Investment Securities - Amount of Gross Gains and Losses Realized through Sales of Available-for-Sale Investment Securities (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Realized Gain (Loss), Excluding Other than Temporary Impairments [Abstract]
Realized gains	$ 75	$ 93	$ 7
Realized losses	(18)	(66)	(6)
Net realized gains (losses)	57	27	$ 1
Income tax (benefit) on net realized gains (losses)	$ 22	$ 10

This item represents the gross profit realized on the sale of debt or equity securities categorized neither as held-to-maturity nor trading securities.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 320
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-Section 50
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Amount of loss realized on the sale of debt or equity securities classified as available-for-sale. Excludes other than temporary impairments (OTTI).

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