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Commitments and contingencies - Legal Proceedings - Additional Information (Details) $ in Millions	1 Months Ended		3 Months Ended
	Feb. 11, 2020 USD ($)	Jul. 30, 2019 Plaintiff Defendant	Mar. 31, 2020 USD ($) claims units
Hazard Insurance Commision Related Litigation
Legal Matters And Contingencies
Loss Contingency Damages Sought Value			$ 400.0
Lilliam Gonzalez Camacho v BPPR
Legal Matters And Contingencies
Loss Contingency Damages Sought Value			$ 400.0
Betteroads Asphalt and Betterecycling Corporation
Legal Matters And Contingencies
Loss Contingency Damages Sought Value	$ 80.0
Banco Popular de Puerto Rico \| Lilliam Gonzalez Camacho v BPPR
Legal Matters And Contingencies
Loss Contingency Number Of Defendants \| units			20
Banco Popular de Puerto Rico \| Betteroads Asphalt and Betterecycling Corporation
Legal Matters And Contingencies
Loss Contingency Damages Sought Value			$ 900.0
Banco Popular de Puerto Rico \| Hector Robles Rodriguez v Municipio de Ceiba
Legal Matters And Contingencies
Loss Contingency Damages Sought Value			$ 30.0
PB \| Aileen Betances, et al. v. Popular Bank, et al
Legal Matters And Contingencies
Number of plaintiffs \| Plaintiff		5
Loss Contingency Number Of Defendants \| Defendant		5
PB \| Damian Reyes, et al. v. Popular Bank, et al
Legal Matters And Contingencies
Number of plaintiffs \| Plaintiff		3
Loss Contingency Number Of Defendants \| Defendant		6
Aggregate Arbitrations with Claimed Damages \| Popular Securities
Legal Matters And Contingencies
Loss Contingency Pending Claims Number \| claims			165
Loss Contingency Damages Sought Value			$ 223.0
One arbitration with Claimed damages \| Popular Securities
Legal Matters And Contingencies
Loss Contingency Pending Claims Number \| claims			1
Loss Contingency Damages Sought Value			$ 30.0
Minimum
Legal Matters And Contingencies
Loss Contingency Range Of Possible Loss Portion Not Accrued			0.0
Minimum \| PB \| PB Employment Related Litigation
Legal Matters And Contingencies
Loss Contingency Damages Sought Value			100.0
Maximum
Legal Matters And Contingencies
Loss Contingency Range Of Possible Loss Portion Not Accrued			$ 27.2