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Derivative Financial Instruments and Hedging Activities
 9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2026
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosure [Abstract]  
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We are exposed to certain risks arising from both our business operations and economic conditions. We manage interest rate risk primarily by using derivative financial instruments. Specifically, we enter into derivative financial instruments to manage exposures that arise from business activities that result in the receipt or payment of future known and uncertain cash amounts, the value of which is determined by interest rates. We use derivative financial instruments to manage differences in the amount, timing, and duration of our known or expected cash receipts and our known or expected cash payments principally related to our borrowings.
Certain of our foreign operations expose us to fluctuations of foreign interest rates and exchange rates. We primarily finance our earning assets with debt in the same currency to minimize the impact to earnings from our exposure to fluctuations in exchange rates. When we use a different currency, these fluctuations may impact the value of our cash receipts and payments in terms of our functional currency. We enter into derivative financial instruments to protect the value or fix the amount of certain assets and liabilities in terms of the relevant functional currency.
The table below presents the gross fair value amounts of our derivative financial instruments and the associated notional amounts:
September 30, 2026December 31, 2025
NotionalFair Value of AssetsFair Value of LiabilitiesNotionalFair Value of AssetsFair Value of Liabilities
Derivatives designated as hedges
Fair value hedges
Interest rate swaps$32,554 $5 $923 $33,880 $88 $457 
Cash flow hedges
Interest rate swaps2,779 18 12 2,302 18 23 
Foreign currency swaps8,655 311 132 9,226 580 58 
Derivatives not designated as hedges
Interest rate contracts117,643 806 1,030 122,505 421 637 
Foreign currency contracts211 — — — — — 
Total$161,842 $1,140 $2,097 $167,913 $1,107 $1,175 
The gross amounts of the fair value of our derivative instruments that are classified as assets or liabilities are included in other assets or other liabilities, respectively. Amounts accrued for interest payments in a net receivable position are included in other assets. Amounts accrued for interest payments in a net payable position are included in other liabilities. All our derivatives are categorized within Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy. The fair value for Level 2 instruments was derived using the market approach based on observable market inputs including quoted prices of similar instruments and foreign exchange and interest rate forward curves. Notional principal or contract amounts are reference amounts from which contractual obligations are derived and are not recorded on the balance sheet. Notional amounts do not represent our financial exposure. Our credit exposure is limited to the uncollected interest and the market value related to the instruments that have become favorable to us, to the extent that market values are not collateralized.
We primarily enter into derivative instruments through AmeriCredit Financial Services, Inc. (AFSI); however, our SPEs may also be parties to derivative instruments. Agreements between AFSI and its derivative counterparties include rights of setoff for positions with offsetting values or for collateral held or posted. At September 30, 2026 and December 31, 2025, the fair value of derivative instruments that are classified as assets or liabilities available for offset was $805 million and $520 million. At September 30, 2026 and December 31, 2025, we held $137 million and $44 million of collateral from counterparties that was available for netting against our asset positions. At September 30, 2026 and December 31, 2025, we had $1.2 billion and $615 million of collateral posted to counterparties that was available for netting against our liability positions.
The following amounts were recorded in the condensed consolidated balance sheet related to items designated and qualifying as hedged items in fair value hedging relationships:
Carrying Amount of
Hedged Items
Cumulative Amount of Fair Value
Hedging Adjustments(a)
September 30, 2026December 31, 2025September 30, 2026December 31, 2025
Unsecured debt$32,474 $35,187 $1,230 $693 
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(a)Includes $362 million and $428 million of unamortized losses remaining on hedged items for which hedge accounting has been discontinued at September 30, 2026 and December 31, 2025.
The table below presents the effect of our derivative financial instruments in the condensed consolidated statements of income:
Three Months Ended September 30,Nine Months Ended September 30,
2026202520262025
Interest Expense(a)
Operating Expenses(b)
Interest Expense(a)
Operating Expenses(b)
Interest Expense(a)
Operating Expenses(b)
Interest Expense(a)
Operating Expenses(b)
Fair value hedges
Hedged items - interest rate swaps$492 $— $(92)$— $537 $— $(612)$— 
Interest rate swaps(524)— 48 — (645)— 448 — 
Cash flow hedges
Interest rate swaps(5)— 3 — (8)— 11 — 
Hedged items - foreign currency swaps(c)
— 30 — 21 — 254 — (971)
Foreign currency swaps(26)(30)(27)(22)(81)(254)(78)970 
Derivatives not designated as hedges
Interest rate contracts(4)— (17)— (7)— (31)— 
Foreign currency contracts— — — — — — — — 
Total income (loss) recognized$(68)$— $(84)$(1)$(204)$— $(263)$(1)
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(a)Total interest expense was $1.6 billion and $1.7 billion for the three months ended September 30, 2026 and 2025, and $4.6 billion and $4.9 billion for the nine months ended September 30, 2026 and 2025.
(b)Total operating expenses were $642 million and $545 million for the three months ended September 30, 2026 and 2025, and $1.8 billion and $1.6 billion for the nine months ended September 30, 2026 and 2025.
(c)Transaction activity recorded in operating expenses related to foreign currency-denominated debt.
The tables below present the effect of our derivative financial instruments in the condensed consolidated statements of comprehensive income:
 Gains (Losses) Recognized In
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)
Three Months Ended September 30,Nine Months Ended September 30,
2026202520262025
Cash flow hedges
Interest rate swaps$(1)$(2)$4 $(26)
Foreign currency swaps(43)(68)(200)578 
Total$(45)$(70)$(196)$551 
(Gains) Losses Reclassified From Accumulated Other
Comprehensive Income (Loss) Into Income (Loss)
Three Months Ended September 30,Nine Months Ended September 30,
2026202520262025
Cash flow hedges
Interest rate swaps$3 $(3)$4 $(9)
Foreign currency swaps42 36 253 (675)
Total$46 $33 $257 $(684)
All amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) were recorded to operating expenses or interest expense. During the next 12 months, we estimate an insignificant amount of losses will be reclassified into pre-tax earnings from derivatives designated for hedge accounting.