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LHFI Considered Impaired (Detail) (USD $)
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Mar. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2014
Financing Receivable, Impaired [Line Items]      
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses, Individually Evaluated for Impairment $ 298,000,000us-gaap_FinancingReceivableAllowanceForCreditLossesIndividuallyEvaluatedForImpairment1   $ 319,000,000us-gaap_FinancingReceivableAllowanceForCreditLossesIndividuallyEvaluatedForImpairment1
Impaired Financing Receivable, Unpaid Principal Balance 3,074,000,000us-gaap_ImpairedFinancingReceivableWithRelatedAllowanceUnpaidPrincipalBalance   3,091,000,000us-gaap_ImpairedFinancingReceivableWithRelatedAllowanceUnpaidPrincipalBalance
Impaired Financing Receivable, Recorded Investment 2,767,000,000us-gaap_ImpairedFinancingReceivableWithRelatedAllowanceRecordedInvestment [1]   2,781,000,000us-gaap_ImpairedFinancingReceivableWithRelatedAllowanceRecordedInvestment [1]
Impaired Financing Receivable, Interest Income, Cash Basis Method 1,000,000us-gaap_ImpairedFinancingReceivableInterestIncomeCashBasisMethod 1,000,000us-gaap_ImpairedFinancingReceivableInterestIncomeCashBasisMethod  
Impaired Financing Receivable, with Related Allowance, Average Recorded Investment 2,790,000,000us-gaap_ImpairedFinancingReceivableWithRelatedAllowanceAverageRecordedInvestment 3,116,000,000us-gaap_ImpairedFinancingReceivableWithRelatedAllowanceAverageRecordedInvestment  
Impaired Financing Receivable, with Related Allowance, Interest Income, Accrual Method 32,000,000us-gaap_ImpairedFinancingReceivableWithRelatedAllowanceInterestIncomeAccrualMethod [2] 36,000,000us-gaap_ImpairedFinancingReceivableWithRelatedAllowanceInterestIncomeAccrualMethod [2]  
Commercial Portfolio Segment [Member]      
Financing Receivable, Impaired [Line Items]      
Impaired Financing Receivable, with No Related Allowance, Unpaid Principal Balance 65,000,000us-gaap_ImpairedFinancingReceivableWithNoRelatedAllowanceUnpaidPrincipalBalance
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= us-gaap_CommercialPortfolioSegmentMember
  82,000,000us-gaap_ImpairedFinancingReceivableWithNoRelatedAllowanceUnpaidPrincipalBalance
/ us-gaap_FinancingReceivableRecordedInvestmentByClassOfFinancingReceivableAxis
= us-gaap_CommercialPortfolioSegmentMember
Impaired Financing Receivable, with No Related Allowance, Recorded Investment 49,000,000us-gaap_ImpairedFinancingReceivableWithNoRelatedAllowanceRecordedInvestment
/ us-gaap_FinancingReceivableRecordedInvestmentByClassOfFinancingReceivableAxis
= us-gaap_CommercialPortfolioSegmentMember
[1]   62,000,000us-gaap_ImpairedFinancingReceivableWithNoRelatedAllowanceRecordedInvestment
/ us-gaap_FinancingReceivableRecordedInvestmentByClassOfFinancingReceivableAxis
= us-gaap_CommercialPortfolioSegmentMember
[1]
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses, Individually Evaluated for Impairment 6,000,000us-gaap_FinancingReceivableAllowanceForCreditLossesIndividuallyEvaluatedForImpairment1
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  11,000,000us-gaap_FinancingReceivableAllowanceForCreditLossesIndividuallyEvaluatedForImpairment1
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= us-gaap_CommercialPortfolioSegmentMember
Impaired Financing Receivable, Unpaid Principal Balance 37,000,000us-gaap_ImpairedFinancingReceivableWithRelatedAllowanceUnpaidPrincipalBalance
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= us-gaap_CommercialPortfolioSegmentMember
  31,000,000us-gaap_ImpairedFinancingReceivableWithRelatedAllowanceUnpaidPrincipalBalance
/ us-gaap_FinancingReceivableRecordedInvestmentByClassOfFinancingReceivableAxis
= us-gaap_CommercialPortfolioSegmentMember
Impaired Financing Receivable, Recorded Investment 31,000,000us-gaap_ImpairedFinancingReceivableWithRelatedAllowanceRecordedInvestment
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= us-gaap_CommercialPortfolioSegmentMember
[1]   30,000,000us-gaap_ImpairedFinancingReceivableWithRelatedAllowanceRecordedInvestment
/ us-gaap_FinancingReceivableRecordedInvestmentByClassOfFinancingReceivableAxis
= us-gaap_CommercialPortfolioSegmentMember
[1]
Impaired Financing Receivable, with No Related Allowance, Average Recorded Investment 51,000,000us-gaap_ImpairedFinancingReceivableWithNoRelatedAllowanceAverageRecordedInvestment
