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Loans - Trouble Debt Restructurings (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring [Line Items]
Principal balance reduction		$ 2,252	$ 812
Commitments to lend on loans modified in TDRs	$ 109
Credit Card:
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring [Line Items]
Principal balance reduction		$ 433	$ 277
Credit Card: \| Interest rate reduction
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring [Line Items]
% of TDR Activity		100.00%	100.00%
Average Rate Reduction		19.73%	21.15%
Consumer Banking:
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring [Line Items]
Principal balance reduction		$ 1,077	$ 374
Consumer Banking: \| Interest rate reduction
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring [Line Items]
% of TDR Activity		57.00%	42.00%
Average Rate Reduction		8.53%	8.70%
Consumer Banking: \| Term Extension
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring [Line Items]
% of TDR Activity		97.00%	93.00%
Average Term Extension (Months)		4 months	4 months
Consumer Banking: \| Principal balance reduction
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring [Line Items]
% of TDR Activity			0.00%
Gross Balance Reduction			$ 1
Consumer Banking: \| Auto
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring [Line Items]
Principal balance reduction		$ 1,070	$ 371
Consumer Banking: \| Auto \| Interest rate reduction
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring [Line Items]
% of TDR Activity		57.00%	43.00%
Average Rate Reduction		8.53%	8.72%
Commitments to lend on loans modified in TDRs		$ 219	$ 168
Consumer Banking: \| Auto \| Term Extension
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring [Line Items]
% of TDR Activity		97.00%	93.00%
Average Term Extension (Months)		4 months	4 months
Consumer Banking: \| Auto \| Principal balance reduction
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring [Line Items]
Principal balance reduction	1
% of TDR Activity			0.00%
Gross Balance Reduction			$ 1
Consumer Banking: \| Retail banking
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring [Line Items]
Principal balance reduction		$ 7	$ 3
Consumer Banking: \| Retail banking \| Interest rate reduction
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring [Line Items]
% of TDR Activity			13.00%
Average Rate Reduction			2.94%
Consumer Banking: \| Retail banking \| Term Extension
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring [Line Items]
% of TDR Activity		92.00%	30.00%
Average Term Extension (Months)		13 months	42 months
Consumer Banking: \| Retail banking \| Principal balance reduction
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring [Line Items]
Principal balance reduction	0
Commercial Banking:
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring [Line Items]
Principal balance reduction		$ 742	$ 161
Commercial Banking: \| Interest rate reduction
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring [Line Items]
% of TDR Activity		4.00%	6.00%
Average Rate Reduction		0.28%	1.19%
Commercial Banking: \| Term Extension
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring [Line Items]
% of TDR Activity		74.00%	46.00%
Average Term Extension (Months)		13 months	9 months
Commercial Banking: \| Commercial and multifamily real estate
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring [Line Items]
Principal balance reduction		$ 385	$ 49
Commercial Banking: \| Commercial and multifamily real estate \| Interest rate reduction
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring [Line Items]
% of TDR Activity		8.00%	21.00%
Average Rate Reduction		0.28%	1.19%
Commercial Banking: \| Commercial and multifamily real estate \| Term Extension
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring [Line Items]
% of TDR Activity		84.00%	85.00%
Average Term Extension (Months)		13 months	11 months
Commercial Banking: \| Commercial and multifamily real estate \| Principal balance reduction
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring [Line Items]
Principal balance reduction	20
Commercial Banking: \| Commercial and industrial
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring [Line Items]
Principal balance reduction		$ 357	$ 112
Commercial Banking: \| Commercial and industrial \| Term Extension
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring [Line Items]
% of TDR Activity		64.00%	30.00%
Average Term Extension (Months)		13 months	6 months
Commercial Banking: \| Commercial and industrial \| Principal balance reduction
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring [Line Items]
Principal balance reduction	$ 3
Domestic credit card: \| Credit Card:
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring [Line Items]
Principal balance reduction		$ 306	$ 154
Domestic credit card: \| Credit Card: \| Interest rate reduction
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring [Line Items]
% of TDR Activity		100.00%	100.00%
Average Rate Reduction		16.54%	15.90%
International card businesses: \| Credit Card:
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring [Line Items]
Principal balance reduction		$ 127	$ 123
International card businesses: \| Credit Card: \| Interest rate reduction
Financing Receivable, Troubled Debt Restructuring [Line Items]
% of TDR Activity		100.00%	100.00%
Average Rate Reduction		27.42%	27.70%