SECURITIZATIONS AND VARIABLE INTEREST ENTITIES - Credit Card Securitizations (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015	Mar. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2014
Securitized credit card receivables
Gains (losses) recognized on the securitization	$ 0
Ownership interests in principal amount of trust credit card receivables
Sold to investors via trust-issued securities	0
Retained by Citigroup via non-certificated interests	0
Citicorp
Ownership interests in principal amount of trust credit card receivables
Sold to investors via trust-issued securities	34,400,000,000		37,000,000,000
Retained by Citigroup as trust-issued securities	9,500,000,000		10,100,000,000
Retained by Citigroup via non-certificated interests	12,600,000,000		14,200,000,000
Total ownership interests in principal amount of trust credit card receivables	56,500,000,000		61,300,000,000
Citicorp \| Credit card securitizations
Cash Flows Between Transferor and Transferee
Proceeds from new securitizations	0	4,300,000,000
Pay down of maturing notes	(2,700,000,000)	0
Citi Holdings
Ownership interests in principal amount of trust credit card receivables
Sold to investors via trust-issued securities			0
Retained by Citigroup as trust-issued securities	0		0
Retained by Citigroup via non-certificated interests			0
Total ownership interests in principal amount of trust credit card receivables	0		0
Citi Holdings \| Credit card securitizations
Cash Flows Between Transferor and Transferee
Proceeds from new securitizations	0	100,000,000
Pay down of maturing notes	$ 0	$ 0

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The payment of maturing notes related to securitizations.

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This element represents the ownership interests in principal amount of trust credit card receivables sold to investors via trust-issued securities.

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This element represents the ownership interests in principal amount of trust credit card receivables retained by the reporting entity via non-certificated interests.

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This element represents the ownership interests in principal amount of trust credit card receivables retained by the reporting entity as trust-issued securities.

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This element represents the principal amount of credit card receivables held in trusts.

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Cash Flows between a transferor and a transferee attributable to newly transferred assets related to either a securitization, asset-backed financing arrangement, or similar transfer in which the transferor has continuing involvement with the transferred financial assets underlying the transaction (including, but not limited to, servicing, recourse, and restrictions on transferor's interests in the transferred financial assets).

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

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A gain (loss) realized on a transfer, accounted for as a sale, of all or a portion of financial assets in which the transferor surrenders control and receives consideration other than a beneficial interest in the assets transferred. Reflects the amount of sales proceeds in excess of, or deficient from, the sum of the carrying amounts of transferred financial assets plus transaction costs.

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

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 225

-SubTopic 10

-Section S99

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-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-03.7,9)

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