Legal and Regulatory Proceedings - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2008	Dec. 31, 2012
Legal And Regulatory Proceedings
Number of alleging violations of ERISA that were dismissed		2
Merchants requesting exclusion from class settlement	7,900
Percentage of funds returned to defendants	25.00%
Merchants filing separate federal lawsuits	460
Merchant filing separate state lawsuit	1
Class Settlement Escrow			$ 46
Non Class Action Escrow			4
Amount in excess of amounts reserved	$ 117.0

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Loss Contingency, Claims Dismissed, Number

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merchants who requested exclusion from the class have filed separate federal lawsuits against Visa, MasterCard and certain other defendants alleging similar antitrust violations

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Merchant filed a separate state court lawsuit against Visa, MasterCard and certain other defendants, including the Bancorp, alleging similar antitrust violations

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Number of merchants requesting exclusion from the class settlement

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Additional payment into escrow for plaintiffs not included in the class action suit

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Percentage of the funds paid into the class settlement escrow account have been returned to the control of the defendants through Class Exclusion Takedown Payments

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The difference between the maximum amount of estimated loss and the amount recorded as of the balance sheet date.

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

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 450

-SubTopic 20

-Section 05

-Paragraph 5

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6395354&loc=d3e12631-108344

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