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Customer Deposits (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2019
Customer Deposits (Tables) [Abstract] |
Deposits By Component Alternative | As of March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018, customer deposits were categorized as interest-bearing or non-interest-bearing as follows:
(Millions) |  | 2019 |  | 2018
U.S.: |  |  |  |  |  |
| Interest-bearing |  | $ | 72,110 |  | $ | 69,144
| Non-interest-bearing (includes Card Member credit balances of: 2019, $334; 2018, $376) |  |  | 368 |  |  | 412
Non-U.S.: |  |  |  |  |  |
| Interest-bearing |  |  | 27 |  |  | 28
| Non-interest-bearing (includes Card Member credit balances of: 2019, $343; 2018, $367) |  |  | 352 |  |  | 376
Total customer deposits |  | $ | 72,857 |  | $ | 69,960
Deposits By Type | Customer deposits by deposit type as of March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018 were as follows:
(Millions) |  | 2019 |  | 2018
U.S. retail deposits: |  |  |  |  |  |
| Savings accounts – Direct |  | $ | 43,345 |  | $ | 39,491
| Certificates of deposit:(a) |  |  |  |  |  |
|  | Direct |  |  | 1,107 |  |  | 817
|  | Third-party (brokered) |  |  | 12,189 |  |  | 12,667
| Sweep accounts – Third-party (brokered) |  |  | 15,469 |  |  | 16,169
Other deposits: |  |  |  |  |  |
| U.S. non-interest bearing deposits |  |  | 34 |  |  | 36
| Non-U.S. deposits |  |  | 36 |  |  | 37
Card Member credit balances ― U.S. and non-U.S. |  |  | 677 |  |  | 743
Total customer deposits |  | $ | 72,857 |  | $ | 69,960
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 47 months and 2.40 perce nt, respectively, as of March 31, 2019.
Time Deposits By Maturity | The scheduled maturities of certificates of deposit as of March 31, 2019 were as follows:
(Millions) |  | U.S. |  | Non-U.S. |  | Total
2019 |  | $ | 4,249 |  | $ | 13 |  | $ | 4,262
2020 |  |  | 4,406 |  |  | 4 |  |  | 4,410
2021 |  |  | 1,937 |  |  | ― |  |  | 1,937
2022 |  |  | 2,292 |  |  | ― |  |  | 2,292
2023 |  |  | 327 |  |  | ― |  |  | 327
After 5 years |  |  | 85 |  |  | ― |  |  | 85
Total |  | $ | 13,296 |  | $ | 17 |  | $ | 13,313
Time Deposits $250,000 Or More | As of March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018, certificates of deposit in denominations of $250,000 or more, in the aggregate, were as follows:
(Millions) |  | 2019 |  | 2018
U.S. |  | $ | 373 |  | $ | 276
Non-U.S. |  |  | 7 |  |  | 9
Total |  | $ | 380 |  | $ | 285

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