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Derivative financial instruments
 6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2025
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosure [Abstract]  
Derivative financial instruments


11. Derivative financial instruments
As part of managing interest rate risk, the Company enters into interest rate swap agreements to modify the repricing characteristics of certain portions of the Company’s portfolios of earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities. The Company designates interest rate swap agreements utilized in the management of interest rate risk as either fair value hedges or cash flow hedges. Interest rate swap agreements are generally entered into with counterparties that meet established credit standards and most contain master netting, collateral and/or settlement provisions protecting the at-risk party. Based on adherence to the Company’s credit standards and the presence of the netting, collateral or settlement provisions, the Company believes that the credit risk inherent in these contracts was not material as of June 30, 2025.
Information about interest rate swap agreements entered into for interest rate risk management purposes summarized by the type of financial instrument the swap agreements were intended to hedge follows:
Notional
Amount		Weighted-Average
Maturity
(In years)
Weighted-
Average Rate
Estimated
Fair Value
Gain (Loss) (a)
(Dollars in millions)
Fixed
Variable
June 30, 2025 
Fair value hedges: 
Fixed rate long-term borrowings (b) (d)$6,100 5.33.56%4.46%$13 
Cash flow hedges:
Interest payments on variable rate commercial real estate and commercial
   and industrial loans (b) (e)		26,650 1.63.594.3211 
Total$32,750 2.3$24 
December 31, 2024
Fair value hedges:
Fixed rate long-term borrowings (b) (f)$5,350 5.93.55%4.71%$(2)
      Fixed rate investment securities available for sale (c)15 0.14.844.36— 
Cash flow hedges:
Interest payments on variable rate commercial real estate and commercial
   and industrial loans (b) (g)		30,819 1.63.414.471 
Total$36,184 2.2$(1)
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(a)Certain clearinghouse exchanges consider payments by counterparties for variation margin on derivative instruments to be settlements of those positions. The impact of such payments for interest rate swap agreements designated as fair value hedges was a net settlement of losses of $20 million and $153 million at June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively. The impact of such payments on interest rate swap agreements designated as cash flow hedges was a net settlement of gains of $74 million and of losses of $136 million at June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively.
(b)Under the terms of these agreements, the Company receives settlement amounts at a fixed rate and pays at a variable rate.
(c)Under the terms of these agreements, the Company receives settlement amounts at a variable rate and pays at a fixed rate.
(d)Includes notional amount and terms of $2.8 billion of forward-starting interest rate swap agreements that become effective in 2025 and 2026.
(e)Includes notional amount and terms of $11.5 billion of forward-starting interest rate swap agreements that become effective in 2025, 2026 and 2027.
(f)Includes notional amount and terms of $3.4 billion of forward-starting interest rate swap agreements that become effective in 2025 and 2026.
(g)Includes notional amount and terms of $10.0 billion of forward-starting interest rate swap agreements that become effective in 2025 and 2026.
The Company utilizes commitments to sell residential and commercial real estate loans to hedge the exposure to changes in fair value of real estate loans held for sale. Such commitments have generally been designated as fair value hedges. The Company also utilizes commitments to sell real estate loans to offset the exposure to changes in the fair value of certain commitments to originate real estate loans for sale. Changes in unrealized gains and losses as a result of such activities were not material in each of the three and six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024. Such changes are included in Mortgage banking revenues in the Company's Consolidated Statement of Income and, in general, are realized in subsequent periods as the related loans are sold and commitments satisfied.
Other derivative financial instruments not designated as hedging instruments included interest rate contracts, foreign exchange and other option and futures contracts. Interest rate contracts not designated as hedging instruments had notional values of $42.7 billion and $40.5 billion at June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively. The notional amounts of foreign currency and other option and futures contracts not designated as hedging instruments aggregated $1.7 billion and $1.6 billion at June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively.
Information about the fair values of derivative instruments in the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheet and Consolidated Statement of Income follows:
 Asset DerivativesLiability Derivatives
 Fair ValueFair Value
(Dollars in millions)June 30,
2025		December 31,
2024		June 30,
2025		December 31,
2024
Derivatives designated and qualifying as hedging instruments (a)    
Interest rate swap agreements$24 $2 $— $3 
Commitments to sell real estate loans3 4 4 — 
 27 6 4 3 
Derivatives not designated and qualifying as hedging instruments (a)    
Mortgage banking:    
Commitments to originate real estate loans for sale17 4 25 32 
Commitments to sell real estate loans27 39 7 — 
 44 43 32 32 
Other:    
Interest rate contracts (b)168 185 493 769 
Foreign exchange and other option and futures contracts26 21 25 18 
 194 206 518 787 
Total derivatives$265 $255 $554 $822 
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(a)Asset derivatives are included in Accrued interest and other assets and liability derivatives are included in Accrued interest and other liabilities in the Company's Consolidated Balance Sheet.
(b)The impact of variation margin payments at June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024 was a reduction of the estimated fair value of interest rate contracts not designated as hedging instruments in an asset position of $440 million and $686 million, respectively, and in a liability position of $32 million and $15 million, respectively.

