Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Other Long-term Debt (Details)

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Other Long-term Debt (Details) (USD $)
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Dec. 31, 2014
Debt Instrument [Line Items]    
Debt Instrument, Carrying Amount $ 317,082,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentCarryingAmount  
Long-term borrowings 5,158,836,000us-gaap_LongTermDebt 4,335,962,000us-gaap_LongTermDebt
Debt Instrument, Maturity Date, Description no longer than 90 days  
Debt Instrument, Description of Variable Rate Basis three month LIBOR  
Senior Note Payable Due April 2017 Fixed    
Debt Instrument [Line Items]    
Debt Instrument, Maturity Date, Description 4/1/2020  
DebtInstrumentFaceAmount 500,000,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFaceAmount
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= hban_SeniorNotepayabledueapril2017fixedMember
 
DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage 2.40%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= hban_SeniorNotepayabledueapril2017fixedMember
 
DebtInstrumentpercentofvalue 99.874%hban_Debtinstrumentpercentfacevalue
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= hban_SeniorNotepayabledueapril2017fixedMember
 
Senior Note Payable Due April 2017 Variable    
Debt Instrument [Line Items]    
Debt Instrument, Maturity Date, Description 12/31/1899  
Debt Instrument, Description of Variable Rate Basis 0  
Debt Instrument, Basis Spread on Variable Rate 0.00%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentBasisSpreadOnVariableRate1
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= hban_Seniornotepayabledueapril2017variableMember
 
Senior Note Payable Due April 2019 Fixed    
Debt Instrument [Line Items]    
Debt Instrument, Maturity Date, Description 02/26/18  
DebtInstrumentFaceAmount 500,000,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFaceAmount
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= hban_Seniornotepayabledueapril2019fixedMember
 
DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage 1.70%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= hban_Seniornotepayabledueapril2019fixedMember
 
DebtInstrumentpercentofvalue 99.86%hban_Debtinstrumentpercentfacevalue
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= hban_Seniornotepayabledueapril2019fixedMember
 
Macquarie Equipment Finance [Member]    
Debt Instrument [Line Items]    
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Effective Percentage 3.24%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateEffectivePercentage
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= hban_MacquarieEquipmentFinanceMember
 
Debt Instrument, Maturity Date, Description various  
UnsecuredDebt 293,400,000us-gaap_UnsecuredDebt
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= hban_MacquarieEquipmentFinanceMember
 
Macquarie Equipment Finance2 [Member]    
Debt Instrument [Line Items]    
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Effective Percentage 1.70%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateEffectivePercentage
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= hban_MacquarieEquipmentFinance2Member
 
Long-term borrowings $ 254,800,000us-gaap_LongTermDebt
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= hban_MacquarieEquipmentFinance2Member
 
Debt Instrument, Maturity Date, Description various