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INCOME TAXES - Foreign Earnings (Details) (USD $)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
Income Tax Examination [Line Items]      
Income (loss) from discontinued operations $ 10,000,000us-gaap_DiscontinuedOperationIncomeLossFromDiscontinuedOperationBeforeIncomeTax $ (242,000,000)us-gaap_DiscontinuedOperationIncomeLossFromDiscontinuedOperationBeforeIncomeTax $ (109,000,000)us-gaap_DiscontinuedOperationIncomeLossFromDiscontinuedOperationBeforeIncomeTax
Accumulated undistributed profits of non-U.S. subsidiaries considered indefinitely reinvested 43,800,000,000us-gaap_UndistributedEarningsOfForeignSubsidiaries    
Additional tax liability to be provided should be undistributed earnings of foreign subsidiaries which were indefinitely invested were remitted currently 11,600,000,000c_AdditionalTaxesOnUndistributedForeignEarnings    
Total bad debt reserved not included in deferred tax liabilities calculation 358,000,000us-gaap_BadDebtReserveForTaxPurposesOfQualifiedLender    
Deferred tax liabilities not recognized relating to bad debt reserved 125,000,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxLiabilityNotRecognizedAmountOfUnrecognizedDeferredTaxLiabilityBadDebtReserveForTaxPurposesOfQualifiedLender    
In offices outside the U.S.      
Income Tax Examination [Line Items]      
Pretax earnings 10,100,000,000c_IncomeLossBeforeIncomeTax
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13,100,000,000c_IncomeLossBeforeIncomeTax
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14,700,000,000c_IncomeLossBeforeIncomeTax
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Income (loss) from discontinued operations   $ 100,000,000us-gaap_DiscontinuedOperationIncomeLossFromDiscontinuedOperationBeforeIncomeTax
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