Bank of America Corporation Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Commitments and Contingencies - Additional Information (Details)

Commitments and Contingencies - Additional Information (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended		0 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015	Mar. 31, 2014	Mar. 30, 2015	Apr. 24, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Operating Leases, Future Minimum Payments Due [Abstract]
2015	$ 1,900,000,000
2016	2,300,000,000
2017	1,900,000,000
2018	1,500,000,000
2019	1,300,000,000
Thereafter	5,100,000,000
Notional amount of derivatives	1,094,252,000,000invest_DerivativeNotionalAmount				1,134,132,000,000invest_DerivativeNotionalAmount
Litigation expense	370,000,000us-gaap_LitigationSettlementExpense	6,000,000,000us-gaap_LitigationSettlementExpense
Minimum estimate range of possible loss	0
Maximum estimated range of possible loss	2,500,000,000.0
Commercial Banks
Operating Leases, Future Minimum Payments Due [Abstract]
Notional amount of derivatives	494,000,000				527,000,000
Unconsolidated VIEs
Operating Leases, Future Minimum Payments Due [Abstract]
Notional amount of derivatives	1,200,000,000				1,200,000,000
Life Insurance Book Value Protection
Operating Leases, Future Minimum Payments Due [Abstract]
Notional amount of derivatives	13,600,000,000				13,600,000,000
Maximum potential exposure	3,100,000,000				3,100,000,000
Net fair value of bank-owned life insurance book value protection	22,000,000				25,000,000
Other Guarantee
Operating Leases, Future Minimum Payments Due [Abstract]
Maximum potential exposure	6,300,000,000				6,200,000,000
Loan Commitments
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Other commitments	2,200,000,000				1,800,000,000
Forward-Dated Resale and Securities Borrowing Agreements
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Other commitments	105,800,000,000				73,200,000,000
Forward-Dated Repurchase and Securities Lending Agreements
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Other commitments	85,100,000,000				55,800,000,000
Payment Protection Insurance
Operating Leases, Future Minimum Payments Due [Abstract]
Loss contingency accrual	266,000,000				378,000,000
Provision	0	141,000,000
Merchant Servicing Joint Venture
Operating Leases, Future Minimum Payments Due [Abstract]
Equity method investment ownership percentage	49.00%
Merchant Processing Servicers, Sponsored Entities
Operating Leases, Future Minimum Payments Due [Abstract]
Transactions processed and settled by sponsored entities	154,600,000,000	149,400,000,000
Losses as result of cardholder disputed transactions	4,000,000	4,000,000
Merchant escrow deposits held as collateral	143,000,000				130,000,000
Merchant Processing Servicers, Sponsored Entities \| Merchant Services
Operating Leases, Future Minimum Payments Due [Abstract]
Maximum potential exposure	262,100,000,000				269,300,000,000
Interchange and Related Litigation [Member]
Operating Leases, Future Minimum Payments Due [Abstract]
Litigation settlement, number of opt-out suits	2
Ocala Investor Litigation
Operating Leases, Future Minimum Payments Due [Abstract]
Litigation settlement			315,000,000
Subsequent Event \| LIBOR, Other Reference Rate, and Foreign Exchange Litigation
Operating Leases, Future Minimum Payments Due [Abstract]
Litigation settlement				$ 180,000,000