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Impacts of Derivative Financial Instruments on the Consolidated Statements of Income/(Loss) and the Consolidated Statements of Shareholders' Equity (Additional Information) (Detail) (USD $)
In Millions, unless otherwise specified
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Mar. 31, 2014
Interest Income (Expense), Net [Member]    
Reclassified in pre-tax gains from AOCI into net interest income $ 19us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentsGainLossReclassifiedFromAccumulatedOCIIntoIncomeEffectivePortionNet
/ us-gaap_IncomeStatementLocationAxis
= sti_InterestIncomeExpenseNetMember
$ 26us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentsGainLossReclassifiedFromAccumulatedOCIIntoIncomeEffectivePortionNet
/ us-gaap_IncomeStatementLocationAxis
= sti_InterestIncomeExpenseNetMember
Not Designated as Hedging Instrument [Member]    
Derivative, Gain (Loss) on Derivative, Net $ 206us-gaap_DerivativeGainLossOnDerivativeNet
/ us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentsGainLossByHedgingRelationshipAxis
= us-gaap_NondesignatedMember
$ 105us-gaap_DerivativeGainLossOnDerivativeNet
/ us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentsGainLossByHedgingRelationshipAxis
= us-gaap_NondesignatedMember