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Short-Term Borrowings (Selected Data) (Details) (USD $)
In Millions, unless otherwise specified
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
Short Term Borrowings Summary      
Maximum outstanding at any month-end during the year $ 5,056us-gaap_ShorttermDebtMaximumAmountOutstandingDuringPeriod $ 5,196us-gaap_ShorttermDebtMaximumAmountOutstandingDuringPeriod $ 4,385us-gaap_ShorttermDebtMaximumAmountOutstandingDuringPeriod
Balance outstanding at end of year 3,717us-gaap_ShortTermBorrowings 4,138us-gaap_ShortTermBorrowings 2,864us-gaap_ShortTermBorrowings
Average outstanding during the year $ 3,421us-gaap_ShorttermDebtAverageOutstandingAmount $ 4,459us-gaap_ShorttermDebtAverageOutstandingAmount $ 3,408us-gaap_ShorttermDebtAverageOutstandingAmount
Average interest rate during the year (includes derivative impact) 0.11%bbt_Shorttermdebtaverageinterestrateduringyear 0.13%bbt_Shorttermdebtaverageinterestrateduringyear 0.20%bbt_Shorttermdebtaverageinterestrateduringyear
Average interest rate at end of year 0.09%bbt_Shorttermdebtaverageinterestrateatendofyear 0.12%bbt_Shorttermdebtaverageinterestrateatendofyear 0.22%bbt_Shorttermdebtaverageinterestrateatendofyear