Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Commitments and Contingencies (Details)

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Commitments and Contingencies (Details) (USD $)
 12 Months Ended 3 Months Ended 4 Months Ended 4 Months Ended 36 Months Ended 4 Months Ended 4 Months Ended 36 Months Ended 1 Months Ended 0 Months Ended 0 Months Ended 0 Months Ended 1 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2011
Dec. 31, 2010
Dec. 31, 2009
Dec. 31, 2011
External Credit Rating, Investment Grade [Member]
Dec. 31, 2010
External Credit Rating, Investment Grade [Member]
Dec. 31, 2011
External Credit Rating, Non Investment Grade [Member]
Dec. 31, 2010
External Credit Rating, Non Investment Grade [Member]
Dec. 31, 2011
522110 Commercial Banking [Member]
Dec. 31, 2010
522110 Commercial Banking [Member]
Dec. 31, 2011
S P Es [Member]
Dec. 31, 2010
S P Es [Member]
Dec. 31, 2008
Merrill Lynch Acquisition Related Matters [Member]
Jan. 21, 2009
Securities Actions [Member]
Contract
Sep. 12, 2008
Securities Actions [Member]
May 20, 2008
Montgomery [Member]
Dec. 31, 2007
AIG Litigation [Member]
Offering
Dec. 31, 2007
Luther Litigation [Member]
Dec. 31, 2011
Mortgage Servicing Investigations [Member]
Apr. 30, 2011
Mortgage Servicing Investigations [Member]
Dec. 31, 2011
Loan Commitments [Member]
Dec. 31, 2010
Loan Commitments [Member]
Dec. 31, 2011
Home Equity [Member]
Dec. 31, 2010
Home Equity [Member]
Dec. 31, 2011
Financial Standby Letter Of Credit And Financial Guarantee [Member]
Dec. 31, 2010
Financial Standby Letter Of Credit And Financial Guarantee [Member]
Dec. 31, 2011
Letter of Credit [Member]
Dec. 31, 2010
Letter of Credit [Member]
Dec. 31, 2011
Legally Binding Commitments [Member]
Dec. 31, 2010
Legally Binding Commitments [Member]
Dec. 31, 2011
Credit Card Lines [Member]
Dec. 31, 2010
Credit Card Lines [Member]
Dec. 31, 2011
Guarantee Type, Other [Member]
Dec. 31, 2010
Guarantee Type, Other [Member]
Dec. 31, 2011
Payment Guarantee [Member]
Dec. 31, 2010
Payment Guarantee [Member]
Dec. 31, 2011
Consumer Letter of Credit [Member]
Financial Standby Letter Of Credit And Financial Guarantee [Member]
Dec. 31, 2010
Consumer Letter of Credit [Member]
Letter of Credit [Member]
Dec. 31, 2010
Commercial Letter of Credit [Member]
Letter of Credit [Member]
Dec. 31, 2011
Guarantee Life Insurance Book Value Protection Derivative [Member]
Financial Guarantee [Member]
Dec. 31, 2011
Guarantee Employee Retirement Protection Derivative [Member]
Financial Guarantee [Member]
Dec. 31, 2010
Guarantee Employee Retirement Protection Derivative [Member]
Financial Guarantee [Member]
Jan. 21, 2009
Maximum [Member]
Securities Actions [Member]
Dec. 31, 2011
Maximum [Member]
Guarantee Life Insurance Book Value Protection Derivative [Member]
Financial Guarantee [Member]
Dec. 31, 2010
Maximum [Member]
Guarantee Life Insurance Book Value Protection Derivative [Member]
Financial Guarantee [Member]
Jan. 21, 2009
Minimum [Member]
Securities Actions [Member]
Dec. 31, 2007
Minimum [Member]
AIG Litigation [Member]
Apr. 30, 2009
Minimum [Member]
Ocala [Member]
Aug. 06, 2011
Bank of America, N.A. [Member]
Ocala [Member]
Loan
Dec. 31, 2011
Pending or Threatened Litigation [Member]
Checking Account Overdraft Litigation [Member]
Dec. 31, 2011
Pending or Threatened Litigation [Member]
Fair Lending Investigation [Member]
Mar. 24, 2010
Pending or Threatened Litigation [Member]
Fontainebleau Las Vegas Litigation [Member]
Jun. 09, 2009
Pending or Threatened Litigation [Member]
Fontainebleau Las Vegas Litigation [Member]
Dec. 31, 2011
Pending or Threatened Litigation [Member]
Interchange and Related Litigation [Member]
Dec. 31, 2011
Pending or Threatened Litigation [Member]
Interchange and Related Litigation - Visa Related Claims [Member]
Dec. 31, 2011
Pending or Threatened Litigation [Member]
Interchange and Related Litigation - Mastercard Related Claims [Member]
Dec. 31, 2011
Pending or Threatened Litigation [Member]
Interchange and Related Litigation - Internetwork Related Claims [Member]
Dec. 31, 2011
Pending or Threatened Litigation [Member]
Minimum [Member]
Auction Rate Securities Litigation [Member]
Mar. 24, 2010
Pending or Threatened Litigation [Member]
Minimum [Member]
Financial Guaranty Insurance Company [Member]
Jun. 09, 2009
Pending or Threatened Litigation [Member]
Bank of America, N.A. [Member]
Fontainebleau Las Vegas Litigation [Member]
Apr. 30, 2011
State and Federal Governments and Borrower Restitution [Member]
Mortgage Servicing Investigations [Member]
Apr. 30, 2011
Borrower Assistance [Member]
Mortgage Servicing Investigations [Member]
Apr. 30, 2011
Refinancing Assistance [Member]
Mortgage Servicing Investigations [Member]
Dec. 31, 2011
Unfunded loan commitments [Member]
Dec. 31, 2010
Unfunded loan commitments [Member]
Guarantor Obligations [Line Items]                                                                                                                                
Expire in One Year or Less $ 576,860,000,000 $ 690,689,000,000                                   $ 96,291,000,000 $ 152,926,000,000 $ 1,679,000,000 $ 1,722,000,000 $ 26,965,000,000 [1] $ 35,275,000,000 [1] $ 2,828,000,000 $ 3,698,000,000 [2] $ 127,763,000,000 $ 193,621,000,000 $ 449,097,000,000 [3] $ 497,068,000,000 [3]                                                                  
Expire After One Year Through Three Years 112,137,000,000 167,801,000,000                                   85,413,000,000 144,461,000,000 7,765,000,000 4,290,000,000 18,932,000,000 [1] 18,940,000,000 [1] 27,000,000 110,000,000 [2] 112,137,000,000 167,801,000,000                                                                      
Expire After Three Years Through Five Years 148,171,000,000 65,816,000,000                                   120,770,000,000 43,465,000,000 20,963,000,000 18,207,000,000 6,433,000,000 [1] 4,144,000,000 [1] 5,000,000    148,171,000,000 65,816,000,000                                                                      
