Represents the amount of fixed rate investment certificates offered by an entity.

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The amount of interest accrued and included in the deposit total as of the balance sheet date but which is classified as part of other liabilities in the balance sheet.

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The total of all deposits held by brokerage accounts for the benefit of customers.

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- Definition

The balance of fixed rate investment certificate deposits at the end of the period. Fixed rate investment certificates pay interest at a fixed rate.

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The total of all investment certificate deposits held by the entity.

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The balance of other investment certificate deposits at the end of the period.

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- Definition

The balance of stock market certificate deposits at the end of the period. Stock market certificates provide the certificate holder a choice to participate in a percentage increase in a stock market index or partial participation plus a fixed rate of interest.

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- Definition

The balance of the stock market certificate embedded derivative reserves at the end of the period. The embedded derivative is the value of the equity portion of the stock market certificate deposit.

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- Definition

Represents the holding period of stock market certificates offered by an entity. Once the holding period is met, the entity guarantees the principal.

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- Definition

Represents the percentage of participation in the market index in the first option for increases in the stock market based on the S and P 500 Index.

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Represents the percentage of participation in the market index in the second option for increases in the stock market based on the S and P 500 Index.

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- Definition

Represents the maximum percentage of returns on the current first term stock market certificates.

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Represents the period of fixed rate investment certificates offered by an entity.

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The aggregate of all deposit liabilities held by the entity, including foreign and domestic, interest and noninterest bearing; may include demand deposits, saving deposits, Negotiable Order of Withdrawal (NOW) and time deposits among others.

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

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 942

-SubTopic 210

-Section S99

-Paragraph 1

-Subparagraph (SX 210.9-03.12)

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6876686&loc=d3e534808-122878

Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher SEC

-Name Regulation S-X (SX)

-Number 210

-Section 03

-Paragraph 12

-Article 9

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Customer Deposits (Details) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
Customer Deposits (Details) (USD $)	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2013 Maximum	Dec. 31, 2013 Minimum	Dec. 31, 2013 Ameriprise Financial	Dec. 31, 2012 Ameriprise Financial
Customer Deposits [Abstract]
Fixed rate certificates				$ 3,338,000,000	$ 2,807,000,000
Stock market certificates				611,000,000	666,000,000
Stock market embedded derivative reserve				7,000,000	8,000,000
Other				28,000,000	31,000,000
Less: accrued interest classified in other liabilities				(10,000,000)	(10,000,000)
Deposits, Investment Certificate				3,974,000,000	3,502,000,000
Brokerage deposits				3,088,000,000	3,024,000,000
Deposits				7,062,000,000	6,526,000,000
Amount of fixed rate investment certificates		$ 2,000,000	$ 1,000
Term of fixed rate investment certificates		36 months	3 months
Holding Period of Stock Market Certificates	1 year
Percentage of participation in the market index in the first option	100.00%
Percentage of participation in the market index in the second option	25.00%
Returns on current first term stock market certificates (as a percent)		2.00%	1.00%