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LHFI by Credit Quality Indicator (Additional Information) (Detail) (USD $)
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]    
Loans and Leases Receivable, Gross $ 133,112,000,000us-gaap_LoansAndLeasesReceivableGrossCarryingAmount [1] $ 127,877,000,000us-gaap_LoansAndLeasesReceivableGrossCarryingAmount [1]
Residential Guaranteed [Member]    
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]    
Loans and Leases Receivable, Gross 632,000,000us-gaap_LoansAndLeasesReceivableGrossCarryingAmount
/ us-gaap_FinancingReceivableRecordedInvestmentByClassOfFinancingReceivableAxis
= sti_ResidentialMortgagesGuaranteedMember
3,416,000,000us-gaap_LoansAndLeasesReceivableGrossCarryingAmount
/ us-gaap_FinancingReceivableRecordedInvestmentByClassOfFinancingReceivableAxis
= sti_ResidentialMortgagesGuaranteedMember
Federally Guaranteed Student Loans [Member]    
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]    
Loans and Leases Receivable, Gross 4,827,000,000us-gaap_LoansAndLeasesReceivableGrossCarryingAmount
/ us-gaap_FinancingReceivableRecordedInvestmentByClassOfFinancingReceivableAxis
= sti_FederallyGuaranteedStudentLoansMember
5,545,000,000us-gaap_LoansAndLeasesReceivableGrossCarryingAmount
/ us-gaap_FinancingReceivableRecordedInvestmentByClassOfFinancingReceivableAxis
= sti_FederallyGuaranteedStudentLoansMember
FICO Score 700 and Above [Member] | Residential Guaranteed [Member]    
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]    
Loans and Leases Receivable, Gross 632,000,000us-gaap_LoansAndLeasesReceivableGrossCarryingAmount
/ us-gaap_FinancingReceivableRecordedInvestmentByClassOfFinancingReceivableAxis
= sti_ResidentialMortgagesGuaranteedMember
/ us-gaap_InternalCreditAssessmentAxis
= sti_FicoScore700AndAboveMember
3,416,000,000us-gaap_LoansAndLeasesReceivableGrossCarryingAmount
/ us-gaap_FinancingReceivableRecordedInvestmentByClassOfFinancingReceivableAxis
= sti_ResidentialMortgagesGuaranteedMember
/ us-gaap_InternalCreditAssessmentAxis
= sti_FicoScore700AndAboveMember
Federal Home Loan Bank Advances [Member]    
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]    
Loans Pledged as Collateral $ 31,200,000,000us-gaap_LoansPledgedAsCollateral
/ us-gaap_FinancialInstrumentsOwnedAndPledgedAsCollateralAxis
= us-gaap_FederalHomeLoanBankAdvancesMember
$ 31,200,000,000us-gaap_LoansPledgedAsCollateral
/ us-gaap_FinancialInstrumentsOwnedAndPledgedAsCollateralAxis
= us-gaap_FederalHomeLoanBankAdvancesMember
[1] Includes noncontrolling interest of $108 million and $119 million at December 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013, respectively.