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Customer Deposits (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2020
Banking and Thrift [Abstract] |
Deposits By Component Alternative | As of March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, customer deposits were categorized as interest-bearing or non-interest-bearing as follows:
(Millions) |  | 2020 |  | 2019
U.S.: |  |  |  |
Interest-bearing |  | $ | 76,459 |  |  | $ | 72,445 |
Non-interest-bearing (includes Card Member credit balances of: 2020, $791; 2019, $389) |  | 815 |  |  | 415 |
Non-U.S.: |  |  |  |
Interest-bearing |  | 25 |  |  | 23 |
Non-interest-bearing (includes Card Member credit balances of: 2020, $661; 2019, $401) |  | 663 |  |  | 404 |
Total customer deposits |  | $ | 77,962 |  |  | $ | 73,287 |
Deposits By Type | Customer deposits by deposit type as of March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019 were as follows:
(Millions) |  | 2020 |  | 2019
U.S. retail deposits: |  |  |  |
Savings accounts – Direct |  | $ | 48,981 |  |  | $ | 46,394 |
Certificates of deposit: |  |  |  |
Direct |  | 2,360 |  |  | 1,854 |
Third-party (brokered) |  | 8,715 |  |  | 8,076 |
Sweep accounts – Third-party (brokered) |  | 16,403 |  |  | 16,121 |
Other deposits: |  |  |  |
U.S. non-interest bearing deposits |  | 24 |  |  | 26 |
Non-U.S. deposits |  | 27 |  |  | 26 |
Card Member credit balances ― U.S. and non-U.S. |  | 1,452 |  |  | 790 |
Total customer deposits |  | $ | 77,962 |  |  | $ | 73,287 |
Time Deposits By Maturity | The scheduled maturities of certificates of deposit as of March 31, 2020 were as follows:
(Millions) |  | U.S. |  | Non-U.S. |  | Total
2020 |  | $ | 4,180 |  |  | $ | 11 |  |  | $ | 4,191 |
2021 |  | 3,233 |  |  | 2 |  |  | 3,235 |
2022 |  | 2,747 |  |  | — |  |  | 2,747 |
2023 |  | 508 |  |  | — |  |  | 508 |
2024 |  | 267 |  |  | — |  |  | 267 |
After 5 years |  | 140 |  |  | — |  |  | 140 |
Total |  | $ | 11,075 |  |  | $ | 13 |  |  | $ | 11,088 |
Time Deposits $250,000 Or More | As of March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, certificates of deposit in denominations of $250,000 or more, in the aggregate, were as follows:
(Millions) |  | 2020 |  | 2019
U.S. |  | $ | 839 |  |  | $ | 622 |
Non-U.S. |  | 4 |  |  | 4 |
Total |  | $ | 843 |  |  | $ | 626 |

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