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Settlement Guarantee Management (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2020
Settlement Guarantee Management [Abstract] |
Schedule of Customer Collateral | The Company maintains and regularly reviews global settlement risk policies and procedures to manage settlement exposure, which may require clients to post collateral if certain credit standards are not met. At March 31, 2020 and September 30, 2019, the Company held collateral as follows:
| March 31, 2020 |  | September 30, 2019
| (in millions)
Restricted cash and restricted cash equivalents | $ | 1,698 |  |  | $ | 1,648 |
Pledged securities at market value | 235 |  |  | 259 |
Letters of credit | 1,300 |  |  | 1,293 |
Guarantees | 508 |  |  | 477 |
Total | $ | 3,741 |  |  | $ | 3,677 |

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