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Note Commitments and contingencies (Legal Proceedings) - Additional Information (Detail) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2018 USD ($) claims units
Josefina Valle v. Popular Community Bank |
Legal Matters And Contingencies [Line Items] |
Amount Of Settlement Agreement To Be Paid To Qualified Claimants | $ 5,200,000
Banco Popular de Puerto Rico |
Legal Matters And Contingencies [Line Items] |
Mortgage Related Investigation | The review, which has been completed, found that while the mailing error extended to approximately 23,000 residential mortgage loans (approximately 50% of which are serviced by the Corporation for third parties), the number of borrowers actually harmed by the mailing error was substantially lower. This was due to, among other things, the fact that the Corporation regularly uses means other than the mail to communicate with borrowers, including email and hand delivery of written notices at our mortgage servicing centers or bank branches. Importantly, more than half of all borrowers potentially subject to such error actually closed on a loss mitigation alternative.
Banco Popular de Puerto Rico | Hazard Insurance Commision Related Litigation |
Legal Matters And Contingencies [Line Items] |
Loss Contingency Aggregate Claims Damages Sought | $ 400,000,000
Banco Popular de Puerto Rico | Lilliam Gonzalez Camacho v BPPR |
Legal Matters And Contingencies [Line Items] |
Loss Contingency Aggregate Claims Damages Sought | $ 400,000,000
Loss Contingency Number Of Defendants | units | 20
Banco Popular de Puerto Rico | Betteroads Asphalt and Betterecycling Corporation |
Legal Matters And Contingencies [Line Items] |
Loss Contingency Aggregate Claims Damages Sought | $ 900,000,000
Banco Popular de Puerto Rico | Hector Robles Rodriguez v Municipio de Ceiba |
Legal Matters And Contingencies [Line Items] |
Loss Contingency Aggregate Claims Damages Sought | 30,000,000
Multiple Arbitration Proceedings Against Popular Securities And One Other PR Broker Dealers | Popular Securities |
Legal Matters And Contingencies [Line Items] |
Loss Contingency Aggregate Claims Damages Sought | 260,000,000
Loss Contingency Claim Of One Single Arbitration Case | $ 78,000,000
Aggregate Arbitrations with Claimed Damages | Popular Securities |
Legal Matters And Contingencies [Line Items] |
Loss Contingency Pending Claims Number | claims | 152
One arbitration with Claimed damages | Popular Securities |
Legal Matters And Contingencies [Line Items] |
Loss Contingency Pending Claims Number | claims | 1
Minimum |
Legal Matters And Contingencies [Line Items] |
Loss Contingency Range Of Possible Loss Portion Not Accrued | $ 0
Maximum |
Legal Matters And Contingencies [Line Items] |
Loss Contingency Range Of Possible Loss Portion Not Accrued | $ 24,400,000

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- Definition Certain letters generated by the Corporation to conply with consumer financial protection vureau rules requiring written notification to borrowers who have submitted a loss mitigation application were not mailed to borrowers over a period of up to approximately three years due to a systems inferface error. The Corporation has notified applicable regulators and is conducting a review of its mortgage files to assess the scope of potential customer impact. + References No definition available. + Details
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