Finance Receivables Accretable Yield (Details) (Consumer Finance Receivables, USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2014 North America Segment [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 North America Segment [Member]	Mar. 31, 2014 Pre-Acquisition Portfolio	Mar. 31, 2014 Pre-Acquisition Portfolio North America Segment [Member]	Mar. 31, 2013 Pre-Acquisition Portfolio North America Segment [Member]	Mar. 31, 2014 Pre-Acquisition Portfolio International Segment [Member]
Certain Loans Acquired in Transfer Not Accounted for as Debt Securities, Accretable Yield Movement Schedule [Roll Forward]
Balance at beginning of period			$ 255	$ 181	$ 404
Accretion of accretable yield			(57)	(40)	(81)	(17)
Certain Loans Acquired in Transfer Not Accounted for as Debt Securities, Accretable Yield, Reclassifications from Nonaccretable Difference	33	48		33	48	0
Foreign Currency Translation			(2)	0	0	(2)
Balance at end of period			$ 229	$ 174	$ 371	$ 55

Amount of foreign currency translation adjustment increasing or decreasing the accretable yield balance for loans acquired in transfer not accounted for as debt securities, with evidence of deterioration of credit quality since the originations that were acquired during the business acquisition.

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Amount of the excess of a loan's cash flows expected to be collected over the investor's initial investment in acquired loans not accounted for as debt securities with evidence of deterioration of credit quality.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 310

-SubTopic 30

-Section 15

-Paragraph 2

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification

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Amount of decrease from accretion of the excess of a loan's cash flows expected to be collected over the investor's initial investment in acquired loans not accounted for as debt securities with evidence of deterioration of credit quality.

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