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Guarantees (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2014

Guarantees (Tables) [Abstract]

Information related to guarantees

The following table provides information related to such guarantees as of March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013:

		Maximum potential
		undiscounted future
		payments(a)						Related liability(b)
		(Billions)						(Millions)
Type of Guarantee		2014			2013			2014			2013
Card and travel operations(c)		$	42		$	44		$	46		$	88
Other(d)			1			1			74			73
Total		$	43		$	45		$	120		$	161

• Represents the notional amounts that could be lost under the guarantees and indemnifications if there were a total default by the guaranteed parties.
• Included in other liabilities on the Company's Consolidated Balance Sheets.
• Primarily includes Return Protection and Merchant Protection. The maximum potential undiscounted future payments for Merchant Protection are measured using management's best estimate of maximum exposure based on all eligible claims in relation to annual billed business volumes.
• Primarily includes guarantees related to the Company's business dispositions and real estate.

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Tabular disclosure of each guarantee obligation, or each group of similar guarantee obligations, including (a) the nature of the guarantee, including its term, how it arose, and the events or circumstances that would require the guarantor to perform under the guarantee; (b) the maximum potential amount of future payments (undiscounted) the guarantor could be required to make under the guarantee; (c) the current carrying amount of the liability, if any, for the guarantor's obligations under the guarantee; and (d) the nature of any recourse provisions under the guarantee, and any assets held either as collateral or by third parties, and any relevant related party disclosure. Excludes disclosures about product warranties.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 460

-SubTopic 10

-Section 50

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-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6851643&loc=d3e12069-110248



Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 460

-SubTopic 10

-Section 50

-Paragraph 6

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6851643&loc=d3e12265-110248

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