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Investments (Narrative) (Details) (USD $)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
investments
Dec. 31, 2013
Oct. 01, 2014
Investments [Abstract]      
Investment in Bancorporation stock     $ 21,600,000fcnca_InvestmentInBancorporationSharesCostBasis
Investment securities, aggregate fair value, continuous unrealized losses of more than 12 months 832,400,000fcnca_InvestmentSecuritiesAggregateFairValueContinuousUnrealizedLossesOfMoreThan12Months    
Investment securities, aggregate unrealized loss, continuous unrealized losses of more than 12 months 10,000,000fcnca_InvestmentSecuritiesAggregateUnrealizedLossContinuousUnrealizedLossesOfMoreThan12Months    
Number of investments in continuous unrealized loss position for more than twelve months 86fcnca_NumberOfInvestmentsInContinuousUnrealizedLossPositionForMoreThanTwelveMonths    
Unrealized losses related to marketability of securities or issuers ability to honor redemption obligations 0fcnca_UnrealizedLossesRelatedToMarketabilityOfSecuritiesOrIssuersAbilityToHonorRedemptionObligations 0fcnca_UnrealizedLossesRelatedToMarketabilityOfSecuritiesOrIssuersAbilityToHonorRedemptionObligations  
Investment value deemed to be OTTI 0us-gaap_ImpairmentOfInvestments    
Investment securities, aggregate carrying value, pledged as collateral $ 4,370,000,000us-gaap_PledgedFinancialInstrumentsNotSeparatelyReportedSecuritiesPledged $ 2,750,000,000us-gaap_PledgedFinancialInstrumentsNotSeparatelyReportedSecuritiesPledged