/ us-gaap_FinancingReceivableRecordedInvestmentByClassOfFinancingReceivableAxis
= us-gaap_CommercialPortfolioSegmentMember
68,000,000us-gaap_ImpairedFinancingReceivableWithNoRelatedAllowanceAverageRecordedInvestment
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= us-gaap_CommercialPortfolioSegmentMember
 
Impaired Financing Receivable, with No Related Allowance, Interest Income, Accrual Method 0us-gaap_ImpairedFinancingReceivableWithNoRelatedAllowanceInterestIncomeAccrualMethod
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1,000,000us-gaap_ImpairedFinancingReceivableWithNoRelatedAllowanceInterestIncomeAccrualMethod
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= us-gaap_CommercialPortfolioSegmentMember
[2]  
Impaired Financing Receivable, with Related Allowance, Average Recorded Investment 41,000,000us-gaap_ImpairedFinancingReceivableWithRelatedAllowanceAverageRecordedInvestment
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= us-gaap_CommercialPortfolioSegmentMember
79,000,000us-gaap_ImpairedFinancingReceivableWithRelatedAllowanceAverageRecordedInvestment
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= us-gaap_CommercialPortfolioSegmentMember
 
Impaired Financing Receivable, with Related Allowance, Interest Income, Accrual Method 1,000,000us-gaap_ImpairedFinancingReceivableWithRelatedAllowanceInterestIncomeAccrualMethod
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[2] 0us-gaap_ImpairedFinancingReceivableWithRelatedAllowanceInterestIncomeAccrualMethod
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= us-gaap_CommercialPortfolioSegmentMember
 
Residential Portfolio Segment [Member]      
Financing Receivable, Impaired [Line Items]      
Impaired Financing Receivable, with No Related Allowance, Unpaid Principal Balance 587,000,000us-gaap_ImpairedFinancingReceivableWithNoRelatedAllowanceUnpaidPrincipalBalance
/ us-gaap_FinancingReceivableRecordedInvestmentByClassOfFinancingReceivableAxis
= us-gaap_ResidentialPortfolioSegmentMember
  623,000,000us-gaap_ImpairedFinancingReceivableWithNoRelatedAllowanceUnpaidPrincipalBalance
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= us-gaap_ResidentialPortfolioSegmentMember
Impaired Financing Receivable, with No Related Allowance, Recorded Investment 418,000,000us-gaap_ImpairedFinancingReceivableWithNoRelatedAllowanceRecordedInvestment
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= us-gaap_ResidentialPortfolioSegmentMember
[1]   434,000,000us-gaap_ImpairedFinancingReceivableWithNoRelatedAllowanceRecordedInvestment
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= us-gaap_ResidentialPortfolioSegmentMember
[1]
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses, Individually Evaluated for Impairment 285,000,000us-gaap_FinancingReceivableAllowanceForCreditLossesIndividuallyEvaluatedForImpairment1
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  300,000,000us-gaap_FinancingReceivableAllowanceForCreditLossesIndividuallyEvaluatedForImpairment1
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Impaired Financing Receivable, Unpaid Principal Balance 2,258,000,000us-gaap_ImpairedFinancingReceivableWithRelatedAllowanceUnpaidPrincipalBalance
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= us-gaap_ResidentialPortfolioSegmentMember
  2,229,000,000us-gaap_ImpairedFinancingReceivableWithRelatedAllowanceUnpaidPrincipalBalance
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= us-gaap_ResidentialPortfolioSegmentMember
Impaired Financing Receivable, Recorded Investment 2,143,000,000us-gaap_ImpairedFinancingReceivableWithRelatedAllowanceRecordedInvestment
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= us-gaap_ResidentialPortfolioSegmentMember
[1]   2,129,000,000us-gaap_ImpairedFinancingReceivableWithRelatedAllowanceRecordedInvestment
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= us-gaap_ResidentialPortfolioSegmentMember
[1]
Impaired Financing Receivable, with No Related Allowance, Average Recorded Investment 422,000,000us-gaap_ImpairedFinancingReceivableWithNoRelatedAllowanceAverageRecordedInvestment
/ us-gaap_FinancingReceivableRecordedInvestmentByClassOfFinancingReceivableAxis
= us-gaap_ResidentialPortfolioSegmentMember
458,000,000us-gaap_ImpairedFinancingReceivableWithNoRelatedAllowanceAverageRecordedInvestment
