Acquisitions and Dispositions - Narrative (Details) - USD ($)											2 Months Ended	3 Months Ended	10 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
		Nov. 22, 2021	Jun. 30, 2021	Jun. 14, 2021	May 04, 2021	Feb. 02, 2021	Jan. 22, 2021	Jul. 01, 2020	Feb. 18, 2020	Jul. 29, 2019	May 11, 2020	Jun. 14, 2021	Dec. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020	Jul. 29, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019	Nov. 15, 2021	Jun. 30, 2020
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Goodwill														$ 36,433,000,000	$ 36,322,000,000		$ 36,038,000,000
Tax expense														363,000,000	196,000,000		198,000,000
Noncontrolling interest decrease															762,000,000
Net pre-tax gain	[1]													100,000,000	0		29,000,000
Noncontrolling Interests
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Noncontrolling interest decrease															726,000,000
Additional Paid-In Capital
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Noncontrolling interest decrease								$ 36,000,000							36,000,000
Banc of America Merchant Services | Corporate joint venture
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Percentage of interest in joint venture								51.00%											51.00%
Disposal Group, Disposed of by Sale, Not Discontinued Operations
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Revaluation/Remeasurement gain															176,000,000
Consideration from sale of business									$ 578,000,000
Tax expense															112,000,000
Banc Of America Merchant Services Joint Venture | Bank Of America
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Pre-tax gain								$ 36,000,000
Tax expense								13,000,000
Revaluation/Remeasurement gain								700,000,000
Additional consideration due from the Company								$ 24,000,000
Processing and other support services agreement, term (in years)								5 years
Banc Of America Merchant Services Joint Venture | Bank Of America | Noncontrolling Interests
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Noncontrolling interest decrease								$ 726,000,000
Investment Services Business
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Percentage of interest owned in affiliate									40.00%
Controlling interest sold (as a percent)									60.00%
Investment Services Business | Disposal Group, Disposed of by Sale, Not Discontinued Operations
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Pre-tax gain on sale															$ 428,000,000
InvestCloud Holdings, LLC
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Tax expense														6,000,000
Capital contribution						$ 200,000,000
Net pre-tax gain														28,000,000
InvestCloud Holdings, LLC | Disposal Group, Disposed of by Sale, Not Discontinued Operations
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Tax expense														8,000,000
Proceeds from sale of entire ownership interest			$ 466,000,000
Pre-tax gain on sale														33,000,000
NetPay
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Percentage of interest owned in affiliate																		40.00%
BentoBox
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Cash purchase price		$ 317,000,000
Acquired cash		24,000,000
Goodwill		$ 204,000,000
BentoBox | Minimum
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Weighted-average useful life (in years)		5 years
BentoBox | Maximum
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Weighted-average useful life (in years)		10 years
BentoBox | Acquired software and technology
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Finite-lived intangible assets		$ 136,000,000
Pineapple Payments
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Acquired cash					$ 6,000,000
Finite-lived intangible assets					$ 127,000,000
Weighted-average useful life (in years)					14 years
Goodwill					$ 79,000,000
Earn-out provisions estimated fair value					30,000,000
Payments for acquisitions of businesses					207,000,000
Other long-term assets					7,000,000
Goodwill, expected tax deductible amount					59,000,000
Pineapple Payments | Residual Buyout Intangible Assets
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Finite-lived intangible assets					$ 20,000,000
Weighted-average useful life (in years)					8 years
Pineapple Payments | Acquired software and technology
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Finite-lived intangible assets					$ 6,000,000
Weighted-average useful life (in years)					7 years
Ondot
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Acquired cash							$ 13,000,000
Finite-lived intangible assets							$ 142,000,000
Weighted-average useful life (in years)							6 years
Goodwill							$ 173,000,000
Payments for acquisitions of businesses							271,000,000
Pre-tax gain from remeasurement														$ 12,000,000
Previously held non-controlling interest							22,000,000
Ondot | Acquired software and technology
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Finite-lived intangible assets							$ 90,000,000
Weighted-average useful life (in years)							6 years
First Data
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Finite-lived intangible assets										$ 16,272,000,000
Weighted-average useful life (in years)										14 years
Goodwill										$ 30,811,000,000
Earn-out provisions estimated fair value										16,414,000,000
Payments for acquisitions of businesses										46,475,000,000
Other long-term assets										1,191,000,000
Goodwill, expected tax deductible amount										$ 0
Percentage of business acquired										100.00%
Entity shares issued per acquiree share (in shares)										0.303
Measurement period adjustment, increase (decrease) in goodwill																$ 304,000,000
Measurement period adjustment, intangible assets																(155,000,000)
Measurement period adjustment, noncontrolling interests																(126,000,000)
Measurement period adjustment, fair value of property and equipment																(25,000,000)
Measurement period adjustment, increase payables and accrued expenses																37,000,000
Measurement period adjustments, reduction to investments in unconsolidated entities																23,000,000
Measurement period adjustment, increase in other long-term liabilities																21,000,000
Measurement period adjustment, recognized deferred tax liabilities																$ 169,000,000
Revenue of acquiree since acquisition date																	4,100,000,000
Operating income of acquiree since acquisition date																	1,000,000,000.0
Transaction expenses																	175,000,000
First Data | Acquired software and technology
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Finite-lived intangible assets										$ 2,324,000,000
Weighted-average useful life (in years)										7 years
First Data | Selling, General and Administrative Expenses
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Transaction expenses																	77,000,000
First Data | Debt Financing Activities
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Transaction expenses																	$ 98,000,000
First Data | Common Stock
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Number of shares issued for acquisition (in shares)										286,000,000
First Data | Equity Awards
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Number of shares issued for acquisition (in shares)										15,000,000
SpendLabs and Radius8
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Finite-lived intangible assets				$ 47,000,000								$ 47,000,000
Weighted-average useful life (in years)				7 years
Goodwill				$ 62,000,000								62,000,000
Earn-out provisions estimated fair value												4,000,000
Payments for acquisitions of businesses												87,000,000
Goodwill, expected tax deductible amount				14,000,000								14,000,000
Previously held non-controlling interest												14,000,000
Net assumed liabilities				8,000,000								8,000,000
SpendLabs and Radius8 | Acquired software and technology
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Finite-lived intangible assets				$ 31,000,000								$ 31,000,000
Weighted-average useful life (in years)				6 years
MerchantPro, Bypass, and Inlet
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Acquired cash											$ 2,000,000
Finite-lived intangible assets											81,000,000
Goodwill											90,000,000
Earn-out provisions estimated fair value											45,000,000
Payments for acquisitions of businesses											167,000,000
Goodwill, expected tax deductible amount											36,000,000
Net assumed liabilities											$ 4,000,000
Series of Individually Immaterial Business Acquisitions
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Weighted-average useful life (in years)											11 years
Series of Individually Immaterial Business Acquisitions | Acquired software and technology
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Finite-lived intangible assets											$ 14,000,000
Weighted-average useful life (in years)											8 years
Finxact | Forecast
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Payments for acquisitions of businesses													$ 650,000,000

[1] The company revised the consolidated statements of cash flows presentation to include cash and cash equivalents within settlement assets as a component of total cash and cash equivalents. The company revised the 2020 and 2019 presentation for comparable purposes. Additional information is included in Note 1.