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Credit Card Receivables (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Jan. 28, 2012
Credit Card Receivables  
Age of Credit Card Receivables

 

   
Age of Credit Card Receivables
  January 28, 2012   January 29, 2011  
(millions)
  Amount
  Percent of
Receivables

  Amount
  Percent of
Receivables

 
   

Current

  $ 5,791   91.1 % $ 6,132   89.6 %

1-29 days past due

    260   4.1     292   4.3  

30-59 days past due

    97   1.5     131   1.9  

60-89 days past due

    62   1.0     79   1.1  

90+ days past due

    147   2.3     209   3.1  
   

Period-end gross credit card receivables

  $ 6,357   100 % $ 6,843   100 %
   
Allowance for Doubtful Accounts

 

 

   
Allowance for Doubtful Accounts
(millions)
  2011
  2010
  2009
 
   

Allowance at beginning of period

  $ 690   $ 1,016   $ 1,010  

Bad debt expense

    154     528     1,185  

Write-offs (a)

    (572 )   (1,007 )   (1,287 )

Recoveries (a)

    158     153     108  
   

Allowance at end of period

  $ 430   $ 690   $ 1,016  
   
(a)
Write-offs include the principal amount of losses (excluding accrued and unpaid finance charges), and recoveries include current period principal collections on previously written-off balances. These amounts combined represent net write-offs.
Receivables Credit Quality

 

   
Receivables Credit Quality
(millions)
  January 28,
2012

  January 29,
2011

 
   

Nondelinquent accounts (Current and 1-29 days past due)

             

FICO score of 700 or above

  $ 2,882   $ 2,819  

FICO score of 600 to 699

    2,463     2,737  

FICO score below 600

    706     868  
   

Total nondelinquent accounts

    6,051     6,424  

Delinquent accounts (30+ days past due)

    306     419  
   

Period-end gross credit card receivables

  $ 6,357   $ 6,843  
Troubled Debt Restructurings

 

   
Troubled Debt Restructurings
(millions)
  2011
  2010
  2009
 
   

Average receivables

  $ 330   $ 445   $ 526  

Finance charges

    20     30     39  
   

 

Troubled Debt Restructurings Defaulted During the Period

 

   
Troubled Debt Restructurings Defaulted During the Period (a)
(dollars in millions, contracts in thousands)
  2011
  2010
  2009
 
   

Number of contracts

    13     28     59  

Amount defaulted (b)

  $ 37   $ 96   $ 199  
   
(a)
Includes loans modified within the twelve months prior to each respective period end.
(b)
Represents account balance at the time of default. We define default as not paying the full fixed payment amount for two consecutive billing cycles.

    

Information of Securitized Borrowings

 

   
Securitized Borrowings
  January 28, 2012   January 29, 2011  
(millions)
  Debt Balance
  Collateral
  Debt Balance
  Collateral
 
   

2008 Series (a)

  $   $   $ 2,954   $ 3,061  

2006/2007 Series

    1,000     1,266     1,000     1,266  
   

Total

  $ 1,000   $ 1,266   $ 3,954   $ 4,327  
   
(a)
The debt balance for the 2008 Series is net of a 7% discount from JPMC. The unamortized portion of this discount was $107 million as of January 29, 2011.