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Reserves For Losses (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2013
Reserves For Losses Tables [Abstract] |
Changes in the cardmember receivable reserve for losses | The following table presents changes in the cardmember receivables reserve for losses for the three months ended March 31:
(Millions) |  | 2013 |  | 2012
Balance, January 1 |  | $ | 428 |  | $ | 438
Additions: |  |  |  |  |  |
| Provisions(a) |  |  | 154 |  |  | 149
| Other(b) |  |  | 41 |  |  | 29
|  | Total provision |  |  | 195 |  |  | 178
Deductions: |  |  |  |  |  |
| Net write-offs(c) |  |  | (178) |  |  | (182)
| Other(d) |  |  | (35) |  |  | (10)
Balance, March 31 |  | $ | 410 |  | $ | 424
P rovisions for principal (resulting from authorized transactions) and fee reserve components. P rovisions for unauthorized transactions. Consists of principal (resulting from authorized transactions) and fee components, less recoveries of $99 million and $93 million for the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively. I nclude s net write-offs resulting from unauthorized transactions of $(40) million and $(33) million for the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively; foreign currency translation adjustments of $(2) million and $3 million for the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively; reclassified cardmember bankruptcy reserves of $18 million for the three months ended March 31, 2012 only (cardmember bankruptcy reserves were classified as other liabilities in periods prior to March 31, 2012); and other items of $7 million and $2 million for the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively.
Cardmember receivables and related reserves evaluated separately and collectively for impairment | The following table presents cardmember receivables evaluated individually and collectively for impair ment and related reserves as of March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012:
(Millions) |  | 2013 |  | 2012
Cardmember receivables evaluated individually for impairment(a) |  | $ | 113 |  | $ | 117
Related reserves(a) |  | $ | 88 |  | $ | 91
Cardmember receivables evaluated collectively for impairment |  | $ | 43,258 |  | $ | 42,649
Related reserves |  | $ | 322 |  | $ | 337
Represents receivables modified in a TDR and related reserves. Refer to the Impaired Cardmember Loans and Receivables dis cussion in N ote 3 for further information.
Changes in the cardmember loans reserve for losses | The following table presents changes in the cardmember loans reserve for losses for the three months ended March 31:
(Millions) |  | 2013 |  | 2012
Balance, January 1 |  | $ | 1,471 |  | $ | 1,874
Additions: |  |  |  |  |  |
| Provisions(a) |  |  | 243 |  |  | 185
| Other(b) |  |  | 32 |  |  | 27
|  | Total provision |  |  | 275 |  |  | 212
Deductions: |  |  |  |  |  |
| Net write-offs |  |  |  |  |  |
|  | Principal(c) |  |  | (304) |  |  | (349)
|  | Interest and fees(c) |  |  | (38) |  |  | (44)
| Other(d) |  |  | (37) |  |  | (13)
Balance, March 31 |  | $ | 1,367 |  | $ | 1,680
P rovisions for principal (resulting from authorized transacti ons), interest and fee reserves components. P rovisions for unauthorized transactions. Consists of principal write-offs (resulting from authorized transactions), less recoveries of $114 million and $133 million for the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively. Recoveries of interest and fees were de minimis. I nclude s net write-offs resulting from unauthorized transactions of $(32) million and $(28) million for the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively; foreign currency translation adjustments of $(1) million and $10 million for the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively; reclassified c ardmember bankruptcy reserves of $4 million for the three months ended March 31, 2012 only (cardmember bankruptcy reserves were classified as other liabilities in periods prior to March 31, 2012); and other items of $(4) million and $1 million for the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively.
Cardmember loans and related reserves evaluated separately and collectively for impairment | The following table presents cardmember loans evaluated individually and collectively for impairment and related reserves as of March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012:
(Millions) |  | 2013 |  | 2012
Cardmember loans evaluated individually for impairment(a) |  | $ | 578 |  | $ | 633
Related reserves (a) |  | $ | 144 |  | $ | 153
Cardmember loans evaluated collectively for impairment(b) |  | $ | 61,708 |  | $ | 64,596
Related reserves (b) |  | $ | 1,223 |  | $ | 1,318
Represents loans modified in a TDR and related reserves. Refer to the Impaired Cardmember Loans and Receivables d iscussion in Note 3 for further information. Represents current loans and loans less than 90 days past due, loans over 90 days past due and accruing interest, and non-accrual loans and related reserves. The reserves include the quantitative results of analytical models that are specific to individual pools of loans and reserves for external environmental qual itative factors that apply to loans in geographic markets that are collectively evaluated for impairment and are not specific to any individual pool of loans.

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