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Impaired Financing Receivable, with No Related Allowance, Interest Income, Accrual Method 4,000,000us-gaap_ImpairedFinancingReceivableWithNoRelatedAllowanceInterestIncomeAccrualMethod
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[2] 4,000,000us-gaap_ImpairedFinancingReceivableWithNoRelatedAllowanceInterestIncomeAccrualMethod
/ us-gaap_FinancingReceivableRecordedInvestmentByClassOfFinancingReceivableAxis
= us-gaap_ResidentialPortfolioSegmentMember
[2]  
Impaired Financing Receivable, with Related Allowance, Average Recorded Investment 2,147,000,000us-gaap_ImpairedFinancingReceivableWithRelatedAllowanceAverageRecordedInvestment
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2,392,000,000us-gaap_ImpairedFinancingReceivableWithRelatedAllowanceAverageRecordedInvestment
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Impaired Financing Receivable, with Related Allowance, Interest Income, Accrual Method 26,000,000us-gaap_ImpairedFinancingReceivableWithRelatedAllowanceInterestIncomeAccrualMethod
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[2] 30,000,000us-gaap_ImpairedFinancingReceivableWithRelatedAllowanceInterestIncomeAccrualMethod
/ us-gaap_FinancingReceivableRecordedInvestmentByClassOfFinancingReceivableAxis
= us-gaap_ResidentialPortfolioSegmentMember
[2]  
Consumer Portfolio Segment [Member]      
Financing Receivable, Impaired [Line Items]      
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses, Individually Evaluated for Impairment 7,000,000us-gaap_FinancingReceivableAllowanceForCreditLossesIndividuallyEvaluatedForImpairment1
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  8,000,000us-gaap_FinancingReceivableAllowanceForCreditLossesIndividuallyEvaluatedForImpairment1
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Impaired Financing Receivable, Unpaid Principal Balance 127,000,000us-gaap_ImpairedFinancingReceivableWithRelatedAllowanceUnpaidPrincipalBalance
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= us-gaap_ConsumerPortfolioSegmentMember
  126,000,000us-gaap_ImpairedFinancingReceivableWithRelatedAllowanceUnpaidPrincipalBalance
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Impaired Financing Receivable, Recorded Investment 126,000,000us-gaap_ImpairedFinancingReceivableWithRelatedAllowanceRecordedInvestment
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[1]   126,000,000us-gaap_ImpairedFinancingReceivableWithRelatedAllowanceRecordedInvestment
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= us-gaap_ConsumerPortfolioSegmentMember
[1]
Impaired Financing Receivable, with Related Allowance, Average Recorded Investment 129,000,000us-gaap_ImpairedFinancingReceivableWithRelatedAllowanceAverageRecordedInvestment
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119,000,000us-gaap_ImpairedFinancingReceivableWithRelatedAllowanceAverageRecordedInvestment
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= us-gaap_ConsumerPortfolioSegmentMember
 
Impaired Financing Receivable, with Related Allowance, Interest Income, Accrual Method 1,000,000us-gaap_ImpairedFinancingReceivableWithRelatedAllowanceInterestIncomeAccrualMethod
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[2] 1,000,000us-gaap_ImpairedFinancingReceivableWithRelatedAllowanceInterestIncomeAccrualMethod
/ us-gaap_FinancingReceivableRecordedInvestmentByClassOfFinancingReceivableAxis
= us-gaap_ConsumerPortfolioSegmentMember
[2]  
Commercial and Industrial [Member]      
Financing Receivable, Impaired [Line Items]      
Impaired Financing Receivable, with No Related Allowance, Unpaid Principal Balance 54,000,000us-gaap_ImpairedFinancingReceivableWithNoRelatedAllowanceUnpaidPrincipalBalance
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  70,000,000us-gaap_ImpairedFinancingReceivableWithNoRelatedAllowanceUnpaidPrincipalBalance
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Impaired Financing Receivable, with No Related Allowance, Recorded Investment 39,000,000us-gaap_ImpairedFinancingReceivableWithNoRelatedAllowanceRecordedInvestment
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[1]   51,000,000us-gaap_ImpairedFinancingReceivableWithNoRelatedAllowanceRecordedInvestment
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= sti_CommercialAndIndustrialMember
[1]
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses, Individually Evaluated for Impairment 5,000,000us-gaap_FinancingReceivableAllowanceForCreditLossesIndividuallyEvaluatedForImpairment1
