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U.S. and Europe Retrospective Responsibility Plans (Details) $ / shares in Units, € in Millions, shares in Millions, $ in Millions | 3 Months Ended |  |  |
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Dec. 31, 2016 EUR (€) | Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($) $ / shares shares | Sep. 30, 2016 USD ($) shares | Jun. 21, 2016
Restricted Cash and Cash Equivalents Items [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Escrow account | $ |  | $ 1,028 |  | $ 1,027 |
VE territory covered loss, maximum amount of loss to allow adjustment of conversion rate during six-month period | € | € 20 |  |  |  |
Right to recover for covered losses | $ |  | $ 128 | [1],[2] | $ 34 |
Closing stock price | $ / shares |  | $ 78.02 |  |  |
U.K.& I preferred stock |  |  |  |  |
Restricted Cash and Cash Equivalents Items [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Preferred stock, shares outstanding | shares |  | 2 |  | 2 |
Europe preferred stock |  |  |  |  |
Restricted Cash and Cash Equivalents Items [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Preferred stock, shares outstanding | shares |  | 3 |  | 3 |
Visa Europe |  |  |  |  |
Restricted Cash and Cash Equivalents Items [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Initial conversion rate of U.K.&I and Europe preferred stock into Class A equivalent preferred stock |  |  |  |  | 13.952
[1] | Figures in the table may not recalculate exactly due to rounding. As-converted and book values are based on unrounded numbers.
[2] | The as-converted value of preferred stock is calculated as the product of: (a) 2 million and 3 million shares of the U.K.&I and Europe preferred stock outstanding, respectively, as of December 31, 2016; (b) the 13.952 class A common stock conversion rate applicable to both the U.K.&I and Europe preferred stock as of December 31, 2016; and (c) $78.02, Visa's class A common stock closing stock price as of December 31, 2016.

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