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Securities - Distribution of maturities of debt securities with approximate yield of portfolio (Detail) (USD $)
In Millions, unless otherwise specified
Mar. 31, 2015
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]  
Available-for-sale amount within one year $ 567us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtMaturitiesWithinOneYearAmortizedCost
Available-for-sale yield within one year 3.16%hsbcusa_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtMaturitiesWithinOneYearYieldPercentage
Available-for-sale amount after one but within five years 9,840us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtMaturitiesAfterOneThroughFiveYearsAmortizedCost
Available-for-sale yield after one but within five years 1.50%hsbcusa_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtMaturitiesAfterOneThroughFiveYearYieldPercentage
Available-for-sale amount after five but within ten years 5,288us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtMaturitiesAfterFiveThroughTenYearsAmortizedCost
Available-for-sale yield after five but within ten years 2.46%hsbcusa_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtMaturitiesAfterFiveThroughTenYearsYieldPercentage
Available-for-sale amount after ten years 16,806us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtMaturitiesAfterTenYearsAmortizedCost
Available-for-sale yield after ten years 2.88%hsbcusa_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtMaturitiesAfterTenYearsAmortizedCostYieldPercentage
Total fair value within one year 574us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtMaturitiesWithinOneYearFairValue
Total fair value after one but within five years 9,954us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtMaturitiesAfterOneThroughFiveYearsFairValue
Total fair value after five but within ten years 5,479us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtMaturitiesAfterFiveThroughTenYearsFairValue
Total fair value after ten years 16,924us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtMaturitiesAfterTenYearsFairValue
Held-to-maturity amount within one year 3us-gaap_HeldToMaturitySecuritiesDebtMaturitiesWithinOneYearNetCarryingAmount
Held-to-maturity yield within one year 5.09%hsbcusa_HeldToMaturitySecuritiesDebtMaturitiesNextTwelveMonthsYield
Held-to-maturity amount after one but within five years 101us-gaap_HeldToMaturitySecuritiesDebtMaturitiesAfterOneThroughFiveYearsNetCarryingAmount
Held-to-maturity yield after one but within five years 1.65%hsbcusa_HeldToMaturitySecuritiesDebtMaturitiesAfterOneButWithinFiveYearsYield
Held-to-maturity after five but within ten years 668us-gaap_HeldToMaturitySecuritiesDebtMaturitiesAfterFiveThroughTenYearsNetCarryingAmount
Held-to-maturity yield after five but within ten years 2.55%hsbcusa_HeldToMaturitySecuritiesAfterFiveButWithinTenYearsYield
Held-to-maturity after ten years 13,243us-gaap_HeldToMaturitySecuritiesDebtMaturitiesAfterTenYearsNetCarryingAmount
Held-to-maturity yield after ten years 2.64%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 685us-gaap_HeldToMaturitySecuritiesDebtMaturitiesAfterFiveThroughTenYearsFairValue
Total fair value after ten years 13,559us-gaap_HeldToMaturitySecuritiesDebtMaturitiesAfterTenYearsFairValue
U.S. Treasury [Member]  
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]  
Available-for-sale amount within one year 0us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtMaturitiesWithinOneYearAmortizedCost
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= us-gaap_USTreasurySecuritiesMember
Available-for-sale yield within one year 0.00%hsbcusa_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtMaturitiesWithinOneYearYieldPercentage
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= us-gaap_USTreasurySecuritiesMember
Available-for-sale amount after one but within five years 4,124us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtMaturitiesAfterOneThroughFiveYearsAmortizedCost
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= us-gaap_USTreasurySecuritiesMember
Available-for-sale yield after one but within five years 0.70%hsbcusa_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtMaturitiesAfterOneThroughFiveYearYieldPercentage
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= us-gaap_USTreasurySecuritiesMember
Available-for-sale amount after five but within ten years 3,227us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtMaturitiesAfterFiveThroughTenYearsAmortizedCost
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= us-gaap_USTreasurySecuritiesMember
Available-for-sale yield after five but within ten years 2.24%hsbcusa_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtMaturitiesAfterFiveThroughTenYearsYieldPercentage
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= us-gaap_USTreasurySecuritiesMember
Available-for-sale amount after ten years 3,369us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtMaturitiesAfterTenYearsAmortizedCost
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= us-gaap_USTreasurySecuritiesMember
Available-for-sale yield after ten years 2.81%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 2,057us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtMaturitiesAfterOneThroughFiveYearsAmortizedCost
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= us-gaap_USGovernmentSponsoredEnterprisesDebtSecuritiesMember
Available-for-sale yield after one but within five years 3.08%hsbcusa_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtMaturitiesAfterOneThroughFiveYearYieldPercentage
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= us-gaap_USGovernmentSponsoredEnterprisesDebtSecuritiesMember
Available-for-sale amount after five but within ten years 1,723us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtMaturitiesAfterFiveThroughTenYearsAmortizedCost
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= us-gaap_USGovernmentSponsoredEnterprisesDebtSecuritiesMember
Available-for-sale yield after five but within ten years 2.77%hsbcusa_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtMaturitiesAfterFiveThroughTenYearsYieldPercentage
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= us-gaap_USGovernmentSponsoredEnterprisesDebtSecuritiesMember
Available-for-sale amount after ten years 1,068us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtMaturitiesAfterTenYearsAmortizedCost
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= us-gaap_USGovernmentSponsoredEnterprisesDebtSecuritiesMember
Available-for-sale yield after ten years 3.27%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 1.40%hsbcusa_HeldToMaturitySecuritiesDebtMaturitiesAfterOneButWithinFiveYearsYield
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= us-gaap_USGovernmentSponsoredEnterprisesDebtSecuritiesMember
Held-to-maturity after five but within ten years 615us-gaap_HeldToMaturitySecuritiesDebtMaturitiesAfterFiveThroughTenYearsNetCarryingAmount