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  7,000,000us-gaap_FinancingReceivableAllowanceForCreditLossesIndividuallyEvaluatedForImpairment1
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Impaired Financing Receivable, Unpaid Principal Balance 34,000,000us-gaap_ImpairedFinancingReceivableWithRelatedAllowanceUnpaidPrincipalBalance
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  27,000,000us-gaap_ImpairedFinancingReceivableWithRelatedAllowanceUnpaidPrincipalBalance
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Impaired Financing Receivable, Recorded Investment 28,000,000us-gaap_ImpairedFinancingReceivableWithRelatedAllowanceRecordedInvestment
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[1]   26,000,000us-gaap_ImpairedFinancingReceivableWithRelatedAllowanceRecordedInvestment
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[1]
Impaired Financing Receivable, with No Related Allowance, Average Recorded Investment 41,000,000us-gaap_ImpairedFinancingReceivableWithNoRelatedAllowanceAverageRecordedInvestment
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52,000,000us-gaap_ImpairedFinancingReceivableWithNoRelatedAllowanceAverageRecordedInvestment
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Impaired Financing Receivable, with No Related Allowance, Interest Income, Accrual Method 0us-gaap_ImpairedFinancingReceivableWithNoRelatedAllowanceInterestIncomeAccrualMethod
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1,000,000us-gaap_ImpairedFinancingReceivableWithNoRelatedAllowanceInterestIncomeAccrualMethod
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[2]  
Impaired Financing Receivable, with Related Allowance, Average Recorded Investment 38,000,000us-gaap_ImpairedFinancingReceivableWithRelatedAllowanceAverageRecordedInvestment
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63,000,000us-gaap_ImpairedFinancingReceivableWithRelatedAllowanceAverageRecordedInvestment
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Impaired Financing Receivable, with Related Allowance, Interest Income, Accrual Method 1,000,000us-gaap_ImpairedFinancingReceivableWithRelatedAllowanceInterestIncomeAccrualMethod
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[2] 0us-gaap_ImpairedFinancingReceivableWithRelatedAllowanceInterestIncomeAccrualMethod
/ us-gaap_FinancingReceivableRecordedInvestmentByClassOfFinancingReceivableAxis
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Commercial Real Estate [Member]      
Financing Receivable, Impaired [Line Items]      
Impaired Financing Receivable, with No Related Allowance, Unpaid Principal Balance 11,000,000us-gaap_ImpairedFinancingReceivableWithNoRelatedAllowanceUnpaidPrincipalBalance
/ us-gaap_FinancingReceivableRecordedInvestmentByClassOfFinancingReceivableAxis
= us-gaap_CommercialRealEstateMember
  12,000,000us-gaap_ImpairedFinancingReceivableWithNoRelatedAllowanceUnpaidPrincipalBalance
/ us-gaap_FinancingReceivableRecordedInvestmentByClassOfFinancingReceivableAxis
= us-gaap_CommercialRealEstateMember
Impaired Financing Receivable, with No Related Allowance, Recorded Investment 10,000,000us-gaap_ImpairedFinancingReceivableWithNoRelatedAllowanceRecordedInvestment
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[1]   11,000,000us-gaap_ImpairedFinancingReceivableWithNoRelatedAllowanceRecordedInvestment
/ us-gaap_FinancingReceivableRecordedInvestmentByClassOfFinancingReceivableAxis
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[1]
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses, Individually Evaluated for Impairment 1,000,000us-gaap_FinancingReceivableAllowanceForCreditLossesIndividuallyEvaluatedForImpairment1
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  4,000,000us-gaap_FinancingReceivableAllowanceForCreditLossesIndividuallyEvaluatedForImpairment1
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Impaired Financing Receivable, Unpaid Principal Balance 3,000,000us-gaap_ImpairedFinancingReceivableWithRelatedAllowanceUnpaidPrincipalBalance
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  4,000,000us-gaap_ImpairedFinancingReceivableWithRelatedAllowanceUnpaidPrincipalBalance
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Impaired Financing Receivable, Recorded Investment 3,000,000us-gaap_ImpairedFinancingReceivableWithRelatedAllowanceRecordedInvestment
