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Commitments and Contingent Liabilities- Standby Letters of Credits by Investment Grade (Detail) (Standby letters of credit)
3 Months Ended 12 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Dec. 31, 2014
Investment grade
   
Concentration Risk [Line Items]    
Concentration risk (percent) 86.00%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
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88.00%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
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= bk_InvestmentGradeMember
/ us-gaap_LossContingenciesByNatureOfContingencyAxis
= us-gaap_StandbyLettersOfCreditMember
Non-investment grade
   
Concentration Risk [Line Items]    
Concentration risk (percent) 14.00%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
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= bk_NoninvestmentGradeMember
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12.00%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
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= bk_NoninvestmentGradeMember
/ us-gaap_LossContingenciesByNatureOfContingencyAxis
= us-gaap_StandbyLettersOfCreditMember