Equity (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2014

Equity [Abstract]

Preferred Stock - Authorized, Issued and Outstanding [Table Text Block]

Table 138: Preferred Stock - Authorized, Issued and Outstanding
				Preferred Shares
		Liquidation
December 31		value per
Shares in thousands		share		2014		2013
Authorized
	$1 par value				16,588		16,588
Issued and outstanding
	Series B	$	40		1		1
	Series K		10,000		50		50
	Series O		100,000		10		10
	Series P		100,000		15		15
	Series Q		100,000		5		5
	Series R		100,000		5		5
	Total issued and outstanding				86		86

Terms Of Outstanding Preferred Stock [Table Text Block]

The following table discloses information related to the preferred stock outstanding as of December 31, 2014.
Table 139: Terms of Outstanding Preferred Stock
				Fractional
				Interest in a
				share of
			Number of	preferred stock
			Depositary	represented by			Optional
Preferred		Issue	Shares	each Depositary		Annual Per Share	Redemption
Stock		Date	Issued	Share	Dividend Dates (a)	Dividend Rate	Date (b)
Series B (c)		(c)	N/A	N/A	Quarterly from March 10th	$1.80	None
Series K (d)		May 21, 2008	500,000	1/10th	Semi-annually beginning on November 21, 2008until May 21, 2013	8.25% until May 21, 2013	May 21, 2013
					Quarterly beginning on August 21, 2013	3 Mo. LIBOR plus 4.22% per annumbeginning on May 21, 2013
Series O (d)		July 27, 2011	1 million	1/100th	Semi-annually beginning on February 1, 2012until August 1, 2021	6.75% until August 1, 2021	August 1, 2021
					Quarterly beginning on November 1, 2021	3 Mo. LIBOR plus 3.678% per annumbeginning on August 1, 2021
Series P (d)		April 24, 2012	60 million	1/4,000th	Quarterly beginning on August 1, 2012	6.125% until May 1, 2022	May 1, 2022
						3 Mo. LIBOR plus 4.0675% per annumbeginning on May 1, 2022
Series Q (d)		September 21, 2012	18 million	1/4,000th	Quarterly beginning on December 1, 2012	5.375%	December 1, 2017
		October 9, 2012	1.2 million
Series R (d)		May 7, 2013	500,000	1/100th	Semi-annually beginning on December 1, 2013 until June 1, 2023	4.85% until June 1, 2023	June 1, 2023
					Quarterly beginning on September 1, 2023	3 Mo. LIBOR plus 3.04% per annumbeginning June 1, 2023
(a)	Dividends are payable when, as, and if declared by our Board of Directors or an authorized committee of our Board.
(b)	Redeemable at PNC's option on or after the date stated. With the exception of the Series B and Series K preferred stock, redeemable at PNC's option within 90 days of a regulatory capital treatment event as defined in the designations.
(c)	Cumulative preferred stock. Holders of Series B preferred stock are entitled to 8 votes per share, which is equal to the number of full shares of common stock into which the Series B preferred stock is convertible. The Series B preferred stock was issued in connection with the consolidation of Pittsburgh National Corporation and Provident National Corporation in 1983.
(d)	Non-Cumulative preferred stock.