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Customer Deposits (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2013
Customer Deposits (Tables) [Abstract] |
Deposits By Component Alternative | As of June 30, 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 |  | $ | 39,988 |  | $ | 39,649
| Non-interest-bearing (includes cardmember credit balances of: |  |  |  |  |  |
|  | 2013, $166 million; 2012, nil)(a) |  |  | 187 |  |  | 10
Non-U.S.: |  |  |  |  |  |
| Interest-bearing |  |  | 123 |  |  | 135
| Non-interest-bearing (includes cardmember credit balances of: |  |  |  |  |  |
|  | 2013, $207 million; 2012, nil)(a) |  |  | 217 |  |  | 9
Total customer deposits |  | $ | 40,515 |  | $ | 39,803
Deposits By Type | Beginning the first quarter 2013, the Company reclassified prospectively Cardmember credit balances from Cardmember loans, Cardmember receivables and Other liabilities to Customer deposits. C ustomer deposits by deposit type as of June 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012 were as follows:
(Millions) |  | 2013 |  | 2012
U.S. retail deposits: |  |  |  |  |  |
| Savings accounts – Direct |  | $ | 22,390 |  | $ | 18,713
| Certificates of deposit: |  |  |  |  |  |
|  | Direct |  |  | 701 |  |  | 725
|  | Third-party |  |  | 7,973 |  |  | 8,851
| Sweep accounts – Third-party |  |  | 8,924 |  |  | 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. |  |  | 373 |  |  | ―
Total customer deposits |  | $ | 40,515 |  | $ | 39,803
Time Deposits By Maturity | The scheduled maturities of certificates of deposit as of June 30, 2013 we re as follows:
(Millions) |  | U.S. |  | Non-U.S. |  | Total
2013 |  | $ | 3,263 |  | $ | 2 |  | $ | 3,265
2014 |  |  | 2,651 |  |  | 1 |  |  | 2,652
2015 |  |  | 848 |  |  | ― |  |  | 848
2016 |  |  | 1,092 |  |  | ― |  |  | 1,092
2017 |  |  | 447 |  |  | ― |  |  | 447
After 5 years |  |  | 373 |  |  | ― |  |  | 373
Total |  | $ | 8,674 |  | $ | 3 |  | $ | 8,677
Time Deposits $100,000 Or More | As of June 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012, certificates of deposit in denominations of $100,000 or more were as follows:
(Millions) |  | 2013 |  | 2012
U.S. |  | $ | 464 |  | $ | 475
Non-U.S. |  |  | 1 |  |  | 1
Total |  | $ | 465 |  | $ | 476

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