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Securities Available for Sale - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2012
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]      
Available-for-sale Securities Pledged as Collateral   $ 2,600,000,000us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesPledgedAsCollateral $ 11,000,000,000us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesPledgedAsCollateral
Available-for-sale Securities   26,770,000,000us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecurities [1] 22,542,000,000us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecurities [1]
Sold equity forward agreement underlying shares 59,000,000sti_Soldequityforwardagreementunderlyingshares    
Executed equity forward agreement underlying shares 60,000,000sti_Executedequityforwardagreementunderlyingshares    
Contributed equity forward agreement underlying shares 1,000,000sti_Contributedequityforwardagreementunderlyingshares    
Net gain on sales of certain other equity securities 1,900,000,000sti_Netgainonsalesofcertainotherequitysecurities    
Noncash Contribution Expense 38,000,000us-gaap_NoncashContributionExpense    
Mortgage-backed Securities, Issued by Private Enterprises [Member]      
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]      
Available-for-sale Securities   123,000,000us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecurities
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= us-gaap_MortgageBackedSecuritiesIssuedByPrivateEnterprisesMember
154,000,000us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecurities
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= us-gaap_MortgageBackedSecuritiesIssuedByPrivateEnterprisesMember
Other Than Temporarily Impaired Securities [Member] | Mortgage-backed Securities, Issued by Private Enterprises [Member]      
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]      
Available-for-sale Securities   $ 16,000,000us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecurities
/ us-gaap_InvestmentTypeAxis
= sti_OtherThanTemporarilyImpairedSecuritiesMember
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= us-gaap_MortgageBackedSecuritiesIssuedByPrivateEnterprisesMember
 
[1] Includes loans of consolidated VIEs of $288 million and $327 million at December 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013, respectively.