Investment Securities - Pledged Securities and Concentration Narrative (Details) - USD ($)	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022
Concentration of risk
Credit losses recognized on securities	$ 0	$ 0
Asset Pledged as Collateral
Financial Instruments Owned and Pledged as Collateral [Line Items]
Investment securities pledged as collateral	3,000,000,000.0	3,200,000,000
Asset Pledged as Collateral \| Deposits [Member]
Financial Instruments Owned and Pledged as Collateral [Line Items]
Investment securities pledged as collateral	2,800,000,000	3,000,000,000.0
Asset Pledged as Collateral \| Other financial transactions
Financial Instruments Owned and Pledged as Collateral [Line Items]
Investment securities pledged as collateral	194,400,000	207,800,000
Non-government issuer
Concentration of risk
Securities of issuers in excess of 10% of stockholders' equity	$ 0	$ 0

Amount, after allowance for credit loss, of investment in debt security measured at fair value with change in fair value recognized in other comprehensive income (available-for-sale), investment in debt security measured at amortized cost (held-to-maturity), and investment in debt security measured at fair value with change in fair value recognized in net income (trading).

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Amount of increase (decrease) in allowance for credit loss of investment in debt security measured at fair value with change in fair value recognized in other comprehensive income (available-for-sale).

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 326
-SubTopic 30
-Section 50
-Paragraph 9
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This item represents disclosure of all significant concentrations of credit risk or market risk arising from the subject financial instrument (as defined), whether from an individual counterparty or groups of counterparties.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 825
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 20
-URI https://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=123594938&loc=d3e13531-108611

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