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Commitments and contingencies - Commitments - Additional Information (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands |  | 3 Months Ended |  |
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Jul. 01, 2019 | Mar. 31, 2020 | Jan. 02, 2020 | Dec. 31, 2019
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure |  |  |  |
Exposure Municipal Loans And Securities |  | 75.00% |  |
Commitments To Extend Credit |  |  |  |
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure |  |  |  |
Reserve of potential losses associated with unfunded loan commitments |  | $ 4,000 |  | $ 9,000
Noncredit commitment |  |  |  |
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure |  |  |  |
Investments |  | 2,100 |  | 2,500
PR Government direct exposure |  |  |  |
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure |  |  |  |
Outstanding concentration of risk |  | 428,574 |  |
Total concentration of risk |  | 428,574 |  |
Principal payments received | $ 22,000 |  |  |
PR Government direct exposure | Loans |  |  |  |
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure |  |  |  |
Outstanding concentration of risk |  | 390,893 |  | 391,000
PR Government direct exposure | Securities Investment |  |  |  |
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure |  |  |  |
Outstanding concentration of risk |  | 37,681 |  | 41,000
PR Government direct exposure | From PR Government And Public Corporations | Securities Investment |  |  |  |
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure |  |  |  |
Outstanding concentration of risk |  | 37,000 |  |
PR Government direct exposure | PR government and its instrumentalities and municipalities [Member] |  |  |  |
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure |  |  |  |
Outstanding concentration of risk |  | 428,000 |  | 432,000
PR Government Indirect Exposure |  |  |  |
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure |  |  |  |
Outstanding concentration of risk |  | 339,000 |  | 350,000
Loans and Leases Receivable, Consumer, Mortgage with PRHA |  | 273,000 |  | 276,000
PR Government Indirect Exposure | PR Housing Bonds backed by second mortgage loans |  |  |  |
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure |  |  |  |
Outstanding concentration of risk |  | 45,000 |  | 46,000
PR Government Indirect Exposure | Commercial real estate |  |  |  |
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure |  |  |  |
Outstanding concentration of risk |  | 21,000 |  | 21,000
PR Government Indirect Exposure | Pass Through securities that have been economically defeased and refunded |  |  |  |
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure |  |  |  |
Outstanding concentration of risk |  |  | $ 7,000 | $ 7,000
USVI Government Direct Exposure | From USVI Government And Public Corporations |  |  |  |
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure |  |  |  |
Total concentration of risk |  | $ 69,000 |  |

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