Guarantees and Contingent Liabilities - Other Guarantees and Contingent Liabilities (Details) $ in Millions	Jun. 30, 2025 USD ($)
Other
Guarantor Obligations [Line Items]
Collateral Held	$ 0
Carrying Amount	21
Maximum Potential Future Payments	3,634
Standby letters of credit
Guarantor Obligations [Line Items]
Collateral Held	0
Carrying Amount	24
Maximum Potential Future Payments	10,751
Securities lending indemnifications
Guarantor Obligations [Line Items]
Collateral Held	6,740
Carrying Amount	0
Maximum Potential Future Payments	6,592
Asset sales
Guarantor Obligations [Line Items]
Collateral Held	0
Carrying Amount	109
Maximum Potential Future Payments	13,118
Merchant processing
Guarantor Obligations [Line Items]
Collateral Held	794
Carrying Amount	66
Maximum Potential Future Payments	$ 160,513

The current carrying amount of the liability for the freestanding or embedded guarantor's obligations under the guarantee or each group of similar guarantees.

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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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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-Topic 460
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-Topic 460
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-Topic 460
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Maximum potential amount of future payments (undiscounted) the guarantor could be required to make under the guarantee or each group of similar guarantees before reduction for potential recoveries under recourse or collateralization provisions.

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Guarantee obligations collateral held.

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