Cash and cash equivalents	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2021
Cash and Cash Equivalents [Abstract]
Cash and cash equivalents	Cash and cash equivalentsAt December 31, 2021 and 2020, the Company’s cash and cash equivalents amounted to $266.4 million and $202.6 million, respectively, which are deposited in deposit accounts within financial institutions. Of the total cash balance at December 31, 2021 and 2020, $96.3 million and $80.0 million, respectively, reside in subsidiaries located outside of Puerto Rico. Cash deposited in an affiliate financial institution amounted to $173.9 million and $116.0 million as of December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively.

The entire disclosure for cash and cash equivalent footnotes, which may include the types of deposits and money market instruments, applicable carrying amounts, restricted amounts and compensating balance arrangements. Cash and equivalents include: (1) currency on hand (2) demand deposits with banks or financial institutions (3) other kinds of accounts that have the general characteristics of demand deposits (4) short-term, highly liquid investments that are both readily convertible to known amounts of cash and so near their maturity that they present insignificant risk of changes in value because of changes in interest rates. Generally, only investments maturing within three months from the date of acquisition qualify.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 210
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02(1))
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=120391452&loc=d3e13212-122682

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