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Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss, Recovery, Including Discontinued Operations

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Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss, Writeoff, Including Discontinued Operations

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Amount of allowance for credit loss on financing receivable. Excludes allowance for financing receivable covered under loss sharing agreement.

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Amount of increase in allowance for credit loss on financing receivable from recovery.

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Amount of expense (reversal of expense) for expected credit loss for off-balance sheet credit exposure. Excludes off-balance sheet credit exposure accounted for as insurance and instrument accounted for under derivatives and hedging.

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Asset Quality - Changes in Allowance for Loan and Lease Losses by Loan Category (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2021	Mar. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss [Roll Forward]
Beginning balance	$ 1,626	$ 900
Provision	(74)	339
Charge-offs	(135)	(101)
Recoveries	21	17
Ending balance	1,438	1,359
Total ALLL, including discontinued operations	1,471	1,402	$ 1,662	$ 910
Total provision, including discontinued operations	(77)	342
Total charge-offs, including discontinued operations	(136)	(103)
Total recoveries, including discontinued operations	22	18
Provision (credit) for losses on lending-related commitments	(19)	20
Impact of ASC 326 Adoption
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss [Roll Forward]
Beginning balance		204
Total ALLL, including discontinued operations				235
Cumulative Effect, Period of Adoption, Adjusted Balance
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss [Roll Forward]
Beginning balance		1,104
Total ALLL, including discontinued operations				$ 1,145
Commercial Loans
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss [Roll Forward]
Beginning balance	1,099	751
Provision	(60)	250
Charge-offs	(112)	(65)
Recoveries	10	6
Ending balance	937	818
Commercial Loans \| Impact of ASC 326 Adoption
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss [Roll Forward]
Beginning balance		(124)
Commercial Loans \| Cumulative Effect, Period of Adoption, Adjusted Balance
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss [Roll Forward]
Beginning balance		627
Consumer Loans
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss [Roll Forward]
Beginning balance	527	149
Provision	(14)	89
Charge-offs	(23)	(36)
Recoveries	11	11
Ending balance	501	541
Consumer Loans \| Impact of ASC 326 Adoption
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss [Roll Forward]
Beginning balance		328
Consumer Loans \| Cumulative Effect, Period of Adoption, Adjusted Balance
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss [Roll Forward]
Beginning balance		477
Commercial and Industrial \| Commercial Loans
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss [Roll Forward]
Beginning balance	678	551
Provision	(17)	187
Charge-offs	(73)	(60)
Recoveries	8	5
Ending balance	596	542
Commercial and Industrial \| Commercial Loans \| Impact of ASC 326 Adoption
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss [Roll Forward]
Beginning balance		(141)
Commercial and Industrial \| Commercial Loans \| Cumulative Effect, Period of Adoption, Adjusted Balance
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss [Roll Forward]
Beginning balance		410
Commercial mortgage \| Commercial Loans
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss [Roll Forward]
Beginning balance	327	143
Provision	(37)	50
Charge-offs	(35)	(3)
Recoveries	1	1
Ending balance	256	207
Commercial mortgage \| Commercial Loans \| Impact of ASC 326 Adoption
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss [Roll Forward]
Beginning balance		16
Commercial mortgage \| Commercial Loans \| Cumulative Effect, Period of Adoption, Adjusted Balance
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss [Roll Forward]
Beginning balance		159
Construction \| Commercial Loans
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss [Roll Forward]
Beginning balance	47	22
Provision	(2)	10
Charge-offs	0	0
Recoveries	0	0
Ending balance	45	25
Construction \| Commercial Loans \| Impact of ASC 326 Adoption
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss [Roll Forward]
Beginning balance		(7)
Construction \| Commercial Loans \| Cumulative Effect, Period of Adoption, Adjusted Balance
