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Reportable Operating Segment (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2013
Reportable Operating Segments And Geographic Operations (Tables) [Abstract] |
Operating segment information | The following table presents certain selected financial information for the three months ended March 31:
(Millions) |  |  | 2013 |  |  | 2012
Non-interest revenues: |  |  |  |  |  |
USCS |  | $ | 2,878 |  | $ | 2,754
ICS |  |  | 1,124 |  |  | 1,106
GCS |  |  | 1,220 |  |  | 1,216
GNMS |  |  | 1,234 |  |  | 1,186
Corporate & Other, including adjustments and eliminations(a) |  |  | 182 |  |  | 192
| Total |  | $ | 6,638 |  | $ | 6,454
Interest income: |  |  |  |  |  |
USCS |  | $ | 1,386 |  | $ | 1,314
ICS |  |  | 290 |  |  | 293
GCS |  |  | 3 |  |  | 3
GNMS |  |  | 7 |  |  | 4
Corporate & Other, including adjustments and eliminations(a) |  |  | 76 |  |  | 93
| Total |  | $ | 1,762 |  | $ | 1,707
Interest expense: |  |  |  |  |  |
USCS |  | $ | 182 |  | $ | 184
ICS |  |  | 97 |  |  | 100
GCS |  |  | 60 |  |  | 62
GNMS |  |  | (62) |  |  | (58)
Corporate & Other, including adjustments and eliminations(a) |  |  | 242 |  |  | 286
| Total |  | $ | 519 |  | $ | 574
Total revenues net of interest expense: |  |  |  |  |  |
USCS |  | $ | 4,082 |  | $ | 3,884
ICS |  |  | 1,317 |  |  | 1,299
GCS |  |  | 1,163 |  |  | 1,157
GNMS |  |  | 1,303 |  |  | 1,248
Corporate & Other, including adjustments and eliminations(a) |  |  | 16 |  |  | (1)
| Total |  | $ | 7,881 |  | $ | 7,587
Net income: |  |  |  |  |  |
USCS |  | $ | 804 |  | $ | 752
ICS |  |  | 178 |  |  | 197
GCS |  |  | 191 |  |  | 177
GNMS |  |  | 373 |  |  | 357
Corporate & Other, including adjustments and eliminations(a) |  |  | (266) |  |  | (227)
| Total |  | $ | 1,280 |  | $ | 1,256
(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 22 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8736-108599 Reference 2: 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 Reference 3: 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=14024403&loc=d3e13816-109267 Reference 4: 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 5: 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 6: 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 + Details
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