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Guarantees (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2018
Guarantee on loans sold or serviced with credit recourse |
Credit Recourse Agreements Reserve Table [Text Block] |
|  | Quarters ended September 30, |  |  | Nine months ended September 30,
(In thousands) | 2018 | 2017 |  | 2018 | 2017
Balance as of beginning of period | $ | 57,425 | $ | 49,395 |  | $ | 58,820 | $ | 54,489
Provision for recourse liability |  | 3,000 |  | 6,375 |  |  | 5,991 |  | 11,104
Net charge-offs |  | (2,678) |  | (3,718) |  |  | (7,064) |  | (13,541)
Balance as of end of period | $ | 57,747 | $ | 52,052 |  | $ | 57,747 | $ | 52,052
Banco Popular de Puerto Rico | Guarantee on loans sold or serviced with representation and warranties |
Indemnifications and Representations and Warranties Table [Text Block] |
|  | Quarters ended September 30, |  | Nine months ended September 30,
(In thousands) |  | 2018 |  | 2017 |  | 2018 |  | 2017
Balance as of beginning of period | $ | 11,153 | $ | 10,545 | $ | 11,742 | $ | 10,936
Provision (reversal) for representation and warranties |  | (104) |  | (140) |  | 194 |  | (521)
Net charge-offs |  | (39) |  | - |  | (926) |  | (10)
Balance as of end of period | $ | 11,010 | $ | 10,405 | $ | 11,010 | $ | 10,405

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