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Variable Interest Entities and Securitizations (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2018

Variable Interest Entities and Securitization [Abstract]

Carrying Amount of Assets and Liabilities of Variable Interest Entities

The tables below present a summary of VIEs in which we had continuing involvement or held a variable interest, aggregated based on VIEs with similar characteristics as of December 31, 2018 and 2017. We separately present information for consolidated and unconsolidated VIEs.

Table 6.1: Carrying Amount of Consolidated and Unconsolidated VIEs



	December 31, 2018
	Consolidated				Unconsolidated
(Dollars in millions)	Carrying Amount of Assets		Carrying Amount of Liabilities		Carrying Amount of Assets		Carrying Amount of Liabilities		Maximum Exposure to Loss
Securitization-Related VIEs:
Credit card loan securitizations⁽¹⁾	$	33,574	$	18,885	$	0	$	0	$	0
Home loan securitizations	0		0		211		74		554
Total securitization-related VIEs	33,574		18,885		211		74		554
Other VIEs:⁽²⁾
Affordable housing entities	243		17		4,238		1,303		4,238
Entities that provide capital to low-income and rural communities	1,739		117		0		0		0
Other	0		0		353		0		353
Total other VIEs	1,982		134		4,591		1,303		4,591
Total VIEs	$	35,556	$	19,019	$	4,802	$	1,377	$	5,145



	December 31, 2017
	Consolidated				Unconsolidated
(Dollars in millions)	Carrying Amount of Assets		Carrying Amount of Liabilities		Carrying Amount of Assets		Carrying Amount of Liabilities		Maximum Exposure to Loss
Securitization-Related VIEs:
Credit card loan securitizations⁽¹⁾	$	34,976	$	20,651	$	0	$	0	$	0
Home loan securitizations	0		0		455		390		1,057
Total securitization-related VIEs	34,976		20,651		455		390		1,057
Other VIEs:⁽²⁾
Affordable housing entities	226		10		4,175		1,284		4,175
Entities that provide capital to low-income and rural communities	1,498		129		0		0		0
Other	0		0		318		0		318
Total other VIEs	1,724		139		4,493		1,284		4,493
Total VIEs	$	36,700	$	20,790	$	4,948	$	1,674	$	5,550

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⁽¹⁾	Represents the carrying amount of assets and liabilities owned by the VIE, which includes the seller’s interest and repurchased notes held by other related parties.

⁽²⁾

In certain investment structures, we consolidate a VIE which in turn holds as its primary asset an investment in an unconsolidated VIE. In these instances, we disclose the carrying amount of assets and liabilities on our consolidated balance sheets as unconsolidated VIEs to avoid duplicating our exposure, as the unconsolidated VIEs are generally the operating entities generating the exposure. The carrying amount of assets and liabilities included in the unconsolidated VIE columns above related to these investment structures were $2.3 billion of assets and $811 million of liabilities as of December 31, 2018 and $2.2 billion of assets and $901 million of liabilities as of December 31, 2017.

External Debt and Receivable Balances of Securitization Programs

The table below presents our continuing involvement in certain securitization-related VIEs as of December 31, 2018 and 2017.

Table 6.2: Continuing Involvement in Securitization-Related VIEs



(Dollars in millions)	Credit Card		Mortgages
December 31, 2018:
Securities held by third-party investors	$	18,307	$	1,276
Receivables in the trust	34,197		1,305
Cash balance of spread or reserve accounts	0		116
Retained interests	Yes		Yes
Servicing retained	Yes		Yes⁽¹⁾
December 31, 2017:
Securities held by third-party investors	$	20,010	$	1,774
Receivables in the trust	35,667		1,812
Cash balance of spread or reserve accounts	0		124
Retained interests	Yes		Yes
Servicing retained	Yes		Yes⁽¹⁾

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⁽¹⁾	We retain servicing on a portion of our remaining mortgage loans in mortgage securitizations.

- Definition

Tabular disclosure of the significant judgments and assumptions made in determining whether a variable interest (as defined) held by the entity requires the variable interest entity (VIE) (as defined) to be consolidated and (or) disclose information about its involvement with the VIE, individually or in aggregate (as applicable); the nature of restrictions, if any, on the consolidated VIE's assets and on the settlement of its liabilities reported by an entity in its statement of financial position, including the carrying amounts of such assets and liabilities; the nature of, and changes in, the risks associated with involvement in the VIE; how involvement with the VIE affects the entity's financial position, financial performance, and cash flows; the lack of recourse if creditors (or beneficial interest holders) of the consolidated VIE have no recourse to the general credit of the primary beneficiary (if applicable); the terms of arrangements, giving consideration to both explicit arrangements and implicit variable interests, if any, that could require the entity to provide financial support to the VIE, including events or circumstances that could expose the entity to a loss; the methodology used by the entity for determining whether or not it is the primary beneficiary of the variable interest entity; the significant factors considered and judgments made in determining that the power to direct the activities of a VIE that most significantly impact the VIE's economic performance are shared (as defined); the carrying amounts and classification of assets and liabilities of the VIE included in the statement of financial position; the entity's maximum exposure to loss, if any, as a result of its involvement with the VIE, including how the maximum exposure is determined and significant sources of the entity's exposure to the VIE; a comparison of the carrying amounts of the assets and liabilities and the entity's maximum exposure to loss; information about any liquidity arrangements, guarantees, and (or) other commitments by third parties that may affect the fair value or risk of the entity's variable interest in the VIE; whether or not the entity has provided financial support or other support (explicitly or implicitly) to the VIE that it was not previously contractually required to provide or whether the entity intends to provide that support, including the type and amount of the support and the primary reasons for providing the support; and supplemental information the entity determines necessary to provide.

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