Schedule of Future Minimum Lease Payments for Capital Leases [Table Text Block]

(In thousands)
2020	$	48,511
2021		90,049
2022		147,742
2023		205,834
2024 and thereafter		371,619
Total	$	863,755

Disclosure of carrying amount of loans acquired

Carrying amount
(In thousands)		December 31, 2019		December 31, 2018
Commercial real estate	$	670,566	$	801,774
Commercial and industrial		104,756		84,465
Mortgage		856,618		982,821
Consumer		11,778		14,496
Carrying amount		1,643,718		1,883,556
Allowance for loan losses		(74,039)		(122,135)
Carrying amount, net of allowance	$	1,569,679	$	1,761,421

Certain Loans Acquired in Transfer Not Accounted for as Debt Securities Acquired During Period

Carrying amount of acquired loans accounted for pursuant to ASC 310-30
		For the years ended
(In thousands)			December 31, 2019		December 31, 2018
Beginning balance		$	1,883,556	$	2,108,993
Additions			39,492		16,645
Accretion			144,976		166,272
Collections / loan sales / charge-offs			(424,306)		(408,354)
Ending balance^[1]		$	1,643,718	$	1,883,556
Allowance for loan losses			(74,039)		(122,135)
Ending balance, net of ALLL		$	1,569,679	$	1,761,421
[1]	At December 31, 2019, includes $1.2 billion of loans considered non-credit impaired at the acquisition date (December 31, 2018 - $1.4 billion).

Past due financing receivables

December 31, 2019
Puerto Rico

			Past due											Past due 90 days or more
		30-59		60-89		90 days		Total						Non-accrual			Accruing
(In thousands)		days		days		or more		past due		Current		Loans HIP		loans		loans^[1]
Commercial multi-family		$	2,941	$	129	$	1,512	$	4,582	$	143,267	$	147,849	$	1,473	$	-
Commercial real estate:
	Non-owner occupied		10,439		5,244		43,664		59,347		2,048,871		2,108,218		39,968		-
	Owner occupied		5,704		3,978		84,537		94,219		1,492,110		1,586,329		69,276		-
Commercial and industrial			8,780		1,646		37,156		47,582		3,371,152		3,418,734		36,538		544
Construction			1,555		-		119		1,674		135,796		137,470		119		-
Mortgage			285,006		146,197		837,651		1,268,854		4,897,894		6,166,748		283,708		439,662
Leasing			12,014		3,053		3,657		18,724		1,040,783		1,059,507		3,657		-
Consumer:
	Credit cards		11,358		7,928		19,461		38,747		1,085,053		1,123,800		-		19,461
	Home equity lines of credit		-		85		-		85		4,953		5,038		-		-
	Personal		13,481		9,352		20,296		43,129		1,325,021		1,368,150		19,529		61
	Auto		81,169		23,182		31,148		135,499		2,782,023		2,917,522		31,148		-
	Other		358		1,418		14,189		15,965		124,902		140,867		13,784		405
Total		$	432,805	$	202,212	$	1,093,390	$	1,728,407	$	18,451,825	$	20,180,232	$	499,200	$	460,133
[1]	Loans HIP of $ 134 million accounted for under ASC Subtopic 310-30 are excluded from the above table as they are considered to be performing due to the application of the accretion method, in which these loans will accrete interest income over the remaining life of the loans using estimated cash flow analysis. Refer to Note 3, New Accounting Pronouncements, for a description of the impact of CECL on the classification of non-performing loans.

December 31, 2019
Popular U.S.

			Past due											Past due 90 days or more
		30-59		60-89		90 days		Total						Non-accrual			Accruing
(In thousands)		days		days		or more		past due		Current		Loans HIP		loans		loans^[1]
Commercial multi-family		$	9	$	-	$	2,097	$	2,106	$	1,645,204	$	1,647,310	$	2,097	$	-
Commercial real estate:
	Non-owner occupied		1,047		-		281		1,328		1,868,968		1,870,296		281		-
	Owner occupied		1,750		-		251		2,001		337,134		339,135		251		-
Commercial and industrial			454		128		19,945		20,527		1,174,353		1,194,880		876		-
Construction			-		-		26		26		693,596		693,622		26		-
Mortgage			15,474		4,024		11,091		30,589		986,195		1,016,784		11,091		-
Legacy			49		8		1,999		2,056		20,049		22,105		1,999		-
Consumer:
	Credit cards		-		-		-		-		36		36		-		-
	Home equity lines of credit		404		267		9,954		10,625		106,718		117,343		9,954		-
	Personal		2,286		1,582		2,066		5,934		318,506		324,440		2,066		-
	Other		3		-		-		3		687		690		-		-
Total		$	21,476	$	6,009	$	47,710	$	75,195	$	7,151,446	$	7,226,641	$	28,641	$	-
[1]	Loans HIP of $ 19 million accounted for under ASC Subtopic 310-30 are excluded from the above table as they are considered to be performing due to the application of the accretion method, in which these loans will accrete interest income over the remaining life of the loans using estimated cash flow analysis. Refer to Note 3, New Accounting Pronouncements, for a description of the impact of CECL on the classification of non-performing loans.

