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Foreign Currency Translation - Accretable Yield

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Amount of the excess of a loan's cash flows expected to be collected over the investor's initial investment in acquired loans not accounted for as debt securities with evidence of deterioration of credit quality.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 310

-SubTopic 30

-Section 15

-Paragraph 2

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Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 310

-SubTopic 30

-Section 50

-Paragraph 2

-Subparagraph (a)(2)

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Amount of decrease from accretion of the excess of a loan's cash flows expected to be collected over the investor's initial investment in acquired loans not accounted for as debt securities with evidence of deterioration of credit quality.

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Amount of additions to the excess of a loan's cash flows expected to be collected over the investor's initial investment in acquired loans not accounted for as debt securities with evidence of deterioration of credit quality.

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Amount of increase of reclassification from nonaccretable difference to the excess of a loan's cash flows expected to be collected over the investor's initial investment in acquired loans not accounted for as debt securities with evidence of deterioration of credit quality.

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Finance Receivables Accretable Yield (Details) (Consumer Loan [Member], USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2013	Sep. 30, 2012	Sep. 30, 2013	Sep. 30, 2012	Jun. 30, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Jun. 30, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
North America [Member]
Accretable Yield [Line Items]
Certain Loans Acquired in Transfer Not Accounted for as Debt Securities, Accretable Yield, Reclassifications from Nonaccretable Difference			$ 73	$ 170
Pre-Acquisition Portfolio [Member]
Accretable Yield [Line Items]
Certain Loans Acquired in Transfer Not Accounted for as Debt Securities, Accretable Yield	329		329		394	404
Certain Loans Acquired in Transfer Not Accounted for as Debt Securities, Accretable Yield, Additions			127
Certain Loans Acquired in Transfer Not Accounted for as Debt Securities, Accretable Yield, Accretion	(85)		(269)
Certain Loans Acquired in Transfer Not Accounted for as Debt Securities, Accretable Yield, Reclassifications from Nonaccretable Difference	19		73
Foreign Currency Translation - Accretable Yield	1		(6)
Pre-Acquisition Portfolio [Member] \| North America [Member]
Accretable Yield [Line Items]
Certain Loans Acquired in Transfer Not Accounted for as Debt Securities, Accretable Yield	233	505	233	505	298	404	628	737
Certain Loans Acquired in Transfer Not Accounted for as Debt Securities, Accretable Yield, Accretion	(65)	(123)	(225)	(402)
Certain Loans Acquired in Transfer Not Accounted for as Debt Securities, Accretable Yield, Reclassifications from Nonaccretable Difference			54	170
Pre-Acquisition Portfolio [Member] \| International [Member]
Accretable Yield [Line Items]
Certain Loans Acquired in Transfer Not Accounted for as Debt Securities, Accretable Yield	96		96		96
Certain Loans Acquired in Transfer Not Accounted for as Debt Securities, Accretable Yield, Additions			127
Certain Loans Acquired in Transfer Not Accounted for as Debt Securities, Accretable Yield, Accretion	(20)		(44)
Certain Loans Acquired in Transfer Not Accounted for as Debt Securities, Accretable Yield, Reclassifications from Nonaccretable Difference	19		19
Foreign Currency Translation - Accretable Yield	$ 1		$ (6)