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LHFI by Credit Quality Indicator (Additional Information) (Detail) (USD $)
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Mar. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2014
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]      
Impaired Financing Receivable, Interest Income, Cash Basis Method $ 1,000,000us-gaap_ImpairedFinancingReceivableInterestIncomeCashBasisMethod $ 1,000,000us-gaap_ImpairedFinancingReceivableInterestIncomeCashBasisMethod  
Loans Receivable, Fair Value Disclosure 268,000,000us-gaap_LoansReceivableFairValueDisclosure   272,000,000us-gaap_LoansReceivableFairValueDisclosure
Loans and Leases Receivable, Gross 132,380,000,000us-gaap_LoansAndLeasesReceivableGrossCarryingAmount [1]   133,112,000,000us-gaap_LoansAndLeasesReceivableGrossCarryingAmount [1]
Residential Guaranteed [Member]      
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]      
Loans and Leases Receivable, Gross 655,000,000us-gaap_LoansAndLeasesReceivableGrossCarryingAmount
/ us-gaap_FinancingReceivableRecordedInvestmentByClassOfFinancingReceivableAxis
= sti_ResidentialMortgagesGuaranteedMember
  632,000,000us-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 4,337,000,000us-gaap_LoansAndLeasesReceivableGrossCarryingAmount
/ us-gaap_FinancingReceivableRecordedInvestmentByClassOfFinancingReceivableAxis
= sti_FederallyGuaranteedStudentLoansMember
  4,827,000,000us-gaap_LoansAndLeasesReceivableGrossCarryingAmount
/ us-gaap_FinancingReceivableRecordedInvestmentByClassOfFinancingReceivableAxis
= sti_FederallyGuaranteedStudentLoansMember
Federal Home Loan Bank Advances [Member]      
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]      
Loans Pledged as Collateral $ 31,000,000,000us-gaap_LoansPledgedAsCollateral
/ us-gaap_FinancialInstrumentsOwnedAndPledgedAsCollateralAxis
= us-gaap_FederalHomeLoanBankAdvancesMember
  $ 31,200,000,000us-gaap_LoansPledgedAsCollateral
/ us-gaap_FinancialInstrumentsOwnedAndPledgedAsCollateralAxis
= us-gaap_FederalHomeLoanBankAdvancesMember
Residential Portfolio Segment [Member]      
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]      
Government Guarantee Percent 2.00%sti_GovernmentGuaranteePercent
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_ResidentialPortfolioSegmentMember
  2.00%sti_GovernmentGuaranteePercent
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_ResidentialPortfolioSegmentMember
[1] Includes loans of consolidated VIEs of $277 million and $288 million at March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014, respectively.