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

Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Cover
- Document and Entity Information
Financial Statements
Notes to Financial Statements
Accounting Policies
- Summary of Significant Accounting Principles (Policies)
Notes Tables
Notes Details

Outstanding Loans and Leases - Commercial - TDRs Entered Into During the Period (Details)

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Outstanding Loans and Leases - Commercial - TDRs Entered Into During the Period (Details) - USD ($)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2018	Mar. 31, 2017
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Threshold period past due for nonperforming status of financing receivables	90 days	90 days
Commercial Portfolio Segment
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Unpaid Principal Balance	$ 954,000,000	$ 485,000,000
Carrying Value	885,000,000	451,000,000
Net charge-offs	$ 17,000,000	41,000,000
Threshold period past due for nonperforming status of financing receivables	90 days
Commercial Portfolio Segment \| Commercial Real Estate
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Unpaid Principal Balance		15,000,000
Carrying Value		9,000,000
Trouble debt restructurings entered payment default that were modified during the preceding twelve months	$ 18,000,000	33,000,000
Commercial Portfolio Segment \| Commercial lease financing
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Unpaid Principal Balance	2,000,000
Carrying Value	1,000,000
Trouble debt restructurings entered payment default that were modified during the preceding twelve months	4,000,000	0
Commercial Portfolio Segment \| Small Business Commercial
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Unpaid Principal Balance	3,000,000	2,000,000
Carrying Value	3,000,000	2,000,000
Commercial Portfolio Segment \| United States
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Unpaid Principal Balance	618,000,000	468,000,000
Carrying Value	550,000,000	440,000,000
Trouble debt restructurings entered payment default that were modified during the preceding twelve months	139,000,000	$ 111,000,000
Commercial Portfolio Segment \| Non United States
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Unpaid Principal Balance	331,000,000
Carrying Value	$ 331,000,000

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