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Allowance for credit losses - Allowance Movement (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands | 3 Months Ended |
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Mar. 31, 2020 | Mar. 31, 2019 | Dec. 31, 2019
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses |  |  |
Balance at beginning of period | $ 477,708 | $ 569,348 |
Impact of adopting CECL | (315,107) |  |
Provision (reversal of provision) | (188,995) | (41,825) |
Allowance on purchased financial assets with credit deterioration | 429 |  |
Charge-offs | (78,683) | (79,841) |
Recoveries | 16,160 | 19,296 |
Balance at end of period | 919,716 | 550,628 |
Financing Receivable Allowance For Credit Loss Additional Information Abstract |  |  |
Specific ALLL | 119,343 | 101,958 | $ 79,926
General ALLL |  | 448,670 |
Impaired loans |  | 1,034,037 |
Ending balance: loans collectively evaluated for impairment |  | 25,613,671 |
Loans held-in-portfolio | 27,662,272 | 26,647,708 | 27,406,873
Construction |  |  |
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses |  |  |
Balance at beginning of period | 4,778 | 7,424 |
Impact of adopting CECL | 2,871 |  |
Provision (reversal of provision) | (510) | (47) |
Allowance on purchased financial assets with credit deterioration | 0 |  |
Charge-offs | 0 | (22) |
Recoveries | 174 | 47 |
Balance at end of period | 2,591 | 7,496 |
Financing Receivable Allowance For Credit Loss Additional Information Abstract |  |  |
Specific ALLL | 0 | 19 | 6
General ALLL |  | 7,477 |
Impaired loans |  | 13,848 |
Ending balance: loans collectively evaluated for impairment |  | 777,472 |
Loans held-in-portfolio | 902,380 | 791,320 | 831,092
Mortgages |  |  |
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses |  |  |
Balance at beginning of period | 121,108 | 147,412 |
Impact of adopting CECL | (96,512) |  |
Provision (reversal of provision) | (14,575) | (6,298) |
Allowance on purchased financial assets with credit deterioration | 429 |  |
Charge-offs | (8,315) | (13,425) |
Recoveries | 2,778 | 2,013 |
Balance at end of period | 227,087 | 142,298 |
Financing Receivable Allowance For Credit Loss Additional Information Abstract |  |  |
Specific ALLL | 72,215 | 43,139 | 42,012
General ALLL |  | 99,159 |
Impaired loans |  | 524,803 |
Ending balance: loans collectively evaluated for impairment |  | 6,682,377 |
Loans held-in-portfolio | 7,094,757 | 7,207,180 | 7,183,532
Legacy |  |  |
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses |  |  |
Balance at beginning of period | 630 | 969 |
Impact of adopting CECL | (382) |  |
Provision (reversal of provision) | (913) | 855 |
Allowance on purchased financial assets with credit deterioration | 0 |  |
Charge-offs | (9) | 164 |
Recoveries | 110 | 551 |
Balance at end of period | 2,026 | 829 |
Financing Receivable Allowance For Credit Loss Additional Information Abstract |  |  |
Specific ALLL |  | 0 |
General ALLL |  | 829 |
Impaired loans |  | 0 |
Ending balance: loans collectively evaluated for impairment |  | 24,404 |
Loans held-in-portfolio | 20,435 | 24,404 | 22,105
Commercial |  |  |
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses |  |  |
Balance at beginning of period | 147,052 | 239,115 |
Impact of adopting CECL | (91,496) |  |
Provision (reversal of provision) | (67,180) | (4,802) |
Allowance on purchased financial assets with credit deterioration | 0 |  |
Charge-offs | (3,562) | (22,942) |
Recoveries | 2,882 | 3,514 |
Balance at end of period | 305,048 | 224,489 |
Financing Receivable Allowance For Credit Loss Additional Information Abstract |  |  |
Specific ALLL | 20,089 | 33,476 | 16,443
General ALLL |  | 191,013 |
Impaired loans |  | 383,494 |
Ending balance: loans collectively evaluated for impairment |  | 11,674,816 |
Loans held-in-portfolio |  | 12,058,310 | 12,312,751
Leasing |  |  |
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses |  |  |
Balance at beginning of period | 10,768 | 11,486 |
Impact of adopting CECL | 713 |  |
Provision (reversal of provision) | (5,841) | 891 |
Allowance on purchased financial assets with credit deterioration | 0 |  |
Charge-offs | (3,775) | (2,096) |
Recoveries | 468 | 610 |
Balance at end of period | 12,589 | 9,109 |
Financing Receivable Allowance For Credit Loss Additional Information Abstract |  |  |
Specific ALLL | 23 | 321 | 61
General ALLL |  | 8,788 |
Impaired loans |  | 1,018 |
Ending balance: loans collectively evaluated for impairment |  | 962,214 |
