Discontinued operation gain on sale of account relationships.

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Disposal group including discontinuing operation available for sale securities.

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Disposal group including discontinuing operation reserves for policy and claim.

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Lower of Cost or Fair Value Adjustment on Disposal Group, Discontinued Operations, After Tax

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Lower of Cost or Fair Value Adjustment on Disposal Group, Discontinued Operations, Before Tax

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Premium percentage of disposal group at which receivables been sold.

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Amount of gain (loss), before tax expense or benefit and not previously recognized, resulting from the sale of a business component.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 205

-SubTopic 20

-Section 45

-Paragraph 3

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Amount of gain (loss), after tax expense or benefit and not previously recognized, resulting from the sale of a business component.

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The cash inflow associated with the amount received from the sale of a portion of the company's business, for example a segment, division, branch or other business, during the period.

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-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Glossary Investing Activities

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-Topic 230

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-Section 45

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Discontinued Operations - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	0 Months Ended	12 Months Ended		3 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Mar. 29, 2013 Insurance business [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Insurance business [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Insurance business [Member]	Jun. 30, 2012 Card and Retail Services [Member]	May 02, 2012 Card and Retail Services [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Card and Retail Services [Member] HSBC USA, Inc. [Member]
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Lower of amortized cost or fair value less cost to sell adjustment, before tax		$ 119
Lower of amortized cost or fair value less cost to sell adjustment, after tax		90
Available-for-sale securities		1,411	0
Insurance policy and claim reserves		988	0
Proceeds from divestiture of businesses	153			11,786
Sold business, premium percentage of receivables					8.75%
Pre-tax gain	21			2,178
After-tax gain	13			1,421
Gain on sale of intangible assets						$ 79