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Carrying Amount At Period End of Residential Mortgage Loans Serviced By Affiliates

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Loan and lease receivable extended loan and line of credit facility.

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Loan and lease receivable revolving line of credit outstanding.

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Loans acquired on daily basis from related parties.

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Net premium of outstanding principal.

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Period of maturity of line of credit.

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Purchase of Portfolios with an outstanding principal.

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Related Party Transaction, Lending Arrangement, Line of Credit Facility, Amount Maturing Period One

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Related Party Transaction, Lending Arrangement, Line of Credit Facility, Amount Maturing Period Three

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Related Party Transaction, Lending Arrangement, Line of Credit Facility, Amount Maturing Period Two

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Related Party Transaction, Liquidity Facility, Notional Amount

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Servicing fess for credit card loan discontinued operation.

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Aggregate notional amount specified by the derivative(s). Expressed as an absolute value.

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Face (par) amount of debt instrument at time of issuance.

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Period of time between issuance and maturity of debt instrument, in PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Fair value of the assets less the liabilities of a derivative or group of derivatives.

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The gain (loss) resulting from the sale of a disposal group that is not a discontinued operation. It is included in income from continuing operations before income taxes in the income statement.

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The carrying value as of the balance sheet date of the current and noncurrent portions of long-term obligations drawn from a line of credit, which is a bank's commitment to make loans up to a specific amount. Examples of items that might be included in the application of this element may consist of letters of credit, standby letters of credit, and revolving credit arrangements, under which borrowings can be made up to a maximum amount as of any point in time conditional on satisfaction of specified terms before, as of and after the date of drawdowns on the line. Includes short-term obligations that would normally be classified as current liabilities but for which (a) postbalance sheet date issuance of a long term obligation to refinance the short term obligation on a long term basis, or (b) the enterprise has entered into a financing agreement that clearly permits the enterprise to refinance the short-term obligation on a long term basis and the following conditions are met (1) the agreement does not expire within 1 year and is not cancelable by the lender except for violation of an objectively determinable provision, (2) no violation exists at the BS date, and (3) the lender has entered into the financing agreement is expected to be financially capable of honoring the agreement.

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Maximum borrowing capacity under the credit facility without consideration of any current restrictions on the amount that could be borrowed or the amounts currently outstanding under the facility.

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For an unclassified balance sheet, reflects the carrying amount of unpaid loan amounts due from related parties at the balance sheet date.

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Income earned by providing the use of assets to an outside party in exchange for a payment or series of payments that is nonoperating in nature.

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Related Party Transactions - Additional Information (Details) (USD $)	1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended			3 Months Ended	0 Months Ended
	Jan. 31, 2009	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Mar. 31, 2012	Dec. 19, 2014	Jul. 31, 2004
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Derivative, notional amount			$ 4,829,655,000,000invest_DerivativeNotionalAmount	$ 5,457,095,000,000invest_DerivativeNotionalAmount
HSBC Investment Bahamas [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Maximum borrowing capacity			805,000,000	900,000,000
Amount outstanding under the loan agreement			0	0
HSBC North America Inc. HNAI [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Maximum borrowing capacity			150,000,000	150,000,000
Amount outstanding under the loan agreement			0	0
HSBC Finance Corporation [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Loans and Leases Receivable, Related Parties			3,014,000,000	3,015,000,000
Loans Acquired On Daily Basis From Related Parties		9,900,000,000
Purchase Of Portfolios With Outstanding Principal	12,400,000,000
Net Premium Of Outstanding Principal	113,000,000
Servicing Fess For Credit Card Loan Discontinued Operation		199,000,000
HSBC Finance Corporation [Member] \| Extended Uncommitted Revolving Credit Facility [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Debt term			364 days
Extended loans and lines of credit			5,000,000,000
Loan And Lease Receivable Revolving Line Of Credit Outstanding			3,000,000,000	3,000,000,000
Maximum maturity for borrowings under uncommitted revolving credit agreement			5 years
Credit agreement, amount maturing September 2017			512,000,000
Credit agreement amount maturing January 2018			1,500,000,000
Credit agreement amount maturing September 2018			1,000,000,000
HSBC Finance Corporation [Member] \| Extended committed revolving credit facility [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Extended loans and lines of credit			1,000,000,000	1,000,000,000
Loan And Lease Receivable Revolving Line Of Credit Outstanding			0	0
HMUS [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Extended loans and lines of credit			6,700,000,000	3,800,000,000
Loans and Leases Receivable, Related Parties			563,000,000	199,000,000
Loan And Lease Receivable Revolving Line Of Credit Outstanding			563,000,000	199,000,000
HSBC Bank Brasil [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Extended loans and lines of credit			1,200,000,000	1,500,000,000
Loans and Leases Receivable, Related Parties			1,108,000,000	1,000,000,000
Loan And Lease Receivable Revolving Line Of Credit Outstanding			1,100,000,000	1,000,000,000
Other Affiliates [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Extended loans and lines of credit			2,300,000,000	2,300,000,000
Loans and Leases Receivable, Related Parties			136,000,000	1,114,000,000
Loan And Lease Receivable Revolving Line Of Credit Outstanding			0	0
Regency [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Related Party Transaction, Liquidity Facility, Notional Amount			2,700,000,000
Affiliated Entity [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Maximum borrowing capacity				500,000,000
Loans and Leases Receivable, Related Parties			4,821,000,000	5,328,000,000
Derivative, notional amount			1,082,600,000,000	1,210,600,000,000
Fair value of derivative assets and liabilities			1,166,000,000	845,000,000
Residential Mortgage [Member] \| HSBC Finance Corporation [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Carrying Amount At Period End of Residential Mortgage Loans Serviced By HSBC Finance			837,000,000	983,000,000
90-Day LIBOR Plus Spread [Member] \| Floating Rate Notes [Member] \| Hnah [Member] \| Senior debt [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Senior debt			4,000,000,000
Support Services From Affiliates [Member] \| Affiliated Entity [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Rent from related party		55,000,000	55,000,000	50,000,000
Debt Maturing August 2015 [Member] \| 90-Day LIBOR Plus Spread [Member] \| Floating Rate Notes [Member] \| Hnah [Member] \| Senior debt [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Senior debt			1,000,000,000
Debt Maturing October 2015 [Member] \| 90-Day LIBOR Plus Spread [Member] \| Floating Rate Notes [Member] \| Hnah [Member] \| Senior debt [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Senior debt			3,000,000,000
Credit Card Customer Relationship [Member] \| HSBC Finance Corporation [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Account Receivable Sold During Period							970,000,000
Credit Card Receivable [Member] \| HSBC Finance Corporation [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Loans Acquired On Daily Basis From Related Parties					492,000,000
Disposal Group, Not Discontinued Operations [Member] \| GB&M London Precious Metals Custody and Clearing Business [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Increase to additional paid-in capital due to sale of GB&M London precious metals business to an affiliate						$ 60,000,000