Variable Interest Entities and Securitizations (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2025

Variable Interest Entities and Securitization [Abstract]

Carrying Amount of Assets and Liabilities of Variable Interest Entities

The tables below present a summary of VIEs in which we had continuing involvement or held a significant variable interest, aggregated based on VIEs with similar characteristics as of December 31, 2025 and 2024. We separately present information for consolidated and unconsolidated VIEs.

Table 6.1: Carrying Amount of Consolidated and Unconsolidated VIEs


	December 31, 2025
	Consolidated				Unconsolidated
(Dollars in millions)	Carrying Amount of Assets		Carrying Amount of Liabilities		Carrying Amount of Assets		Carrying Amount of Liabilities		Maximum Exposure to Loss
Securitization-Related VIEs:(1)
Credit card loan securitizations(2)	$	28,208	$	10,478	$	0	$	0	$	0
Auto loan securitizations	3,451		2,622		0		0		0
Total securitization-related VIEs	31,659		13,100		0		0		0
Other VIEs:(3)
Affordable housing entities	469		167		6,485		2,204		6,485
Entities that provide capital to low-income and rural communities	2,942		10		48		24		48
Other(4)	0		0		1,389		154		1,389
Total other VIEs	3,411		177		7,922		2,382		7,922
Total VIEs	$	35,070	$	13,277	$	7,922	$	2,382	$	7,922


	December 31, 2024
	Consolidated				Unconsolidated
(Dollars in millions)	Carrying Amount of Assets		Carrying Amount of Liabilities		Carrying Amount of Assets		Carrying Amount of Liabilities		Maximum Exposure to Loss
Securitization-Related VIEs:(1)
Credit card loan securitizations(2)	$	24,753	$	11,500	$	0	$	0	$	0
Auto loan securitizations	4,100		3,204		0		0		0
Total securitization-related VIEs	28,853		14,704		0		0		0
Other VIEs:(3)
Affordable housing entities	354		75		5,544		1,877		5,544
Entities that provide capital to low-income and rural communities	2,605		9		0		0		0
Other(4)	0		0		874		110		874
Total other VIEs	2,959		84		6,418		1,987		6,418
Total VIEs	$	31,812	$	14,788	$	6,418	$	1,987	$	6,418

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(1)Excludes insignificant VIEs from previously exited businesses.

(2)Represents the carrying amount of assets and liabilities of the VIE, which includes the seller’s interest and repurchased notes held by other related parties.

(3)In certain investment structures, we consolidate a VIE which holds as its primary asset an investment in an unconsolidated VIE. In these instances, we disclose the carrying amount of assets and liabilities on our consolidated balance sheets as unconsolidated VIEs to avoid duplicating our exposure, as the unconsolidated VIEs are generally the operating entities generating the exposure. The carrying amount of assets and liabilities included in the unconsolidated VIE columns above related to these investment structures were $3.0 billion of assets and $1.2 billion of liabilities as of December 31, 2025, and $2.7 billion of assets and $1.0 billion of liabilities as of December 31, 2024.

(4)Primarily consists of variable interests in companies that promote renewable energy sources and other equity method investments.

- Definition

Tabular disclosure of the significant judgments and assumptions made in determining whether a variable interest (as defined) held by the entity requires the variable interest entity (VIE) (as defined) to be consolidated and (or) disclose information about its involvement with the VIE, individually or in aggregate (as applicable); the nature of restrictions, if any, on the consolidated VIE's assets and on the settlement of its liabilities reported by an entity in its statement of financial position, including the carrying amounts of such assets and liabilities; the nature of, and changes in, the risks associated with involvement in the VIE; how involvement with the VIE affects the entity's financial position, financial performance, and cash flows; the lack of recourse if creditors (or beneficial interest holders) of the consolidated VIE have no recourse to the general credit of the primary beneficiary (if applicable); the terms of arrangements, giving consideration to both explicit arrangements and implicit variable interests, if any, that could require the entity to provide financial support to the VIE, including events or circumstances that could expose the entity to a loss; the methodology used by the entity for determining whether or not it is the primary beneficiary of the variable interest entity; the significant factors considered and judgments made in determining that the power to direct the activities of a VIE that most significantly impact the VIE's economic performance are shared (as defined); the carrying amounts and classification of assets and liabilities of the VIE included in the statement of financial position; the entity's maximum exposure to loss, if any, as a result of its involvement with the VIE, including how the maximum exposure is determined and significant sources of the entity's exposure to the VIE; a comparison of the carrying amounts of the assets and liabilities and the entity's maximum exposure to loss; information about any liquidity arrangements, guarantees, and (or) other commitments by third parties that may affect the fair value or risk of the entity's variable interest in the VIE; whether or not the entity has provided financial support or other support (explicitly or implicitly) to the VIE that it was not previously contractually required to provide or whether the entity intends to provide that support, including the type and amount of the support and the primary reasons for providing the support; and supplemental information the entity determines necessary to provide.

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