XML 53 R81.htm IDEA: XBRL DOCUMENT v2.4.1.9
Securities - Distribution of maturities of debt securities with approximate yield of portfolio (Detail) (USD $)
In Millions, unless otherwise specified
Dec. 31, 2014
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]  
Available-for-sale amount within one year $ 1,263us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtMaturitiesWithinOneYearAmortizedCost
Available-for-sale yield within one year 1.05%hsbcusa_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtMaturitiesWithinOneYearYieldPercentage
Available-for-sale amount after one but within five years 13,267us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtMaturitiesAfterOneThroughFiveYearsAmortizedCost
Available-for-sale yield after one but within five years 1.43%hsbcusa_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtMaturitiesAfterOneThroughFiveYearYieldPercentage
Available-for-sale amount after five but within ten years 3,216us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtMaturitiesAfterFiveThroughTenYearsAmortizedCost
Available-for-sale yield after five but within ten years 3.21%hsbcusa_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtMaturitiesAfterFiveThroughTenYearsYieldPercentage
Available-for-sale amount after ten years 11,743us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtMaturitiesAfterTenYearsAmortizedCost
Available-for-sale yield after ten years 2.97%hsbcusa_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtMaturitiesAfterTenYearsAmortizedCostYieldPercentage
Total fair value within one year 1,270us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtMaturitiesWithinOneYearFairValue
Total fair value after one but within five years 13,341us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtMaturitiesAfterOneThroughFiveYearsFairValue
Total fair value after five but within ten years 3,428us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtMaturitiesAfterFiveThroughTenYearsFairValue
Total fair value after ten years 11,934us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtMaturitiesAfterTenYearsFairValue
Held-to-maturity amount within one year 3us-gaap_HeldToMaturitySecuritiesDebtMaturitiesWithinOneYearNetCarryingAmount
Held-to-maturity yield within one year 5.02%hsbcusa_HeldToMaturitySecuritiesDebtMaturitiesNextTwelveMonthsYield
Held-to-maturity amount after one but within five years 104us-gaap_HeldToMaturitySecuritiesDebtMaturitiesAfterOneThroughFiveYearsNetCarryingAmount
Held-to-maturity yield after one but within five years 1.66%hsbcusa_HeldToMaturitySecuritiesDebtMaturitiesAfterOneButWithinFiveYearsYield
Held-to-maturity after five but within ten years 461us-gaap_HeldToMaturitySecuritiesDebtMaturitiesAfterFiveThroughTenYearsNetCarryingAmount
Held-to-maturity yield after five but within ten years 2.84%hsbcusa_HeldToMaturitySecuritiesAfterFiveButWithinTenYearsYield
Held-to-maturity after ten years 12,901us-gaap_HeldToMaturitySecuritiesDebtMaturitiesAfterTenYearsNetCarryingAmount
Held-to-maturity yield after ten years 2.66%hsbcusa_HeldToMaturitySecuritiesAfterTenYearsYield
Total fair value within one year 3us-gaap_HeldToMaturitySecuritiesDebtMaturitiesWithinOneYearFairValue
Total fair value after one but within five years 103us-gaap_HeldToMaturitySecuritiesDebtMaturitiesAfterOneThroughFiveYearsFairValue
Total fair value after five but within ten years 472us-gaap_HeldToMaturitySecuritiesDebtMaturitiesAfterFiveThroughTenYearsFairValue
Total fair value after ten years 13,117us-gaap_HeldToMaturitySecuritiesDebtMaturitiesAfterTenYearsFairValue
U.S. Treasury [Member]  
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]  
Available-for-sale amount within one year 1,155us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtMaturitiesWithinOneYearAmortizedCost
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= us-gaap_USTreasurySecuritiesMember
Available-for-sale yield within one year 0.87%hsbcusa_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtMaturitiesWithinOneYearYieldPercentage
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= us-gaap_USTreasurySecuritiesMember
Available-for-sale amount after one but within five years 7,387us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtMaturitiesAfterOneThroughFiveYearsAmortizedCost
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= us-gaap_USTreasurySecuritiesMember
Available-for-sale yield after one but within five years 0.84%hsbcusa_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtMaturitiesAfterOneThroughFiveYearYieldPercentage
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= us-gaap_USTreasurySecuritiesMember
Available-for-sale amount after five but within ten years 1,457us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtMaturitiesAfterFiveThroughTenYearsAmortizedCost