Loans held-in-portfolio | 1,088,542 | 963,232 | 1,059,507
Consumer |  |  |
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses |  |  |
Balance at beginning of period | 193,372 | 162,942 |
Impact of adopting CECL | (130,301) |  |
Provision (reversal of provision) | (99,976) | (32,424) |
Allowance on purchased financial assets with credit deterioration | 0 |  |
Charge-offs | (63,022) | (41,520) |
Recoveries | 9,748 | 12,561 |
Balance at end of period | 370,375 | 166,407 |
Financing Receivable Allowance For Credit Loss Additional Information Abstract |  |  |
Specific ALLL | 27,016 | 25,003 | 21,404
General ALLL |  | 141,404 |
Impaired loans |  | 110,874 |
Ending balance: loans collectively evaluated for impairment |  | 5,492,388 |
Loans held-in-portfolio |  | 5,603,262 | 5,997,886
Puerto Rico |  |  |
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses |  |  |
Balance at beginning of period | 432,651 | 507,158 |
Impact of adopting CECL | (270,368) |  |
Provision (reversal of provision) | (113,004) | (31,454) |
Allowance on purchased financial assets with credit deterioration | 429 |  |
Charge-offs | (73,159) | (70,622) |
Recoveries | 13,642 | 16,393 |
Balance at end of period | 756,935 | 484,383 |
Financing Receivable Allowance For Credit Loss Additional Information Abstract |  |  |
Specific ALLL |  | 97,722 |
General ALLL |  | 386,661 |
Impaired loans |  | 1,001,861 |
Ending balance: loans collectively evaluated for impairment |  | 18,994,489 |
Loans held-in-portfolio | 20,223,881 | 19,996,350 | 20,180,232
Puerto Rico | Construction |  |  |
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses |  |  |
Balance at beginning of period | 574 | 886 |
Impact of adopting CECL | (115) |  |
Provision (reversal of provision) | 289 | 81 |
Allowance on purchased financial assets with credit deterioration | 0 |  |
Charge-offs | 0 | (22) |
Recoveries | 19 | 39 |
Balance at end of period | 419 | 822 |
Financing Receivable Allowance For Credit Loss Additional Information Abstract |  |  |
Specific ALLL |  | 19 |
General ALLL |  | 803 |
Impaired loans |  | 1,788 |
Ending balance: loans collectively evaluated for impairment |  | 89,584 |
Loans held-in-portfolio | 164,390 | 91,372 | 137,470
Puerto Rico | Mortgages |  |  |
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses |  |  |
Balance at beginning of period | 116,281 | 142,978 |
Impact of adopting CECL | (86,081) |  |
Provision (reversal of provision) | (5,547) | (6,061) |
Allowance on purchased financial assets with credit deterioration | 429 |  |
Charge-offs | (8,306) | (13,174) |
Recoveries | 2,768 | 1,991 |
Balance at end of period | 202,800 | 137,856 |
Financing Receivable Allowance For Credit Loss Additional Information Abstract |  |  |
Specific ALLL |  | 40,779 |
General ALLL |  | 97,077 |
Impaired loans |  | 515,365 |
Ending balance: loans collectively evaluated for impairment |  | 5,860,223 |
Loans held-in-portfolio | 6,016,008 | 6,375,588 | 6,166,748
Puerto Rico | Commercial |  |  |
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses |  |  |
Balance at beginning of period | 131,063 | 207,214 |
Impact of adopting CECL | (62,393) |  |
Provision (reversal of provision) | (14,974) | 1,689 |
Allowance on purchased financial assets with credit deterioration | 0 |  |
Charge-offs | (2,994) | (19,461) |
Recoveries | 2,414 | 2,867 |
Balance at end of period | 207,850 | 188,931 |
Financing Receivable Allowance For Credit Loss Additional Information Abstract |  |  |
Specific ALLL |  | 33,253 |
General ALLL |  | 155,678 |
Impaired loans |  | 381,803 |
Ending balance: loans collectively evaluated for impairment |  | 7,009,319 |
Loans held-in-portfolio |  | 7,391,122 | 7,261,130
Puerto Rico | Leasing |  |  |
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses |  |  |
Balance at beginning of period | 10,768 | 11,486 |
Impact of adopting CECL | 713 |  |
Provision (reversal of provision) | (5,841) | 891 |
Allowance on purchased financial assets with credit deterioration | 0 |  |
Charge-offs | (3,775) | (2,096) |
Recoveries | 468 | 610 |
Balance at end of period | 12,589 | 9,109 |
Financing Receivable Allowance For Credit Loss Additional Information Abstract |  |  |
Specific ALLL |  | 321 |
General ALLL |  | 8,788 |
Impaired loans |  | 1,018 |
Ending balance: loans collectively evaluated for impairment |  | 962,214 |
Loans held-in-portfolio | 1,088,542 | 963,232 | 1,059,507
Puerto Rico | Consumer |  |  |
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses |  |  |
