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Customer Deposits (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2020
Deposits [Abstract] |
Deposits by Component Alternative | As of December 31, customer deposits were categorized as interest-bearing or non-interest-bearing as follows:
(Millions) |  | 2020 |  | 2019
U.S.: |  |  |  |
Interest-bearing |  | $ | 85,583 |  |  | $ | 72,445 |
Non-interest-bearing (includes Card Member credit balances of: 2020, $576 million; 2019, $389 million) |  | 599 |  |  | 415 |
Non-U.S.: |  |  |  |
Interest-bearing |  | 19 |  |  | 23 |
Non-interest-bearing (includes Card Member credit balances of: 2020, $671 million; 2019, $401 million) |  | 674 |  |  | 404 |
Total customer deposits |  | $ | 86,875 |  |  | $ | 73,287 |
Deposits by Type | Customer deposits by deposit type as of December 31 were as follows:
(Millions) |  | 2020 |  | 2019
U.S. retail deposits: |  |  |  |
Savings accounts ― Direct |  | $ | 63,512 |  |  | $ | 46,394 |
Certificates of deposit: |  |  |  |
Direct |  | 2,440 |  |  | 1,854 |
Third-party (brokered) |  | 5,561 |  |  | 8,076 |
Sweep accounts ―Third-party (brokered) |  | 14,070 |  |  | 16,121 |
Other deposits: |  |  |  |
U.S. non-interest-bearing deposits |  | 23 |  |  | 26 |
Non-U.S. deposits |  | 22 |  |  | 26 |
Card Member credit balances ― U.S. and non-U.S. |  | 1,247 |  |  | 790 |
Total customer deposits |  | $ | 86,875 |  |  | $ | 73,287 |
Time Deposits by Maturity | The scheduled maturities of certificates of deposit as of December 31, 2020 were as follows:
(Millions) |  | U.S. |  | Non-U.S. |  | Total
2021 |  | $ | 3,820 |  |  | $ | 8 |  |  | $ | 3,828 |
2022 |  | 3,053 |  |  | — |  |  | 3,053 |
2023 |  | 645 |  |  | — |  |  | 645 |
2024 |  | 276 |  |  | — |  |  | 276 |
2025 |  | 207 |  |  | — |  |  | 207 |
After 5 years |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Total |  | $ | 8,001 |  |  | $ | 8 |  |  | $ | 8,009 |
Time Deposits $250,000 or More | As of December 31, certificates of deposit in denominations of $250,000 or more, in the aggregate, were as follows:
(Millions) |  | 2020 |  | 2019
U.S. |  | $ | 930 |  |  | $ | 622 |
Non-U.S. |  | 1 |  |  | 4 |
Total |  | $ | 931 |  |  | $ | 626 |

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