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[1]   4,000,000us-gaap_ImpairedFinancingReceivableWithRelatedAllowanceRecordedInvestment
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[1]
Impaired Financing Receivable, with No Related Allowance, Average Recorded Investment 10,000,000us-gaap_ImpairedFinancingReceivableWithNoRelatedAllowanceAverageRecordedInvestment
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11,000,000us-gaap_ImpairedFinancingReceivableWithNoRelatedAllowanceAverageRecordedInvestment
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Impaired Financing Receivable, with No Related Allowance, Interest Income, Accrual Method 0us-gaap_ImpairedFinancingReceivableWithNoRelatedAllowanceInterestIncomeAccrualMethod
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0us-gaap_ImpairedFinancingReceivableWithNoRelatedAllowanceInterestIncomeAccrualMethod
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Impaired Financing Receivable, with Related Allowance, Average Recorded Investment 3,000,000us-gaap_ImpairedFinancingReceivableWithRelatedAllowanceAverageRecordedInvestment
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12,000,000us-gaap_ImpairedFinancingReceivableWithRelatedAllowanceAverageRecordedInvestment
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Impaired Financing Receivable, with Related Allowance, Interest Income, Accrual Method 0us-gaap_ImpairedFinancingReceivableWithRelatedAllowanceInterestIncomeAccrualMethod
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Commercial Construction [Member]      
Financing Receivable, Impaired [Line Items]      
Impaired Financing Receivable, with No Related Allowance, Average Recorded Investment 0us-gaap_ImpairedFinancingReceivableWithNoRelatedAllowanceAverageRecordedInvestment
/ us-gaap_FinancingReceivableRecordedInvestmentByClassOfFinancingReceivableAxis
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5,000,000us-gaap_ImpairedFinancingReceivableWithNoRelatedAllowanceAverageRecordedInvestment
/ us-gaap_FinancingReceivableRecordedInvestmentByClassOfFinancingReceivableAxis
= sti_CommercialConstructionMember
 
Impaired Financing Receivable, with No Related Allowance, Interest Income, Accrual Method 0us-gaap_ImpairedFinancingReceivableWithNoRelatedAllowanceInterestIncomeAccrualMethod
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Impaired Financing Receivable, with Related Allowance, Average Recorded Investment 0us-gaap_ImpairedFinancingReceivableWithRelatedAllowanceAverageRecordedInvestment
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4,000,000us-gaap_ImpairedFinancingReceivableWithRelatedAllowanceAverageRecordedInvestment
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Impaired Financing Receivable, with Related Allowance, Interest Income, Accrual Method 0us-gaap_ImpairedFinancingReceivableWithRelatedAllowanceInterestIncomeAccrualMethod
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Residential Nonguaranteed [Member]      
Financing Receivable, Impaired [Line Items]      
Impaired Financing Receivable, with No Related Allowance, Unpaid Principal Balance 557,000,000us-gaap_ImpairedFinancingReceivableWithNoRelatedAllowanceUnpaidPrincipalBalance
/ us-gaap_FinancingReceivableRecordedInvestmentByClassOfFinancingReceivableAxis
= sti_ResidentialMortgagesNonguaranteedMember
  592,000,000us-gaap_ImpairedFinancingReceivableWithNoRelatedAllowanceUnpaidPrincipalBalance
/ us-gaap_FinancingReceivableRecordedInvestmentByClassOfFinancingReceivableAxis
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Impaired Financing Receivable, with No Related Allowance, Recorded Investment 410,000,000us-gaap_ImpairedFinancingReceivableWithNoRelatedAllowanceRecordedInvestment
/ us-gaap_FinancingReceivableRecordedInvestmentByClassOfFinancingReceivableAxis
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[1]   425,000,000us-gaap_ImpairedFinancingReceivableWithNoRelatedAllowanceRecordedInvestment
/ us-gaap_FinancingReceivableRecordedInvestmentByClassOfFinancingReceivableAxis
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[1]
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[1] Amortized cost reflects charge-offs that have been recognized plus other amounts that have been applied to reduce the net book balance.
[2] Of the interest income recognized during both the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014, cash basis interest income was $1 million.