Amount of Gain (Loss) Recognized
Three Months Ended June 30,
20252024
(Dollars in millions)
Derivative
Hedged Item
Derivative
Hedged Item
Derivatives in fair value hedging relationships    
Interest rate swap agreements:    
Fixed rate long-term borrowings (a)$54 $(55)$(18)$18 
Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments    
Interest rate contracts (b)$7 $3 
Foreign exchange and other option and futures contracts (b)2 4 
Total$9 $7 

Amount of Gain (Loss) Recognized
Six Months Ended June 30,
20252024
(Dollars in millions)
Derivative
Hedged Item
Derivative
Hedged Item
Derivatives in fair value hedging relationships
Interest rate swap agreements:
Fixed rate long-term borrowings (a)$147 $(147)$(78)$78 
Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments
Interest rate contracts (b)$12 $6 
Foreign exchange and other option and futures contracts (b)6 8 
Total$18 $14 
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(a)Reported as an adjustment to Interest expense in the Company's Consolidated Statement of Income.
(b)Included in Trading account and other non-hedging derivative gains in the Company's Consolidated Statement of Income.
Carrying Amount of the Hedged ItemCumulative Amount of Fair Value Hedging Adjustment Increasing (Decreasing) the Carrying
Amount of the Hedged Item
(Dollars in millions)June 30,
2025		December 31, 2024June 30,
2025		December 31, 2024
Location in the Consolidated Balance Sheet
of the Hedged Items in Fair Value Hedges
Long-term borrowings$6,079 $5,184 $(8)$(155)
Investment securities available for sale 381 — 
The net effect of interest rate swap agreements was to decrease net interest income by $44 million and $106 million during the three-month and six-month periods ended June 30, 2025, respectively, and to decrease net interest income by $113 million and $213 million during the three-month and six-month periods ended June 30, 2024, respectively. The amount of interest income recognized in the Company's Consolidated Statement of Income associated with derivatives designated as cash flow hedges was a decrease of $33 million and $99 million for the three months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively, and a decrease of $86 million and $186 million for the six-month periods ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively. As of June 30, 2025, the unrealized gain recognized in other comprehensive income related to cash flow hedges was $85 million, of which losses of $1 million and $5 million and gains of $60 million and $31 million relate to interest rate swap agreements maturing in 2025, 2026, 2027 and 2028, respectively.
The Company does not offset derivative asset and liability positions in its consolidated financial statements. The Company’s exposure to credit risk by entering into derivative contracts is mitigated through master netting agreements and collateral posting or settlement requirements. Master netting agreements covering interest rate and foreign exchange contracts with the same party include a right to set-off that becomes enforceable in the event of default, early termination or under other specific conditions.
The Company primarily clears non-customer derivative transactions through a clearinghouse, rather than directly with counterparties. The transactions cleared through a clearinghouse require initial margin collateral and variation margin payments depending on the contracts being in a net asset or liability position. The amount of initial margin collateral posted by the Company was $247 million and $257 million at June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively. The fair value asset and liability amounts of derivative contracts have been reduced by variation margin payments treated as settlements as described herein. Variation margin on derivative contracts not treated as settlements continues to represent collateral posted or received by the Company.
The aggregate fair value of derivative financial instruments in a liability position, which are subject to enforceable master netting arrangements, and the related collateral posted, was not material at each of June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024. Certain of the Company's derivative financial instruments contain provisions that require the Company to maintain specific credit ratings from credit rating agencies to avoid higher collateral posting requirements. If the Company’s debt ratings were to fall below specified ratings, the counterparties of the derivative financial instruments could demand immediate incremental collateralization on those instruments in a net liability position. The aggregate fair value of all derivative financial instruments with such credit risk-related contingent features in a net liability position at June 30, 2025 was not material.
The aggregate fair value of derivative financial instruments in an asset position with counterparties, which are subject to enforceable master netting arrangements was $72 million and $157 million at June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively. Counterparties posted collateral relating to those positions of $76 million and $157 million at June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively. Interest rate swap agreements entered into with customers are subject to the Company’s credit risk standards and often contain collateral provisions.