OFG BANCORP Holding Company Only Financial Information (Narrative) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2014
Oriental Insurance [Member]
Subsidiary Or Equity Method Investee [Line Items]
Dividends And Interest Paid	$ 5.0	$ 2.7
Oriental Financial Service [Member]
Subsidiary Or Equity Method Investee [Line Items]
Dividends And Interest Paid	$ 1.0	$ 3.2

The contractual amount of dividends (or interest on participating income bonds) that must be paid for the current period (for example, unpaid cumulative dividends).

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 260
-SubTopic 10
-Section 45
-Paragraph 60
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=7655603&loc=d3e2740-109256

Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 260
-SubTopic 10
-Section 45
-Paragraph 66
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=7655603&loc=d3e2814-109256

Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 260
-SubTopic 10
-Section 45
-Paragraph 60B
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=7655603&loc=SL5780133-109256

Reference 4: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 260
-SubTopic 10
-Section 45
-Paragraph 60A
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=7655603&loc=SL5780132-109256

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