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= us-gaap_USTreasurySecuritiesMember
Available-for-sale yield after five but within ten years 3.20%hsbcusa_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtMaturitiesAfterFiveThroughTenYearsYieldPercentage
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= us-gaap_USTreasurySecuritiesMember
Available-for-sale amount after ten years 1,794us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtMaturitiesAfterTenYearsAmortizedCost
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= us-gaap_USTreasurySecuritiesMember
Available-for-sale yield after ten years 3.41%hsbcusa_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtMaturitiesAfterTenYearsAmortizedCostYieldPercentage
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= us-gaap_USTreasurySecuritiesMember
US Government sponsored enterprises [Member]  
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]  
Available-for-sale amount within one year 0us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtMaturitiesWithinOneYearAmortizedCost
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= us-gaap_USGovernmentSponsoredEnterprisesDebtSecuritiesMember
Available-for-sale yield within one year 0.00%hsbcusa_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtMaturitiesWithinOneYearYieldPercentage
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= us-gaap_USGovernmentSponsoredEnterprisesDebtSecuritiesMember
Available-for-sale amount after one but within five years 1,944us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtMaturitiesAfterOneThroughFiveYearsAmortizedCost
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= us-gaap_USGovernmentSponsoredEnterprisesDebtSecuritiesMember
Available-for-sale yield after one but within five years 3.16%hsbcusa_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtMaturitiesAfterOneThroughFiveYearYieldPercentage
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= us-gaap_USGovernmentSponsoredEnterprisesDebtSecuritiesMember
Available-for-sale amount after five but within ten years 1,417us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtMaturitiesAfterFiveThroughTenYearsAmortizedCost
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= us-gaap_USGovernmentSponsoredEnterprisesDebtSecuritiesMember
Available-for-sale yield after five but within ten years 3.24%hsbcusa_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtMaturitiesAfterFiveThroughTenYearsYieldPercentage
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= us-gaap_USGovernmentSponsoredEnterprisesDebtSecuritiesMember
Available-for-sale amount after ten years 1,189us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtMaturitiesAfterTenYearsAmortizedCost
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= us-gaap_USGovernmentSponsoredEnterprisesDebtSecuritiesMember
Available-for-sale yield after ten years 3.19%hsbcusa_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtMaturitiesAfterTenYearsAmortizedCostYieldPercentage
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= us-gaap_USGovernmentSponsoredEnterprisesDebtSecuritiesMember
Held-to-maturity amount within one year 0us-gaap_HeldToMaturitySecuritiesDebtMaturitiesWithinOneYearNetCarryingAmount
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= us-gaap_USGovernmentSponsoredEnterprisesDebtSecuritiesMember
Held-to-maturity yield within one year 0.00%hsbcusa_HeldToMaturitySecuritiesDebtMaturitiesNextTwelveMonthsYield
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= us-gaap_USGovernmentSponsoredEnterprisesDebtSecuritiesMember
Held-to-maturity amount after one but within five years 92us-gaap_HeldToMaturitySecuritiesDebtMaturitiesAfterOneThroughFiveYearsNetCarryingAmount
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= us-gaap_USGovernmentSponsoredEnterprisesDebtSecuritiesMember
Held-to-maturity yield after one but within five years 1.38%hsbcusa_HeldToMaturitySecuritiesDebtMaturitiesAfterOneButWithinFiveYearsYield
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= us-gaap_USGovernmentSponsoredEnterprisesDebtSecuritiesMember
Held-to-maturity after five but within ten years 406us-gaap_HeldToMaturitySecuritiesDebtMaturitiesAfterFiveThroughTenYearsNetCarryingAmount
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= us-gaap_USGovernmentSponsoredEnterprisesDebtSecuritiesMember
Held-to-maturity yield after five but within ten years 2.85%hsbcusa_HeldToMaturitySecuritiesAfterFiveButWithinTenYearsYield
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= us-gaap_USGovernmentSponsoredEnterprisesDebtSecuritiesMember
Held-to-maturity after ten years 4,370us-gaap_HeldToMaturitySecuritiesDebtMaturitiesAfterTenYearsNetCarryingAmount
