Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2017

Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]

Schedule of amounts associated with amortization of initial payments for new contracts and equity method investments

The following table presents the amounts associated with such amortization for the periods presented:

	Three months ended   March 31,
(in millions)	2017		2016
Amortization of initial payments for new contracts	$	19	$	15
Amortization related to equity method investments	11		9

Schedule of amounts associated with processing services revenue

Interchange fees and assessments charged by credit card associations to the Company’s consolidated subsidiaries and network fees related to PIN-debit and PINless-debit transactions charged by debit networks were as follows for the periods presented:

	Three months ended   March 31,
(in millions)	2017		2016
Interchange fees and assessments	$	6,039	$	5,287
Debit network fees	745		726