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Certain Transfers of Financial Assets and Variable Interest Entities Portfolio Balances and Delinquency Balances Based on 90 days or more Past Due and Net Charge-Offs Related to Managed Portfolio Loans (Additional Information) (Details) (USD $)
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Mar. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2014
Servicing Assets at Fair Value [Line Items]      
Cash Flows Between Transferor and Transferee, Receipts on Transferor's Interest in Transferred Financial Assets, Other $ 4,000,000us-gaap_CashFlowsBetweenTransfereeAndTransferorReceiptsOnInterestsThatContinueToBeHeldOther $ 4,000,000us-gaap_CashFlowsBetweenTransfereeAndTransferorReceiptsOnInterestsThatContinueToBeHeldOther  
LHFS excluded from managed loans disclosure 3,400,000,000sti_LhfsExcludedFromManagedLoansDisclosure   3,200,000,000sti_LhfsExcludedFromManagedLoansDisclosure
Loans Held For Sale [Member]      
Servicing Assets at Fair Value [Line Items]      
LHFS Accruing90OrMoreDaysPastDueAndNonaccruingExcludedFromManagedLoanDisclosure $ 12,000,000sti_LhfsAccruing90Ormoredayspastdueandnonaccruingexcludedfrommanagedloandisclosure
/ us-gaap_AccountsNotesLoansAndFinancingReceivableByReceivableTypeAxis
= sti_LoansHeldForSaleMember
  $ 39,000,000sti_LhfsAccruing90Ormoredayspastdueandnonaccruingexcludedfrommanagedloandisclosure
/ us-gaap_AccountsNotesLoansAndFinancingReceivableByReceivableTypeAxis
= sti_LoansHeldForSaleMember