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Visa Europe - Impact of Acquisition on Net Income (Details) - USD ($)
$ in Millions
 3 Months Ended 12 Months Ended
Jun. 21, 2016
Sep. 30, 2016
Sep. 30, 2016
Sep. 30, 2015
Sep. 30, 2014
Dec. 31, 2015
Business Acquisition [Line Items]            
Effective settlement of the Framework Agreement $ (1,900)   $ (1,877) $ 0 $ 0  
Revaluation of Visa Europe put option     (255) 110 0  
Debt amount   $ 16,000 16,000     $ 16,000
Revenues     15,082 [1] 13,880 12,702  
Visa Europe            
Business Acquisition [Line Items]            
Visa Europe net income included in consolidated net income     299      
Less approximately $65 million of revenue that would have been recorded by Visa Inc. under the Framework Agreement, net of tax     (41)      
Effective settlement of the Framework Agreement $ (1,856) [2]   (1,184)      
Interest expense incurred on $16.0 billion debt, net of interest income earned     (243)      
Transaction costs incurred     (96)      
Revaluation of Visa Europe put option     (255)      
Remeasurement of euro deposits     91      
Remeasurement of currency forward contracts     47      
Total impact of Visa Europe acquisition on consolidated net income     (872)      
Revenues   554        
Senior Notes            
Business Acquisition [Line Items]            
Interest expense incurred on $16.0 billion debt, net of interest income earned     (399)      
Debt amount   16,000 16,000      
Framework Agreement | Visa Europe            
Business Acquisition [Line Items]            
Revenues   $ 65 $ 191 $ 255 $ 226  
[1] The Company did not include Visa Europe's financial results in the Company's consolidated statements of operations from the acquisition date, June 21, 2016, through June 30, 2016 as the impact was immaterial. The Company's consolidated statement of operations for the year ended September 30, 2016 includes Visa Europe's financial results for the three months ended September 30, 2016. See Note 2—Acquisition of Visa Europe.
[2] the loss upon consummation of the transaction resulting from the effective settlement of the Framework Agreement between Visa and Visa Europe. The Visa Europe Framework Agreement provided Visa Europe with a perpetual, exclusive right to operate the Visa business in the Visa Europe region in exchange for a license fee paid to Visa. Under the terms of the Framework Agreement, the license fee paid by Visa Europe has increased modestly since inception in 2007, while the value of the Visa Europe business has increased at a greater rate. Using an income approach, the Company assessed the contractual terms and conditions of the Framework Agreement as compared to current market conditions and the historical and expected financial performance of Visa Europe. Based on the analysis performed, the Company determined that the terms were not at fair value as determined under U.S. GAAP at the Closing. The present value of the expected differential between payments required by the Framework Agreement and those that would be required if the contract were at fair value under U.S. GAAP was calculated over the Framework Agreement's contractual perpetual term, resulting in a loss of $1.9 billion recognized within operating expense in the Company's consolidated statement of operations during the third quarter of fiscal 2016, and a reduction to the purchase accounting consideration; and