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Investment Securities - Narrative (Details) (USD $)
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
security
Mar. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2014
Investments, Debt and Equity Securities [Abstract]      
Pledged Financial Instruments, Not Separately Reported, Securities $ 43,000,000,000us-gaap_PledgedFinancialInstrumentsNotSeparatelyReportedSecuritiesPledged   $ 44,020,000,000us-gaap_PledgedFinancialInstrumentsNotSeparatelyReportedSecuritiesPledged
Other-than-temporary impairment recorded 1,000,000us-gaap_ImpairmentOfInvestments 9,000,000us-gaap_ImpairmentOfInvestments  
Impairment associated with adverse changes in timing of expected future cash flows 1,000,000stt_ImpairmentAssociatedWithAdverseChangesInTimingOfExpectedFutureCashFlows 0stt_ImpairmentAssociatedWithAdverseChangesInTimingOfExpectedFutureCashFlows  
Impairment associated with expected credit losses 0stt_ImpairmentAssociatedWithExpectedCreditLosses 9,000,000stt_ImpairmentAssociatedWithExpectedCreditLosses  
Gross pre-tax unrealized losses on securities $ 442,000,000us-gaap_MarketableSecuritiesUnrealizedGainLossExcludingOtherThanTemporaryImpairments    
Number of available for sale and held to maturity securities in gross pre-tax unrealized loss position 1,189stt_AvailableForSaleAndHeldToMaturitySecuritiesInUnrealizedLossPositionsQualitativeDisclosureNumberOfPositions