Card Member receivables total aging	1,949	1,805
Global Small Business Services [Member] \| 30-59 Days Past Due [Member] \| Card Member Receivables [Member]
Financing receivable recorded investment aging
Period past due	10	7
Global Small Business Services [Member] \| 60-89 Days Past Due [Member] \| Card Member Receivables [Member]
Financing receivable recorded investment aging
Period past due	4	4
Global Small Business Services [Member] \| 90+ Days Past Due [Member] \| Card Member Receivables [Member]
Financing receivable recorded investment aging
Period past due	9	7
Global Corporate Payments [Member] \| Card Member Receivables [Member]
Financing receivable recorded investment aging
Card Member receivables total aging	14,221	14,306
Global Corporate Payments [Member] \| 90+ Days Past Due [Member] \| Card Member Receivables [Member]
Financing receivable recorded investment aging
Period past due	$ 94	$ 103

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