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Quarterly Financial Data (Unaudited) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2013
Quarterly Financial Data [Abstract] |
Quarterly Financial Data | NOTE 27 QUARTERLY FINANCIAL DATA (UNAUDITED)
(Millions, except per share amounts) |  | 2013 |  | 2012
Quarters Ended |  |  | 12/31 |  |  | 9/30 |  |  | 6/30 |  |  | 3/31 |  |  | 12/31(b) |  | 9/30 |  |  | 6/30 |  |  | 3/31
Total revenues net of interest expense |  | $ | 8,547 |  | $ | 8,301 |  | $ | 8,245 |  | $ | 7,881 |  | $ | 8,141 | $ | 7,862 |  | $ | 7,965 |  | $ | 7,587
Pretax income |  |  | 1,980 |  |  | 2,004 |  |  | 1,995 |  |  | 1,909 |  |  | 929 |  | 1,870 |  |  | 1,879 |  |  | 1,773
Net income |  |  | 1,308 |  |  | 1,366 |  |  | 1,405 |  |  | 1,280 |  |  | 637 |  | 1,250 |  |  | 1,339 |  |  | 1,256
Earnings Per Common Share — Basic: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Net income attributable to common |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
|  | shareholders(a) |  | $ | 1.22 |  | $ | 1.26 |  | $ | 1.28 |  | $ | 1.15 |  | $ | 0.57 | $ | 1.10 |  | $ | 1.16 |  | $ | 1.07
Earnings Per Common Share — Diluted: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Net income attributable to common |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
|  | shareholders(a) |  |  | 1.21 |  |  | 1.25 |  |  | 1.27 |  |  | 1.15 |  |  | 0.56 |  | 1.09 |  |  | 1.15 |  |  | 1.07
Cash dividends declared per common share |  |  | 0.23 |  |  | 0.23 |  |  | 0.23 |  |  | 0.20 |  |  | 0.20 |  | 0.20 |  |  | 0.20 |  |  | 0.20
Common share price: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
|  | High |  |  | 90.79 |  |  | 78.63 |  |  | 78.61 |  |  | 67.48 |  |  | 59.40 |  | 59.73 |  |  | 61.42 |  |  | 59.26
|  | Low |  | $ | 72.08 |  | $ | 71.47 |  | $ | 63.43 |  | $ | 58.31 |  | $ | 53.02 | $ | 54.35 |  | $ | 53.18 |  | $ | 47.40
Represents net income, less earnings allocated to participating share awards of $11 million for the quarter ended December 31, 2013, $12 million for the quarter ended September 30, 201 3, $13 million for the quarter ended June 30, 201 3, $11 million for the quarter ended March 31, 201 3, $7 million for the quarter ended D ecember 31, 201 2, and $14 million for each of the quarter s ended September 30, 201 2, June 30, 201 2 and March 31, 201 2. The results of operations for the quarter ended December 31, 2012 included a $400 million restructuring charge ($287 million after-tax), a $342 million Membership Rewards expense ($212 million after-tax) and $153 million ($95 million after-tax) of Card Member reimbursements. The $153 million includes amounts related to prior periods, with $49 million relating to the first three quarters of 2012 and $83 million relating to periods prior to January 1, 2012. The Company has assessed the materiality of these errors on all prior periods and concluded that the impact was not material to those prior periods or to any quarter or full year for 2012.

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- Definition The entire disclosure for the quarterly financial data in the annual financial statements. The disclosure may include a tabular presentation of financial information for each fiscal quarter for the current and previous year, including revenues, gross profit, income or loss before extraordinary items and earnings per share data. It also includes an indication if the information in the note is unaudited, comments on the aggregate effect of year-end adjustments, and an explanation of matters or transactions that affect comparability or are pertinent to an understanding of the information furnished. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 270 -SubTopic 10 -Section 45 -Paragraph 13 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6372559&loc=d3e765-108305 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 270 -SubTopic 10 -Section 45 -Paragraph 12 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6372559&loc=d3e725-108305 Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 270 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (a)-(j) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=25249566&loc=d3e1280-108306 Reference 4: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher SEC -Name Staff Accounting Bulletin (SAB) -Number Topic 6 -Section G -Subsection 1 Reference 5: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher SEC -Name Regulation S-K (SK) -Number 229 -Section 302 -Paragraph a + Details
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