Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Commitments and Contingencies (Details)

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Commitments and Contingencies (Details)
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Dec. 31, 2013
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Dec. 31, 2012
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Dec. 31, 2011
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Dec. 31, 2010
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Dec. 31, 2013
522110 Commercial Banking [Member]
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Dec. 31, 2012
522110 Commercial Banking [Member]
USD ($)
Dec. 31, 2013
S P Es [Member]
USD ($)
Dec. 31, 2012
S P Es [Member]
USD ($)
Dec. 31, 2013
Interchange and Related Litigation [Member]
case
Dec. 13, 2013
Interchange and Related Litigation [Member]
claim
Jun. 14, 2013
Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) [Member]
USD ($)
banking_center
Jun. 14, 2013
Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) [Member]
SGD
banking_center
May 20, 2008
Montgomery [Member]
USD ($)
offering
Oct. 10, 2013
AIG Litigation [Member]
USD ($)
offering
Aug. 08, 2011
AIG Litigation [Member]
offering
Dec. 06, 2013
Luther Litigation [Member]
USD ($)
Dec. 31, 2007
Luther Litigation [Member]
USD ($)
offering
Mar. 14, 2013
Prudential Litigation [Member]
offering
Dec. 12, 2013
SEC [Member]
USD ($)
offering
Aug. 29, 2011
U.S. Bank Litigation [Member]
USD ($)
Oct. 31, 2013
Policemen's Annuity and Benefit Fund of the City of Chicago [Member]
trust
Jan. 13, 2013
Policemen's Annuity and Benefit Fund of the City of Chicago [Member]
tranche
Oct. 21, 2013
Policemen's Annuity and Benefit Fund of the City of Chicago [Member]
case
trust
Dec. 07, 2012
Policemen's Annuity and Benefit Fund of the City of Chicago [Member]
trust
Apr. 11, 2012
Policemen's Annuity and Benefit Fund of the City of Chicago [Member]
trust
Oct. 31, 2013
Policemen's Annuity and Benefit Fund of the City of Chicago and Vermont Pension[Member] [Member]
Oct. 21, 2013
Policemen's Annuity and Benefit Fund of the City of Chicago and Vermont Pension[Member] [Member]
trust
Oct. 18, 2012
Federal Housing Finance Agency [Member]
offering
Sep. 02, 2011
Federal Housing Finance Agency [Member]
offering
Jan. 18, 2011
Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta [Member]
offering
Mar. 15, 2010
Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco [Member]
offering
Dec. 10, 2012
Ocala [Member]
claim
Oct. 02, 2010
Ocala [Member]
banking_center
Aug. 23, 2013
Vermont Pension [Member]
trust
Dec. 31, 2013
Loan Commitments [Member]
USD ($)
Dec. 31, 2012
Loan Commitments [Member]
USD ($)
Dec. 31, 2013
Home Equity Line of Credit [Member]
USD ($)
Dec. 31, 2012
Home Equity Line of Credit [Member]
USD ($)
Dec. 31, 2013
Financial Standby Letter Of Credit And Financial Guarantee [Member]
USD ($)
Dec. 31, 2012
Financial Standby Letter Of Credit And Financial Guarantee [Member]
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Dec. 31, 2013
Letter of Credit [Member]
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Dec. 31, 2012
Letter of Credit [Member]
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Dec. 31, 2013
Legally Binding Commitments [Member]
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Dec. 31, 2012
Legally Binding Commitments [Member]
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Dec. 31, 2013
Credit Card Lines [Member]
USD ($)
Dec. 31, 2012
Credit Card Lines [Member]
USD ($)
Dec. 31, 2013
Payment Guarantee [Member]
USD ($)
Dec. 31, 2012
Payment Guarantee [Member]
USD ($)
Dec. 31, 2013
Consumer Letter of Credit [Member]
Financial Standby Letter Of Credit And Financial Guarantee [Member]
USD ($)
Dec. 31, 2012
Consumer Letter of Credit [Member]
Financial Standby Letter Of Credit And Financial Guarantee [Member]
USD ($)
Dec. 31, 2013
Guarantee Life Insurance Book Value Protection Derivative [Member]
Financial Guarantee [Member]
USD ($)
Dec. 31, 2012
Guarantee Life Insurance Book Value Protection Derivative [Member]
Financial Guarantee [Member]
USD ($)
Dec. 31, 2013
Guarantee Employee Retirement Protection Derivative [Member]
Financial Guarantee [Member]
USD ($)
Dec. 31, 2012
Guarantee Employee Retirement Protection Derivative [Member]
Financial Guarantee [Member]
USD ($)
Dec. 31, 2013
Maximum [Member]
Guarantee Life Insurance Book Value Protection Derivative [Member]
Financial Guarantee [Member]
USD ($)
Dec. 31, 2012
Maximum [Member]
Guarantee Life Insurance Book Value Protection Derivative [Member]
Financial Guarantee [Member]
USD ($)
Dec. 31, 2013
Minimum [Member]
AIG Litigation [Member]
USD ($)
Dec. 31, 2013
Minimum [Member]
Ocala [Member]
USD ($)
Aug. 05, 2011
Bank of America, N.A. [Member]
Ocala [Member]
USD ($)
Loan
Dec. 31, 2013
Pending Litigation [Member]
Ambac Countrywide Litigation [Member]
USD ($)
Dec. 31, 2013
Pending Litigation [Member]
FGIC [Member]
USD ($)
Dec. 31, 2013
Pending Litigation [Member]
Fontainebleau Las Vegas Litigation [Member]
USD ($)
Oct. 19, 2012
Pending Litigation [Member]
Interchange and Related Litigation [Member]
USD ($)
Dec. 31, 2013
Unfunded loan commitments [Member]
USD ($)
Dec. 31, 2012
Unfunded loan commitments [Member]
USD ($)
Dec. 31, 2013
External Credit Rating, Investment Grade [Member]
USD ($)
Dec. 31, 2012
External Credit Rating, Investment Grade [Member]
USD ($)
Dec. 31, 2013
External Credit Rating, Non Investment Grade [Member]
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Dec. 31, 2012
External Credit Rating, Non Investment Grade [Member]
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Guarantor Obligations [Line Items]                                                                                                                                          
Expire in One Year or Less $ 486,482,000,000 $ 530,383,000,000                                                                 $ 80,799,000,000 $ 103,791,000,000 $ 4,580,000,000 $ 2,134,000,000 $ 21,994,000,000 [1] $ 24,593,000,000 [1] $ 1,263,000,000 $ 2,003,000,000 $ 108,636,000,000 $ 132,521,000,000 $ 377,846,000,000 [2] $ 397,862,000,000 [2]                                              
Expire After One Year Through Three Years 131,772,000,000 108,926,000,000                                                                 105,175,000,000 83,885,000,000 16,855,000,000 13,584,000,000 8,843,000,000 [1] 11,387,000,000 [1] 899,000,000 70,000,000 131,772,000,000 108,926,000,000 0 [2] 0 [2]                                              
Expire After Three Years Through Five Years 157,244,000,000 157,253,000,000                                                                 133,290,000,000 130,805,000,000 21,074,000,000 23,344,000,000 2,876,000,000 [1] 3,094,000,000 [1] 4,000,000 10,000,000 157,244,000,000 157,253,000,000 0 [2] 0 [2]                                              
