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TableLoss Contingencies [Table]
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Reporting Entity [Axis]0001403161 (http://www.sec.gov/CIK)
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]Period [Axis]
2012-10-01 - 2013-09-30
2011-10-01 - 2012-09-30
Litigation Status [Axis]Litigation Status [Axis]
Unsettled [Member]Settled [Member]Litigation Status [Domain]Unsettled [Member]Settled [Member]Litigation Status [Domain]
Loss Contingency Accrual [Roll Forward]
 
 
 
 
 
 
Accrued Litigation, Beginning of Period
 
 
4,386,000,000  
 
 
425,000,000  
Provision for unsettled legal matters
3,000,000  
 
 
4,100,000,000  
 
 
Interst accretion on settled matters
 
 
0  
 
 
1,000,000  
Payments on unsettled and settled matters
(4,033,000,000)1
(351,000,000) 
 
0 1
(140,000,000) 
 
Accrued Litigation, End of Period
 
 
 
 
5,000,000  
 
 
 
 
 
4,386,000,000  
 
1: On December 10, 2012, the Company paid approximately $4.0 billion from the litigation escrow account into a settlement fund established pursuant to the definitive class settlement agreement in the interchange multidistrict litigation. The settlement with the class plaintiffs is subject to final court approval, which the Company cannot assure will be received, and to the adjudication of any appeals. See further discussion below.