2.4.0.81120 - Disclosure - Commitments, Contingencies and Guaranteestruefalsefalse1false falsefalseD2013Q2YTDhttp://www.sec.gov/CIK0001011659duration2013-01-01T00:00:002013-06-30T00:00:001true 1us-gaap_CommitmentsAndContingenciesDisclosureAbstractus-gaap_truenadurationfalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalse1falsefalsefalse00falsefalsefalsexbrli:stringItemTypestringfalse0Commitments And Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]2false 2us-gaap_ScheduleOfLossContingenciesByContingencyTextBlockus-gaap_truenadurationfalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalseterseLabel1falsefalsefalse00<div style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Times New Roman;"> Note 12—Commitments, Contingencies and Guarantees         The following table summarizes the Company's commitments: <div style="POSITION: relative; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0pt; PADDING-LEFT: 0pt; WIDTH: 80%; PADDING-RIGHT: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 10%; PADDING-TOP: 0pt;">   <div align="center"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="text-align:left;"> <tr style="padding:0;"> <td style="FONT-FAMILY: arial;" align="left"></td> <td style="FONT-FAMILY: arial;" width="12"></td> <td style="FONT-FAMILY: arial;" width="8" align="right"></td> <td style="FONT-FAMILY: arial;" width="72"></td> <td style="FONT-FAMILY: arial;" width="12"></td></tr> <tr style="padding:0;" valign="bottom"> <th style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid; FONT-FAMILY: arial;" align="left">(Dollars in millions)</th> <th style="FONT-FAMILY: arial;"> </th> <th style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid; FONT-FAMILY: arial;" colspan="2" align="center">June 30, 2013</th> <th style="FONT-FAMILY: arial;"> </th></tr> <tr style="padding:0;" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF"> <td style="FONT-FAMILY: arial;" valign="bottom"> Commitments to extend credit</td> <td style="FONT-FAMILY: arial;" valign="bottom"> </td> <td style="FONT-FAMILY: arial;" valign="bottom" align="right">$</td> <td style="FONT-FAMILY: arial;" valign="bottom" align="right">30,455</td> <td style="FONT-FAMILY: arial;" valign="bottom"> </td></tr> <tr style="padding:0;" valign="top" bgcolor="white"> <td style="FONT-FAMILY: arial;" valign="bottom"> Standby and commercial letters of credit</td> <td style="FONT-FAMILY: arial;" valign="bottom"> </td> <td style="FONT-FAMILY: arial;" valign="bottom"> </td> <td style="FONT-FAMILY: arial;" valign="bottom" align="right">5,882</td> <td style="FONT-FAMILY: arial;" valign="bottom"> </td></tr> <tr style="padding:0;" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF"> <td style="FONT-FAMILY: arial;" valign="bottom"> Other commitments</td> <td style="FONT-FAMILY: arial;" valign="bottom"> </td> <td style="FONT-FAMILY: arial;" valign="bottom"> </td> <td style="FONT-FAMILY: arial;" valign="bottom" align="right">240</td> <td style="FONT-FAMILY: arial;" valign="bottom"> </td></tr></table></div> </div>         Commitments to extend credit are legally binding agreements to lend to a customer provided there are no violations of any condition established in the contract. Commitments have fixed expiration dates or other termination clauses and may require maintenance of compensatory balances. Since many of the commitments to extend credit may expire without being drawn upon, the total commitment amounts do not necessarily represent future cash flow requirements.         Standby and commercial letters of credit are conditional commitments issued to guarantee the performance of a customer to a third party. Standby letters of credit generally are contingent upon the failure of the customer to perform according to the terms of the underlying contract with the third party, while commercial letters of credit are issued specifically to facilitate foreign or domestic trade transactions. Additionally, the Company enters into risk participations in bankers' acceptances wherein a fee is received to guarantee a portion of the credit risk on an acceptance of another bank. The majority of these types of commitments have terms of one year or less. At June 30, 2013, the carrying amount of the Company's risk participations in bankers' acceptances and standby and commercial letters of credit totaled $4 million. Estimated exposure to loss related to these commitments is covered by the allowance for losses on off-balance sheet commitments. The carrying amounts of the standby and commercial letters of credit and the allowance for losses on off-balance sheet commitments are included in other liabilities on the consolidated balance sheet.         The credit risk involved in issuing loan commitments and standby and commercial letters of credit is essentially the same as that involved in extending loans to customers and is represented by the contractual amount of these instruments. Collateral may be obtained based on management's credit assessment of the customer.         Other commitments include commitments to fund principal investments and other securities.         Principal investments include direct investments in private and public companies. The Company issues commitments to provide equity and mezzanine capital financing to private and public companies through direct investments. The timing of future cash requirements to fund such commitments is generally dependent on the investment cycle. This cycle, the period over which privately held companies are funded by private equity investors and ultimately sold, merged, or taken public through an initial offering, can vary based on overall market conditions as well as the nature and type of industry in which the companies operate.         The Company occasionally enters into financial guarantee contracts where a premium is received from another financial institution counterparty to guarantee a portion of the credit risk on interest rate swap contracts entered into between the financial institution and its customer. The Company becomes liable to pay the financial institution only if the financial institution is unable to collect amounts owed to them by their customer. As of June 30, 2013, the current exposure to loss under these contracts totaled $25 million, and the maximum potential exposure to loss in the future was estimated at $42 million.         The Company is subject to various pending and threatened legal actions that arise in the normal course of business. The Company maintains liabilities for losses from legal actions that are recorded when they are determined to be both probable in their occurrence and can be reasonably estimated. Management believes the disposition of all claims currently pending, including potential losses from claims that may exceed the liabilities recorded, and claims for loss contingencies that are considered reasonably possible to occur, will not have a material effect, either individually or in the aggregate, on the Company's consolidated financial condition, results of operations or liquidity. </div>falsefalsefalsenonnum:textBlockItemTypenaTabular disclosure of the loss contingencies that were reported in the period or disclosed as of the balance sheet date.Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (FAS) -Number 5 -Paragraph 9-12, 22-40 -LegacyDoc This reference is SUPERSEDED by the Accounting Standards Codification effective for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009. 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