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Seller Financing Receivable

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Weighted average life of securitized assets regardless of when the transfer occurred, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Amount of beneficial interest received as consideration for transferring noncash financial asset. Includes, but is not limited to, trade receivable in securitization transaction.

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Principal amount of transferred financial assets in which the transferor has continuing involvement with the assets underlying the transaction. Continuing involvement includes, but is not limited to, servicing, recourse, and restrictions on transferor's interests in transferred financial assets.

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Amount of decrease in financing receivable from sale. Excludes net investment in lease.

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The carrying amount (fair value) as of the balance sheet date of the transferor's interests in transferred financial assets (typically securitized receivables, generally not involved in the collection of principal) following transfer of significant portions of such financial instruments to other parties. Such interests could be ancillary cash flows and interest-only strips.

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The cash inflow associated with the collection of receivables arising from the financing of goods and services.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Fair value portion of interest continued to be held by a transferor after transferring financial assets to a third party.

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Securitization Activities - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2025	Sep. 30, 2024	Sep. 30, 2025	Sep. 30, 2024	Dec. 31, 2024
Qualitative and Quantitative Information, Transferor's Continuing Involvement [Line Items]
Assets securitized in a non-cash exchange for loans and investments	$ 209	$ 120	$ 552	$ 250
Retained Interests	7,240		7,240		$ 5,848
Notional amount related to other continuing involvement	3,830		3,830		2,780
Seller financing related to loans sold			340	1,730
Loans sold			425	3,930
Proceeds from collection of finance receivables	129	$ 1,430	499	$ 2,110
Outstanding Principal Amount	172,984		172,984		138,739
Retained interest	7,190		7,190		5,780
Corporate debt and other asset-backed
Qualitative and Quantitative Information, Transferor's Continuing Involvement [Line Items]
Retained Interests	500		500		493
Outstanding Principal Amount	13,228		13,228		12,059
Corporate debt and other asset-backed \| Installment
Qualitative and Quantitative Information, Transferor's Continuing Involvement [Line Items]
Outstanding Principal Amount	1,250		1,250		1,320
Derivatives And Commitments
Qualitative and Quantitative Information, Transferor's Continuing Involvement [Line Items]
Retained Interests	1,180		1,180		847
Other retained interests
Qualitative and Quantitative Information, Transferor's Continuing Involvement [Line Items]
Retained interest	487		$ 487		$ 491
Weighted average life (years)			4 years 10 months 24 days		5 years
Sensitivity Analysis of Fair Value, Transferor's Interests in Transferred Financial Assets, Impact of Other than 10 or 20 Percent Adverse Change in Other Assumption	$ 500		$ 500		$ 493