Commitments and Contingencies (Pledged Assets) (Details) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Commitments and Contingencies
Pledged securities	$ 14,636bbt_PledgedSecuritiesCarryingValue	$ 11,911bbt_PledgedSecuritiesCarryingValue
Pledged loans	$ 67,248	$ 66,391

The carrying amount, as of the date of the latest financial statement presented, of finance receivables which are owned but transferred to serve as collateral for the payment of the related debt obligation, primarily a secured borrowing or repurchase agreement, and for which the transferee is not permitted to sell or re-pledge them to an unrelated party.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 860

-SubTopic 30

-Section 50

-Paragraph 1A

-Subparagraph (b)

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=34720971&loc=SL6224234-111729

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