Commitments and Contingent Liabilities- Additional Information (Detail)
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3 Months Ended |
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Mar. 19, 2015
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Mar. 31, 2015
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LegalMatter
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Mar. 02, 2015
LegalMatter
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Dec. 31, 2014
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Nov. 03, 2014
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Jan. 18, 2008
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Mar. 19, 2015
Foreign Exchange Matters
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Mar. 31, 2015
Standby letters of credit
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Dec. 31, 2014
Standby letters of credit
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Mar. 31, 2015
Commercial letters of credit
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Dec. 31, 2014
Commercial letters of credit
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Mar. 31, 2015
Operations
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Dec. 31, 2014
Operations
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Mar. 19, 2015
DOJ and NYAG settlements
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Mar. 19, 2015
Class Action Settlement
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Mar. 19, 2015
DOL Settlement
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Mar. 19, 2015
SEC Penalty
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Apr. 15, 2015
Subsequent Event
UK Financial Conduct Authority Matter
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Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Line Items] |
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Lending commitment maturing in less than one year |
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$ 11,300,000,000bk_LendingCommitmentMaturingWithinOneYear |
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Lending commitment maturing in one to five years |
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22,600,000,000bk_LendingCommitmentMaturingAfterOneThroughFiveYears |
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Lending commitment maturing over five years |
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252,000,000bk_LendingCommitmentMaturingAfterFiveYears |
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SBLCs collateralized with cash and securities |
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412,000,000bk_ObligationToReturnCashOrSecuritiesReceivedAsCollateral / us-gaap_LossContingenciesByNatureOfContingencyAxis = us-gaap_StandbyLettersOfCreditMember |
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421,000,000bk_ObligationToReturnCashOrSecuritiesReceivedAsCollateral / us-gaap_LossContingenciesByNatureOfContingencyAxis = us-gaap_StandbyLettersOfCreditMember |
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SBLCs expiring within one year |
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3,400,000,000bk_StandbyLettersOfCreditExpiringWithinOneYear / us-gaap_LossContingenciesByNatureOfContingencyAxis = us-gaap_StandbyLettersOfCreditMember |
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SBLCs expiring within one to five years |
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2,200,000,000bk_StandbyLettersOfCreditExpiringAfterOneThroughFiveYear / us-gaap_LossContingenciesByNatureOfContingencyAxis = us-gaap_StandbyLettersOfCreditMember |
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Allowance for lending related commitments |
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93,000,000bk_OtherLiabilitiesAllowanceForLendingRelatedCommitments / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = bk_OperationsMember |
89,000,000bk_OtherLiabilitiesAllowanceForLendingRelatedCommitments / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = bk_OperationsMember |
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Off balance sheet credit risk |
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5,600,000,000bk_OffBalanceSheetCreditRisk / us-gaap_LossContingenciesByNatureOfContingencyAxis = us-gaap_StandbyLettersOfCreditMember |
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5,767,000,000bk_OffBalanceSheetCreditRisk / us-gaap_LossContingenciesByNatureOfContingencyAxis = us-gaap_StandbyLettersOfCreditMember |
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264,000,000bk_OffBalanceSheetCreditRisk / us-gaap_LossContingenciesByNatureOfContingencyAxis = us-gaap_LetterOfCreditMember |
255,000,000bk_OffBalanceSheetCreditRisk / us-gaap_LossContingenciesByNatureOfContingencyAxis = us-gaap_LetterOfCreditMember |
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Maximum maturities of prearranged contract for a securities lending transaction (in days) |
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90 days |
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Cash collateralization percentage generally required for a securities lending transaction with indemnification against broker default (percent) |
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102.00%bk_SecuritiesLendingCashCollateralPercentage |
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Securities lending indemnifications, secured amount of collateral |
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323,000,000,000bk_SecuritiesLendingIndemnificationsCollateral |
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316,000,000,000bk_SecuritiesLendingIndemnificationsCollateral |
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Securities lending indemnifications joint venture |
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68,000,000,000bk_SecuritiesLendingIndemnificationsJointVenture |
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64,000,000,000bk_SecuritiesLendingIndemnificationsJointVenture |
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Securities Lending Indemnifications Collateral Joint Venture |
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72,000,000,000bk_SecuritiesLendingIndemnificationsCollateralJointVenture |
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67,000,000,000bk_SecuritiesLendingIndemnificationsCollateralJointVenture |
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Loss contingency, aggregate range of reasonable loss |
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280,000,000us-gaap_LossContingencyRangeOfPossibleLossMaximum |
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Bank filed a proof of claim on Jan. 18, 2008 in the Chapter 11 bankruptcy of Sentinel Management Group, Inc. (Sentinel), seeking to recover approximate amount loaned to Sentinel |
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312,000,000bk_LegalClaim |
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FX-related settlements |
714,000,000bk_FXrelatedsettlements |
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167,500,000bk_FXrelatedsettlements / bk_FXrelatedSettlementsAxis = bk_DOJandNYAGsettlementsMember |
335,000,000bk_FXrelatedsettlements / bk_FXrelatedSettlementsAxis = bk_ClassActionSettlementMember |
14,000,000bk_FXrelatedsettlements / bk_FXrelatedSettlementsAxis = bk_DOLSettlementMember |
30,000,000bk_FXrelatedsettlements / bk_FXrelatedSettlementsAxis = bk_SECPenaltyMember |
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Number of pending lawsuits |
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2us-gaap_LossContingencyPendingClaimsNumber / us-gaap_LitigationCaseAxis = bk_ForeignExchangeMattersMember |
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Number of lawsuits pending related to Stanford Matter (legal matters) |
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11bk_NumberofLawsuitsPendingRelatedtoStanfordMatter |
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Number of FINRA arbitration panels |
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2bk_NumberofArbitrationPanels |
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Number of arbitration claims related to Stanford matter settled |
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38bk_NumberofArbitrationClaimsRelatedtoStanfordMatterSettled |
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Arbitration claims related to Stanford matter pending |
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6bk_ArbitrationClaimsrelatedtoStanfordMatterPending |
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Litigation settlement amount |
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£ 126,000,000us-gaap_LitigationSettlementAmount / us-gaap_LitigationCaseAxis = bk_UKFinancialConductAuthorityMatterMember / us-gaap_SubsequentEventTypeAxis = us-gaap_SubsequentEventMember |
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