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Reportable Operating Segment (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2013
Reportable Operating Segments And Geographic Operations (Tables) [Abstract] |
Operating segment information | The following table presents certain selected financial information:
|  |  |  | Three Months Ended |  |  | Six Months Ended
|  |  |  | June 30, |  |  | June 30,
(Millions) |  |  | 2013 |  |  | 2012 |  |  | 2013 |  |  | 2012
Non-interest revenues: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
USCS |  | $ | 3,063 |  | $ | 2,925 |  | $ | 5,941 |  | $ | 5,679
ICS |  |  | 1,130 |  |  | 1,119 |  |  | 2,254 |  |  | 2,225
GCS |  |  | 1,290 |  |  | 1,284 |  |  | 2,510 |  |  | 2,500
GNMS |  |  | 1,313 |  |  | 1,259 |  |  | 2,547 |  |  | 2,445
Corporate & Other, including adjustments and eliminations(a) |  |  | 247 |  |  | 257 |  |  | 429 |  |  | 449
| Total |  | $ | 7,043 |  | $ | 6,844 |  | $ | 13,681 |  | $ | 13,298
Interest income: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
USCS |  | $ | 1,354 |  | $ | 1,302 |  | $ | 2,740 |  | $ | 2,616
ICS |  |  | 259 |  |  | 276 |  |  | 549 |  |  | 569
GCS |  |  | 3 |  |  | 2 |  |  | 6 |  |  | 5
GNMS |  |  | 8 |  |  | 5 |  |  | 15 |  |  | 9
Corporate & Other, including adjustments and eliminations(a) |  |  | 70 |  |  | 86 |  |  | 146 |  |  | 179
| Total |  | $ | 1,694 |  | $ | 1,671 |  | $ | 3,456 |  | $ | 3,378
Interest expense: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
USCS |  | $ | 178 |  | $ | 190 |  | $ | 360 |  | $ | 374
ICS |  |  | 90 |  |  | 98 |  |  | 187 |  |  | 198
GCS |  |  | 62 |  |  | 65 |  |  | 122 |  |  | 127
GNMS |  |  | (63) |  |  | (59) |  |  | (125) |  |  | (117)
Corporate & Other, including adjustments and eliminations(a) |  |  | 225 |  |  | 256 |  |  | 467 |  |  | 542
| Total |  | $ | 492 |  | $ | 550 |  | $ | 1,011 |  | $ | 1,124
Total revenues net of interest expense: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
USCS |  | $ | 4,239 |  | $ | 4,037 |  | $ | 8,321 |  | $ | 7,921
ICS |  |  | 1,299 |  |  | 1,297 |  |  | 2,616 |  |  | 2,596
GCS |  |  | 1,231 |  |  | 1,221 |  |  | 2,394 |  |  | 2,378
GNMS |  |  | 1,384 |  |  | 1,323 |  |  | 2,687 |  |  | 2,571
Corporate & Other, including adjustments and eliminations(a) |  |  | 92 |  |  | 87 |  |  | 108 |  |  | 86
| Total |  | $ | 8,245 |  | $ | 7,965 |  | $ | 16,126 |  | $ | 15,552
Net income: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
USCS |  | $ | 743 |  | $ | 718 |  | $ | 1,547 |  | $ | 1,470
ICS |  |  | 208 |  |  | 178 |  |  | 386 |  |  | 375
GCS |  |  | 226 |  |  | 219 |  |  | 417 |  |  | 396
GNMS |  |  | 412 |  |  | 372 |  |  | 785 |  |  | 729
Corporate & Other, including adjustments and eliminations(a) |  |  | (184) |  |  | (148) |  |  | (450) |  |  | (375)
| Total |  | $ | 1,405 |  | $ | 1,339 |  | $ | 2,685 |  | $ | 2,595
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 350 -SubTopic 20 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=14024403&loc=d3e13816-109267 Reference 2: 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 3: 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 4: 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 5: 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 6: 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. + Details
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