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Customer Deposits (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2013
Customer Deposits (Tables) [Abstract] |
Deposits By Component Alternative | As of March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012, customer deposits we re categorized as interest-bearing or non-interest-bearing, as follows:
(Millions) | 2013 |  | 2012
U.S.: |  |  |  |  |
| Interest-bearing | $ | 40,786 |  | $ | 39,649
| Non-interest-bearing (includes $155 million of cardmember credit balances)(a) |  | 174 |  |  | 10
Non-U.S.: |  |  |  |  |
| Interest-bearing |  | 126 |  |  | 135
| Non-interest-bearing (includes $206 million of cardmember credit balances)(a) |  | 215 |  |  | 9
Total customer deposits | $ | 41,301 |  | $ | 39,803
Beginning the first quarter 2013, the Company reclassified prospectively Cardmember c redit balances from Cardmember loans, Cardmember r eceivables and Other l iabilities to Customer d eposits.
Deposits By Type | C ustomer deposits by deposit type, as of March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012 were as follows:
(Millions) |  | 2013 |  | 2012
U.S. retail deposits: |  |  |  |  |  |
| Savings accounts – Direct |  | $ | 21,150 |  | $ | 18,713
| Certificates of deposit: |  |  |  |  |  |
|  | Direct |  |  | 722 |  |  | 725
|  | Third-party |  |  | 8,280 |  |  | 8,851
| Sweep accounts – Third-party |  |  | 10,634 |  |  | 11,360
| Other retail deposits: |  |  |  |  |  |
|  | Non-U.S. deposits and U.S. non-interest bearing |  |  | 154 |  |  | 154
| Cardmember credit balances - U.S. and non-U.S. |  |  | 361 |  |  | ―
Total customer deposits |  | $ | 41,301 |  | $ | 39,803
Time Deposits By Maturity | The scheduled maturities of certificates of deposit as of March 31, 2013 we re as follows:
(Millions) |  | U.S. |  | Non-U.S. |  | Total
2013 |  | $ | 4,128 |  | $ | 1 |  | $ | 4,129
2014 |  |  | 2,637 |  |  | 1 |  |  | 2,638
2015 |  |  | 727 |  |  | ― |  |  | 727
2016 |  |  | 902 |  |  | ― |  |  | 902
2017 |  |  | 382 |  |  | ― |  |  | 382
After 5 years |  |  | 226 |  |  | ― |  |  | 226
Total |  | $ | 9,002 |  | $ | 2 |  | $ | 9,004
Time Deposits $100,000 Or More | As of March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012, certificates of deposit in denominations of $100,000 or more were as follows:
(Millions) |  | 2013 |  | 2012
U.S. |  | $ | 476 |  | $ | 475
Non-U.S. |  |  | 1 |  |  | 1
Total |  | $ | 477 |  | $ | 476

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