Condensed Consolidating Statement of Income and Comprehensive Income (Detail) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended								12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013	Sep. 30, 2013	Jun. 30, 2013	Mar. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Sep. 30, 2012	Jun. 30, 2012	Mar. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
Revenue:
Processing and services									$ 4,035	$ 3,663	$ 3,495
Product									779	773	794
Total revenue	1,263	1,201	1,198	1,152	1,145	1,107	1,087	1,097	4,814	4,436	4,289
Expenses:
Cost of processing and services	516	520	523	522	485	486	471	494	2,081	1,936	1,903
Cost of product	184	164	157	190	164	150	155	159	695	628	601
Selling, general and administrative	266	237	245	229	209	206	204	205	977	824	795
Total expenses	966	921	925	941	858	842	830	858	3,753	3,388	3,299
Operating income (loss)	297	280	273	211	287	265	257	239	1,061	1,048	990
Interest expense, net									(163)	(167)	(182)
Loss on early debt extinguishment											(85)
Income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes and income from investment in unconsolidated affiliate									898	881	723
Income tax (provision) benefit									(328)	(300)	(254)
Income from investment in unconsolidated affiliate									80	11	18
Income from continuing operations	220	161	152	117	158	140	162	132	650	592	487
(Loss) income from discontinued operations, net of income taxes									(2)	19	(15)
Net income	221	159	151	117	179	139	161	132	648	611	472
Comprehensive income	224	163	146	115	180	151	150	148	648	629	444
Parent Company
Expenses:
Selling, general and administrative									110	104	95
Total expenses									110	104	95
Operating income (loss)									(110)	(104)	(95)
Interest expense, net									(129)	(104)	(140)
Loss on early debt extinguishment											(85)
Income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes and income from investment in unconsolidated affiliate									(239)	(208)	(320)
Income tax (provision) benefit									102	103	133
Equity in earnings of consolidated affiliates									787	697	681
Income from continuing operations									650	592	494
(Loss) income from discontinued operations, net of income taxes									(2)	19	(22)
Net income									648	611	472
Comprehensive income									648	629	444
Guarantor Subsidiaries
Revenue:
Processing and services									2,919	2,596	2,534
Product									734	717	709
Total revenue									3,653	3,313	3,243
Expenses:
Cost of processing and services									1,481	1,385	1,389
Cost of product									667	615	572
Selling, general and administrative									632	499	490
Total expenses									2,780	2,499	2,451
Operating income (loss)									873	814	792
Interest expense, net									(20)	(57)	(33)
Income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes and income from investment in unconsolidated affiliate									853	757	759
Income tax (provision) benefit									(327)	(280)	(282)
Income from investment in unconsolidated affiliate									80	11	18
Income from continuing operations									606	488	495
(Loss) income from discontinued operations, net of income taxes										5	4
Net income									606	493	499
Comprehensive income									606	493	499
Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries
Revenue:
Processing and services									1,281	1,226	1,094
Product									109	114	147
Total revenue									1,390	1,340	1,241
Expenses:
Cost of processing and services									765	710	647
Cost of product									92	71	91
Selling, general and administrative									235	221	210
Total expenses									1,092	1,002	948
Operating income (loss)									298	338	293
Interest expense, net									(14)	(6)	(9)
Income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes and income from investment in unconsolidated affiliate									284	332	284
Income tax (provision) benefit									(103)	(123)	(105)
Income from continuing operations									181	209	179
(Loss) income from discontinued operations, net of income taxes											3
Net income									181	209	182
Comprehensive income									173	213	174
Eliminations
Revenue:
Processing and services									(165)	(159)	(133)
Product									(64)	(58)	(62)
Total revenue									(229)	(217)	(195)
Expenses:
Cost of processing and services									(165)	(159)	(133)
Cost of product									(64)	(58)	(62)
Total expenses									(229)	(217)	(195)
Equity in earnings of consolidated affiliates									(787)	(697)	(681)
Income from continuing operations									(787)	(697)	(681)
(Loss) income from discontinued operations, net of income taxes										(5)
Net income									(787)	(702)	(681)
Comprehensive income									$ (779)	$ (706)	$ (673)