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Settlement Guarantee Management | 6 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2014
Settlement Guarantee Management [Abstract] |
Settlement Guarantee Management | Note 6—Settlement Guarantee Management The indemnification for settlement losses that Visa provides to its financial institution clients creates settlement risk for the Company due to the difference in timing between the date of a payment transaction and the date of subsequent settlement. The exposure to settlement losses through Visa's settlement indemnification is accounted for as a settlement risk guarantee. The Company’s settlement exposure is limited to the amount of unsettled Visa payment transactions at any point in time. The Company requires certain financial institution clients that do not meet its credit standards to post collateral to offset potential loss from their estimated unsettled transactions. The Company’s estimated maximum settlement exposure was $56.2 billion at March 31, 2014, compared to $53.8 billion at September 30, 2013. Of these settlement exposure amounts, $3.1 billion and $3.0 billion were covered by collateral at March 31, 2014 and September 30, 2013, respectively. The Company maintained collateral as follows:
| March 31, 2014 |  | September 30, 2013
| (in millions)
Cash equivalents | $ | 923 |  |  | $ | 866 |
Pledged securities at market value | 191 |  |  | 256 |
Letters of credit | 1,184 |  |  | 1,191 |
Guarantees | 1,372 |  |  | 1,411 |
Total | $ | 3,670 |  |  | $ | 3,724 |
The total available collateral balances presented in the table above were greater than the settlement exposure covered by customer collateral held due to instances in which the available collateral exceeded the total settlement exposure for certain financial institutions at each date presented. The fair value of the settlement risk guarantee is estimated based on a proprietary probability-weighted model and was approximately $2 million at March 31, 2014 and $1 million at September 30, 2013. These amounts are reflected in accrued liabilities on the consolidated balance sheets.

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- Definition The entire disclosure for each guarantee obligation, or each group of similar guarantee obligations, including (a) the nature of the guarantee, including its term, how it arose, and the events or circumstances that would require the guarantor to perform under the guarantee; (b) the maximum potential amount of future payments (undiscounted) the guarantor could be required to make under the guarantee; (c) the current carrying amount of the liability, if any, for the guarantor's obligations under the guarantee; and (d) the nature of any recourse provisions under the guarantee, and any assets held either as collateral or by third parties, and any relevant related party disclosure. Excludes disclosures about product warranties. + References No definition available. + Details
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