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Dividends, Depositary Stock, Conversion to Preferred Stock

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Aggregate dividends declared during the period for each share of common stock outstanding.

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Face (par) amount of debt instrument at time of issuance.

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Contractual interest rate for funds borrowed, under the debt agreement.

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Amount of paid and unpaid preferred stock dividends declared with the form of settlement in stock.

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Maximum borrowing capacity under the credit facility without consideration of any current restrictions on the amount that could be borrowed or the amounts currently outstanding under the facility.

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The percentage rate used to calculate dividend payments on preferred stock.

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The per share liquidation preference (or restrictions) of nonredeemable preferred stock (or preferred stock redeemable solely at the option of the issuer) that has a preference in involuntary liquidation considerably in excess of the par or stated value of the shares. The liquidation preference is the difference between the preference in liquidation and the par or stated values of the share.

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Detail information of subsequent event by type. User is expected to use existing line items from elsewhere in the taxonomy as the primary line items for this disclosure, which is further associated with dimension and member elements pertaining to a subsequent event.

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SUBSEQUENT EVENTS - Narrative (Details) - USD ($)		3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
SUBSEQUENT EVENTS - Narrative (Details) - USD ($)	Jul. 31, 2020	Jun. 30, 2020	Jun. 30, 2019	Jun. 30, 2020	Jun. 30, 2019	Jul. 07, 2020
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Cash dividends declared per common share (in usd per share)		$ 0.17	$ 0.15	$ 0.32	$ 0.28
Conversion to preferred stock from depositary stock (in shares)		0.001	0.001	0.001	0.001
Dividends declared per depositary share (in usd per share)		$ 0.33	$ 0	$ 0.72	$ 0
Subsequent Event
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Cash dividends declared per common share (in usd per share)	$ 0.17
Subsequent Event \| Depositary Shares, each representing a 1/1,000th interest in a share of Fixed Rate Noncumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series A
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Dividends declared in preferred stock (in usd per share)	$ 328.125
Preferred stock, dividend rate, percentage	5.25%
Liquidation preference in preferred stock (in usd per share)	$ 25,000
Conversion to preferred stock from depositary stock (in shares)	0.001
Dividends declared per depositary share (in usd per share)	$ 0.328125
Trust Notes
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Line of credit facility, maximum borrowing capacity		$ 5,000,000,000		$ 5,000,000,000
Trust Notes \| Subsequent Event
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Debt instrument, face amount						$ 650,000,000
Debt instrument, stated percentage						1.40%