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Deferred Payment Arrangement, Cash Proceeds from Sale of Other Investments

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Deferred Payment Arrangement, Cash Proceeds from Sale of Other Investments, Period

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Preferred Shares, Valuation Based on Transfer Restrictions, Period

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Aggregate par or stated value of issued nonredeemable preferred stock (or preferred stock redeemable solely at the option of the issuer). This item includes treasury stock repurchased by the entity. Note: elements for number of nonredeemable preferred shares, par value and other disclosure concepts are in another section within stockholders' equity.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 210
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02(28))
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Amount of cash inflow from the sale of investments classified as other.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 230
-SubTopic 10
-Section 45
-Paragraph 12
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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Supplemental Financial Information - Narrative (Details) € in Millions			6 Months Ended
	Jun. 21, 2016 EUR (€)	Jun. 21, 2016 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2016 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2015 USD ($)	Jun. 21, 2016 USD ($)
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Proceeds from Visa Europe share sale			$ 27,000,000	$ 0
VE
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Proceeds from Visa Europe share sale	€ 24.2	$ 27,000,000
Deferral period	3 years	3 years
Deferred payment of cash proceeds	€ 2.3				$ 2,600,000
Preferred shares, valuation based on territory and transfer restrictions, period	12 years	12 years
VE \| Class A common stock
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Value of preferred stock convertible to common shares			$ 0
Common stock equivalent					$ 19,000,000