RECAPITALIZATION (Details) (USD $)	1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended				1 Months Ended				1 Months Ended				12 Months Ended	1 Months Ended
	May 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010	Jan. 14, 2011	Jan. 31, 2011 Warrants issued in connection with the recapitalization	Jan. 19, 2011 Warrants issued in connection with the recapitalization	Jan. 14, 2011 Series C	Jan. 14, 2011 Series E	Jan. 31, 2011 Series F	Jan. 31, 2011 Series G	May 31, 2011 Series G	Jan. 14, 2011 Series G	Dec. 31, 2010 AIA Group	May 31, 2011 Department of the Treasury Series G
Recapitalization
Accelerated amortization of prepaid commitment fee asset due to the expected permanent reduction of the FRBNY Facility			$ 3,300,000,000		$ 3,283,000,000
Repayment of all amounts owed under the FRBNY Credit Facility					21,000,000,000
Ownership percentage sold														67.00%
Proceeds from drawdown on the Department of the Treasury Commitment			20,292,000,000	2,199,000,000						20,300,000,000
Liquidation preference (in dollars per share)												$ 0
Exchange of preferred stock for common stock in connection with recapitalization (in shares)								562,868,096	924,546,133				167,623,733
Common Stock Offering
Issuances (in shares)		729,308	100,799,653	5,391,804							20,000
Amount designated to be available from drawdown on the Department of Treasury's commitment															2,000,000,000
Net proceeds from May Common Stock Offering	$ 2,900,000,000		$ 5,055,000,000
Issue of Warrants
Term of warrants						10 years
Number of securities issued under warrants (in shares)							74,997,778
Exercise price of warrants (in dollars per share)							$ 45.00
Number of securities withheld for tax purposes (in shares)							67,650