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CONTINGENCIES (Details)
3 Months Ended 0 Months Ended 1 Months Ended 3 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
USD ($)
Mar. 31, 2015
Oceanografia
USD ($)
Mar. 05, 2015
Parmalat Litigation
defendant
Jan. 31, 2011
Parmalat Litigation
EUR (€)
Mar. 31, 2015
Mortgage-backed securities trustee actions
Citigroup, Inc. Securities Litigation
USD ($)
Mar. 31, 2015
Lehman Brothers Bankruptcy
USD ($)
Contingencies            
Possible loss, high end of the range $ 4,000,000,000us-gaap_LossContingencyRangeOfPossibleLossPortionNotAccrued          
Aggregate original purchase amount         1,900,000,000c_PurchaseAmountOfCollateralizedDebtObligationsAndMortgageBackedSecurities
/ us-gaap_LitigationCaseAxis
= c_CitigroupIncSecuritiesLitigationMember
/ us-gaap_LossContingenciesByNatureOfContingencyAxis
= c_MortgageBackedSecuritiesTrusteeActionsMember
 
Aggregate original purchase amount of the purchases covered by tolling agreements         1,400,000,000c_CollateralizedDebtObligationsAndMortgageBackedSecuritiesCoveredByTollingAgreements
/ us-gaap_LitigationCaseAxis
= c_CitigroupIncSecuritiesLitigationMember
/ us-gaap_LossContingenciesByNatureOfContingencyAxis
= c_MortgageBackedSecuritiesTrusteeActionsMember
 
Proofs of claims           2,600,000,000us-gaap_GainContingencyUnrecordedAmount
/ us-gaap_LossContingenciesByNatureOfContingencyAxis
= c_LehmanBrothersBankruptcyMember
Bankruptcy claim clearing obligations amount to avoid from setoff           500,000,000c_BankruptcyClaimClearingObligationsAmountToAvoidFromSetoff
/ us-gaap_LossContingenciesByNatureOfContingencyAxis
= c_LehmanBrothersBankruptcyMember
Amount of fine   90,000c_LossContingencyLitigationFine
/ us-gaap_LitigationCaseAxis
= c_OceanografiaMember
       
Number of defendants     8us-gaap_LossContingencyNumberOfDefendants
/ us-gaap_LitigationCaseAxis
= c_ParmalatLitigationMember
     
Damages sought       € 130,000,000c_LossContingencyDamagesClaimedByCertainInvestors
/ us-gaap_LitigationCaseAxis
= c_ParmalatLitigationMember