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Joint Venture, Ownership Percentage

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Joint Venture, Triggering Event, Payments Related to Triggering Event

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Number Of Card Process.

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Amount after amortization of assets, excluding financial assets and goodwill, lacking physical substance with a finite life.

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Carrying amount of the equity interests owned by noncontrolling shareholders, partners, or other equity holders in joint ventures included in the entity's consolidated financial statements.

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Amount of transactions with related party during the financial reporting period.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Amount of revenue, fees and commissions earned from transactions between (a) a parent company and its subsidiaries; (b) subsidiaries of a common parent; (c) an entity and trusts for the benefit of employees, for example, but not limited to, pension and profit-sharing trusts that are managed by or under the trusteeship of the entity's management; (d) an entity and its principal, owners, management, or members of their immediate families; and (e) affiliates.

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Related Party Transactions (Narrative) (Details) card in Millions, $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($) card	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($)
Banco Bradesco [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Ownership percentage in joint venture	51.00%
Notes payout period	10 years
Triggered payments	$ 6	$ 5
Noncontrolling interest value	$ 99
Number of cards processed \| card	80
Banco Bradesco [Member] \| Contract-Based Intangible Assets [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Unamortized contract intangible asset	$ 88
One-time Dividend Payment [Member] \| Banco Bradesco [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
One time dividend payment	20	24
Banco Bradesco [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Total related party revenues	272	237	$ 281
Banco Bradesco [Member] \| Unfavorable Currency Impact [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Total related party revenues	$ 12	$ 96