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= us-gaap_USGovernmentSponsoredEnterprisesDebtSecuritiesMember
Held-to-maturity yield after five but within ten years 2.52%hsbcusa_HeldToMaturitySecuritiesAfterFiveButWithinTenYearsYield
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= us-gaap_USGovernmentSponsoredEnterprisesDebtSecuritiesMember
Held-to-maturity after ten years 4,573us-gaap_HeldToMaturitySecuritiesDebtMaturitiesAfterTenYearsNetCarryingAmount
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= us-gaap_USGovernmentSponsoredEnterprisesDebtSecuritiesMember
Held-to-maturity yield after ten years 3.01%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 9us-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 42us-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 11,784us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtMaturitiesAfterTenYearsAmortizedCost
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= us-gaap_USGovernmentAgenciesDebtSecuritiesMember
Available-for-sale yield after ten years 2.84%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 1us-gaap_HeldToMaturitySecuritiesDebtMaturitiesAfterOneThroughFiveYearsNetCarryingAmount
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= us-gaap_USGovernmentAgenciesDebtSecuritiesMember
Held-to-maturity yield after one but within five years 7.66%hsbcusa_HeldToMaturitySecuritiesDebtMaturitiesAfterOneButWithinFiveYearsYield
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= us-gaap_USGovernmentAgenciesDebtSecuritiesMember
Held-to-maturity after five but within ten years 47us-gaap_HeldToMaturitySecuritiesDebtMaturitiesAfterFiveThroughTenYearsNetCarryingAmount
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= us-gaap_USGovernmentAgenciesDebtSecuritiesMember
Held-to-maturity yield after five but within ten years 2.80%hsbcusa_HeldToMaturitySecuritiesAfterFiveButWithinTenYearsYield
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= us-gaap_USGovernmentAgenciesDebtSecuritiesMember
Held-to-maturity after ten years 8,656us-gaap_HeldToMaturitySecuritiesDebtMaturitiesAfterTenYearsNetCarryingAmount
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= us-gaap_USGovernmentAgenciesDebtSecuritiesMember
Held-to-maturity yield after ten years 2.44%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 96us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtMaturitiesAfterOneThroughFiveYearsAmortizedCost
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= us-gaap_USStatesAndPoliticalSubdivisionsMember
Available-for-sale yield after one but within five years 4.12%hsbcusa_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtMaturitiesAfterOneThroughFiveYearYieldPercentage
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= us-gaap_USStatesAndPoliticalSubdivisionsMember
Available-for-sale amount after five but within ten years 296us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtMaturitiesAfterFiveThroughTenYearsAmortizedCost
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= us-gaap_USStatesAndPoliticalSubdivisionsMember
Available-for-sale yield after five but within ten years 2.96%hsbcusa_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtMaturitiesAfterFiveThroughTenYearsYieldPercentage
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= us-gaap_USStatesAndPoliticalSubdivisionsMember
Available-for-sale amount after ten years 350us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtMaturitiesAfterTenYearsAmortizedCost
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= us-gaap_USStatesAndPoliticalSubdivisionsMember
Available-for-sale yield after ten years 3.41%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 5.09%hsbcusa_HeldToMaturitySecuritiesDebtMaturitiesNextTwelveMonthsYield
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= us-gaap_USStatesAndPoliticalSubdivisionsMember
Held-to-maturity amount after one but within five years 8us-gaap_HeldToMaturitySecuritiesDebtMaturitiesAfterOneThroughFiveYearsNetCarryingAmount
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= us-gaap_USStatesAndPoliticalSubdivisionsMember
Held-to-maturity yield after one but within five years 3.93%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 5.34%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
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Available-for-sale yield within one year 0.00%hsbcusa_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtMaturitiesWithinOneYearYieldPercentage
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= 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
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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 235us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtMaturitiesAfterTenYearsAmortizedCost
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= us-gaap_AssetBackedSecuritiesMember
Available-for-sale yield after ten years 3.20%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
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Held-to-maturity amount after one but within five years 0us-gaap_HeldToMaturitySecuritiesDebtMaturitiesAfterOneThroughFiveYearsNetCarryingAmount
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Held-to-maturity yield after one but within five years 0.00%hsbcusa_HeldToMaturitySecuritiesDebtMaturitiesAfterOneButWithinFiveYearsYield
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Held-to-maturity after five but within ten years 0us-gaap_HeldToMaturitySecuritiesDebtMaturitiesAfterFiveThroughTenYearsNetCarryingAmount
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
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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 10us-gaap_HeldToMaturitySecuritiesDebtMaturitiesAfterTenYearsNetCarryingAmount
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= us-gaap_AssetBackedSecuritiesMember
Held-to-maturity yield after ten years 6.40%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 567us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtMaturitiesWithinOneYearAmortizedCost
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= hsbcusa_ForeignDebtSecuritiesMember
Available-for-sale yield within one year 3.16%hsbcusa_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtMaturitiesWithinOneYearYieldPercentage
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= hsbcusa_ForeignDebtSecuritiesMember
Available-for-sale amount after one but within five years 3,554us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtMaturitiesAfterOneThroughFiveYearsAmortizedCost
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= hsbcusa_ForeignDebtSecuritiesMember
Available-for-sale yield after one but within five years 1.42%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
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