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Employee Incentive Plans - Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units (Details)

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Employee Incentive Plans - Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units (Details) (USD $)
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2012
Restricted Stock Units (RSUs)
  
Restricted stock/unit awards activity  
Outstanding at January 1, 2012 (shares) 177,485,106
Granted — 2012 (shares) 141,409,035
Paid, forfeited, or released from contingencies (shares) (223,087,090)
Transfers in (shares) 1,241,157 [1]
Transfers out (shares) (710,779) [1]
Outstanding at December 31, 2012 (shares) 96,337,429
Restricted stock/unit awards grant date fair value  
Outstanding at January 1, 2012 (dollars per share) $ 13.29
Granted — 2012 (dollars per share) $ 7.78
Paid, forfeited, or released from contingencies (dollars per share) $ 10.00
Transfers in (dollars per share) $ 10.37 [1]
Transfers out (dollars per share) $ 14.34 [1]
Outstanding at December 31, 2012 (dollars per share) $ 12.78
Restricted shares and units  
Total fair value of shares that vested during the period $ 2,200,000,000
Total compensation cost not yet recognized 1,300,000,000
Period over which compensation cost is expected to be recognized 8 months 12 days
Cash used to settle awards 612,000,000
Restricted Stock Unit With Service Requirement
  
Restricted stock/unit awards activity  
Outstanding at January 1, 2012 (shares) 78,808,825
Granted — 2012 (shares) 138,920,149
Paid, forfeited, or released from contingencies (shares) (178,309,788)
Service criteria satisfied (shares) 8,271,783 [2]
Outstanding at December 31, 2012 (shares) 47,690,969
Restricted stock/unit awards grant date fair value  
Outstanding at January 1, 2012 (dollars per share) $ 13.18
Granted — 2012 (dollars per share) $ 7.75
Paid, forfeited, or released from contingencies (dollars per share) $ 9.04
Service criteris satisfied (dollars per share) $ 13.80 [2]
Outstanding at December 31, 2012 (dollars per share) $ 12.96
Restricted Stock Unit Without Service Requirement
  
Restricted stock/unit awards activity  
Outstanding at January 1, 2012 (shares) 98,676,281
Granted — 2012 (shares) 3,019,264
Paid, forfeited, or released from contingencies (shares) (44,777,302)
Service criteria satisfied (shares) (8,271,783) [2]
Outstanding at December 31, 2012 (shares) 48,646,460
Restricted stock/unit awards grant date fair value  
Outstanding at January 1, 2012 (dollars per share) $ 13.39
Granted — 2012 (dollars per share) $ 8.62
Paid, forfeited, or released from contingencies (dollars per share) $ 13.82
Service criteris satisfied (dollars per share) $ 13.80 [2]
Outstanding at December 31, 2012 (dollars per share) $ 12.59
Retirement-Eligible Employee [Member] | Restricted Stock Units (RSUs)
  
Restricted shares and units  
Total fair value of shares that vested during the period $ 469,000,000
[1] Transfers in and transfers out resulted from employee transfers to and from Merrill Lynch and non-Merrill Lynch subsidiaries of Bank of America.
[2] Represents awards granted prior to 2012 for which employees attained retirement-eligibility or for which service criteria were satisfied during 2012.