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Customer Deposits (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2021
Deposits [Abstract] |
Deposits by component alternative | As of June 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, customer deposits were categorized as interest-bearing or non-interest-bearing as follows:
(Millions) |  | 2021 |  | 2020
U.S.: |  |  |  |
Interest-bearing |  | $ | 83,823 |  |  | $ | 85,583 |
Non-interest-bearing (includes Card Member credit balances of: 2021, $442; 2020, $576) |  | 466 |  |  | 599 |
Non-U.S.: |  |  |  |
Interest-bearing |  | 19 |  |  | 19 |
Non-interest-bearing (includes Card Member credit balances of: 2021, $593; 2020, $671) |  | 597 |  |  | 674 |
Total customer deposits |  | $ | 84,905 |  |  | $ | 86,875 |
Deposits by type | Customer deposits by deposit type as of June 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020 were as follows:
(Millions) |  | 2021 |  | 2020
U.S. retail deposits: |  |  |  |
Savings accounts – Direct |  | $ | 65,472 |  |  | $ | 63,512 |
Certificates of deposit: |  |  |  |
Direct |  | 1,963 |  |  | 2,440 |
Third-party (brokered) |  | 3,757 |  |  | 5,561 |
Sweep accounts – Third-party (brokered) |  | 12,631 |  |  | 14,070 |
Other deposits: |  |  |  |
U.S. non-interest bearing deposits |  | 24 |  |  | 23 |
Non-U.S. deposits |  | 23 |  |  | 22 |
Card Member credit balances ― U.S. and non-U.S. |  | 1,035 |  |  | 1,247 |
Total customer deposits |  | $ | 84,905 |  |  | $ | 86,875 |
Time deposits by maturity | The scheduled maturities of certificates of deposit as of June 30, 2021 were as follows:
(Millions) |  | U.S. |  | Non-U.S. |  | Total
2021 |  | $ | 1,432 |  |  | $ | 4 |  |  | $ | 1,436 |
2022 |  | 3,104 |  |  | 4 |  |  | 3,108 |
2023 |  | 682 |  |  | — |  |  | 682 |
2024 |  | 283 |  |  | — |  |  | 283 |
2025 |  | 210 |  |  | — |  |  | 210 |
After 5 years |  | 9 |  |  | — |  |  | 9 |
Total |  | $ | 5,720 |  |  | $ | 8 |  |  | $ | 5,728 |
Time deposits $250,000 or more | As of June 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, certificates of deposit in denominations of $250,000 or more, in the aggregate, were as follows:
(Millions) |  | 2021 |  | 2020
U.S. |  | $ | 745 |  |  | $ | 930 |
Non-U.S. |  | 1 |  |  | 1 |
Total |  | $ | 746 |  |  | $ | 931 |

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