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Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Securities Loaned

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Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired And Liabilities Assumed, Trading Assets, Corporate And Other Debt

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Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Trading Assets, Loans and Lending Commitments

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Amount of currency on hand as well as demand deposits with banks or financial institutions, acquired at the acquisition date. Includes other kinds of accounts that have the general characteristics of demand deposits. Also includes short-term, highly liquid investments that are both readily convertible to known amounts of cash and so near their maturity that they present insignificant risk of changes in value because of changes in interest rates.

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Amount due from customers or clients for goods or services, including trade receivables, that have been delivered or sold in the normal course of business, and amounts due from others, including related parties expected to be converted to cash, sold or exchanged within one year or the normal operating cycle, if longer, acquired at the acquisition date.

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Acquisitions - Purchase Price Allocation (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Mar. 01, 2021	Oct. 02, 2020	Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Assets
Goodwill			$ 16,833	$ 11,635	$ 7,143
Eaton Vance Corp.
Assets
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 691
Trading assets at fair value: Loans and lending commitments	445
Trading assets at fair value: Investments	299
Corporate and other debt	52
Customer and other receivables	331
Goodwill	5,270
Intangible assets	3,956
Other assets	836
Total assets	11,880
Liabilities
Other secured financings	399
Other liabilities and accrued expenses	2,147
Borrowings	678
Total liabilities	$ 3,224
Eaton Vance Corp. \| Customer relationships
Liabilities
Weighted-average intangible life	16 years
E-TRADE
Assets
Cash and cash equivalents		$ 3,807
Trading assets at fair value: Loans and lending commitments		1,124
Trading assets at fair value: Investments		44
Investment securities		48,855
Securities borrowed		975
Customer and other receivables		12,267
Loans: Held for investment		462
Goodwill		4,270
Intangible assets		3,282
Other assets		1,351
Total assets		76,437
Liabilities
Deposits		44,890
Securities loaned		766
Customer and other payables		15,488
Other liabilities and accrued expenses		1,688
Borrowings		1,665
Total liabilities		64,497
E-TRADE \| Customer relationships
Assets
Intangible assets		$ 2,800
Liabilities
Weighted-average intangible life		17 years