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Allowance for Loan Losses - Loans Modified Accounts for TDR (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Modified Loans	$ 254	$ 371	$ 934	$ 1,218
Charge-Offs	86	107	282	357
Payment-Default	67	98	206	313
Private Education Loans - Traditional [Member]
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Modified Loans	233	339	861	1,107
Charge-Offs	68	81	221	273
Payment-Default	56	83	174	266
Private Education Loans - Non-Traditional [Member]
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Modified Loans	21	32	73	111
Charge-Offs	18	26	61	84
Payment-Default	$ 11	$ 15	$ 32	$ 47

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Pre-modification amount of investment in financing receivables modified by troubled debt restructurings.

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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Amount of investment related to financing receivables modified by troubled debt restructurings within the previous 12 months, for which there was a payment default.

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Reflects the amount of the write-down related to a troubled debt restructuring.

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