Debt Securities, Held-to-Maturity, Transferred Security, At Carrying Value

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Debt Securities, Held-to-Maturity Transferred To Available-for-sale And Subsequently Sold, Realized Gain (Loss)

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Number of segments reported by the entity. A reportable segment is a component of an entity for which there is an accounting requirement to report separate financial information on that component in the entity's financial statements.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 280
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 18
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=123359005&loc=d3e8672-108599

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Amount, after tax and before adjustment, of unrealized gain (loss) on investment in debt security measured at amortized cost (held-to-maturity) from transfer to investment in debt security measured at fair value with change in fair value recognized in other comprehensive income (available-for-sale).

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 220
-SubTopic 10
-Section 45
-Paragraph 11
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=124509347&loc=d3e637-108580

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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies - Basis of Presentation (Details) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2021 line_of_business	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2021 segment
Accounting Policies [Abstract]
Number of lines of business		2		2
HTM debt securities transferred			$ 438
Unrecognized gain (loss) in AOCI	$ 72
Gain (loss) from sale of transferred securities			$ 58