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Fair Value Measurement - Quantitative Information about Level 3 Fair Value Measurements (Details) $ in Millions	Dec. 31, 2020 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($)
Fair Value Measurement Inputs and Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Securities available for sale (amortized cost of $97.6 billion and allowance for credit losses of $1 million as of December 31, 2020)	$ 100,445	$ 79,213
Recurring
Fair Value Measurement Inputs and Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Securities available for sale (amortized cost of $97.6 billion and allowance for credit losses of $1 million as of December 31, 2020)	100,445	79,213
Recurring | Level 3
Fair Value Measurement Inputs and Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Securities available for sale (amortized cost of $97.6 billion and allowance for credit losses of $1 million as of December 31, 2020)	439	442
Retained interests in securitizations	55	66
Net derivative assets (liabilities)	31	26	$ (10)	$ 13
RMBS
Fair Value Measurement Inputs and Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Securities available for sale (amortized cost of $97.6 billion and allowance for credit losses of $1 million as of December 31, 2020)	76,703	64,338
RMBS | Recurring
Fair Value Measurement Inputs and Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Securities available for sale (amortized cost of $97.6 billion and allowance for credit losses of $1 million as of December 31, 2020)	76,703	64,338
RMBS | Recurring | Level 3
Fair Value Measurement Inputs and Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Securities available for sale (amortized cost of $97.6 billion and allowance for credit losses of $1 million as of December 31, 2020)	328	429
CMBS | Recurring
Fair Value Measurement Inputs and Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Securities available for sale (amortized cost of $97.6 billion and allowance for credit losses of $1 million as of December 31, 2020)	11,735	9,426
CMBS | Recurring | Level 3
Fair Value Measurement Inputs and Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Securities available for sale (amortized cost of $97.6 billion and allowance for credit losses of $1 million as of December 31, 2020)	$ 111	$ 13
Yield | RMBS | Recurring | Level 3 | Discounted cash flows | Minimum
Fair Value Measurement Inputs and Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Securities available-for-sale, measurement input	0.02	0.02
Yield | RMBS | Recurring | Level 3 | Discounted cash flows | Maximum
Fair Value Measurement Inputs and Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Securities available-for-sale, measurement input	0.12	0.18
Yield | RMBS | Recurring | Level 3 | Discounted cash flows | Weighted average
Fair Value Measurement Inputs and Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Securities available-for-sale, measurement input	0.03	0.05
Yield | CMBS | Recurring | Level 3 | Discounted cash flows | Minimum
Fair Value Measurement Inputs and Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Securities available-for-sale, measurement input	0.01	0.02
Yield | CMBS | Recurring | Level 3 | Discounted cash flows | Maximum
Fair Value Measurement Inputs and Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Securities available-for-sale, measurement input	0.03	0.03
Yield | CMBS | Recurring | Level 3 | Discounted cash flows | Weighted average
Fair Value Measurement Inputs and Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Securities available-for-sale, measurement input	0.02	0.02
Voluntary prepayment rate | Recurring | Level 3 | Discounted cash flows | Minimum
Fair Value Measurement Inputs and Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Retained interests, measurement input	0.03	0.04
Voluntary prepayment rate | Recurring | Level 3 | Discounted cash flows | Maximum
Fair Value Measurement Inputs and Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Retained interests, measurement input	0.13	0.14
Voluntary prepayment rate | RMBS | Recurring | Level 3 | Discounted cash flows | Minimum
Fair Value Measurement Inputs and Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Securities available-for-sale, measurement input	0.08	0
Voluntary prepayment rate | RMBS | Recurring | Level 3 | Discounted cash flows | Maximum
Fair Value Measurement Inputs and Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Securities available-for-sale, measurement input	0.15	0.18
Voluntary prepayment rate | RMBS | Recurring | Level 3 | Discounted cash flows | Weighted average
Fair Value Measurement Inputs and Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Securities available-for-sale, measurement input	0.10	0.10
Default rate | Recurring | Level 3 | Discounted cash flows | Minimum
Fair Value Measurement Inputs and Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Retained interests, measurement input	0.03	0.02
Default rate | Recurring | Level 3 | Discounted cash flows | Maximum
Fair Value Measurement Inputs and Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Retained interests, measurement input	0.03	0.03
Default rate | RMBS | Recurring | Level 3 | Discounted cash flows | Minimum
Fair Value Measurement Inputs and Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Securities available-for-sale, measurement input	0	0.01
Default rate | RMBS | Recurring | Level 3 | Discounted cash flows | Maximum
Fair Value Measurement Inputs and Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Securities available-for-sale, measurement input	0.11	0.06
Default rate | RMBS | Recurring | Level 3 | Discounted cash flows | Weighted average
Fair Value Measurement Inputs and Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Securities available-for-sale, measurement input	0.02	0.02
Loss severity | Recurring | Level 3 | Discounted cash flows | Minimum
Fair Value Measurement Inputs and Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Retained interests, measurement input	0.55	0.74
Loss severity | Recurring | Level 3 | Discounted cash flows | Maximum
Fair Value Measurement Inputs and Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Retained interests, measurement input	0.70	0.88
Loss severity | RMBS | Recurring | Level 3 | Discounted cash flows | Minimum
Fair Value Measurement Inputs and Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Securities available-for-sale, measurement input	0.30	0.30
Loss severity | RMBS | Recurring | Level 3 | Discounted cash flows | Maximum
Fair Value Measurement Inputs and Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Securities available-for-sale, measurement input	1	0.95
Loss severity | RMBS | Recurring | Level 3 | Discounted cash flows | Weighted average
Fair Value Measurement Inputs and Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Securities available-for-sale, measurement input	0.73	0.67
Life of receivables (months) | Recurring | Level 3 | Discounted cash flows | Minimum
Fair Value Measurement Inputs and Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Retained interests, measurement input, life of receivables	37 months	35 months
Life of receivables (months) | Recurring | Level 3 | Discounted cash flows | Maximum
Fair Value Measurement Inputs and Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Retained interests, measurement input, life of receivables	52 months	51 months
Discount rate | Recurring | Level 3 | Discounted cash flows | Minimum
Fair Value Measurement Inputs and Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Retained interests, measurement input	0.02	0.03
Discount rate | Recurring | Level 3 | Discounted cash flows | Maximum
Fair Value Measurement Inputs and Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Retained interests, measurement input	0.12	0.10
Swap rates | Recurring | Level 3 | Discounted cash flows | Minimum
Fair Value Measurement Inputs and Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Net derivative assets (liabilities), measurement input	0.01	0.02
Swap rates | Recurring | Level 3 | Discounted cash flows | Maximum
Fair Value Measurement Inputs and Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Net derivative assets (liabilities), measurement input	0.01	0.02
Swap rates | Recurring | Level 3 | Discounted cash flows | Weighted average
Fair Value Measurement Inputs and Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Net derivative assets (liabilities), measurement input	0.01	0.02

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