Expire After Five Years 40,535,000,000 47,095,000,000                                                                 21,864,000,000 19,942,000,000 14,301,000,000 21,856,000,000 3,967,000,000 [1] 4,751,000,000 [1] 403,000,000 546,000,000 40,535,000,000 47,095,000,000 0 [2] 0 [2]                                              
Notional Amount Of Credit Extension Commitments 816,033,000,000 843,657,000,000                                                                 341,128,000,000 338,423,000,000 56,810,000,000 60,918,000,000 37,680,000,000 [1] 43,825,000,000 [1] 2,569,000,000 2,629,000,000 438,187,000,000 445,795,000,000 377,846,000,000 [2] 397,862,000,000 [2]     453,000,000 669,000,000                                      
Notional amount of Sblcs and financial guarantees                                                                                                                                   27,600,000,000 31,500,000,000 9,600,000,000 11,600,000,000
Credit Extension Commitments [Abstract]                                                                                                                                          
Legally Binding Unfunded Commitments Syndicated 21,900,000,000 23,900,000,000                                                                                                                                      
Carrying Amount Credit Extension Commitments Syndicated 503,000,000 534,000,000                                                                                                                                      
Deferred revenue related to binding unfunded lending commitments 19,000,000 21,000,000                                                                                                                                      
Notional Amount Of Credit Extension Commitments Under Fair Value Option 13,000,000,000 18,300,000,000                                                                                                                                      
Fair Value Carrying Amount Liabilities                                                                                                                               354,000,000 528,000,000        
Unfunded equity investment commitments 195,000,000 307,000,000                                                                                                                                      
Commitment to purchase equity securities 1,400,000,000                                                                                                                                        
Commitment to purchase residential mortgage and commercial real estate loans 1,500,000,000 1,300,000,000                                                                                                                                      
Forward Dated Resale and Securities Borrowing Agreements Commitment 75,500,000,000 67,300,000,000                                                                                                                                      
Forward Dated Repurchase And Securities Lending Agreements Commitment 38,300,000,000 42,300,000,000                                                                                                                                      
Operating Leases, Future Minimum Payments Due, Next Twelve Months 2,800,000,000                                                                                                                                        
Operating Leases, Future Minimum Payments, Due in Two Years 2,400,000,000                                                                                                                                        
Operating Leases, Future Minimum Payments, Due in Three Years 2,100,000,000                                                                                                                                        
Operating Leases, Future Minimum Payments, Due in Four Years 1,700,000,000                                                                                                                                        
Operating Leases, Future Minimum Payments, Due in Five Years 1,300,000,000                                                                                                                                        
Operating Leases, Future Minimum Payments, Due Thereafter 5,700,000,000                                                                                                                                        
Notional Amount of Derivatives 1,328,787,000,000 1,600,315,000,000     1,800,000,000 2,900,000,000 1,300,000,000 1,400,000,000                                                                                     13,400,000,000 13,400,000,000 4,600,000,000 18,400,000,000 3,000,000,000 3,000,000,000                          
Life Insurance Book Value Protection, Fair Value Liability 39,000,000 52,000,000                                                                                                                                      
Merchant Services Transactions Processed And Settled By Sponsored Entitites 623,700,000,000 604,200,000,000                                                                                                                                      
Losses As Result Of Cardholder Disputed Transactions 15,000,000 10,000,000                                                                                                                                      
Noncontrolling Interest, Ownership Percentage by Parent 49.00%                                                                                                                                        
Merchant escrow deposits held as collateral 203,000,000 202,000,000                                                                                                                                      
Guarantor Obligations, Maximum Exposure, Undiscounted 258,500,000,000 263,900,000,000                                                                                                                                      
Registration Payment Arrangement, Maximum Potential Consideration                                                                                             6,900,000,000 6,800,000,000                                          
Loss Contingency Accrual, at Carrying Value 381,000,000 510,000,000                 551,000,000 700,000,000                                                                                                                  
Litigation Settlement, Expense 6,100,000,000 4,200,000,000                           500,000,000     132,000,000                                                                                                    
Loss Contingency, Range of Possible Loss, Minimum 0                                                                                                                                        
