Credit Card and Student Loan Securitization Activities (Schedule of Investors' Interests and Related Excess Spreads) (Details) (Discover Card Execution Note Trust [Member], USD $)
In Millions, unless otherwise specified
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
series
Discover Card Execution Note Trust [Member]
 
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]  
Investors' interests $ 21,682 [1]
Number of series outstanding (in series) 39
Three month rolling average excess spread (in percent) 13.31%
[1] Investors’ interests include third-party interests and subordinated interests held by wholly-owned subsidiaries of Discover Bank.