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Litigation and Regulatory Matters - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)
1 Months Ended 0 Months Ended 1 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2013
mortgage_loan
Oct. 17, 2013
Apr. 30, 2015
Mar. 31, 2015
Residential Funding Litigation [Member]        
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]        
Mortgage loans purchased that resulted in alleged losses 16,000hsbcfc_MortgageLoansPurchasedThroughAffiliatesInvolvedinPendingLitigation
/ us-gaap_LitigationCaseAxis
= hsbcfc_ResidentialFundingLitigationMember
     
Securities Litigation [Member]        
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]        
Litigation judgment claims   $ 2,500,000,000hsbcfc_AmountOfLitigationJudgmentClaims
/ us-gaap_LitigationStatusAxis
= hsbcfc_SecuritiesLitigationMember
   
Claims still open to special court   625,000,000hsbcfc_AmountOfLigitationSubjectToSpecialAppointedCourt
/ us-gaap_LitigationStatusAxis
= hsbcfc_SecuritiesLitigationMember
   
Possible future expenses related to amount of damages       3,600,000,000hsbcfc_PossibleFutureExpensesRelatedToAmountOfDamages
/ us-gaap_LitigationStatusAxis
= hsbcfc_SecuritiesLitigationMember
Subsequent Event [Member] | Weller, et. all. v. HSBC Mortgage Services, Inc., et. al. [Member]        
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]        
Litigation settlement     $ 1,800,000us-gaap_LitigationSettlementAmount
/ us-gaap_LitigationCaseAxis
= hsbcfc_Welleret.al.v.HSBCMortgageServicesInc.et.al.Member
/ us-gaap_SubsequentEventTypeAxis
= us-gaap_SubsequentEventMember