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Acquisitions and Dispositions - Gross Carrying Amount and Weighted-Average Useful Life Allocated to Intangible Assets (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	May 04, 2021	Jan. 22, 2021	May 11, 2020
Pineapple Payments
Acquired Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Gross Carrying Amount	$ 127
Weighted-Average Useful Life	14 years
Pineapple Payments \| Customer relationships
Acquired Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Gross Carrying Amount	$ 90
Weighted-Average Useful Life	17 years
Pineapple Payments \| Residual Buyout Intangible Assets
Acquired Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Gross Carrying Amount	$ 20
Weighted-Average Useful Life	8 years
Pineapple Payments \| Acquired software and technology
Acquired Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Gross Carrying Amount	$ 6
Weighted-Average Useful Life	7 years
Pineapple Payments \| Non-compete agreements and other
Acquired Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Gross Carrying Amount	$ 11
Weighted-Average Useful Life	5 years
Ondot
Acquired Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Gross Carrying Amount		$ 142
Weighted-Average Useful Life		6 years
Ondot \| Customer relationships
Acquired Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Gross Carrying Amount		$ 35
Weighted-Average Useful Life		6 years
Ondot \| Acquired software and technology
Acquired Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Gross Carrying Amount		$ 90
Weighted-Average Useful Life		6 years
Ondot \| Non-compete agreements and other
Acquired Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Gross Carrying Amount		$ 17
Weighted-Average Useful Life		4 years
MerchantPro, Bypass, and Inlet
Acquired Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Gross Carrying Amount			$ 81