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Note Related party transactions (Financial Condition accounts outstanding with PR Asset Portfolio 2013-1 International, LLC) (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Dec. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017
PR Asset Portfolio 2013-1 International, LLC
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Deposits	$ (7,994)	$ (10,501)

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Amount of deposits held by the entity for a related party (entity, shareholder, employee).

+ References

Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 235
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.4-08.(k))
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=26873400&loc=d3e23780-122690

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