Residential Mortgage Loan TDR Carried At Lower Of Amortized Cost Or Fair Value Less Cost To Sell

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Transfer of Troubled Debt Restructuring Loans Held-For-Sale To Portfolio Loans

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Trouble debt restructuring non accrual loan.

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Amount of financing receivable modified as troubled debt restructuring.

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Loans - Summary of TDRs (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended
Loans - Summary of TDRs (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Jun. 30, 2022	Sep. 30, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
TDR Loans		$ 266	$ 200
Residential mortgage loan TDR carried at lower of amortized cost or fair value less cost to sell		101	104
Non Accrual loans included in TDR loan		111	115
Commercial loans
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
TDR Loans		115	63
Additional commitments to lend to commercial borrowers with modified TDRs		14	13
Commercial loans \| Business and corporate banking
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
TDR Loans		112	38
Commercial loans \| Global banking
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
TDR Loans		3	25
Consumer loans
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
TDR Loans		151	137
Transfer TDR loans held-for-sale to portfolio loans	$ 24
Consumer loans \| Residential mortgages
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
TDR Loans		137	125
Consumer loans \| Home equity mortgages
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
TDR Loans		12	9
Consumer loans \| Credit cards
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
TDR Loans		$ 2	$ 3