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Variable Interest Entities - Additional Information (Details) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2023 USD ($) investment	Jun. 30, 2022 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2023 USD ($) investment	Jun. 30, 2022 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2022 USD ($)
Variable Interest Entity
Assets	$ 207,276		$ 207,276		$ 207,452
LLCs designed for the purpose of purchasing pools of residual interests in leases
Variable Interest Entity
Number of co-investments \| investment	3		3
Ownership percentage (more than)	50.00%		50.00%
Variable Interest Entity, Not Primary Beneficiary \| Loans provided to VIEs
Variable Interest Entity
Unfunded commitment amounts			$ 2,000		2,100
Variable Interest Entity, Not Primary Beneficiary \| CDC investments
Variable Interest Entity
Assets	$ 1,937		1,937		1,856
Variable Interest Entity, Not Primary Beneficiary \| CDC investments \| Qualified Affordable Housing Tax Credits
Variable Interest Entity
Assets	1,600		1,600		1,600
Unfunded commitments in qualifying LIHTC investments	688		$ 688		643
Variable Interest Entity, Not Primary Beneficiary \| CDC investments \| Qualified Affordable Housing Tax Credits \| Minimum
Variable Interest Entity
Unfunded commitments, year expected to be funded			2023
Variable Interest Entity, Not Primary Beneficiary \| CDC investments \| Qualified Affordable Housing Tax Credits \| Maximum
Variable Interest Entity
Unfunded commitments, year expected to be funded			2040
Variable Interest Entity, Not Primary Beneficiary \| Private equity investments
Variable Interest Entity
Assets	200		$ 200		186
Unfunded commitment amounts			174		$ 163
Capital contribution to private equity investments	$ 8	$ 12	$ 20	$ 21