Loan Servicing - Residential MSR Sensitivity (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022
Residential MSRs
Servicing Assets at Fair Value [Line Items]
Composition of loans serviced for others	100.00%	100.00%
Residential MSRs \| Min
Servicing Assets at Fair Value [Line Items]
Prepayment speed	7.70%	8.60%
OAS	1.70%	1.20%
Residential MSRs \| Max
Servicing Assets at Fair Value [Line Items]
Prepayment speed	14.00%	12.50%
OAS	12.10%	11.40%
Residential MSRs \| Weighted Average
Servicing Assets at Fair Value [Line Items]
Prepayment speed	8.30%	9.00%
Effect on fair value of a 10% increase	$ (87)	$ (110)
Effect on fair value of a 20% increase	$ (167)	$ (211)
OAS	4.60%	4.00%
Effect on fair value of a 10% increase	$ (57)	$ (55)
Effect on fair value of a 20% increase	$ (111)	$ (108)
Weighted average life	7 years 1 month 6 days	6 years 9 months 18 days
Fixed-rate residential mortgage loans
Servicing Assets at Fair Value [Line Items]
Composition of loans serviced for others	99.50%	99.50%
Adjustable-rate residential mortgage loans
Servicing Assets at Fair Value [Line Items]
Composition of loans serviced for others	0.50%	0.50%

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Composition Of Mortgage Loans Serviced For Others

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Effect on fair value of a 10% increase in weighted average OAS

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Effect on fair value of a 20% increase in weighted average OAS

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Weighted average life of securitized assets regardless of when the transfer occurred, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Estimated rate of prepayment of principal on financial assets regardless of when the transfer occurred.

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The hypothetical financial impact of a 10 percent adverse change of prepayment speed on the fair value of transferor's interests in transferred financial assets (including any servicing assets or servicing liabilities) as of the balance sheet date.

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