Cash Flow Information - Summary of Cash Flow Information (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017
Statement of Cash Flows [Abstract]
Interest paid on deposits and other borrowings	$ 329	$ 230	$ 129
Income taxes paid	40	19	53
Transfers of loans to other real estate owned	15	12	35
Loans transferred to held for sale from portfolio	389	0	0
Loans transferred to portfolio from held for sale	$ 110	$ 0	$ 0

Transfer Of Loans To Portfolio Loans From Held-For-Sale

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Transfer of Loans to Held-for-sale from Portfolio Loans

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The amount of cash paid during the current period to foreign, federal, state, and local authorities as taxes on income.

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Amount of cash paid for interest, including, but not limited to, capitalized interest and payment to settle zero-coupon bond attributable to accreted interest of debt discount and debt instrument with insignificant coupon interest rate in relation to effective interest rate of borrowing attributable to accreted interest of debt discount; classified as operating and investing activities.

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Value transferred out of real estate owned (REO) in noncash transactions.

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