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Effective interest rate for the funds borrowed under the debt agreement considering interest compounding and original issue discount or premium.

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Including the current and noncurrent portions, the carrying value of junior subordinated long-term debt owed to unconsolidated subsidiary trusts as of the balance sheet date. Such debt places a lender in a lien position behind debt having a higher priority of repayment in liquidation of the entity's assets and was initially scheduled to be repaid after one year or beyond the normal operating cycle if longer.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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BORROWINGS - Junior Subordinated Debt Trusts (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Millions	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Subordinated Borrowing [Line Items]
Junior subordinated debt	$ 66	$ 66
Trust Preferred Securities [Member]
Subordinated Borrowing [Line Items]
Junior subordinated debt	72
Common Securities [Member]
Subordinated Borrowing [Line Items]
Junior subordinated debt	3
F.N.B. Statutory Trust II [Member]
Subordinated Borrowing [Line Items]
Junior subordinated debt	$ 22
Interest Rate	1.90%
F.N.B. Statutory Trust II [Member] \| London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) [Member]
Subordinated Borrowing [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate	1.65%
F.N.B. Statutory Trust II [Member] \| Trust Preferred Securities [Member]
Subordinated Borrowing [Line Items]
Junior subordinated debt	$ 22
F.N.B. Statutory Trust II [Member] \| Common Securities [Member]
Subordinated Borrowing [Line Items]
Junior subordinated debt	1
Yadkin Valley Statutory Trust I [Member]
Subordinated Borrowing [Line Items]
Junior subordinated debt	$ 22
Interest Rate	1.57%
Yadkin Valley Statutory Trust I [Member] \| London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) [Member]
Subordinated Borrowing [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate	1.32%
Yadkin Valley Statutory Trust I [Member] \| Trust Preferred Securities [Member]
Subordinated Borrowing [Line Items]
Junior subordinated debt	$ 25
Yadkin Valley Statutory Trust I [Member] \| Common Securities [Member]
Subordinated Borrowing [Line Items]
Junior subordinated debt	1
FNB Financial Services Capital Trust I [Member]
Subordinated Borrowing [Line Items]
Junior subordinated debt	$ 22
Interest Rate	1.68%
FNB Financial Services Capital Trust I [Member] \| London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) [Member]
Subordinated Borrowing [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate	1.46%
FNB Financial Services Capital Trust I [Member] \| Trust Preferred Securities [Member]
Subordinated Borrowing [Line Items]
Junior subordinated debt	$ 25
FNB Financial Services Capital Trust I [Member] \| Common Securities [Member]
Subordinated Borrowing [Line Items]
Junior subordinated debt	$ 1