Loans (Recorded Investment in loans individually evaluated for impairment) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018
Financing Receivable, Impaired [Line Items]
Allowance for loan and lease losses	$ 162,488	$ 164,231
Originated Loan [Member]
Financing Receivable, Impaired [Line Items]
Unpaid Principal	195,330	188,536
Recorded Investment	172,021	165,403
Allowance for loan and lease losses	$ 21,963	$ 18,620
Coverage	0.13%	0.11%
Acquired BBVAPR Accounted for under ASC 310-20 [Member]
Financing Receivable, Impaired [Line Items]
Unpaid Principal	$ 926	$ 926
Recorded Investment	747	747
Allowance for loan and lease losses	$ 24	$ 14
Coverage	0.03%	0.02%
Acquired BBVAPR Accounted under ASC 310-30 [Member]
Financing Receivable, Impaired [Line Items]
Unpaid Principal	$ 662,586	$ 701,501
Recorded Investment	651,125	688,083
Allowance for loan and lease losses	$ 42,133	$ 42,010
Coverage	6.00%	6.00%
Eurobank Acquired Loans
Financing Receivable, Impaired [Line Items]
Unpaid Principal	$ 105,160	$ 117,510
Recorded Investment	99,961	111,230
Allowance for loan and lease losses	$ 24,352	$ 24,971
Coverage	0.24%	0.22%
Commercial impaired loans with specific allowance [Member] \| Originated Loan [Member]
Financing Receivable, Impaired [Line Items]
Unpaid Principal	$ 61,854	$ 54,636
Recorded Investment	56,408	49,092
Allowance for loan and lease losses	$ 10,828	$ 8,434
Coverage	0.19%	0.17%
Commercial impaired loans with specific allowance [Member] \| Acquired BBVAPR Accounted for under ASC 310-20 [Member]
Financing Receivable, Impaired [Line Items]
Unpaid Principal	$ 926	$ 926
Recorded Investment	747	747
Allowance for loan and lease losses	$ 24	$ 14
Coverage	0.03%	0.02%
Residential troubled-debt restructuring impaired loans with specific allowance [Member] \| Originated Loan [Member]
Financing Receivable, Impaired [Line Items]
Unpaid Principal	$ 94,964	$ 95,659
Recorded Investment	83,406	84,174
Allowance for loan and lease losses	$ 11,135	$ 10,186
Coverage	0.13%	0.12%
Commercial impaired loans with no specific allowance financing receivable \| Originated Loan [Member]
Financing Receivable, Impaired [Line Items]
Unpaid Principal	$ 38,512	$ 38,241
Recorded Investment	$ 32,207	$ 32,137
Coverage	0.00%	0.00%
Commercial impaired loans with no specific allowance financing receivable \| Acquired BBVAPR Accounted for under ASC 310-20 [Member]
Financing Receivable, Impaired [Line Items]
Unpaid Principal	$ 0	$ 0
Recorded Investment	$ 0	$ 0
Coverage	0.00%	0.00%
Mortgage impaired loan pool [Member] \| Acquired BBVAPR Accounted under ASC 310-30 [Member]
Financing Receivable, Impaired [Line Items]
Unpaid Principal	$ 489,638	$ 498,537
Recorded Investment	484,577	492,890
Allowance for loan and lease losses	$ 17,901	$ 15,225
Coverage	4.00%	3.00%
Commercial impaired loan pool [Member] \| Acquired BBVAPR Accounted under ASC 310-30 [Member]
Financing Receivable, Impaired [Line Items]
Unpaid Principal	$ 162,612	$ 188,413
Recorded Investment	156,682	180,790
Allowance for loan and lease losses	$ 20,733	$ 20,641
Coverage	13.00%	11.00%
Auto impaired loan pool. \| Acquired BBVAPR Accounted under ASC 310-30 [Member]
Financing Receivable, Impaired [Line Items]
Unpaid Principal	$ 10,336	$ 14,551
Recorded Investment	9,866	14,403
Allowance for loan and lease losses	$ 3,499	$ 6,144
Coverage	35.00%	43.00%
Consumer impaired loan pool. \| Eurobank Acquired Loans
Financing Receivable, Impaired [Line Items]
Unpaid Principal		$ 15
Recorded Investment		4
Allowance for loan and lease losses		$ 4
Coverage		1.00%
Loans secured by 1-4 family residential properties, covered [Member] \| Eurobank Acquired Loans
Financing Receivable, Impaired [Line Items]
Unpaid Principal	$ 66,713	$ 70,153
Recorded Investment	60,642	63,406
Allowance for loan and lease losses	$ 15,110	$ 15,382
Coverage	0.25%	0.24%
Commercial and Other Construction Loan [Member] \| Eurobank Acquired Loans
Financing Receivable, Impaired [Line Items]
Unpaid Principal	$ 38,447	$ 47,342
Recorded Investment	39,319	47,820
Allowance for loan and lease losses	$ 9,242	$ 9,585
Coverage	0.24%	0.20%

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