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= us-gaap_USGovernmentSponsoredEnterprisesDebtSecuritiesMember
Held-to-maturity yield after ten years 3.10%hsbcusa_HeldToMaturitySecuritiesAfterTenYearsYield
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= us-gaap_USGovernmentSponsoredEnterprisesDebtSecuritiesMember
US Government agency issued or guaranteed [Member]  
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]  
Available-for-sale amount within one year 0us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtMaturitiesWithinOneYearAmortizedCost
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= us-gaap_USGovernmentAgenciesDebtSecuritiesMember
Available-for-sale yield within one year 0.00%hsbcusa_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtMaturitiesWithinOneYearYieldPercentage
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= us-gaap_USGovernmentAgenciesDebtSecuritiesMember
Available-for-sale amount after one but within five years 10us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtMaturitiesAfterOneThroughFiveYearsAmortizedCost
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= us-gaap_USGovernmentAgenciesDebtSecuritiesMember
Available-for-sale yield after one but within five years 4.22%hsbcusa_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtMaturitiesAfterOneThroughFiveYearYieldPercentage
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= us-gaap_USGovernmentAgenciesDebtSecuritiesMember
Available-for-sale amount after five but within ten years 44us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtMaturitiesAfterFiveThroughTenYearsAmortizedCost
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= us-gaap_USGovernmentAgenciesDebtSecuritiesMember
Available-for-sale yield after five but within ten years 3.89%hsbcusa_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtMaturitiesAfterFiveThroughTenYearsYieldPercentage
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= us-gaap_USGovernmentAgenciesDebtSecuritiesMember
Available-for-sale amount after ten years 8,260us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtMaturitiesAfterTenYearsAmortizedCost
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= us-gaap_USGovernmentAgenciesDebtSecuritiesMember
Available-for-sale yield after ten years 2.81%hsbcusa_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtMaturitiesAfterTenYearsAmortizedCostYieldPercentage
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= us-gaap_USGovernmentAgenciesDebtSecuritiesMember
Held-to-maturity amount within one year 0us-gaap_HeldToMaturitySecuritiesDebtMaturitiesWithinOneYearNetCarryingAmount
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= us-gaap_USGovernmentAgenciesDebtSecuritiesMember
Held-to-maturity yield within one year 0.00%hsbcusa_HeldToMaturitySecuritiesDebtMaturitiesNextTwelveMonthsYield
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= us-gaap_USGovernmentAgenciesDebtSecuritiesMember
Held-to-maturity amount after one but within five years 2us-gaap_HeldToMaturitySecuritiesDebtMaturitiesAfterOneThroughFiveYearsNetCarryingAmount
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= us-gaap_USGovernmentAgenciesDebtSecuritiesMember
Held-to-maturity yield after one but within five years 7.64%hsbcusa_HeldToMaturitySecuritiesDebtMaturitiesAfterOneButWithinFiveYearsYield
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= us-gaap_USGovernmentAgenciesDebtSecuritiesMember
Held-to-maturity after five but within ten years 49us-gaap_HeldToMaturitySecuritiesDebtMaturitiesAfterFiveThroughTenYearsNetCarryingAmount
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= us-gaap_USGovernmentAgenciesDebtSecuritiesMember
Held-to-maturity yield after five but within ten years 2.64%hsbcusa_HeldToMaturitySecuritiesAfterFiveButWithinTenYearsYield
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= us-gaap_USGovernmentAgenciesDebtSecuritiesMember
Held-to-maturity after ten years 8,516us-gaap_HeldToMaturitySecuritiesDebtMaturitiesAfterTenYearsNetCarryingAmount
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= us-gaap_USGovernmentAgenciesDebtSecuritiesMember
Held-to-maturity yield after ten years 2.42%hsbcusa_HeldToMaturitySecuritiesAfterTenYearsYield
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= us-gaap_USGovernmentAgenciesDebtSecuritiesMember
Obligations of U.S. states and political subdivision [Member]  
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]  
Available-for-sale amount within one year 0us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtMaturitiesWithinOneYearAmortizedCost
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= us-gaap_USStatesAndPoliticalSubdivisionsMember
