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Customer Deposits (Details 1) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	Mar. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
U.S. retail deposits:
Savings accounts - Direct	$ 27,508us-gaap_InterestBearingDomesticDepositSavings	$ 26,159us-gaap_InterestBearingDomesticDepositSavings
Certificates of deposit - Direct	317us-gaap_InterestBearingDomesticDepositCertificatesOfDeposits	333us-gaap_InterestBearingDomesticDepositCertificatesOfDeposits
Certificates of deposit - Third party	7,384axp_ThirdPartyCertificatesOfDeposit	7,838axp_ThirdPartyCertificatesOfDeposit
Sweep accounts - Third party	8,933axp_ThirdPartySweepAccounts	8,949axp_ThirdPartySweepAccounts
Other retail deposits:
Non-U.S. deposits and U.S. non-interest bearing deposits	163us-gaap_InterestBearingDomesticDepositOtherTimeDeposit	173us-gaap_InterestBearingDomesticDepositOtherTimeDeposit
Card Member credit balances - U.S. and non-U.S.	623axp_DomesticAndForeignCardmemberCreditBalances	719axp_DomesticAndForeignCardmemberCreditBalances
Total customer deposits	$ 44,928us-gaap_Deposits	$ 44,171us-gaap_Deposits

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- Definition

Cardmember credit balances (U.S. and non-U.S.) reclassified into Other Liabilities

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- Definition

Represents third party certificate of deposit accounts offered by the Company's Banks.

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- Definition

The aggregate of all deposit liabilities held by the entity, including foreign and domestic, interest and noninterest bearing; may include demand deposits, saving deposits, Negotiable Order of Withdrawal (NOW) and time deposits among others.

+ References

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

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 942

-SubTopic 210

-Section S99

-Paragraph 1

-Subparagraph (SX 210.9-03.12)

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Amount of interest-bearing domestic certificate of deposit liabilities.

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-SubTopic 210

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- Definition

Amount of interest-bearing domestic deposit liabilities for time deposit liabilities other than certificates of deposit.

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Amount of interest-bearing domestic savings deposit liabilities. Saving deposits bear interest and have no stated maturity.

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