FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS - Residential and Commercial Mortgage Loans Held For Sale (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Sep. 30, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Aggregate Fair Value	$ 526	$ 325
Level 2
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Aggregate Fair Value	526	325
Level 2 \| Residential loans held for sale
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Aggregate Fair Value	456	268
Aggregate Unpaid Principal	441	263
Aggregate Fair Value Less Aggregate Unpaid Principal	15	5
Level 2 \| Commercial real estate loans held for sale
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Aggregate Fair Value	70	57
Aggregate Unpaid Principal	70	57
Aggregate Fair Value Less Aggregate Unpaid Principal	$ 0	$ 0

The aggregate unpaid principal balance of loans measured at fair value.

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This item represents the difference between the aggregate fair value and the aggregate unpaid principal balance of loans and long-term receivables (other than securities categorized as trading, available-for-sale or held-to-maturity) that have contractual principal amounts and for which the fair value option has been elected.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 825
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 28
-Subparagraph (d)(1)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6957238&loc=d3e14064-108612

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The face amount of loans that will be sold to other entities.

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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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