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Commitments and Contingencies - Schedule of Direct Exposure to Puerto Rico Government by Maturity (Details) - PR Government direct exposure - USD ($) $ in Thousands	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Direct exposure to the puerto rico government by maturity
Outstanding concentration of risk	$ 370,329
Total concentration of risk	370,329
From PR Central Government
Direct exposure to the puerto rico government by maturity
Outstanding concentration of risk	59
Total concentration of risk	59
From Municipalities
Direct exposure to the puerto rico government by maturity
Outstanding concentration of risk	370,270
Total concentration of risk	370,270
Loans
Direct exposure to the puerto rico government by maturity
Outstanding concentration of risk	334,955	$ 391,000
Loans | From PR Central Government
Direct exposure to the puerto rico government by maturity
Outstanding concentration of risk	0
Loans | From Municipalities
Direct exposure to the puerto rico government by maturity
Outstanding concentration of risk	334,955
Securities Investment
Direct exposure to the puerto rico government by maturity
Outstanding concentration of risk	35,374	$ 41,000
Securities Investment | From PR Central Government
Direct exposure to the puerto rico government by maturity
Outstanding concentration of risk	59
Securities Investment | From Municipalities
Direct exposure to the puerto rico government by maturity
Outstanding concentration of risk	35,315
Within 1 year | From Municipalities
Direct exposure to the puerto rico government by maturity
Outstanding concentration of risk	21,137
Total concentration of risk	21,137
Within 1 year | Loans | From Municipalities
Direct exposure to the puerto rico government by maturity
Outstanding concentration of risk	17,147
Within 1 year | Securities Investment | From Municipalities
Direct exposure to the puerto rico government by maturity
Outstanding concentration of risk	3,990
After 1 and within 5 years | From PR Central Government
Direct exposure to the puerto rico government by maturity
Outstanding concentration of risk	10
Total concentration of risk	10
After 1 and within 5 years | From Municipalities
Direct exposure to the puerto rico government by maturity
Outstanding concentration of risk	149,475
Total concentration of risk	149,475
After 1 and within 5 years | Loans | From PR Central Government
Direct exposure to the puerto rico government by maturity
Outstanding concentration of risk	0
After 1 and within 5 years | Loans | From Municipalities
Direct exposure to the puerto rico government by maturity
Outstanding concentration of risk	133,445
After 1 and within 5 years | Securities Investment | From PR Central Government
Direct exposure to the puerto rico government by maturity
Outstanding concentration of risk	10
After 1 and within 5 years | Securities Investment | From Municipalities
Direct exposure to the puerto rico government by maturity
Outstanding concentration of risk	16,030
After 5 to 10 years | From PR Central Government
Direct exposure to the puerto rico government by maturity
Outstanding concentration of risk	15
Total concentration of risk	15
After 5 to 10 years | From Municipalities
Direct exposure to the puerto rico government by maturity
Outstanding concentration of risk	128,730
Total concentration of risk	128,730
After 5 to 10 years | Loans | From PR Central Government
Direct exposure to the puerto rico government by maturity
Outstanding concentration of risk	0
After 5 to 10 years | Loans | From Municipalities
Direct exposure to the puerto rico government by maturity
Outstanding concentration of risk	113,885
After 5 to 10 years | Securities Investment | From PR Central Government
Direct exposure to the puerto rico government by maturity
Outstanding concentration of risk	15
After 5 to 10 years | Securities Investment | From Municipalities
Direct exposure to the puerto rico government by maturity
Outstanding concentration of risk	14,845
After 10 years | From PR Central Government
Direct exposure to the puerto rico government by maturity
Outstanding concentration of risk	34
Total concentration of risk	34
After 10 years | From Municipalities
Direct exposure to the puerto rico government by maturity
Outstanding concentration of risk	70,928
Total concentration of risk	70,928
After 10 years | Loans | From PR Central Government
Direct exposure to the puerto rico government by maturity
Outstanding concentration of risk	0
After 10 years | Loans | From Municipalities
Direct exposure to the puerto rico government by maturity
Outstanding concentration of risk	70,478
After 10 years | Securities Investment | From PR Central Government
Direct exposure to the puerto rico government by maturity
Outstanding concentration of risk	34
After 10 years | Securities Investment | From Municipalities
Direct exposure to the puerto rico government by maturity
Outstanding concentration of risk	$ 450

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 825
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
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