FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS - Residential Mortgage and Commercial Real Estate Loans Held For Sale (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Sep. 30, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Aggregate Fair Value	$ 749	$ 774
Level 2
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Aggregate Fair Value	749	774
Level 2 \| Residential mortgage loans held for sale, at fair value
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Aggregate Fair Value	739	666
Aggregate Unpaid Principal	734	656
Aggregate Fair Value Greater (Less) Than Aggregate Unpaid Principal	5	10
Level 2 \| Commercial and industrial, and commercial real estate loans held for sale, at fair value
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Aggregate Fair Value	10	108
Aggregate Unpaid Principal	12	127
Aggregate Fair Value Greater (Less) Than Aggregate Unpaid Principal	$ (2)	$ (19)

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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Amount, before valuation allowance, of financing receivable classified as held-for-sale.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Topic 310
-SubTopic 10
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Section 45
-Paragraph 2
-Publisher FASB
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