Bank of America Corporation Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Outstanding Loans and Leases and Allowance for Credit Losses - Nonperforming, Credit Quality (Details)

Outstanding Loans and Leases and Allowance for Credit Losses - Nonperforming, Credit Quality (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Mar. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020
Financing Receivable, Past Due [Line Items]
Nonperforming Loans and Leases	$ 5,162	$ 4,952
Accruing past due 90 days or more	$ 1,792	$ 2,082
Nonperforming loans and leases, percent outstanding	0.58%	0.54%
Accruing past due 90 days or more, percent outstanding	0.20%	0.23%
Consumer Portfolio Segment
Financing Receivable, Past Due [Line Items]
Nonperforming Loans and Leases	$ 3,091	$ 2,725
Accruing past due 90 days or more	1,508	1,698
Consumer Portfolio Segment \| Residential Mortgage
Financing Receivable, Past Due [Line Items]
Nonperforming Loans and Leases	2,366	2,005
Accruing past due 90 days or more	728	762
Consumer Portfolio Segment \| Residential Mortgage With Negative Allowance
Financing Receivable, Past Due [Line Items]
Nonperforming Loans and Leases	1,413	1,378
Accruing past due 90 days or more	0	0
Consumer Portfolio Segment \| Home equity lines of credit
Financing Receivable, Past Due [Line Items]
Nonperforming Loans and Leases	669	649
Accruing past due 90 days or more	0	0
Consumer Portfolio Segment \| Home Equity Line of Credit With Negative Allowance
Financing Receivable, Past Due [Line Items]
Nonperforming Loans and Leases	326	347
Accruing past due 90 days or more	0	0
Consumer Portfolio Segment \| Credit card
Financing Receivable, Past Due [Line Items]
Accruing past due 90 days or more	755	903
Consumer Portfolio Segment \| Direct/indirect consumer
Financing Receivable, Past Due [Line Items]
Nonperforming Loans and Leases	56	71
Accruing past due 90 days or more	25	33
Commercial
Financing Receivable, Past Due [Line Items]
Nonperforming Loans and Leases	2,071	2,227
Accruing past due 90 days or more	284	384
Commercial \| United States
Financing Receivable, Past Due [Line Items]
Nonperforming Loans and Leases	1,228	1,243
Accruing past due 90 days or more	99	228
Commercial \| Non United States
Financing Receivable, Past Due [Line Items]
Nonperforming Loans and Leases	342	418
Accruing past due 90 days or more	4	10
Commercial \| Commercial real estate
Financing Receivable, Past Due [Line Items]
Nonperforming Loans and Leases	354	404
Accruing past due 90 days or more	63	6
Commercial \| Commercial lease financing
Financing Receivable, Past Due [Line Items]
Nonperforming Loans and Leases	80	87
Accruing past due 90 days or more	20	25
Commercial \| U.S. small business commercial \| United States
Financing Receivable, Past Due [Line Items]
Nonperforming Loans and Leases	67	75
Accruing past due 90 days or more	98	115
Nonperforming Loans \| Residential Mortgage
Financing Receivable, Past Due [Line Items]
Nonperforming Loans and Leases	527	537
Accruing past due 90 days or more	$ 201	$ 225