Available-for-sale yield within one year 0.00%hsbcusa_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtMaturitiesWithinOneYearYieldPercentage
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= us-gaap_USStatesAndPoliticalSubdivisionsMember
Available-for-sale amount after one but within five years 113us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtMaturitiesAfterOneThroughFiveYearsAmortizedCost
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= us-gaap_USStatesAndPoliticalSubdivisionsMember
Available-for-sale yield after one but within five years 4.13%hsbcusa_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtMaturitiesAfterOneThroughFiveYearYieldPercentage
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= us-gaap_USStatesAndPoliticalSubdivisionsMember
Available-for-sale amount after five but within ten years 298us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtMaturitiesAfterFiveThroughTenYearsAmortizedCost
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= us-gaap_USStatesAndPoliticalSubdivisionsMember
Available-for-sale yield after five but within ten years 2.99%hsbcusa_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtMaturitiesAfterFiveThroughTenYearsYieldPercentage
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= us-gaap_USStatesAndPoliticalSubdivisionsMember
Available-for-sale amount after ten years 250us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtMaturitiesAfterTenYearsAmortizedCost
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= us-gaap_USStatesAndPoliticalSubdivisionsMember
Available-for-sale yield after ten years 3.69%hsbcusa_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtMaturitiesAfterTenYearsAmortizedCostYieldPercentage
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= us-gaap_USStatesAndPoliticalSubdivisionsMember
Held-to-maturity amount within one year 3us-gaap_HeldToMaturitySecuritiesDebtMaturitiesWithinOneYearNetCarryingAmount
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= us-gaap_USStatesAndPoliticalSubdivisionsMember
Held-to-maturity yield within one year 5.00%hsbcusa_HeldToMaturitySecuritiesDebtMaturitiesNextTwelveMonthsYield
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= us-gaap_USStatesAndPoliticalSubdivisionsMember
Held-to-maturity amount after one but within five years 10us-gaap_HeldToMaturitySecuritiesDebtMaturitiesAfterOneThroughFiveYearsNetCarryingAmount
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= us-gaap_USStatesAndPoliticalSubdivisionsMember
Held-to-maturity yield after one but within five years 3.95%hsbcusa_HeldToMaturitySecuritiesDebtMaturitiesAfterOneButWithinFiveYearsYield
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= us-gaap_USStatesAndPoliticalSubdivisionsMember
Held-to-maturity after five but within ten years 6us-gaap_HeldToMaturitySecuritiesDebtMaturitiesAfterFiveThroughTenYearsNetCarryingAmount
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= us-gaap_USStatesAndPoliticalSubdivisionsMember
Held-to-maturity yield after five but within ten years 3.83%hsbcusa_HeldToMaturitySecuritiesAfterFiveButWithinTenYearsYield
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= us-gaap_USStatesAndPoliticalSubdivisionsMember
Held-to-maturity after ten years 4us-gaap_HeldToMaturitySecuritiesDebtMaturitiesAfterTenYearsNetCarryingAmount
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= us-gaap_USStatesAndPoliticalSubdivisionsMember
Held-to-maturity yield after ten years 5.35%hsbcusa_HeldToMaturitySecuritiesAfterTenYearsYield
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= us-gaap_USStatesAndPoliticalSubdivisionsMember
Asset backed securities [Member]  
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]  
Available-for-sale amount within one year 0us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtMaturitiesWithinOneYearAmortizedCost
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= us-gaap_AssetBackedSecuritiesMember
Available-for-sale yield within one year 0.00%hsbcusa_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtMaturitiesWithinOneYearYieldPercentage
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= us-gaap_AssetBackedSecuritiesMember
Available-for-sale amount after one but within five years 0us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtMaturitiesAfterOneThroughFiveYearsAmortizedCost
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= us-gaap_AssetBackedSecuritiesMember
Available-for-sale yield after one but within five years 0.00%hsbcusa_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtMaturitiesAfterOneThroughFiveYearYieldPercentage
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= us-gaap_AssetBackedSecuritiesMember
