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Preferred and Common Stock - Details For the Share Repurchases (Details) $ / shares in Units, $ in Millions | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($) $ / shares shares
May 2021/June 2021 accelerated share repurchase (“ASR”) total |
Accelerated Share Repurchases [Line Items] |
Number of shares (in shares) | shares | 5,878,791
Average price per share (in usd per share) | $ / shares | $ 34.02
Total | $ | $ 200
August 2021 open market repurchase |
Accelerated Share Repurchases [Line Items] |
Number of shares (in shares) | shares | 769,274
Average price per share (in usd per share) | $ / shares | $ 32.50
Total | $ | $ 25
October 2021 open market repurchase |
Accelerated Share Repurchases [Line Items] |
Number of shares (in shares) | shares | 879,307
Average price per share (in usd per share) | $ / shares | $ 30.71
Total | $ | $ 27
November 2021 open market repurchase |
Accelerated Share Repurchases [Line Items] |
Number of shares (in shares) | shares | 2,336,733
Average price per share (in usd per share) | $ / shares | $ 30.79
Total | $ | $ 72
December 2021 open market repurchase |
Accelerated Share Repurchases [Line Items] |
Number of shares (in shares) | shares | 3,546,041
Average price per share (in usd per share) | $ / shares | $ 29.91
Total | $ | $ 106
2021 Share repurchase total |
Accelerated Share Repurchases [Line Items] |
Number of shares (in shares) | shares | 13,410,146
Average price per share (in usd per share) | $ / shares | $ 32.07
Total | $ | $ 430
August/September 2020 open market repurchase |
Accelerated Share Repurchases [Line Items] |
Number of shares (in shares) | shares | 2,907,094
Average price per share (in usd per share) | $ / shares | $ 17.36
Total | $ | $ 51
November 2020 open market repurchase |
Accelerated Share Repurchases [Line Items] |
Number of shares (in shares) | shares | 937,831
Average price per share (in usd per share) | $ / shares | $ 23.99
Total | $ | $ 22
2020 Share repurchase total |
Accelerated Share Repurchases [Line Items] |
Number of shares (in shares) | shares | 3,844,925
Average price per share (in usd per share) | $ / shares | $ 18.98
Total | $ | $ 73
February 2019 ASR total |
Accelerated Share Repurchases [Line Items] |
Number of shares (in shares) | shares | 36,434,423
Average price per share (in usd per share) | $ / shares | $ 19.21
Total | $ | $ 700
May 2019 ASR total |
Accelerated Share Repurchases [Line Items] |
Number of shares (in shares) | shares | 9,016,981
Average price per share (in usd per share) | $ / shares | $ 22.18
Total | $ | $ 200
August 2019 ASR total |
Accelerated Share Repurchases [Line Items] |
Number of shares (in shares) | shares | 7,774,279
Average price per share (in usd per share) | $ / shares | $ 25.73
Total | $ | $ 200
November 2019 open market repurchase |
Accelerated Share Repurchases [Line Items] |
Number of shares (in shares) | shares | 1,626,681
Average price per share (in usd per share) | $ / shares | $ 30.74
Total | $ | $ 50
2019 Share repurchase total |
Accelerated Share Repurchases [Line Items] |
Number of shares (in shares) | shares | 54,852,364
Average price per share (in usd per share) | $ / shares | $ 20.97
Total | $ | $ 1,150

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