Deposits (Additional Information About The Corporation's Deposits) (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Mar. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Mar. 31, 2011
Deposits [Abstract]
Money market deposits obtained through brokers		$ 24,500	$ 24,852
Deposits from the Certificate of Deposit Account Registry Service (CDARS) deposits	25,541	45,005	48,005
Deposits from foreign sources (primarily Mexico)	$ 830,685	$ 744,669	$ 759,297

The aggregate of all foreign interest-bearing and noninterest-bearing deposit liabilities.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher SEC

-Name Regulation S-X (SX)

-Number 210

-Section 03

-Paragraph 12

-Subparagraph a

-Article 9

Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 942

-SubTopic 235

-Section S99

-Paragraph 1

-Subparagraph (SX 210.9-05(a))

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6882215&loc=d3e537907-122884

Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 942

-SubTopic 210

-Section S99

-Paragraph 1

-Subparagraph (SX 210.9-03.12(a))

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6876686&loc=d3e534808-122878

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