Expire After Five Years 57,963,000,000 78,829,000,000                                   15,009,000,000 16,172,000,000 37,066,000,000 55,886,000,000 5,505,000,000 [1] 5,897,000,000 [1] 383,000,000 874,000,000 [2] 57,963,000,000 78,829,000,000                                                                      
Notional Amount Of Credit Extension Commitments 895,131,000,000 1,003,135,000,000                                   317,483,000,000 357,024,000,000 67,473,000,000 80,105,000,000 57,835,000,000 [1] 64,256,000,000 [1] 3,243,000,000 4,682,000,000 [2] 446,034,000,000 506,067,000,000 449,097,000,000 [3] 497,068,000,000 [3]         859,000,000 849,000,000 3,800,000,000                                                    
Notional amount of Sblcs and financial guarantees       39,200,000,000 41,100,000,000 17,800,000,000 22,400,000,000                                                                                                                  
Credit Extension Commitments [Abstract]                                                                                                                                
Legally Binding Unfunded Commitments Syndicated 27,100,000,000 23,300,000,000                                                                                                                            
Carrying Amount Credit Extension Commitments Syndicated 741,000,000 1,200,000,000                                                                                                                            
Deferred revenue related to binding unfunded lending commitments 27,000,000 29,000,000                                                                                                                            
Reserve For Credit Extension Commitments Syndicated 714,000,000 1,200,000,000                                                                                                                            
Notional Amount Of Credit Extension Commitments Under Fair Value Option 25,700,000,000 27,300,000,000                                                                                                                            
Fair Value Carrying Amount Liabilities                                                                                                                             1,249,000,000 866,000,000
Unfunded equity investment commitments 772,000,000 1,500,000,000                                                                                                                            
Commitment to purchase residential mortgage and commercial real estate loans 2,500,000,000 2,600,000,000                                                                                                                            
Forward Dated Resale and Securities Borrowing Agreements Commitment 67,000,000,000 39,400,000,000                                                                                                                            
Forward Dated Repurchase And Securities Lending Agreements Commitment 42,000,000,000 33,500,000,000                                                                                                                            
2012 3,000,000,000                                                                                                                              
2013 2,600,000,000                                                                                                                              
2014 2,000,000,000                                                                                                                              
2015 1,600,000,000                                                                                                                              
2016 1,300,000,000                                                                                                                              
Thereafter 6,100,000,000                                                                                                                              
Committed Minimum Fees On Market Data Communications Systems Consulting And Other Office Related Services 1,900,000,000 2,100,000,000                                                                                                                            
Notional Amount of Derivatives 1,903,782,000,000 2,155,962,000,000           3,200,000,000 4,300,000,000 1,800,000,000 1,700,000,000                                         300,000,000 666,000,000           15,800,000,000 28,800,000,000 33,800,000,000   5,100,000,000 5,000,000,000                                        
Life Insurance Book Value Protection, Fair Value Liability 48,000,000 78,000,000                                                                                                                            
Equity Method Investment, Ownership Percentage   49.00% 46.50%                                                                                                                          
Merchant Services Transactions Processed And Settled By Sponsored Entitites 460,400,000,000 339,400,000,000                                                                                                                            
Losses As Result Of Cardholder Disputed Transactions 11,000,000 17,000,000                                                                                                                            
Merchant escrow deposits held as collateral 238,000,000 25,000,000                                                                                                                            