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss [Roll Forward]
Beginning balance		15
Commercial real estate loans \| Commercial Loans
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss [Roll Forward]
Beginning balance	374	165
Provision	(39)	60
Charge-offs	(35)	(3)
Recoveries	1	1
Ending balance	301	232
Commercial real estate loans \| Commercial Loans \| Impact of ASC 326 Adoption
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss [Roll Forward]
Beginning balance		9
Commercial real estate loans \| Commercial Loans \| Cumulative Effect, Period of Adoption, Adjusted Balance
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss [Roll Forward]
Beginning balance		174
Commercial lease financing \| Commercial Loans
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss [Roll Forward]
Beginning balance	47	35
Provision	(4)	3
Charge-offs	(4)	(2)
Recoveries	1	0
Ending balance	40	44
Commercial lease financing \| Commercial Loans \| Impact of ASC 326 Adoption
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss [Roll Forward]
Beginning balance		8
Commercial lease financing \| Commercial Loans \| Cumulative Effect, Period of Adoption, Adjusted Balance
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss [Roll Forward]
Beginning balance		43
Real estate — residential mortgage \| Consumer Loans
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss [Roll Forward]
Beginning balance	102	7
Provision	(3)	5
Charge-offs	0	0
Recoveries	1	0
Ending balance	100	89
Real estate — residential mortgage \| Consumer Loans \| Impact of ASC 326 Adoption
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss [Roll Forward]
Beginning balance		77
Real estate — residential mortgage \| Consumer Loans \| Cumulative Effect, Period of Adoption, Adjusted Balance
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss [Roll Forward]
Beginning balance		84
Home equity loans \| Consumer Loans
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss [Roll Forward]
Beginning balance	171	31
Provision	(13)	8
Charge-offs	(2)	(4)
Recoveries	1	2
Ending balance	157	184
Home equity loans \| Consumer Loans \| Impact of ASC 326 Adoption
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss [Roll Forward]
Beginning balance		147
Home equity loans \| Consumer Loans \| Cumulative Effect, Period of Adoption, Adjusted Balance
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss [Roll Forward]
Beginning balance		178
Consumer direct loans \| Consumer Loans
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss [Roll Forward]
Beginning balance	128	34
Provision	4	29
Charge-offs	(8)	(12)
Recoveries	2	2
Ending balance	126	116
Consumer direct loans \| Consumer Loans \| Impact of ASC 326 Adoption
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss [Roll Forward]
Beginning balance		63
Consumer direct loans \| Consumer Loans \| Cumulative Effect, Period of Adoption, Adjusted Balance
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss [Roll Forward]
Beginning balance		97
Credit cards \| Consumer Loans
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss [Roll Forward]
Beginning balance	87	47
Provision	(3)	31
Charge-offs	(6)	(11)
Recoveries	2	2
Ending balance	80	104
Credit cards \| Consumer Loans \| Impact of ASC 326 Adoption
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss [Roll Forward]
Beginning balance		35
Credit cards \| Consumer Loans \| Cumulative Effect, Period of Adoption, Adjusted Balance
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss [Roll Forward]
Beginning balance		82
Consumer indirect loans \| Consumer Loans
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss [Roll Forward]
Beginning balance	39	30
Provision	1	16
Charge-offs	(7)	(9)
Recoveries	5	5
Ending balance	38	48
Consumer indirect loans \| Consumer Loans \| Impact of ASC 326 Adoption
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss [Roll Forward]
Beginning balance		6
Consumer indirect loans \| Consumer Loans \| Cumulative Effect, Period of Adoption, Adjusted Balance
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss [Roll Forward]
Beginning balance		36
Discontinued Operations
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss [Roll Forward]
Beginning balance	36	10
Provision	(3)	3
Charge-offs	(1)	(2)
Recoveries	1	1
Ending balance	$ 33	43
Discontinued Operations \| Impact of ASC 326 Adoption
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss [Roll Forward]
Beginning balance		31
Discontinued Operations \| Cumulative Effect, Period of Adoption, Adjusted Balance
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss [Roll Forward]
Beginning balance		$ 41