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Customer Deposits (Details 1) - USD ($) $ in Millions | Mar. 31, 2021 | Dec. 31, 2020
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U.S. retail deposits: |  |
Savings accounts – Direct | $ 66,823 | $ 63,512
Certificates of deposit: |  |
Direct | 2,211 | 2,440
Third-party (brokered) | 5,005 | 5,561
Sweep accounts – Third-party (brokered) | 14,049 | 14,070
Other deposits: |  |
U.S. non-interest bearing deposits | 22 | 23
Non-U.S. deposits | 22 | 22
Card Member credit balances ― U.S. and non-U.S. | 1,061 | 1,247
Total customer deposits | $ 89,193 | $ 86,875

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