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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2022
Accounting Policies [Abstract] |
Schedule of Assets, Liabilities and Net Assets of Company's Argentinean Subsidiaries | The following table sets forth the assets, liabilities and net assets of the Company’s Argentine subsidiaries and consolidated VIEs, before intercompany eliminations, as of December 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021:
| December 31,
| 2022 |  | 2021
| (In millions)
Assets | $ | 3,238 |  |  | $ | 2,479 |
Liabilities | 2,419 |  |  | 1,874 |
Net Assets | $ | 819 |  |  | $ | 605 |
Schedule of Net Revenues and Net Income Before Income Tax of Company's Argentinean Subsidiaries | The following table provides information relating to net revenues and net income before income tax expense for the years ended December 31, 2022, 2021 and 2020 of the Company’s Argentine subsidiaries and consolidated VIEs:
| Year Ended December 31,
| 2022 |  | 2021 |  | 2020
| (In millions)
Net revenues | $ | 2,500 |  |  | $ | 1,531 |  |  | $ | 980 |
Net income before income tax expense | 699 |  |  | 389 |  |  | 185 |

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