Loans - Credit Card Loan Portfolio, Other Credit Quality Indicators (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Sep. 30, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020	Sep. 30, 2020
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Retained loans	$ 974,260	$ 960,506	$ 945,537
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Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Retained loans	$ 143,166	$ 143,432
Percentage of portfolio based on carrying value with estimated refreshed FICO scores, Equal to or greater than 660	88.20%	85.90%
Percentage of portfolio based on carrying value with estimated refreshed FICO scores, Less than 660	11.60%	13.90%
Percentage of portfolio based on carrying value with estimated refreshed FICO scores, No FICO available	0.20%	0.20%
Credit card | California
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Retained loans	$ 21,211	$ 20,921
Credit card | Texas
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Retained loans	14,752	14,544
Credit card | New York
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Retained loans	11,924	11,919
Credit card | Florida
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Retained loans	9,514	9,562
Credit card | Illinois
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Retained loans	8,004	8,006
Credit card | New Jersey
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Retained loans	5,967	5,927
Credit card | Ohio
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Retained loans	4,566	4,673
Credit card | Pennsylvania
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Retained loans	4,332	4,476
Credit card | Colorado
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Retained loans	4,322	4,092
Credit card | Michigan
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Retained loans	3,513	3,553
Credit card | All other
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Retained loans	$ 55,061	$ 55,759