Commitments and contingent liabilities - Summary of Off-Balance Sheet Credit Risks, Net of Participations (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018
Fair Value, Off-balance Sheet Risks, Disclosure Information [Line Items]
Securities lending indemnifications, joint venture	$ 57,000	$ 56,000
Invested in reverse repurchase agreements
Fair Value, Off-balance Sheet Risks, Disclosure Information [Line Items]
Cash collateral invested in indemnified repurchase agreements	37,000	35,000
Lending commitments
Fair Value, Off-balance Sheet Risks, Disclosure Information [Line Items]
Off-balance sheet credit risks	49,119	50,631
Standby letters of credit
Fair Value, Off-balance Sheet Risks, Disclosure Information [Line Items]
Off-balance sheet credit risks	2,298	2,817
Off-balance sheet credit risks participations	146	163
Commercial letters of credit
Fair Value, Off-balance Sheet Risks, Disclosure Information [Line Items]
Off-balance sheet credit risks	74	165
Securities lending indemnifications
Fair Value, Off-balance Sheet Risks, Disclosure Information [Line Items]
Off-balance sheet credit risks	$ 408,378	$ 401,504

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The fair value of financial liabilities, which are not recognized in the financial statements (off-balance sheet) because they fail to meet some other criterion for recognition.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 825
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 10
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=118260190&loc=d3e13433-108611

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