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

Securitizations and Other Variable Interest Entities - Other Asset-backed Securitizations, Additional Information (Details)

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Securitizations and Other Variable Interest Entities - Other Asset-backed Securitizations, Additional Information (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2018	Mar. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2017
Credit Card Receivable
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Principal balance outstanding	$ 7,500		$ 7,400
Transferred financial assets, stated interest rate	0.00%
Credit Card Receivable \| Senior Lien
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Transferred financial assets, amount issued	$ 1,600	$ 2,000
Credit Card Receivable \| Junior Lien
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Transferred financial assets, amount issued	254	323
Resecuritization Trusts
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Cash proceeds from new securitizations	6,700	7,800
Resecuritization Trusts \| Debt securities
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Cash proceeds from new securitizations	1,300	$ 734
Municipal Bond Trusts \| Unconsolidated VIEs
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Liquidity commitments to unconsolidated securitization trusts	$ 1,600		$ 1,600
Weighted average remaining life of bonds held in the trusts in years	5 years 10 months

- Definition

Continuing Involvement With Transferred Financial Assets, Amount Issued

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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-SubTopic 20
-Section 50
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Principal amount of transferred financial assets in which the transferor has continuing involvement with the assets underlying the transaction. Continuing involvement includes, but is not limited to, servicing, recourse, and restrictions on transferor's interests in transferred financial assets.

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