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Customer Deposits (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2017
Customer Deposits (Tables) [Abstract] |
Deposits By Component Alternative | As of September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016, customer deposits were categorized as interest bearing or non-interest bearing as follows:
(Millions) |  | 2017 |  | 2016
U.S.: |  |  |  |  |  |
| Interest bearing |  | $ | 60,573 |  | $ | 52,316
| Non-interest bearing (includes Card Member credit balances of: 2017, $300 million; 2016, $331 million) |  |  | 337 |  |  | 367
Non-U.S.: |  |  |  |  |  |
| Interest bearing |  |  | 32 |  |  | 58
| Non-interest bearing (includes Card Member credit balances of: 2017, $334 million; 2016, $285 million) |  |  | 348 |  |  | 301
Total customer deposits |  | $ | 61,290 |  | $ | 53,042
Deposits By Type | Customer deposits by deposit type as of September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016 were as follows:
(Millions) |  | 2017 |  | 2016
U.S. retail deposits: |  |  |  |  |  |
| Savings accounts – Direct |  | $ | 30,780 |  | $ | 30,980
| Certificates of deposit:(a) |  |  |  |  |  |
|  | Direct |  |  | 290 |  |  | 291
|  | Third-party (brokered) |  |  | 17,229 |  |  | 11,925
| Sweep accounts – Third-party (brokered) |  |  | 12,274 |  |  | 9,120
Other deposits: |  |  |  |  |  |
| U.S. non-interest bearing deposits |  |  | 37 |  |  | 36
| Non-U.S. deposits |  |  | 46 |  |  | 74
Card Member credit balances ― U.S. and non-U.S. |  |  | 634 |  |  | 616
Total customer deposits |  | $ | 61,290 |  | $ | 53,042
The weighted average remaining maturity and weighted average interest rate at issuance on the to tal portfolio of U.S. retail certificates of deposit issued through direct an d third-party programs were 44 months and 2.10 perce nt, respectively, as of September 30, 2017.
Time Deposits By Maturity | The scheduled maturities of certificates of deposit as of September 30, 2017 were as follows:
(Millions) |  | U.S. |  | Non-U.S. |  | Total
2017 |  | $ | 1,450 |  | $ | 3 |  | $ | 1,453
2018 |  |  | 5,160 |  |  | 16 |  |  | 5,176
2019 |  |  | 4,252 |  |  | ― |  |  | 4,252
2020 |  |  | 3,511 |  |  | ― |  |  | 3,511
2021 |  |  | 1,234 |  |  | ― |  |  | 1,234
After 5 years |  |  | 1,912 |  |  | ― |  |  | 1,912
Total |  | $ | 17,519 |  | $ | 19 |  | $ | 17,538
Time Deposits $250,000 Or More | As of September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016, certificates of deposit in denominations of $250,000 or more, in the aggregate, were as follows:
(Millions) |  | 2017 |  | 2016
U.S. |  | $ | 113 |  | $ | 117
Non-U.S. |  |  | 8 |  |  | 7
Total |  | $ | 121 |  | $ | 124

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