Investment Securities - Schedule of Amortized Cost and Fair Value of Investment Securities (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Dec. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021
Investment securities available for sale
Investment securities available for sale, cost	$ 9,967	$ 9,215
Investment securities available for sale, gross unrealized gains	1	45
Investment securities available for sale, gross unrealized losses	(973)	(57)
Investment securities available for sale	8,995	9,203
Investment in marketable equity securities
Investment in marketable equity securities at cost	75	73
Investment in marketable equity, gross unrealized gains	21	25
Investment in marketable equity, gross unrealized losses	(1)	0
Investment in marketable equity, fair value	95	98
Investment securities held to maturity
Investment securities held to maturity, cost	10,279	3,809
Investment securities held to maturity, gross unrealized gains	0	6
Investment securities held to maturity, gross unrealized losses	(1,484)	(56)
Investment securities held to maturity, cost, fair value	8,795	3,759
Total investment securities
Total investment securities, amortized cost	20,321	13,097
Total investment securities, gross unrealized gains	22	76
Total investment securities, gross unrealized losses	(2,458)	(113)
Total investment securities, fair value	17,885	13,060
U.S. Treasury
Investment securities available for sale
Investment securities available for sale, cost	2,035	2,007
Investment securities available for sale, gross unrealized gains	0	0
Investment securities available for sale, gross unrealized losses	(137)	(2)
Investment securities available for sale	1,898	2,005
Investment securities held to maturity
Investment securities held to maturity, cost	474
Investment securities held to maturity, gross unrealized gains	0
Investment securities held to maturity, gross unrealized losses	(50)
Investment securities held to maturity, cost, fair value	424
Government agency
Investment securities available for sale
Investment securities available for sale, cost	164	221
Investment securities available for sale, gross unrealized gains	0	1
Investment securities available for sale, gross unrealized losses	(2)	(1)
Investment securities available for sale	162	221
Investment securities held to maturity
Investment securities held to maturity, cost	1,548
Investment securities held to maturity, gross unrealized gains	0
Investment securities held to maturity, gross unrealized losses	(186)
Investment securities held to maturity, cost, fair value	1,362
Residential mortgage-backed securities
Investment securities available for sale
Investment securities available for sale, cost	5,424	4,757
Investment securities available for sale, gross unrealized gains	1	8
Investment securities available for sale, gross unrealized losses	(630)	(36)
Investment securities available for sale	4,795	4,729
Investment securities held to maturity
Investment securities held to maturity, cost	4,605	2,322
Investment securities held to maturity, gross unrealized gains	0	6
Investment securities held to maturity, gross unrealized losses	(723)	(22)
Investment securities held to maturity, cost, fair value	3,882	2,306
Commercial mortgage-backed securities
Investment securities available for sale
Investment securities available for sale, cost	1,774	1,648
Investment securities available for sale, gross unrealized gains	0	9
Investment securities available for sale, gross unrealized losses	(170)	(17)
Investment securities available for sale	1,604	1,640
Investment securities held to maturity
Investment securities held to maturity, cost	3,355	1,485
Investment securities held to maturity, gross unrealized gains	0	0
Investment securities held to maturity, gross unrealized losses	(484)	(34)
Investment securities held to maturity, cost, fair value	2,871	1,451
Corporate bonds
Investment securities available for sale
Investment securities available for sale, cost	570	582
Investment securities available for sale, gross unrealized gains	0	27
Investment securities available for sale, gross unrealized losses	(34)	(1)
Investment securities available for sale	536	608
Supranational securities
Investment securities held to maturity
Investment securities held to maturity, cost	295
Investment securities held to maturity, gross unrealized gains	0
Investment securities held to maturity, gross unrealized losses	(41)
Investment securities held to maturity, cost, fair value	254
Other
Investment securities held to maturity
Investment securities held to maturity, cost	2	2
Investment securities held to maturity, gross unrealized gains	0	0
Investment securities held to maturity, gross unrealized losses	0	0
Investment securities held to maturity, cost, fair value	$ 2	$ 2

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