Document and Entity Information - shares	6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2016	Jul. 22, 2016
Document and Entity Information
Entity Registrant Name	FIRST DATA CORP
Entity Central Index Key	0000883980
Current Fiscal Year End Date	--12-31
Entity Filer Category	Non-accelerated Filer
Document Type	10-Q
Document Period End Date	Jun. 30, 2016
Document Fiscal Year Focus	2016
Document Fiscal Period Focus	Q2
Amendment Flag	false
Class A common stock
Document Information [Line Items]
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding		341,456,745
Class B common stock
Document Information [Line Items]
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding		568,557,573