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Reportable Operating Segment (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2012
Reportable Operating Segments And Geographic Operations (Tables) [Abstract] |
Operating segment information | The following table presents certain operating segment information:
|  |  |  | Three Months Ended |  |  | Six Months Ended
|  |  |  | June 30, |  |  | June 30,
(Millions) |  |  | 2012 |  |  | 2011 |  |  | 2012 |  |  | 2011
Non-interest revenues: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
USCS |  | $ | 2,925 |  | $ | 2,734 |  | $ | 5,679 |  | $ | 5,256
ICS |  |  | 1,119 |  |  | 1,142 |  |  | 2,225 |  |  | 2,159
GCS |  |  | 1,284 |  |  | 1,259 |  |  | 2,500 |  |  | 2,436
GNMS |  |  | 1,259 |  |  | 1,183 |  |  | 2,445 |  |  | 2,271
Corporate & Other, including adjustments and eliminations(a) |  |  | 257 |  |  | 217 |  |  | 476 |  |  | 374
| Total |  | $ | 6,844 |  | $ | 6,535 |  | $ | 13,325 |  | $ | 12,496
Interest income: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
USCS |  | $ | 1,302 |  | $ | 1,225 |  | $ | 2,616 |  | $ | 2,483
ICS |  |  | 276 |  |  | 317 |  |  | 569 |  |  | 614
GCS |  |  | 2 |  |  | 2 |  |  | 5 |  |  | 4
GNMS |  |  | 5 |  |  | 1 |  |  | 9 |  |  | 2
Corporate & Other, including adjustments and eliminations(a) |  |  | 86 |  |  | 115 |  |  | 179 |  |  | 220
| Total |  | $ | 1,671 |  | $ | 1,660 |  | $ | 3,378 |  | $ | 3,323
Interest expense: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
USCS |  | $ | 190 |  | $ | 200 |  | $ | 374 |  | $ | 403
ICS |  |  | 98 |  |  | 108 |  |  | 198 |  |  | 214
GCS |  |  | 65 |  |  | 70 |  |  | 127 |  |  | 128
GNMS |  |  | (59) |  |  | (55) |  |  | (117) |  |  | (103)
Corporate & Other, including adjustments and eliminations(a) |  |  | 256 |  |  | 254 |  |  | 542 |  |  | 528
| Total |  | $ | 550 |  | $ | 577 |  | $ | 1,124 |  | $ | 1,170
Total revenues, net of interest expense: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
USCS |  | $ | 4,037 |  | $ | 3,759 |  | $ | 7,921 |  | $ | 7,336
ICS |  |  | 1,297 |  |  | 1,351 |  |  | 2,596 |  |  | 2,559
GCS |  |  | 1,221 |  |  | 1,191 |  |  | 2,378 |  |  | 2,312
GNMS |  |  | 1,323 |  |  | 1,239 |  |  | 2,571 |  |  | 2,376
Corporate & Other, including adjustments and eliminations(a) |  |  | 87 |  |  | 78 |  |  | 113 |  |  | 66
| Total |  | $ | 7,965 |  | $ | 7,618 |  | $ | 15,579 |  | $ | 14,649
Income (loss) from continuing operations: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
USCS |  | $ | 718 |  | $ | 665 |  | $ | 1,470 |  | $ | 1,220
ICS |  |  | 178 |  |  | 161 |  |  | 375 |  |  | 350
GCS |  |  | 219 |  |  | 177 |  |  | 396 |  |  | 361
GNMS |  |  | 372 |  |  | 324 |  |  | 729 |  |  | 637
Corporate & Other, including adjustments and eliminations(a) |  |  | (148) |  |  | (32) |  |  | (375) |  |  | (96)
| Total |  | $ | 1,339 |  | $ | 1,295 |  | $ | 2,595 |  | $ | 2,472
(a) Corporate & Other includes adjustments and eliminations for intersegment activity.

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of the profit or loss and total assets for each reportable segment. An entity discloses certain information on each reportable segment if the amounts (a) are included in the measure of segment profit or loss reviewed by the chief operating decision maker or (b) are otherwise regularly provided to the chief operating decision maker, even if not included in that measure of segment profit or loss. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 21 -Subparagraph (b) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8721-108599 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 22 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8736-108599 Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (FAS) -Number 131 -Paragraph 27, 28 -LegacyDoc This reference is SUPERSEDED by the Accounting Standards Codification effective for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009. This reference is included to help users transition from the previous accounting hierarchy and will be removed from future versions of this taxonomy. Reference 4: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 30 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8906-108599 Reference 5: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 350 -SubTopic 20 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6905597&loc=d3e13816-109267 Reference 6: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 25 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8813-108599 + Details
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