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Credit Card Receivables Transaction (Details) (USD $)
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3 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended | 0 Months Ended | |||
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Feb. 02, 2013
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Oct. 27, 2012
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Feb. 02, 2013
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Mar. 13, 2013
Credit card receivables
Subsequent event
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Mar. 13, 2013
Credit card receivables
Subsequent event
Nonrecourse
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Mar. 20, 2013
Credit card receivables
Subsequent event
Maximum
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| Credit Card Receivables Transaction | ||||||
| Gain on reclassification of receivables to held for sale | $ 5,000,000 | $ 156,000,000 | $ 161,000,000 | |||
| Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable | ||||||
| Consideration from sale of consumer credit card portfolio | 5,700,000,000 | |||||
| Repayment of 2006/2007 Series Variable Funding Certificate at par | 1,500,000,000 | 1,500,000,000 | ||||
| Net cash proceeds from sale of consumer credit card portfolio | 4,200,000,000 | |||||
| Open tender offers to use cash proceeds from the sale to repurchase outstanding debt | $ 1,200,000,000 | |||||