Available-for-sale amount after five but within ten years 0us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtMaturitiesAfterFiveThroughTenYearsAmortizedCost
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= us-gaap_AssetBackedSecuritiesMember
Available-for-sale yield after five but within ten years 0.00%hsbcusa_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtMaturitiesAfterFiveThroughTenYearsYieldPercentage
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= us-gaap_AssetBackedSecuritiesMember
Available-for-sale amount after ten years 250us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtMaturitiesAfterTenYearsAmortizedCost
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= us-gaap_AssetBackedSecuritiesMember
Available-for-sale yield after ten years 3.33%hsbcusa_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtMaturitiesAfterTenYearsAmortizedCostYieldPercentage
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= us-gaap_AssetBackedSecuritiesMember
Held-to-maturity amount within one year 0us-gaap_HeldToMaturitySecuritiesDebtMaturitiesWithinOneYearNetCarryingAmount
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= us-gaap_AssetBackedSecuritiesMember
Held-to-maturity yield within one year 0.00%hsbcusa_HeldToMaturitySecuritiesDebtMaturitiesNextTwelveMonthsYield
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= us-gaap_AssetBackedSecuritiesMember
Held-to-maturity amount after one but within five years 0us-gaap_HeldToMaturitySecuritiesDebtMaturitiesAfterOneThroughFiveYearsNetCarryingAmount
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= us-gaap_AssetBackedSecuritiesMember
Held-to-maturity yield after one but within five years 0.00%hsbcusa_HeldToMaturitySecuritiesDebtMaturitiesAfterOneButWithinFiveYearsYield
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= us-gaap_AssetBackedSecuritiesMember
Held-to-maturity after five but within ten years 0us-gaap_HeldToMaturitySecuritiesDebtMaturitiesAfterFiveThroughTenYearsNetCarryingAmount
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= us-gaap_AssetBackedSecuritiesMember
Held-to-maturity yield after five but within ten years 0.00%hsbcusa_HeldToMaturitySecuritiesAfterFiveButWithinTenYearsYield
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= us-gaap_AssetBackedSecuritiesMember
Held-to-maturity after ten years 11us-gaap_HeldToMaturitySecuritiesDebtMaturitiesAfterTenYearsNetCarryingAmount
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= us-gaap_AssetBackedSecuritiesMember
Held-to-maturity yield after ten years 6.39%hsbcusa_HeldToMaturitySecuritiesAfterTenYearsYield
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= us-gaap_AssetBackedSecuritiesMember
Foreign debt securities [Member]  
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]  
Available-for-sale amount within one year 108us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtMaturitiesWithinOneYearAmortizedCost
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= hsbcusa_ForeignDebtSecuritiesMember
Available-for-sale yield within one year 2.92%hsbcusa_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtMaturitiesWithinOneYearYieldPercentage
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= hsbcusa_ForeignDebtSecuritiesMember
Available-for-sale amount after one but within five years 3,813us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtMaturitiesAfterOneThroughFiveYearsAmortizedCost
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= hsbcusa_ForeignDebtSecuritiesMember
Available-for-sale yield after one but within five years 1.60%hsbcusa_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtMaturitiesAfterOneThroughFiveYearYieldPercentage
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= hsbcusa_ForeignDebtSecuritiesMember
Available-for-sale amount after five but within ten years 0us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtMaturitiesAfterFiveThroughTenYearsAmortizedCost
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= hsbcusa_ForeignDebtSecuritiesMember
Available-for-sale yield after five but within ten years 0.00%hsbcusa_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtMaturitiesAfterFiveThroughTenYearsYieldPercentage
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= hsbcusa_ForeignDebtSecuritiesMember
Available-for-sale amount after ten years $ 0us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtMaturitiesAfterTenYearsAmortizedCost
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= hsbcusa_ForeignDebtSecuritiesMember
Available-for-sale yield after ten years 0.00%hsbcusa_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtMaturitiesAfterTenYearsAmortizedCostYieldPercentage
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= hsbcusa_ForeignDebtSecuritiesMember