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Regulatory Requirements and Restrictions (Details)

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Regulatory Requirements and Restrictions (Details) (USD $)
 12 Months Ended 12 Months Ended 12 Months Ended 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
Oct. 24, 2013
Jan. 14, 2014
Minimum [Member]
Dec. 31, 2013
Minimum [Member]
Jan. 14, 2014
Maximum [Member]
Dec. 31, 2013
Maximum [Member]
Dec. 31, 2013
Well-capitalized Banks [Member]
Dec. 31, 2013
Bank of America Corporation [Member]
Dec. 31, 2012
Bank of America Corporation [Member]
Dec. 31, 2013
Subsidiary of Common Parent [Member]
Dec. 31, 2013
Bank of America, N.A. [Member]
Dec. 31, 2012
Bank of America, N.A. [Member]
Dec. 31, 2013
FIA Card Services, N.A. [Member]
Dec. 31, 2012
FIA Card Services, N.A. [Member]
Dec. 31, 2013
Other Subsidiaries [Member]
Dec. 31, 2013
National Banks [Member]
Regulatory Requirements And Restrictions Textuals [Abstract]                                  
Subordinated Debt Qualified As Tier 3 Capital $ 0                                
Tier One Risk Based Capital Required for Capital Adequacy to Risk Weighted Assets 4.00%             4.00% 12.44% 12.89%   12.34% 12.44% 16.83% 17.34%    
Capital Required for Capital Adequacy to Risk Weighted Assets 8.00%               15.44% 16.31%   13.84% 14.76% 18.12% 18.64%    
Tier One Risk Based Capital Required to be Well Capitalized 200                                
Tier One Risk Based Capital Required to be Well Capitalized 2.00%                                
Tier One Leverage Capital Required to be Well Capitalized to Average Assets                                 5.00%
Tier One Leverage Capital to Average Assets                 7.86% 7.37%   9.21% 8.59% 12.91% 13.67%    
Tier One Core Capital Elements Limit For Internationally Active Bank Holding Companies In Percentage 15.00%                                
Minimum Amount Of Consolidated Assets Company Should Have To Be Considered Internationally Active Bank Holding Company Apart From Having Significant Activities In Non US Markets 250,000,000,000                                
Minimum On Balance Sheet Foreign Exposure Company Should Have To Be Considered Internationally Active Bank Holding Company Apart From Having Significant Activities In Non US Markets 10,000,000,000                                
Corporations Restricted Core Capital Elements Comprised Of Total Core Capital Elements In Percentage 3.30%                                
Capital                 145,235,000,000 133,403,000,000              
Capital to Risk Weighted Assets                 11.19% 11.06%              
Systematically Important Financial Institution Additional Tier 1 Common Equity Percent, Certain Circumstance 3.50%                                
Systematically Important Financial Institution Additional Tier 1 Common Equity Percent         1.00%   2.50%                    
Systematically Important Financial Institution Additional Tier 1 Common Equity, Incremental Percent 0.50%                                
Basel 3 tier 1 common capital transition percentage 20.00%                                
Tier 2 Capital Trust Securities Exclusion Starting 40.00%                                
Tier 2 Capital Trust Securities Exclusion Annual Increase 10.00%                                
Supplementary Leverage bank holding company minimum total assets 700,000,000,000                                
Supplementary Leverage bank holding company minimum assets under custody 10,000,000,000,000                                
Supplementary leverage ratio minimum 3.00%                                
Supplementary leverage ratio buffer 2.00%                                
Supplementary leverage ratio total 5.00%                   6.00%            
Supplementary leverage ratio minimum or limited distributions to shareholders 2.00%                                
Leverage Exposure Conversion Factor       10.00%   100.00%                      
Liquidity Coverage Ratio Requirements for Large U.S. Financial Institutions     10,000,000,000                            
Initial Minimum LCR     80.00%                            
LCR annual incremental increase     10.00%                            
Average Daily Reserve Balances Required By Federal Reserve 16,600,000,000 16,300,000,000                              
Average Daily Reserve Balances In Excess Of Vault Cash Held With Federal Reserve 7,800,000,000 7,900,000,000                              
Cash Segregated under Other Regulations 6,000,000,000 8,500,000,000                              
Securities Segregated under Other Regulations 8,400,000,000 5,900,000,000                              
Cash Dividends Paid to Parent Company by Consolidated Subsidiaries                       8,500,000,000          
Return of Capital Paid to Parent Company by Consolidated Subsidiaries                           8,700,000,000   1,400,000,000  
Dividend Restriction, Amount Payable, Excluding Net Profits, to Parent Company by Consolidated Subsidiaries in Next 12 Months                       $ 7,984,000,000         $ 396,000,000