Prepaid Expenses (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2011

Prepaid Expenses [Abstract]

Schedule of Prepaid Expenses

Prepaid expenses consisted of the following:

	September 30, 2011			December 31, 2010
	(in millions)
Customer and merchant incentives	$	501		$	497
Advertising	46			69
Income taxes	5			50
Data processing	35			31
Other	59			33
Total prepaid expenses	646			680
Prepaid expenses, current	(280		)	(315		)
Prepaid expenses, long-term	$	366		$	365