Outstanding Loans and Leases and Allowance for Credit Losses - Commercial Loans, Loans Held-for-sale and Accrued Interest Receivable (Details)

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Outstanding Loans and Leases and Allowance for Credit Losses - Commercial Loans, Loans Held-for-sale and Accrued Interest Receivable (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2025	Sep. 30, 2024	Sep. 30, 2025	Sep. 30, 2024	Dec. 31, 2024
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Loans held for sale	$ 6,831		$ 6,831		$ 9,545
Accrued interest receivable	$ 4,300		$ 4,300		$ 4,300
Financing Receivable, Accrued Interest, after Allowance for Credit Loss, Statement of Financial Position [Extensible Enumeration]	Other Receivables		Other Receivables		Other Receivables
Consumer and Small Business Credit Card
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Interest and fee income reversed	$ 209	$ 213	$ 658	$ 633
Commercial
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Loans held for sale	$ 6,800		6,800		$ 9,500
Proceeds from sales and paydowns of loans originally classified as LHFS			27,000	21,700
Originations and purchases			$ 23,400	$ 26,300
Commercial \| Commercial loans
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Weighted-average duration	1 year	2 years 1 month 6 days	1 year 4 months 24 days	1 year 9 months 18 days
Lending commitments	$ 658	$ 1,200	$ 658	$ 1,200
Commercial \| Commercial loans \| Forbearance Program
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Weighted-average duration	17 months	10 months	13 months	11 months
Commercial \| Commercial loans \| Forbearances \| Minimum
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Weighted-average duration			8 months
Commercial \| Commercial loans \| Forbearances \| Maximum
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Weighted-average duration			24 months

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Financing Receivable, Held-for-Sale, Excluding Accrued Interest, Not Part of Disposal Group, After Valuation Allowance

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Amount of writeoff of accrued interest on financing receivable recognized by reversing interest income.

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Quarterly report [Sections 13 or 15(d)]

Outstanding Loans and Leases and Allowance for Credit Losses - Commercial Loans, Loans Held-for-sale and Accrued Interest Receivable (Details)