Borrowings and Bank Deposits (Borrowings) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Sep. 30, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Borrowings And Bank Deposits [Line Items]
Short-term borrowings	$ 42,880	$ 67,705
Long-term borrowings (Note 6)	164,183	186,759
Non Recourse Borrowings Of Consolidated Securitization Entities	16,225	19,369
Deposits	48,656	43,841
Non-recourse	1,216	1,183
Guaranteed investment contracts [Member]
Borrowings And Bank Deposits [Line Items]
Short-term and long-term borrowings	431	$ 439
Commercial Paper [Member] \| Financial Guarantee by GE [Member]
Borrowings And Bank Deposits [Line Items]
Short-term borrowings	12,914
Current Portion Of Long Term Borrowings [Member] \| Financial Guarantee by GE [Member]
Borrowings And Bank Deposits [Line Items]
Short-term borrowings	28,373
Senior unsecured notes [Member] \| Financial Guarantee by GE [Member]
Borrowings And Bank Deposits [Line Items]
Long-term borrowings (Note 6)	131,230
Subordinated notes [Member] \| Financial Guarantee by GE [Member]
Borrowings And Bank Deposits [Line Items]
Long-term borrowings (Note 6)	3,971
Subordinated debentures \| Financial Guarantee by GE [Member]
Borrowings And Bank Deposits [Line Items]
Long-term borrowings (Note 6)	6,782
Other Long Term Borrowing [Member] \| Financial Guarantee by GE [Member]
Borrowings And Bank Deposits [Line Items]
Long-term borrowings (Note 6)	$ 400

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