Prepayments, accrued income and other assets (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions |
Dec. 31, 2025 |
Dec. 31, 2024 |
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| Disclosure of financial assets [line items] | ||
| Prepayments and accrued income | $ 15,778 | $ 13,781 |
| Settlement accounts and items in course of collection from other banks | 29,961 | 19,050 |
| Cash collateral and margin receivables | 57,706 | 59,488 |
| Bullion | 34,917 | 16,841 |
| Endorsements and acceptances | 8,695 | 8,093 |
| Insurance contract assets (Note 4) | 118 | 132 |
| Reinsurance contract assets | 5,886 | 4,798 |
| Employee benefit assets (Note 5) | 8,246 | 7,548 |
| Right-of-use assets | 2,991 | 2,205 |
| Owned property, plant and equipment | 9,615 | 9,407 |
| Other accounts | 10,881 | 11,397 |
| Prepayments, accrued income and other assets | 184,794 | 152,740 |
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| Disclosure of financial assets [line items] | ||
| Financial assets at amortised cost | $ 120,000 | $ 109,300 |
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- Definition Cash Collateral And Margin Receivables No definition available.
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- Definition Prepayments, Accrued Income And Other Assets No definition available.
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- Definition Settlement Account Assets No definition available.
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- Definition The amount of bank acceptances recognised as assets. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
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- Definition Line items represent concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with members defined in one or many axes of the table. No definition available.
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- Definition The amount of financial assets at amortised cost. The amortised cost is the amount at which financial assets are measured at initial recognition minus principal repayments, plus or minus the cumulative amortisation using the effective interest method of any difference between that initial amount and the maturity amount, and adjusted for any impairment. [Refer: Financial assets] Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
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- Definition The amount of insurance contracts that are assets. [Refer: Assets; Insurance contracts [domain]] Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
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- Definition The amount of investments other than investments accounted for using the equity method. [Refer: Investments accounted for using equity method] Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
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- Definition The amount of financial assets that the entity does not separately disclose in the same statement or note. [Refer: Financial assets] Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
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- Definition The amount of prepayments and accrued income, other than contract assets. [Refer: Prepayments; Accrued income other than contract assets] Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
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- Definition The amount of tangible assets that: (a) are held for use in the production or supply of goods or services, for rental to others, or for administrative purposes; and (b) are expected to be used during more than one period. Note that right-of-use assets are not included. [Contrast: Property, plant and equipment including right-of-use assets] Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
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- Definition The amount of surplus in a defined benefit plan, adjusted for any effect of limiting a net defined benefit asset to the asset ceiling. [Refer: Defined benefit plans [domain]] Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
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- Definition The amount of reinsurance contracts held that are assets. [Refer: Assets; Reinsurance contracts held [member]] Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
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- Definition The amount of assets that represent a lessee's right to use an underlying asset for the lease term that do not meet the definition of investment property. Underlying asset is an asset that is the subject of a lease, for which the right to use that asset has been provided by a lessor to a lessee. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
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