Borrowings and Bank Deposits (Borrowings) (Details) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	Mar. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Borrowings And Bank Deposits [Line Items]
Short-term borrowings (Note 6)	$ 66,178us-gaap_ShortTermBorrowings	$ 68,515us-gaap_ShortTermBorrowings
Long-term Debt and Capital Lease Obligations	178,037	187,749
Non Recourse Borrowings Of Consolidated Securitization Entities	29,035	29,938
Deposits	62,691us-gaap_Deposits	62,839us-gaap_Deposits
Total borrowings and bank deposits	335,941gecc_TotalBorrowingsAndBankDeposits	349,041gecc_TotalBorrowingsAndBankDeposits
Commercial Paper [Member] \| Financial Guarantee by GE
Borrowings And Bank Deposits [Line Items]
Short-term borrowings (Note 6)	25,014
US Commercial Paper [Member]
Borrowings And Bank Deposits [Line Items]
Short-term borrowings (Note 6)	22,227	22,019
Non US Commercial Paper [Member]
Borrowings And Bank Deposits [Line Items]
Short-term borrowings (Note 6)	2,787	2,993
Current Portion Of Long Term Borrowings [Member]
Borrowings And Bank Deposits [Line Items]
Short-term borrowings (Note 6)	35,545	37,724
Deposits	6,374	7,442
Current Portion Of Long Term Borrowings [Member] \| Financial Guarantee by GE
Borrowings And Bank Deposits [Line Items]
Short-term borrowings (Note 6)	31,127
GE Interest Plus notes [Member]
Borrowings And Bank Deposits [Line Items]
Short-term borrowings (Note 6)	5,457	5,467
Other Short Term Borrowing [Member]
Borrowings And Bank Deposits [Line Items]
Short-term borrowings (Note 6)	162	312
Senior unsecured notes [Member]
Borrowings And Bank Deposits [Line Items]
Long-term Debt and Capital Lease Obligations	156,635	162,629
Senior unsecured notes [Member] \| Financial Guarantee by GE
Borrowings And Bank Deposits [Line Items]
Long-term Debt and Capital Lease Obligations	143,153
Subordinated notes [Member]
Borrowings And Bank Deposits [Line Items]
Long-term Debt and Capital Lease Obligations	4,635	4,804
Subordinated notes [Member] \| Financial Guarantee by GE
Borrowings And Bank Deposits [Line Items]
Long-term Debt and Capital Lease Obligations	3,871
Subordinated Debt [Member]
Borrowings And Bank Deposits [Line Items]
Long-term Debt and Capital Lease Obligations	6,543	7,085
Subordinated Debt [Member] \| Financial Guarantee by GE
Borrowings And Bank Deposits [Line Items]
Long-term Debt and Capital Lease Obligations	6,543
Other Long Term Borrowing [Member]
Borrowings And Bank Deposits [Line Items]
Long-term Debt and Capital Lease Obligations	10,224	13,231
Other Long Term Borrowing [Member] \| Financial Guarantee by GE
Borrowings And Bank Deposits [Line Items]
Long-term Debt and Capital Lease Obligations	$ 400

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The carrying amount as of the balance sheet date for non-recourse borrowings of variable interest entities (VIE) that are consolidated, primarily from securitization activity, in which the creditors of the VIE due not have recourse to the general credit of the primary beneficiary.

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The aggregate of all deposit liabilities held by the entity, including foreign and domestic, interest and noninterest bearing; may include demand deposits, saving deposits, Negotiable Order of Withdrawal (NOW) and time deposits among others.

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Amount of long-term debt and capital lease obligation due after one year or beyond the normal operating cycle, if longer.

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