Supplemental disclosure on the consolidated statments of cash flows - Non-cash activities (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020
Supplemental Cash Flow Information
Income taxes paid	$ 178,808	$ 64,997	$ 13,045
Interest Paid	292,491	170,442	240,342
Non-cash activities:
Loans transferred to other real estate	64,953	57,638	14,464
Loans transferred to other property	51,642	45,144	48,614
Total loans transferred to foreclosed assets	116,595	102,782	63,078
Loans transfered to other assets	8,664	7,219	7,117
Financed sales of other real estate assets	8,535	13,014	15,606
Financed sales of other foreclosed assets	38,467	43,060	34,492
Total financed sales of foreclosed assets	47,002	56,074	50,098
Financed sale of premises and equipment	47,697	31,085	31,350
Transfers from premises and equipment to long-lived assets held-for-sale	1,739	32,103	0
Transfers from loans held-in-portfolio to loans held-for-sale	11,531	69,890	82,299
Transfers from loans held-for-sale to loans held-in-portfolio	26,425	9,762	20,153
Transfers from available-for-sale to held-to-maturity debt securities	6,531,092	0	0
Loans securitized into investment securities	300,279	732,533	508,071
Trades receivables from brokers and counterparties	9,461	64,824	64,092
Trades payable to brokers and counterparties	9,461	13,789	720,212
Receivables from investments maturities	125,000	0	0
Recognition of mortgage servicing rights on securitizations or asset transfers	6,614	13,391	9,544
Loans booked under the GNMA buy-back option	9,799	19,798	24,244
Capitalization of right of use asset	17,932	35,683	29,692
Acquisition of software intangible assets	28,650	0	0
Goodwill on acquisition	116,135	0	0
Total stock consideration related to Evertec transaction	$ 144,785	$ 0	$ 0