December 31, 2019
Popular, Inc.

			Past due											Past due 90 days or more
		30-59		60-89		90 days		Total						Non-accrual			Accruing
(In thousands)		days		days		or more		past due		Current		Loans HIP^{[3] [4]}		loans		loans^[5]
Commercial multi-family		$	2,950	$	129	$	3,609	$	6,688	$	1,788,471	$	1,795,159	$	3,570	$	-
Commercial real estate:
	Non-owner occupied		11,486		5,244		43,945		60,675		3,917,839		3,978,514		40,249		-
	Owner occupied		7,454		3,978		84,788		96,220		1,829,244		1,925,464		69,527		-
Commercial and industrial			9,234		1,774		57,101		68,109		4,545,505		4,613,614		37,414		544
Construction			1,555		-		145		1,700		829,392		831,092		145		-
Mortgage^[1]			300,480		150,221		848,742		1,299,443		5,884,089		7,183,532		294,799		439,662
Leasing			12,014		3,053		3,657		18,724		1,040,783		1,059,507		3,657		-
Legacy^[2]			49		8		1,999		2,056		20,049		22,105		1,999		-
Consumer:
	Credit cards		11,358		7,928		19,461		38,747		1,085,089		1,123,836		-		19,461
	Home equity lines of credit		404		352		9,954		10,710		111,671		122,381		9,954		-
	Personal		15,767		10,934		22,362		49,063		1,643,527		1,692,590		21,595		61
	Auto		81,169		23,182		31,148		135,499		2,782,023		2,917,522		31,148		-
	Other		361		1,418		14,189		15,968		125,589		141,557		13,784		405
Total		$	454,281	$	208,221	$	1,141,100	$	1,803,602	$	25,603,271	$	27,406,873	$	527,841	$	460,133

[1]	It is the Corporation’s policy to report delinquent residential mortgage loans insured by FHA or guaranteed by the VA as accruing loans past due 90 days or more as opposed to non-performing since the principal repayment is insured.
[2]	The legacy portfolio is comprised of commercial loans, construction loans and lease financings related to certain lending products exited by the Corporation as part of restructuring efforts carried out in prior years at the Popular U.S. segment.
[3]	Loans held-in-portfolio are net of $ 181 million in unearned income and exclude $ 59 million in loans held-for-sale.
[4]	Includes $6.7 billion pledged to secure credit facilities and public funds that the secured parties are not permitted to sell or repledge the collateral, of which $4.6 billion were pledged at the Federal Home Loan Bank ("FHLB") as collateral for borrowings and $2.1 billion at the Federal Reserve Bank ("FRB") for discount window borrowings.
[5]	Loans HIP of $153 million accounted for under ASC Subtopic 310-30 are excluded from the above table as they are considered to be performing due to the application of the accretion method, in which these loans will accrete interest income over the remaining life of the loans using estimated cash flow analysis. Refer to Note 3, New Accounting Pronouncements, for a description of the impact of CECL on the classification of non-performing loans.

December 31, 2018
Puerto Rico

			Past due											Past due 90 days or more
			30-59		60-89		90 days	Total						Non-accrual			Accruing
(In thousands)			days		days		or more	past due		Current		Loans HIP		loans		loans^[1]
Commercial multi-family		$	1,441	$	112	$	598	$	2,151	$	143,477	$	145,628	$	546	$	-
Commercial real estate:
	Non-owner occupied		92,075		839		45,691		138,605		2,183,996		2,322,601		39,257		-
	Owner occupied		6,681		10,839		99,235		116,755		1,605,498		1,722,253		88,069		-
Commercial and industrial			4,137		641		55,321		60,099		3,122,062		3,182,161		55,078		243
Construction			-		-		1,788		1,788		84,167		85,955		1,788		-
Mortgage			275,367		128,104		1,043,607		1,447,078		4,986,245		6,433,323		323,565		595,525
Leasing			7,663		1,827		3,313		12,803		921,970		934,773		3,313		-
Consumer:
	Credit cards		9,504		7,391		16,035		32,930		1,014,343		1,047,273		-		16,035
	Home equity lines of credit		-		97		165		262		5,089		5,351		11		154
	Personal		13,069		7,907		18,515		39,491		1,211,134		1,250,625		17,887		35
	Auto		52,204		9,862		24,177		86,243		2,522,542		2,608,785		24,050		127
	Other		566		288		14,958		15,812		128,932		144,744		14,534		424
Total		$	462,707	$	167,907	$	1,323,403	$	1,954,017	$	17,929,455	$	19,883,472	$	568,098	$	612,543
[1]	Non-covered loans HIP of $143 million accounted for under ASC Subtopic 310-30 are excluded from the above table as they are considered to be performing due to the application of the accretion method, in which these loans will accrete interest income over the remaining life of the loans using estimated cash flow analysis.

