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Finance Assets (Credit Quality) (Details) (USD $)
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]    
Sales-type lease receivables 1,653,293us-gaap_CapitalLeasesNetInvestmentInSalesTypeLeasesMinimumPaymentsToBeReceived $ 1,913,179us-gaap_CapitalLeasesNetInvestmentInSalesTypeLeasesMinimumPaymentsToBeReceived
Loan receivables 424,652us-gaap_LoansAndLeasesReceivableGrossCarryingAmount 446,869us-gaap_LoansAndLeasesReceivableGrossCarryingAmount
Sales-type Lease Receivables    
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]    
Sales-type lease receivables 1,286,624us-gaap_CapitalLeasesNetInvestmentInSalesTypeLeasesMinimumPaymentsToBeReceived
/ us-gaap_FinancingReceivableRecordedInvestmentByClassOfFinancingReceivableAxis
= us-gaap_FinanceLeasesFinancingReceivableMember		 1,456,420us-gaap_CapitalLeasesNetInvestmentInSalesTypeLeasesMinimumPaymentsToBeReceived
/ us-gaap_FinancingReceivableRecordedInvestmentByClassOfFinancingReceivableAxis
= us-gaap_FinanceLeasesFinancingReceivableMember
Loan Receivables    
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]    
Loan receivables 376,987us-gaap_LoansAndLeasesReceivableGrossCarryingAmount
/ us-gaap_FinancingReceivableRecordedInvestmentByClassOfFinancingReceivableAxis
= pbi_ClientLoanReceivableMember		 397,815us-gaap_LoansAndLeasesReceivableGrossCarryingAmount
/ us-gaap_FinancingReceivableRecordedInvestmentByClassOfFinancingReceivableAxis
= pbi_ClientLoanReceivableMember
Low    
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]    
Approximate percentage of portfolio 30.00%pbi_PercentageOfPortfolioRiskDesignation
/ us-gaap_InternalCreditAssessmentAxis
= us-gaap_RiskLevelLowMember		  
Low | Sales-type Lease Receivables    
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]    
Sales-type lease receivables 936,979us-gaap_CapitalLeasesNetInvestmentInSalesTypeLeasesMinimumPaymentsToBeReceived
/ us-gaap_FinancingReceivableRecordedInvestmentByClassOfFinancingReceivableAxis
= us-gaap_FinanceLeasesFinancingReceivableMember
/ us-gaap_InternalCreditAssessmentAxis
= us-gaap_RiskLevelLowMember		 1,081,853us-gaap_CapitalLeasesNetInvestmentInSalesTypeLeasesMinimumPaymentsToBeReceived
/ us-gaap_FinancingReceivableRecordedInvestmentByClassOfFinancingReceivableAxis
= us-gaap_FinanceLeasesFinancingReceivableMember
/ us-gaap_InternalCreditAssessmentAxis
= us-gaap_RiskLevelLowMember
Low | Loan Receivables    
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]    
Loan receivables 259,436us-gaap_LoansAndLeasesReceivableGrossCarryingAmount
/ us-gaap_FinancingReceivableRecordedInvestmentByClassOfFinancingReceivableAxis
= pbi_ClientLoanReceivableMember
/ us-gaap_InternalCreditAssessmentAxis
= us-gaap_RiskLevelLowMember		 279,607us-gaap_LoansAndLeasesReceivableGrossCarryingAmount
/ us-gaap_FinancingReceivableRecordedInvestmentByClassOfFinancingReceivableAxis
= pbi_ClientLoanReceivableMember
/ us-gaap_InternalCreditAssessmentAxis
= us-gaap_RiskLevelLowMember
Medium    
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]    
Approximate percentage of portfolio 40.00%pbi_PercentageOfPortfolioRiskDesignation
/ us-gaap_InternalCreditAssessmentAxis
= us-gaap_RiskLevelMediumMember		  
Medium | Sales-type Lease Receivables    
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]    
Sales-type lease receivables 230,799us-gaap_CapitalLeasesNetInvestmentInSalesTypeLeasesMinimumPaymentsToBeReceived
/ us-gaap_FinancingReceivableRecordedInvestmentByClassOfFinancingReceivableAxis
= us-gaap_FinanceLeasesFinancingReceivableMember
/ us-gaap_InternalCreditAssessmentAxis
