After conversion from a revolving loan, the home equity line of credit new loan amortization period.

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In general, the period of time that home equity lines of credit are open-ended revolving loans.

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- Definition

This item represents the percentage of loans 30 plus days past due as compared to total retained loans.

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- Definition

The percentage of the financing receivables that consists of senior liens.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Amount before allowance and after deduction of deferred interest and fees, unamortized costs and premiums and discounts from face amounts, of loans and leases held in portfolio, including but not limited to, commercial and consumer loans. Excludes loans and leases covered under loss sharing agreements.

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Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 310
-SubTopic 10
-Section 45
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Loans - Consumer, Excluding Credit Card Loan Portfolio, Delinquency Statistics Junior Lien Home Equity Loans (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018	Mar. 31, 2018
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Loans	$ 943,841	$ 969,415	$ 925,611
Consumer, excluding credit card
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Loans	359,715	373,637	$ 373,243
Consumer, excluding credit card \| Total
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Loans	$ 27,072	$ 28,340
Total 30 plus day delinquency rate	2.40%	2.57%
Consumer, excluding credit card \| Total \| Senior lien
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Percentage of senior liens to total financing receivables	37.00%
Consumer, excluding credit card \| Total \| Junior lien
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Loans	$ 17,117	$ 17,924
Total 30 plus day delinquency rate	1.87%	2.00%
Consumer, excluding credit card \| HELOANs \| Junior lien
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Loans	$ 966	$ 1,030
Total 30 plus day delinquency rate	2.38%	2.82%
Consumer, excluding credit card \| HELOCs, Within the revolving period \| HELOCs
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Open-ended revolving period	10 years
Consumer, excluding credit card \| HELOCs, Within the revolving period \| HELOCs \| Junior lien
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Loans	$ 5,516	$ 5,608
Total 30 plus day delinquency rate	0.25%	0.25%
Consumer, excluding credit card \| HELOCs, Beyond the revolving period \| HELOCs
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Amortization period	20 years
Consumer, excluding credit card \| HELOCs, Beyond the revolving period \| HELOCs \| Junior lien
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Loans	$ 10,635	$ 11,286
Total 30 plus day delinquency rate	2.66%	2.80%