Guarantor Obligations, Maximum Exposure, Undiscounted 236,000,000,000 139,500,000,000                                                                                                                            
Registration Payment Arrangement, Maximum Potential Consideration                                                                   3,700,000,000 3,400,000,000                                                          
Loss Contingency Accrual, at Carrying Value 476,000,000 700,000,000                                                                                             410,000,000 335,000,000                            
Litigation Settlement, Expense 5,600,000,000 2,600,000,000                                                                                                                            
Loss Contingency, Range of Possible Loss, Minimum 0                                                                                                                              
Loss Contingency, Range of Possible Loss, Maximum 3,600,000,000                                                                                                                              
Loss Contingency, Estimate of Possible Loss                                                                                                                 1,200,000,000              
Loss Contingency, Damages Sought, Value                                                                                           10,000,000,000 1,600,000,000 900,000,000     3,000,000,000             100,000,000            
Breach of Contract Dispute, Amount Claimed Under Commitment To Lend                                                                                                       800,000,000             100,000,000          
Loss Contingency, Damages Sought, Percent of Monetary Portion of Comprehensive Settlement, Loss Sharing Agreement                                                                                                         11.60% 12.80% 9.10% 11.60%                
Loss Contingency, Escrow Cap Percent                                                                                                           12.81%                    
Percent of Entity Loss Contingency, Monetary Damages, Covered by Escrow Funds                                                                                                         73.90% 100.00%   73.90%                
Bonus Payments Made To Employees                       5,800,000,000                                                                                                        
Number of Company Shares Held in Benefit Plan                                                                                   5,017,579,321     4,560,112,687                                      
Common Stock, Market Price                         $ 6.68 $ 33.74                                                                                                    
Total Number Of Call Option Contracts                         9,500,000                                                                                                      
Total Number of Put Options                         8,000,000                                                                                                      
Proceeds Received From Plaintiff Claims                             15,800,000,000                                                                                                  
Loss Contingency, Number of Offerings Sought to Rescind                               347                                                                                                
Amount Spend For Securities Purchased                                 216,000,000                                                                                              
Loss Contingency, Loss in Period                                                                                                                       1,900,000,000 7,600,000,000 1,000,000,000    
Loss Contingency, Additional Possible Payment                                   350,000,000                                                                                            
Loss Contingency, Upfront Cash Payment Requirement                                     500,000,000                                                                                          
Loss Contingency Additional Payment if Triggered                                     500,000,000                                                                                          
Amount for Imposition of Civil Monetary Penalty Held in Abeyance 164,000,000                                                                                                                              
Civil Monetary Penalty To Be Paid if Required Payments Are Not Made in Prescribed Time $ 176,000,000                                                                                                                              
Loss Contingency Claim, Number of Loans Converted, Breach of Contract                                                                                               4,808                                
[1] The notional amounts of SBLCs and financial guarantees classified as investment grade and non-investment grade based on the credit quality of the underlying reference name within the instrument were $39.2 billion and $17.8 billion at December 31, 2011 and $41.1 billion and $22.4 billion at December 31, 2010. Amount includes consumer SBLCs of $859 million at December 31, 2011.
[2] Amount includes $849 million of consumer letters of credit and $3.8 billion of commercial letters of credit at December 31, 2010.
[3] Includes business card unused lines of credit.