Deposits - Additional Information About Corporation's Deposits (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Mar. 31, 2026	Dec. 31, 2025
Deposit Liability [Line Items]
Deposits from foreign sources (primarily Mexico)	$ 1,286,300	$ 1,265,896
Non-interest-bearing public funds deposits	14,171,828	14,143,815
Interest-bearing public funds deposits	28,664,346	28,774,049
Total deposits not covered by deposit insurance	22,194,980	22,286,545
Time deposits not covered by deposit insurance	2,883,445	2,877,253
Public Funds [Member]
Deposit Liability [Line Items]
Non-interest-bearing public funds deposits	436,788	662,354
Interest-bearing public funds deposits	$ 629,475	$ 768,726

Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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