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Variable Interest Entities and Securitizations (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2019

Variable Interest Entities and Securitization [Abstract]

Carrying Amount of Assets and Liabilities of Variable Interest Entities

The tables below present a summary of VIEs in which we had continuing involvement or held a variable interest, aggregated based on VIEs with similar characteristics as of December 31, 2019 and 2018. We separately present information for consolidated and unconsolidated VIEs.

Table 5.1: Carrying Amount of Consolidated and Unconsolidated VIEs

		December 31, 2019
		Consolidated								Unconsolidated
(Dollars in millions)		Carrying Amount of Assets				Carrying Amount of Liabilities				Carrying Amount of Assets				Carrying Amount of Liabilities				Maximum  Exposure to Loss
Securitization-Related VIEs:
Credit card loan securitizations(1)		$	31,112			$	16,113			$	0			$	0			$	0
Auto loan securitizations		2,282				2,012				0				0				0
Home loan securitizations		0				0				66				0				352
Total securitization-related VIEs		33,394				18,125				66				0				352
Other VIEs:(2)
Affordable housing entities		236				7				4,559				1,289				4,559
Entities that provide capital to low-income and rural communities		1,889				69				0				0				0
Other		0				0				502				0				502
Total other VIEs		2,125				76				5,061				1,289				5,061
Total VIEs		$	35,519			$	18,201			$	5,127			$	1,289			$	5,413

		December 31, 2018
		Consolidated								Unconsolidated
(Dollars in millions)		Carrying Amount of Assets				Carrying Amount of Liabilities				Carrying Amount of Assets				Carrying Amount of Liabilities				Maximum Exposure to Loss
Securitization-Related VIEs:
Credit card loan securitizations(1)		$	33,574			$	18,885			$	0			$	0			$	0
Home loan securitizations		0				0				211				74				554
Total securitization-related VIEs		33,574				18,885				211				74				554
Other VIEs:(2)
Affordable housing entities		243				17				4,238				1,303				4,238
Entities that provide capital to low-income and rural communities		1,739				117				0				0				0
Other		0				0				353				0				353
Total other VIEs		1,982				134				4,591				1,303				4,591
Total VIEs		$	35,556			$	19,019			$	4,802			$	1,377			$	5,145

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⁽¹⁾  Represents the carrying amount of assets and liabilities owned by the VIE, which includes the seller’s interest and repurchased notes held by other related parties.

⁽²⁾ 

In certain investment structures, we consolidate a VIE which in turn holds as its primary asset an investment in an unconsolidated VIE. In these instances, we disclose the carrying amount of assets and liabilities on our consolidated balance sheets as unconsolidated VIEs to avoid duplicating our exposure, as the unconsolidated VIEs are generally the operating entities generating the exposure. The carrying amount of assets and liabilities included in the unconsolidated VIE columns above related to these investment structures were $2.3 billion of assets and $741 million of liabilities as of December 31, 2019, and $2.3 billion of assets and $811 million of liabilities as of December 31, 2018.

External Debt and Receivable Balances of Securitization Programs

The table below presents our continuing involvement in certain securitization-related VIEs as of December 31, 2019 and 2018.

Table 5.2: Continuing Involvement in Securitization-Related VIEs

(Dollars in millions)

Credit Card

Auto

Mortgages

December 31, 2019:

Securities held by third-party investors

$

15,798

$

2,010

$

962

Receivables in the trust

31,625

2,192

978

Cash balance of spread or reserve accounts

0

7

17

Retained interests

Yes

Yes

Yes

Servicing retained

Yes

Yes

No

December 31, 2018:

Securities held by third-party investors

$

18,307

N/A

$

1,276

Receivables in the trust

34,197

N/A

1,305

Cash balance of spread or reserve accounts

0

N/A

116

Retained interests

Yes

N/A

Yes

Servicing retained

Yes

N/A

Yes(1)

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⁽¹⁾ 

We previously retained servicing on a portion of our remaining mortgage loans in mortgage securitizations. During 2019, we sold our entire portfolio of retained mortgage servicing rights.

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Tabular disclosure of a transferor's continuing involvement with financial assets transferred to a transferee in a securitization, asset-backed financing arrangement, or similar transfer. Such disclosure would, at a minimum, contain information allowing for an assessment of the reasons for the transferor's continuing involvement, the risks related to the transferred financial assets to which the transferor continues to be exposed, and the extent of change to the transferor's risk profile due to the transfer (including, but not limited to, credit risk, interest rate risk, other).

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Tabular disclosure of the significant judgments and assumptions made in determining whether a variable interest (as defined) held by the entity requires the variable interest entity (VIE) (as defined) to be consolidated and (or) disclose information about its involvement with the VIE, individually or in aggregate (as applicable); the nature of restrictions, if any, on the consolidated VIE's assets and on the settlement of its liabilities reported by an entity in its statement of financial position, including the carrying amounts of such assets and liabilities; the nature of, and changes in, the risks associated with involvement in the VIE; how involvement with the VIE affects the entity's financial position, financial performance, and cash flows; the lack of recourse if creditors (or beneficial interest holders) of the consolidated VIE have no recourse to the general credit of the primary beneficiary (if applicable); the terms of arrangements, giving consideration to both explicit arrangements and implicit variable interests, if any, that could require the entity to provide financial support to the VIE, including events or circumstances that could expose the entity to a loss; the methodology used by the entity for determining whether or not it is the primary beneficiary of the variable interest entity; the significant factors considered and judgments made in determining that the power to direct the activities of a VIE that most significantly impact the VIE's economic performance are shared (as defined); the carrying amounts and classification of assets and liabilities of the VIE included in the statement of financial position; the entity's maximum exposure to loss, if any, as a result of its involvement with the VIE, including how the maximum exposure is determined and significant sources of the entity's exposure to the VIE; a comparison of the carrying amounts of the assets and liabilities and the entity's maximum exposure to loss; information about any liquidity arrangements, guarantees, and (or) other commitments by third parties that may affect the fair value or risk of the entity's variable interest in the VIE; whether or not the entity has provided financial support or other support (explicitly or implicitly) to the VIE that it was not previously contractually required to provide or whether the entity intends to provide that support, including the type and amount of the support and the primary reasons for providing the support; and supplemental information the entity determines necessary to provide.

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