Credit Quality (Credit Quality Additional Information) (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Dec. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017
Troubled Debt Restructuring
Line of credit commitments for modified troubled debt restructurings	$ 24	$ 53
Letter of credit commitments for modified troubled debt restructurings	67	78
Mortgage loans in process of foreclosure amount	153	235
Commercial aggregate borrower relationship subject to individual review for impairment	$ 1	$ 1

Commercial aggregate borrower relationship subject to individual review for impairment

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- Definition

Letter of credit commitments to lend additional funds to debtors owing receivables whose terms have been modified in a troubled debt restructuring.

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- Definition

Line of credit commitments to lend additional funds to debtors owing receivables whose terms have been modified in a troubled debt restructuring.

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- Definition

Recorded investment of consumer mortgage loan receivables secured by residential real estate properties for which formal foreclosure proceedings are in process.

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Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 310
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 35
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=84173941&loc=SL49126937-111524

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