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Securities - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)
In Millions, unless otherwise specified
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
security
Mar. 31, 2014
security
Dec. 31, 2014
security
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]      
Assets backed securities in available for sale portfolio 15hsbcusa_AssetsBackedSecuritiesInAvailableForSalePortfolio   15hsbcusa_AssetsBackedSecuritiesInAvailableForSalePortfolio
Assets backed securities wrapped by monoline insurance company 5hsbcusa_AssetsBackedSecuritiesWrappedByInsuranceCompany   5hsbcusa_AssetsBackedSecuritiesWrappedByInsuranceCompany
Value of asset backed securities backed by insurance company $ 180hsbcusa_ValueOfAssetBackedSecuritiesBackedByInsuranceCompany   $ 183hsbcusa_ValueOfAssetBackedSecuritiesBackedByInsuranceCompany
Fair value of asset backed securities 208us-gaap_MortgageBackedSecuritiesAvailableForSaleFairValueDisclosure   226us-gaap_MortgageBackedSecuritiesAvailableForSaleFairValueDisclosure
Available-for-sale securities, backed by insurance company, accumulated unrecognized holding loss 27hsbcusa_AvailableforsaleSecuritiesBackedbyInsuranceCompanyAccumulatedUnrecognizedHoldingLoss   23hsbcusa_AvailableforsaleSecuritiesBackedbyInsuranceCompanyAccumulatedUnrecognizedHoldingLoss
Fair value of financial guarantee 85hsbcusa_OtherThanTemporaryImpairmentWithFairValueFromFinancialGuaranteeFromInsuranceCompany   89hsbcusa_OtherThanTemporaryImpairmentWithFairValueFromFinancialGuaranteeFromInsuranceCompany
Held-to-maturity Securities [Member]      
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]      
Asset backed securities with changes to other than temporary impairment estimates related to credit component 0hsbcusa_AssetBackedSecuritiesWithChangestoOtherThanTemporaryImpairmentEstimatesRelatedtoCreditComponent
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1hsbcusa_AssetBackedSecuritiesWithChangestoOtherThanTemporaryImpairmentEstimatesRelatedtoCreditComponent
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Increase in credit losses for which an other-than-temporary impairment was previously recognized 0us-gaap_OtherThanTemporaryImpairmentCreditLossesRecognizedInEarningsAdditionsAdditionalCreditLosses
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2us-gaap_OtherThanTemporaryImpairmentCreditLossesRecognizedInEarningsAdditionsAdditionalCreditLosses
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Other assets [Member]      
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]      
Federal Home Loan Bank Stock 315us-gaap_FederalHomeLoanBankStock
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  108us-gaap_FederalHomeLoanBankStock
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Federal Reserve Bank Stock $ 485us-gaap_FederalReserveBankStock
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  $ 483us-gaap_FederalReserveBankStock
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