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Retrospective Responsibility Plan	3 Months Ended
Retrospective Responsibility Plan	Dec. 31, 2014
Retrospective Responsibility Plan [Abstract]
Retrospective Responsibility Plan	Note 2—Retrospective Responsibility Plan Under the terms of the retrospective responsibility plan, the Company maintains an escrow account from which settlements of, or judgments in, the covered litigation are paid. At December 31, 2014 and September 30, 2014, the balance of the escrow account was $1.4 billion and $1.5 billion, respectively. The Company paid $100 million to opt-out merchants from the litigation escrow account during the three months ended December 31, 2014 associated with the interchange multidistrict litigation, and an additional $179 million between January 1, 2015 and January 29, 2015. See Note 11—Legal Matters. The accrual related to the covered litigation could be either higher or lower than the litigation escrow account balance. The Company did not record an additional accrual for the covered litigation during the three months ended December 31, 2014. See Note 11—Legal Matters.