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425000 - Disclosure - Parent-Only Financial Statements, Statement of Income (Details)
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TableSchedule of Condensed Financial Statements [Table]
Slicers (applies to each fact value in each table cell)
Reporting Entity [Axis]0000072971 (http://www.sec.gov/CIK)
Parent-Only Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]Period [Axis]
2013-01-01 - 2013-12-31
2012-01-01 - 2012-12-31
2011-01-01 - 2011-12-31
Legal Entity [Axis]Legal Entity [Axis]Legal Entity [Axis]
Parent Company [Member]Entity [Domain]Parent Company [Member]Entity [Domain]Parent Company [Member]Entity [Domain]
Subsidiary Type [Axis]Subsidiary Type [Axis]Subsidiary Type [Axis]Subsidiary Type [Axis]Subsidiary Type [Axis]Subsidiary Type [Axis]
Bank Subsidiaries [Member]Nonbank Subsidiaries [Member]Subsidiary Type [Domain]Subsidiary Type [Domain]Bank Subsidiaries [Member]Nonbank Subsidiaries [Member]Subsidiary Type [Domain]Subsidiary Type [Domain]Bank Subsidiaries [Member]Nonbank Subsidiaries [Member]Subsidiary Type [Domain]Subsidiary Type [Domain]
Parent-Only Statement of Income [Abstract]
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Income [Abstract]
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Dividends from subsidiaries
10,612,000,000  
33,000,000  
 
 
11,767,000,000  
1,150,000,000  
 
 
11,546,000,000  
140,000,000  
 
 
Interest income from subsidiaries
 
 
848,000,000  
 
 
 
897,000,000  
 
 
 
914,000,000  
 
Other interest income
 
 
240,000,000  
 
 
 
222,000,000  
 
 
 
242,000,000  
 
Other income
 
 
484,000,000  
 
 
 
267,000,000  
 
 
 
460,000,000  
 
Total income
 
 
12,217,000,000  
 
 
 
14,303,000,000  
 
 
 
13,302,000,000  
 
Expense [Abstract]
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Interest expense:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Indebtedness to nonbank subsidiaries
 
 
334,000,000  
 
 
 
287,000,000  
 
 
 
254,000,000  
 
Short-term borrowings
 
 
5,000,000  
60,000,000  
 
 
1,000,000  
79,000,000  
 
 
1,000,000  
80,000,000  
Long-term debt
 
 
1,546,000,000  
2,585,000,000  
 
 
1,877,000,000  
3,110,000,000  
 
 
2,423,000,000  
3,978,000,000  
Other interest expense
 
 
15,000,000  
307,000,000  
 
 
23,000,000  
245,000,000  
 
 
8,000,000  
316,000,000  
Noninterest expense
 
 
1,175,000,000  
48,842,000,000  
 
 
1,127,000,000  
50,398,000,000  
 
 
77,000,000  
49,393,000,000  
Total expense
 
 
3,075,000,000  
 
 
 
3,315,000,000  
 
 
 
2,763,000,000  
 
Income before income tax benefit and equity in undistributed income of subsidiaries
 
 
9,142,000,000  
32,629,000,000  
 
 
10,988,000,000  
28,471,000,000  
 
 
10,539,000,000  
23,656,000,000  
Income tax benefit
 
 
(570,000,000) 
10,405,000,000  
 
 
(903,000,000) 
9,103,000,000  
 
 
(584,000,000) 
7,445,000,000  
Equity in undistributed income of subsidiaries
 
 
12,166,000,000  
 
 
 
7,006,000,000  
 
 
 
4,746,000,000  
 
Net income
 
 
21,878,000,000  
21,878,000,000  
 
 
18,897,000,000  
18,897,000,000  
 
 
15,869,000,000  
15,869,000,000