Balance at beginning of period | 173,965 | 144,594 |
Impact of adopting CECL | (122,492) |  |
Provision (reversal of provision) | (86,931) | (28,054) |
Allowance on purchased financial assets with credit deterioration | 0 |  |
Charge-offs | (58,084) | (35,869) |
Recoveries | 7,973 | 10,886 |
Balance at end of period | 333,277 | 147,665 |
Financing Receivable Allowance For Credit Loss Additional Information Abstract |  |  |
Specific ALLL |  | 23,350 |
General ALLL |  | 124,315 |
Impaired loans |  | 101,887 |
Ending balance: loans collectively evaluated for impairment |  | 5,073,149 |
Loans held-in-portfolio |  | 5,175,036 | 5,555,377
Popular U.S. |  |  |
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses |  |  |
Balance at beginning of period | 45,057 | 62,190 |
Impact of adopting CECL | (44,739) |  |
Provision (reversal of provision) | (75,991) | (10,371) |
Charge-offs | (5,524) | (9,219) |
Recoveries | 2,518 | 2,903 |
Balance at end of period | 162,781 | 66,245 |
Financing Receivable Allowance For Credit Loss Additional Information Abstract |  |  |
Specific ALLL |  | 4,236 |
General ALLL |  | 62,009 |
Impaired loans |  | 32,176 |
Ending balance: loans collectively evaluated for impairment |  | 6,619,182 |
Loans held-in-portfolio | 7,438,391 | 6,651,358 | 7,226,641
Popular U.S. | Construction |  |  |
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses |  |  |
Balance at beginning of period | 4,204 | 6,538 |
Impact of adopting CECL | 2,986 |  |
Provision (reversal of provision) | (799) | (128) |
Charge-offs | 0 | 0 |
Recoveries | 155 | 8 |
Balance at end of period | 2,172 | 6,674 |
Financing Receivable Allowance For Credit Loss Additional Information Abstract |  |  |
Specific ALLL |  | 0 |
General ALLL |  | 6,674 |
Impaired loans |  | 12,060 |
Ending balance: loans collectively evaluated for impairment |  | 687,888 |
Loans held-in-portfolio | 737,990 | 699,948 | 693,622
Popular U.S. | Mortgages |  |  |
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses |  |  |
Balance at beginning of period | 4,827 | 4,434 |
Impact of adopting CECL | (10,431) |  |
Provision (reversal of provision) | (9,028) | (237) |
Charge-offs | (9) | (251) |
Recoveries | 10 | 22 |
Balance at end of period | 24,287 | 4,442 |
Financing Receivable Allowance For Credit Loss Additional Information Abstract |  |  |
Specific ALLL |  | 2,360 |
General ALLL |  | 2,082 |
Impaired loans |  | 9,438 |
Ending balance: loans collectively evaluated for impairment |  | 822,154 |
Loans held-in-portfolio | 1,078,749 | 831,592 | 1,016,784
Popular U.S. | Legacy |  |  |
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses |  |  |
Balance at beginning of period | 630 | 969 |
Impact of adopting CECL | (382) |  |
Provision (reversal of provision) | (913) | 855 |
Charge-offs | (9) | 164 |
Recoveries | 110 | 551 |
Balance at end of period | 2,026 | 829 |
Financing Receivable Allowance For Credit Loss Additional Information Abstract |  |  |
Specific ALLL |  | 0 |
General ALLL |  | 829 |
Impaired loans |  | 0 |
Ending balance: loans collectively evaluated for impairment |  | 24,404 |
Loans held-in-portfolio | 20,435 | 24,404 | 22,105
Popular U.S. | Commercial |  |  |
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses |  |  |
Balance at beginning of period | 15,989 | 31,901 |
Impact of adopting CECL | (29,103) |  |
Provision (reversal of provision) | (52,206) | (6,491) |
Charge-offs | (568) | (3,481) |
Recoveries | 468 | 647 |
Balance at end of period | 97,198 | 35,558 |
Financing Receivable Allowance For Credit Loss Additional Information Abstract |  |  |
Specific ALLL |  | 223 |
General ALLL |  | 35,335 |
Impaired loans |  | 1,691 |
Ending balance: loans collectively evaluated for impairment |  | 4,665,497 |
Loans held-in-portfolio |  | 4,667,188 | 5,051,621
Popular U.S. | Consumer |  |  |
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses |  |  |
Balance at beginning of period | 19,407 | 18,348 |
Impact of adopting CECL | (7,809) |  |
Provision (reversal of provision) | (13,045) | (4,370) |
Charge-offs | (4,938) | (5,651) |
Recoveries | 1,775 | 1,675 |
Balance at end of period | $ 37,098 | 18,742 |
Financing Receivable Allowance For Credit Loss Additional Information Abstract |  |  |
Specific ALLL |  | 1,653 |
General ALLL |  | 17,089 |
Impaired loans |  | 8,987 |
Ending balance: loans collectively evaluated for impairment |  | 419,239 |
Loans held-in-portfolio |  | $ 428,226 | $ 442,509

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