Loss Contingency, Range of Possible Loss, Maximum 6,100,000,000                                                                                                                                        
Loss Contingency, Damages Sought, Value                           5,000,000,000                                                                                     10,000,000,000 1,600,000,000 900,000,000 2,500,000,000 1,800,000,000 700,000,000              
Loss Contingency, Number of Failed Banks                                                                 2                                                                        
Loss Contingency, Settlement Agreement, Consideration                                                                                                                             6,600,000,000            
Litigation Settlement, Basis Point Impact                                                                                                                             0.00%            
Loss Contingency, Mortgage Backed Securities Purchased by Plaintiffs, Number                                                       86                                                                                  
Proceeds Received From Plaintiff Claims                         15,800,000,000                                                                                                                
Loss Contingency, Number of Offerings Sought to Rescind                             347     54                       16                                                                              
Loss Contingency, Loss in Period 258,000,000 692,000,000                                                                                                                                      
Loss Contingency, Collateralized Residual Mortgage Backed Securities, Number                                                 41                                                                                        
Loss Contingency, Trusts in Which Plaintiff has Standing to Sue, Number                                           19 25 5     35             6                                                                      
Loss Contingency, Trusts in Which Plaintiff has No Standing To Sue, Number                                               36                                                                                          
Loss Contingency, Name of Plaintiff                                           1                                                                                              
Loss Contingency, Cases Consolidated, Number                                             2                                                                                            
Loss Contingency, Claims Dismissed, Number                                                       24       3                                                                          
Loss Contingency, Claims Not Dismissed, Number                                                               1                                                                          
Loss Contingency Claim, Number of Loans Converted, Breach of Contract                                                                                                                     4,808                    
Loss Contingency, Number of Issued Offerings Sought to Rescind                         3                               23                                                                                
Loss Contingency, Number of Underwritten Offerings Sought to Rescind                                                         72                                                                                
Loss Contingency, Cases Filed Against Other Financial Institutions, Number                                 429                           51                                                                            
Loss Contingency, Number of Private Placement Offerings Sought to Rescind                             2                               1                                                                            
Loss Contingency, MBS Offerings, Securities Issued                                 350,000,000,000                                                                                                        
Loss Contingency, Offerings at Issue, Number                           159         3                                                                                                    
Loss Contingency, Original Aggregate Principal Balance of Loans Sought to be Repurchased                                       1,750,000,000                                                                                                  
Loss Contingency, Original Aggregate Principal Balance of Loans Sought to be Repurchased (Subset)                                       100,000,000                                                                                                  
Reserve For Unfunded Lending Commitments $ 484,000,000 $ 513,000,000 $ 714,000,000 $ 1,188,000,000                                                                                                                                  
Loss Contingency, Pending Claims, Number                 2 27                                           16                                                                          
Loss Contingency, Claims Consolidated, Number                 1                                                                                                                        
Loss Contingency, Accrual, Current                     19 19                                                                                                                  
Loss Contingency, Number of Banks Under Review by MAS                     20 20                                                                                                                  
Loss Contingency, Number of New Plaintiffs                                         4                                                                                                
Loss Contingency, New Claims Filed, Number                                         10                                                                                                
Loss Contingency, Number of Plaintiffs                                                   10                                                                                      
[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 $27.6 billion and $9.6 billion at December 31, 2013, and $31.5 billion and $11.6 billion at December 31, 2012. Amounts include consumer SBLCs of $453 million and $669 million at December 31, 2013 and 2012.
[2] Includes business card unused lines of credit.