Asset Quality (Narrative) (Details) - USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Sep. 30, 2014
Troubled debt restructurings (TDRs)	$ 2,368,000,000	$ 2,583,000,000
Specific ALLL reserve for TDRs	302,000,000	386,000,000	$ 408,000,000
Nonperforming loans	2,177,000,000	2,510,000,000
Federal Reserve Bank [Member]
Loans pledged as collateral for contingent borrowings	18,900,000,000	19,200,000,000
Federal Home Loan Bank [Member]
Loans pledged as collateral for contingent borrowings	54,200,000,000	52,800,000,000
Equipment Lease Financing [Member] \| Excluded from impaired loans due to authoritative lease accounting guidance [Member]
Nonperforming loans	7,000,000	2,000,000
Nonperforming [Member]
Troubled debt restructurings (TDRs)	1,171,000,000	1,370,000,000
Accruing [Member]
Troubled debt restructurings (TDRs)	1,085,000,000	1,083,000,000
Performing TDRs, including credit card loans
Troubled debt restructurings (TDRs)	$ 1,200,000,000	$ 1,200,000,000

Represents associated allowance for the TDR portfolio, TDRs are individually evaluated for impairment.

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The amount of the outstanding recorded investment related to financing receivables that have been modified by troubled debt restructurings.

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