December 31, 2018
Popular U.S.

			Past due											Past due 90 days or more
			30-59		60-89		90 days		Total					Non-accrual			Accruing
(In thousands)			days		days		or more		past due		Current		Loans HIP	loans		loans^[1]
Commercial multi-family		$	3,163	$	-	$	-	$	3,163	$	1,398,377	$	1,401,540	$	-	$	-
Commercial real estate:
	Non-owner occupied		707		288		365		1,360		1,880,384		1,881,744		365		-
	Owner occupied		5,125		1,728		381		7,234		291,705		298,939		381		-
Commercial and industrial			2,354		995		73,726		77,075		1,011,078		1,088,153		330		-
Construction			-		-		12,060		12,060		681,434		693,494		12,060		-
Mortgage			13,615		3,197		11,033		27,845		774,090		801,935		11,033		-
Legacy			195		445		2,627		3,267		22,682		25,949		2,627		-
Consumer:
	Credit cards		2		-		-		2		36		38		-		-
	Home equity lines of credit		886		464		13,579		14,929		128,123		143,052		13,579		-
	Personal		2,319		1,723		2,610		6,652		282,697		289,349		2,610		-
	Other		-		-		4		4		220		224		4		-
Total		$	28,366	$	8,840	$	116,385	$	153,591	$	6,470,826	$	6,624,417	$	42,989	$	-
[1]	Non-covered loans HIP of $ 73 million accounted for under ASC Subtopic 310-30 are excluded from the above table as they are considered to be performing due to the application of the accretion method, in which these loans will accrete interest income over the remaining life of the loans using estimated cash flow analysis.

December 31, 2018
Popular, Inc.

			Past due											Past due 90 days or more
			30-59		60-89		90 days		Total					Non-accrual			Accruing
(In thousands)			days		days		or more		past due	Current		Loans HIP^{[3] [4]}		loans		loans^[5]
Commercial multi-family		$	4,604	$	112	$	598	$	5,314	$	1,541,854	$	1,547,168	$	546	$	-
Commercial real estate:
	Non-owner occupied		92,782		1,127		46,056		139,965		4,064,380		4,204,345		39,622		-
	Owner occupied		11,806		12,567		99,616		123,989		1,897,203		2,021,192		88,450		-
Commercial and industrial			6,491		1,636		129,047		137,174		4,133,140		4,270,314		55,408		243
Construction			-		-		13,848		13,848		765,601		779,449		13,848		-
Mortgage^[1]			288,982		131,301		1,054,640		1,474,923		5,760,335		7,235,258		334,598		595,525
Leasing			7,663		1,827		3,313		12,803		921,970		934,773		3,313		-
Legacy^[2]			195		445		2,627		3,267		22,682		25,949		2,627		-
Consumer:
	Credit cards		9,506		7,391		16,035		32,932		1,014,379		1,047,311		-		16,035
	Home equity lines of credit		886		561		13,744		15,191		133,212		148,403		13,590		154
	Personal		15,388		9,630		21,125		46,143		1,493,831		1,539,974		20,497		35
	Auto		52,204		9,862		24,177		86,243		2,522,542		2,608,785		24,050		127
	Other		566		288		14,962		15,816		129,152		144,968		14,538		424
Total		$	491,073	$	176,747	$	1,439,788	$	2,107,608	$	24,400,281	$	26,507,889	$	611,087	$	612,543

[1]	It is the Corporation’s policy to report delinquent residential mortgage loans insured by FHA or guaranteed by the VA as accruing loans past due 90 days or more as opposed to non-performing since the principal repayment is insured.
[2]	The legacy portfolio is comprised of commercial loans, construction loans and lease financings related to certain lending products exited by the Corporation as part of restructuring efforts carried out in prior years at the Popular U.S. segment.
[3]	Loans held-in-portfolio are net of $ 156 million in unearned income and exclude $ 51 million in loans held-for-sale.
[4]	Includes $6.9 billion pledged to secure credit facilities and public funds that the secured parties are not permitted to sell or repledge the collateral, of which $4.8 billion were pledged at the FHLB as collateral for borrowings and $2.1 billion at the FRB for discount window borrowings.
[5]	Non-covered loans HIP of $216 million accounted for under ASC Subtopic 310-30 are excluded from the above table as they are considered to be performing due to the application of the accretion method, in which these loans will accrete interest income over the remaining life of the loans using estimated cash flow analysis.