= us-gaap_RiskLevelMediumMember		 244,379us-gaap_CapitalLeasesNetInvestmentInSalesTypeLeasesMinimumPaymentsToBeReceived
/ us-gaap_FinancingReceivableRecordedInvestmentByClassOfFinancingReceivableAxis
= us-gaap_FinanceLeasesFinancingReceivableMember
/ us-gaap_InternalCreditAssessmentAxis
= us-gaap_RiskLevelMediumMember
Medium | Loan Receivables    
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]    
Loan receivables 96,243us-gaap_LoansAndLeasesReceivableGrossCarryingAmount
/ us-gaap_FinancingReceivableRecordedInvestmentByClassOfFinancingReceivableAxis
= pbi_ClientLoanReceivableMember
/ us-gaap_InternalCreditAssessmentAxis
= us-gaap_RiskLevelMediumMember		 95,524us-gaap_LoansAndLeasesReceivableGrossCarryingAmount
/ us-gaap_FinancingReceivableRecordedInvestmentByClassOfFinancingReceivableAxis
= pbi_ClientLoanReceivableMember
/ us-gaap_InternalCreditAssessmentAxis
= us-gaap_RiskLevelMediumMember
High    
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]    
Approximate percentage of portfolio 30.00%pbi_PercentageOfPortfolioRiskDesignation
/ us-gaap_InternalCreditAssessmentAxis
= us-gaap_RiskLevelHighMember		  
High | Sales-type Lease Receivables    
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]    
Sales-type lease receivables 45,202us-gaap_CapitalLeasesNetInvestmentInSalesTypeLeasesMinimumPaymentsToBeReceived
/ us-gaap_FinancingReceivableRecordedInvestmentByClassOfFinancingReceivableAxis
= us-gaap_FinanceLeasesFinancingReceivableMember
/ us-gaap_InternalCreditAssessmentAxis
= us-gaap_RiskLevelHighMember		 51,851us-gaap_CapitalLeasesNetInvestmentInSalesTypeLeasesMinimumPaymentsToBeReceived
/ us-gaap_FinancingReceivableRecordedInvestmentByClassOfFinancingReceivableAxis
= us-gaap_FinanceLeasesFinancingReceivableMember
/ us-gaap_InternalCreditAssessmentAxis
= us-gaap_RiskLevelHighMember
High | Loan Receivables    
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]    
Loan receivables 10,913us-gaap_LoansAndLeasesReceivableGrossCarryingAmount
/ us-gaap_FinancingReceivableRecordedInvestmentByClassOfFinancingReceivableAxis
= pbi_ClientLoanReceivableMember
/ us-gaap_InternalCreditAssessmentAxis
= us-gaap_RiskLevelHighMember		 11,511us-gaap_LoansAndLeasesReceivableGrossCarryingAmount
/ us-gaap_FinancingReceivableRecordedInvestmentByClassOfFinancingReceivableAxis
= pbi_ClientLoanReceivableMember
/ us-gaap_InternalCreditAssessmentAxis
= us-gaap_RiskLevelHighMember
Not Scored | Sales-type Lease Receivables    
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]    
Sales-type lease receivables 73,644us-gaap_CapitalLeasesNetInvestmentInSalesTypeLeasesMinimumPaymentsToBeReceived
/ us-gaap_FinancingReceivableRecordedInvestmentByClassOfFinancingReceivableAxis
= us-gaap_FinanceLeasesFinancingReceivableMember
/ us-gaap_InternalCreditAssessmentAxis
= pbi_NotScoredMember		 78,337us-gaap_CapitalLeasesNetInvestmentInSalesTypeLeasesMinimumPaymentsToBeReceived
/ us-gaap_FinancingReceivableRecordedInvestmentByClassOfFinancingReceivableAxis
= us-gaap_FinanceLeasesFinancingReceivableMember
/ us-gaap_InternalCreditAssessmentAxis
= pbi_NotScoredMember
Not Scored | Loan Receivables    
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]    
Loan receivables 10,395us-gaap_LoansAndLeasesReceivableGrossCarryingAmount
/ us-gaap_FinancingReceivableRecordedInvestmentByClassOfFinancingReceivableAxis
= pbi_ClientLoanReceivableMember
/ us-gaap_InternalCreditAssessmentAxis
= pbi_NotScoredMember		 $ 11,173us-gaap_LoansAndLeasesReceivableGrossCarryingAmount
/ us-gaap_FinancingReceivableRecordedInvestmentByClassOfFinancingReceivableAxis
= pbi_ClientLoanReceivableMember
/ us-gaap_InternalCreditAssessmentAxis
= pbi_NotScoredMember