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The amount of principal owed on the non-credit impaired portion of the loans acquired from Doral accounted under ASC 310-20.

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BUSINESS COMBINATION- Additional information (Detail) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Feb. 27, 2015
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Branches Doral	10
Business Combination Bargain Purchase After Tax Gain Recognized Amount	$ 8.2
Premium On Loans Acquired	1.3fbp_PremiumOnLoansAcquired
Business Combination Integration Related Costs	3.9
Contractually outstanding principal and interest at acquisition	226.7	135.5
Non Sop Unpaid Principal Balance	227.9fbp_NonSopUnpaidPrincipalBalance
Business Combination Acquisition Nonrecurring Costs	2.1
Discount On Purchased Credit Impaired Loans	13.4
Purchased Credit Impaired Loans Acquired	93.3
Deposits [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business Combination Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired And Liabilities Assumed Financial Liabilities			522.7
Liabilities Fair Value Adjustment	0.8
Property Plant And Equipment [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business Combination Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired And Liabilities Assumed Financial Assets			5.5
Cash [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business Combination Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired And Liabilities Assumed Financial Assets			217.7
Loans [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business Combination Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired And Liabilities Assumed Financial Assets			$ 324.8