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Variable Interest Entities and Asset Securitizations - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Variable Interest Entity Disclosure [Abstract]    
Residential mortgage loans securitized with Ginnie Mae $ 133,000,000mtb_ResidentialMortgageLoansSecuritizedWithGovernmentSponsoredEntities $ 3,000,000,000mtb_ResidentialMortgageLoansSecuritizedWithGovernmentSponsoredEntities
Residential mortgage loans securitized formerly held in Company's portfolio   1,300,000,000mtb_ResidentialMortgageLoansSecuritizedFormerlyHeldInLoanPortfolio
Recognized gain   42,000,000mtb_GainsLossesLoansHeldForInvestment
Gains of newly originated loans   28,000,000mtb_GainsLossesResidentialMortgageLoansNewlyOriginated
Automobile loans securitized and sold 0mtb_AutomobileLoansSecuritizedAndSold 1,400,000,000mtb_AutomobileLoansSecuritizedAndSold
Recognized gain sale of securities   20,683,000us-gaap_MarketableSecuritiesGainLoss
Carrying value of loans in the Securitization trusts 98,000,000mtb_CarryingValueOfLoansInSecuritizationTrusts 121,000,000mtb_CarryingValueOfLoansInSecuritizationTrusts
Combined outstanding principal amount of mortgage-backed securities issued by qualified special purpose trust held by unrelated parties 15,000,000mtb_CombinedOutstandingPrincipalAmountOfMortgageBackedSecuritiesIssuedByQualifiedSpecialPurposeTrustsHeldByUnrelatedParties 18,000,000mtb_CombinedOutstandingPrincipalAmountOfMortgageBackedSecuritiesIssuedByQualifiedSpecialPurposeTrustsHeldByUnrelatedParties
Other assets for its "investment" in the common securities recognized by the company of various trusts 34,000,000mtb_OtherAssetsForItsInvestmentInCommonSecuritiesRecognizedByCompanyOfVariousTrusts 34,000,000mtb_OtherAssetsForItsInvestmentInCommonSecuritiesRecognizedByCompanyOfVariousTrusts
Total assets of real estate partnerships in which the company invested 1,200,000,000us-gaap_VariableInterestEntityConsolidatedCarryingAmountAssets 1,300,000,000us-gaap_VariableInterestEntityConsolidatedCarryingAmountAssets
Maximum exposure to loss of investments in real estate partnerships 243,000,000mtb_MaximumExposureToLossOfInvestmentsInRealEstatePartnerships 236,000,000mtb_MaximumExposureToLossOfInvestmentsInRealEstatePartnerships
Unfunded commitments included in company's maximum exposure to loss of investments in real estate partnerships $ 56,000,000mtb_UnfundedCommitmentsIncludedInCompanysMaximumExposureToLossOfInvestmentsInRealEstatePartnerships $ 45,000,000mtb_UnfundedCommitmentsIncludedInCompanysMaximumExposureToLossOfInvestmentsInRealEstatePartnerships