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Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements, Guarantees and Other Commitments (Tables)
 3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2016
Disclosure Off Balance Sheet Arrangements Guarantees And Other Commitments Additional Information [Abstract]  
Summary Information Related to Commitments to Extend Credit (Excluding Letters of Credit)
The following table summarizes information related to our commitments to extend credit at March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015:
(Dollars in thousands)
 
March 31, 2016
 
December 31, 2015
Loan commitments available for funding: (1)
 
 
 
 
Fixed interest rate commitments
 
$
1,257,696

 
$
1,312,734

Variable interest rate commitments
 
13,091,598

 
12,822,461

Total loan commitments available for funding
 
14,349,294

 
14,135,195

Commercial and standby letters of credit (2)
 
1,530,904

 
1,479,164

Total unfunded credit commitments
 
$
15,880,198

 
$
15,614,359

Commitments unavailable for funding (3)
 
$
1,975,551

 
$
2,026,532

Maximum lending limits for accounts receivable factoring arrangements (4)
 
960,071

 
1,006,404

Reserve for unfunded credit commitments (5)
 
34,541

 
34,415

 
 
(1)
Represents commitments which are available for funding, due to clients meeting all collateral, compliance and financial covenants required under loan commitment agreements.
(2)
See below for additional information on our commercial and standby letters of credit.
(3)
Represents commitments which are currently unavailable for funding, due to clients failing to meet all collateral, compliance and financial covenants under loan commitment agreements.
(4)
We extend credit under accounts receivable factoring arrangements when our clients’ sales invoices are deemed creditworthy under existing underwriting practices.
(5)
Our reserve for unfunded credit commitments includes an allowance for both our unfunded loan commitments and our letters of credit.
Summary of Commercial and Standby Letters of Credit
The table below summarizes our commercial and standby letters of credit at March 31, 2016. The maximum potential amount of future payments represents the amount that could be remitted under letters of credit if there were a total default by the guaranteed parties, without consideration of possible recoveries under recourse provisions or from the collateral held or pledged.
(Dollars in thousands)
 
Expires In One
Year or Less
 
Expires After
One Year
 
Total Amount
Outstanding
 
Maximum Amount
of Future Payments
Financial standby letters of credit
 
$
1,421,632

 
$
25,365

 
$
1,446,997

 
$
1,446,997

Performance standby letters of credit
 
67,298

 
5,223

 
72,521

 
72,521

Commercial letters of credit
 
11,386

 
—

 
11,386

 
11,386

Total
 
$
1,500,316

 
$
30,588

 
$
1,530,904

 
$
1,530,904
Total Capital Commitments, Unfunded Capital Commitments, and Ownership in Each Fund
The following table details our total capital commitments, unfunded capital commitments, and our ownership percentage in each fund at March 31, 2016:
 Our Ownership in Venture Capital and Private Equity Funds
 (Dollars in thousands)
 
SVBFG Capital Commitments    
 
SVBFG Unfunded    
Commitments
 
SVBFG Ownership  
of each Fund (4)
Silicon Valley BancVentures, LP
 
$
6,000

 
$
270

 
10.7
%
SVB Capital Partners II, LP (1)
 
1,200

 
162

 
5.1

SVB Capital Shanghai Yangpu Venture Capital Fund
 
900

 
—

 
6.8

SVB Strategic Investors Fund, LP
 
15,300

 
688

 
12.6

SVB Strategic Investors Fund II, LP
 
15,000

 
1,050

 
8.6

SVB Strategic Investors Fund III, LP
 
15,000

 
1,275

 
5.9

SVB Strategic Investors Fund IV, LP
 
12,239

 
2,325

 
5.0

Strategic Investors Fund V Funds
 
515

 
142

 
Various

SVB Capital Preferred Return Fund, LP
 
12,688

 
—

 
20.0

SVB Capital—NT Growth Partners, LP
 
24,670

 
1,340

 
33.0

Other private equity fund (2)
 
9,338

 
—

 
58.2

Debt funds (equity method accounting
 
58,637

 
—

 
Various

Other fund investments (3)
 
299,540

 
11,870

 
Various  

Total
 
$
471,027

 
$
19,122

 
 
 
 
(1)
Our ownership includes direct ownership of 1.3 percent and indirect ownership interest of 3.8 percent through our investment in SVB Strategic Investors Fund II, LP.
(2)
Our ownership includes direct ownership of 41.5 percent and indirect ownership interests of 12.6 percent and 4.1 percent in the fund through our ownership interest of SVB Capital - NT Growth Partners, LP and SVB Capital Preferred Return Fund, LP, respectively.
(3)
Represents commitments to 273 funds (primarily venture capital funds) where our ownership interest is generally less than 5 percent of the voting interests of each such fund.
(4)
We are subject to the Volcker Rule, which restricts or limits us from sponsoring or having ownership interests in “covered” funds including venture capital and private equity funds. See “Business - Supervision and Regulation” under Item 1 of Part I of our 2015 Form 10-K.
Remaining Unfunded Commitments to Venture Capital or Private Equity Funds by Consolidated Managed Funds
The following table details the amounts of remaining unfunded commitments to venture capital and private equity funds by our consolidated managed funds of funds (including our interest and the noncontrolling interests) at March 31, 2016:
 Limited Partnership
 (Dollars in thousands)
 
Unfunded Commitments    
SVB Strategic Investors Fund, LP
 
$
2,250

SVB Capital Preferred Return Fund, LP
 
1,271

SVB Capital—NT Growth Partners, LP
 
3,089

Total
 
$
6,610