Business Combination, Termination Fees

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Represents the carrying amount (including both current and noncurrent portions of the accrual), as of the balance sheet date, pertaining to a specified type of claims associated with payment protection insurance, net of professional indemnity insurance receivable.

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Represents the amount of reserve for sales recourse obligations on finance receivables at the reporting date.

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Represents the number of loans repurchased during the period primarily due to such loan reaching defined delinquency limits under the loan sale agreement.

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Represents the number of material unresolved recourse requests.

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Repurchased loans

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Repurchased real estate loans

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- Definition

Reserve For Sales Recourse Obligations Related To Finance Receivables Sold

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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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The cash outflow associated with the acquisition of business during the period. The cash portion only of the acquisition price.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Glossary Investing Activities

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6516133

Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 230

-SubTopic 10

-Section 45

-Paragraph 13

-Subparagraph (b)

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=56944662&loc=d3e3213-108585

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Contingencies Contingencies- Narrative (Details) $ in Millions		3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Mar. 02, 2015 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2015 USD ($) request loan	Sep. 30, 2014 USD ($) loan	Sep. 30, 2015 USD ($) request loan	Sep. 30, 2014 USD ($) loan	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2015 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2014 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2013 USD ($)
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Reserve for sales recourse obligations related to real estate loan sales						$ 23
Reserve for sales recourse obligations		$ 18	$ 13	$ 18	$ 13	24	$ 18	$ 5	$ 5
Financing Receivable Loans Reaching Defined Delinquency Limits Repurchased under Loan Sale Agreement Number \| loan			4		9
Repurchased real estate loans \| loan		0
Repurchased loans			$ 1		$ 2
Number of unresolved recourse requests \| request		0		0
Estimated PPI claims reserve		$ 8		$ 8		$ 14
OneMain Financial Holdings, Inc.
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Aggregate Purchase Price	$ 4,250
Seller termination fee	$ 213
Real estate loans
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Reserve for sales recourse obligations		$ 18		$ 18
Financing Receivable Loans Reaching Defined Delinquency Limits Repurchased under Loan Sale Agreement Number \| loan			0	13	0
Repurchased loans				$ 1