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Segment Reporting and Information about Geographic Areas - Schedule of Long-Lived Assets by Geographic Area (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Jun. 30, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018
Revenues from External Customers and Long-Lived Assets [Line Items]
Long-lived Assets	$ 16,283,162	$ 17,601,473
United States [Member]
Revenues from External Customers and Long-Lived Assets [Line Items]
Long-lived Assets	15,620,488	16,741,409
International [Member]
Revenues from External Customers and Long-Lived Assets [Line Items]
Long-lived Assets	$ 662,674	$ 860,064

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Long-lived assets other than financial instruments, long-term customer relationships of a financial institution, mortgage and other servicing rights, deferred policy acquisition costs, and deferred tax assets.

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Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 280
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 41
-Subparagraph (b)
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