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Loans and Leases - Narrative (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2023	Sep. 30, 2023	Sep. 30, 2022	Dec. 31, 2022
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Accrued interest	$ 276	$ 276		$ 226
Net loans and leases	61,018	61,018		57,417
Loans and leases	$ 61,778	61,778		58,102
Allowance for credit loss, writeoff, collateral		1	$ 2
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment		$ 21		85
TDR loans balance				180
Loans Held For Sale, Residential Real Estate
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
TDR loans balance				30
Commercial: \| Minimum
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Commercial loan grades	1	1
Commercial: \| Maximum
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Commercial loan grades	16	16
Commercial: \| Commercial and industrial
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Loans and leases	$ 33,163	$ 33,163		31,781
Commercial: \| Commercial real estate
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Loans and leases	14,121	14,121		13,228
Loans to mortgage companies \| Commercial: \| Commercial and industrial
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Loans and leases	$ 2,237	$ 2,237		2,258
Percentage contributed	20.00%	20.00%
Finance And Insurance Companies \| Commercial: \| Commercial and industrial
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Loans and leases	$ 4,200	$ 4,200
C&I \| Collateral Pledged
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Loans and leases	245	245		124
C&I \| Commercial: \| Commercial and industrial
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Loans and leases	30,926	30,926		29,523
Post-Modification Outstanding Recorded Investment				24
C&I \| Commercial: \| Commercial and industrial \| Collateral Pledged
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Loans and leases	120	120
CRE \| Commercial: \| Commercial real estate
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Loans and leases	14,121	14,121		13,228
CRE \| Commercial: \| Commercial real estate \| Collateral Pledged
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Loans and leases	125	125
Asset Pledged as Collateral
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Net loans and leases	47,800	47,800		38,300
Asset Pledged as Collateral \| C&I
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Financing receivable, allowance for credit loss, writeoff, collateral	82	106
Asset Pledged as Collateral \| HELOC
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Loans and leases	6	6		7
Asset Pledged as Collateral \| Real estate installment loans
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Loans and leases	$ 28	$ 28		$ 26