Held for investment mortgage finance receivables interest only mortgage loans.

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Interest-only mortgage loan portfolio principal amortization

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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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The aggregate interest and fee income generated by: (1) loans the Entity has positive intent and ability to hold for the foreseeable future, or until maturity or payoff, including commercial and consumer loans, whether domestic or foreign, which may consist of: (a) industrial and agricultural; (b) real estate; and (c) real estate construction loans; (d) trade financing; (e) lease financing; (f) home equity lines-of-credit; (g) automobile and other vehicle loans; and (h) credit card and other revolving-type loans and (2) loans and leases held-for-sale which may include mortgage loans, direct financing, and sales-type leases.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 942
-SubTopic 225
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.9-04.1)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6879574&loc=d3e536633-122882

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

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 310
-SubTopic 10
-Section 45
-Paragraph 2
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=28367877&loc=d3e4428-111522

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Amount of deferred fees paid by borrowers and unamortized costs incurred to originate loans and leases, unamortized loan commitments and loan syndication fees, and premiums over or discounts from face amounts of loans that are being amortized into income as an adjustment to yield. Excludes amounts for loans and leases covered under loss sharing agreements.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 310
-SubTopic 20
-Section 45
-Paragraph 1
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6378536&loc=d3e10092-111533

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Finance Receivables And Loans, Net (Schedule of Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivables) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2016	Mar. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2015
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Finance receivables and loans, net	$ 110,876	$ 99,856	$ 111,600
Interest and Fee Income, Loans and Leases	1,235	1,074
Loans and Finance Receivables [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Unamortized Loan Commitment and Origination Fees and Unamortized Discounts or Premiums	(198)		(110)
Designated as Hedging Instrument [Member] \| Gain (Loss) Recognized in Earnings on Hedged Item [Member] \| Interest Rate Contract [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Interest and Fee Income, Loans and Leases	(28)	(33)
Fair Value Option Election, Fair Value [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Finance receivables and loans, net	110,876		111,600
Consumer Portfolio Segment [Member] \| Consumer Loan [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Finance receivables and loans, net	73,688		74,065
Consumer Portfolio Segment [Member] \| Automobile Loan [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Finance receivables and loans, net	63,013	57,447	64,292
Consumer Portfolio Segment [Member] \| Automobile Loan [Member] \| Fair Value Option Election, Fair Value [Member] \| Designated as Hedging Instrument [Member] \| Gain (Loss) Recognized in Earnings on Hedged Item [Member] \| Interest Rate Contract [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Interest and Fee Income, Loans and Leases	87		66
Consumer Portfolio Segment [Member] \| Residential Mortgage [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Finance receivables and loans, net	10,675	7,652	9,773
Consumer Portfolio Segment [Member] \| Mortgage Finance [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Finance receivables and loans, net	7,443		6,413
Held For Investment Mortgage Finance Receivables Interest Only Mortgage Loans	$ 41		44
Consumer Portfolio Segment [Member] \| Mortgage Finance [Member] \| One year or less [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Interest-only mortgage loan portfolio principal amortization	6.00%
Consumer Portfolio Segment [Member] \| Mortgage Finance [Member] \| Two years or less [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Interest-only mortgage loan portfolio principal amortization	3.00%
Consumer Portfolio Segment [Member] \| Mortgage Finance [Member] \| Three years or less [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Interest-only mortgage loan portfolio principal amortization	0.00%
Consumer Portfolio Segment [Member] \| Mortgage Finance [Member] \| Four years or less [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Interest-only mortgage loan portfolio principal amortization	40.00%
Consumer Portfolio Segment [Member] \| Mortgage Finance [Member] \| Five years or greater [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Interest-only mortgage loan portfolio principal amortization	36.00%
Consumer Portfolio Segment [Member] \| Mortgage - Legacy [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Finance receivables and loans, net	$ 3,232		3,360
Held For Investment Mortgage Finance Receivables Interest Only Mortgage Loans	$ 889		941
Consumer Portfolio Segment [Member] \| Mortgage - Legacy [Member] \| One year or less [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Interest-only mortgage loan portfolio principal amortization	26.00%
Consumer Portfolio Segment [Member] \| Mortgage - Legacy [Member] \| Two years or less [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Interest-only mortgage loan portfolio principal amortization	22.00%
Consumer Portfolio Segment [Member] \| Mortgage - Legacy [Member] \| Three years or less [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Interest-only mortgage loan portfolio principal amortization	2.00%
Consumer Portfolio Segment [Member] \| Mortgage - Legacy [Member] \| Four years or less [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Interest-only mortgage loan portfolio principal amortization	0.00%
Consumer Portfolio Segment [Member] \| Mortgage - Legacy [Member] \| Five years or greater [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Interest-only mortgage loan portfolio principal amortization	1.00%
Commercial Portfolio Segment [Member] \| Commercial Loan [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Finance receivables and loans, net	$ 37,188	$ 34,757	37,535
Commercial Portfolio Segment [Member] \| Commercial And Industrial Automobile [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Finance receivables and loans, net	30,829		31,469
Commercial Portfolio Segment [Member] \| Commercial And Industrial Other [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Finance receivables and loans, net	2,863		2,640
Commercial Portfolio Segment [Member] \| Commercial Real Estate Automobile [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Finance receivables and loans, net	$ 3,496		$ 3,426