Loans (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2011

Loans by Past Due Status for Loans Held-In-Portfolio (Net of Unearned Income)

September 30, 2011
Puerto Rico
			Past Due
												Loans held-
		30-59		60-89		90 Days		Total				in-portfolio
(In thousands)		Days		Days		or More		Past Due		Current		Puerto Rico
Commercial real estate		$	52,570	$	11,414	$	464,669	$	528,653	$	3,084,112	$	3,612,765
Commercial and industrial			51,885		32,168		188,772		272,825		2,527,899		2,800,724
Construction			8,056		854		64,971		73,881		90,033		163,914
Mortgage			213,752		116,984		871,467		1,202,203		3,431,137		4,633,340
Leasing			8,857		2,062		3,966		14,885		538,240		553,125
Consumer:
	Credit cards		16,021		11,141		25,461		52,623		1,163,482		1,216,105
	Home equity lines of credit		694		204		121		1,019		20,848		21,867
	Personal		18,985		10,702		20,123		49,810		934,489		984,299
	Auto		22,103		5,422		6,487		34,012		468,353		502,365
	Other		2,861		1,181		8,523		12,565		227,294		239,859
Total		$	395,784	$	192,132	$	1,654,560	$	2,242,476	$	12,485,887	$	14,728,363

September 30, 2011
U.S. Mainland
			Past Due
												Loans held-
		30-59		60-89		90 Days		Total				in-portfolio
(In thousands)		Days		Days		or More		Past Due		Current		U.S. Mainland
Commercial real estate		$	32,504	$	7,756	$	172,189	$	212,449	$	2,912,333	$	3,124,782
Commercial and industrial			13,767		5,692		47,455		66,914		983,734		1,050,648
Construction			-		-		122,943		122,943		71,203		194,146
Mortgage			13,692		11,991		37,160		62,843		770,320		833,163
Leasing			321		48		228		597		17,346		17,943
Consumer:
	Credit cards		386		316		-		702		13,364		14,066
	Home equity lines of credit		5,976		4,416		12,464		22,856		532,386		555,242
	Personal		501		2,098		1,641		4,240		146,571		150,811
	Auto		101		27		61		189		2,869		3,058
	Other		32		13		612		657		1,007		1,664
Total		$	67,280	$	32,357	$	394,753	$	494,390	$	5,451,133	$	5,945,523

September 30, 2011
Popular, Inc.
			Past Due
													Loans held-
		30-59		60-89		90 Days		Total					in-portfolio
(In thousands)		Days		Days		or More		Past Due		Current			Popular, Inc.
Commercial real estate		$	85,074	$	19,170	$	636,858	$	741,102	$	5,996,445	$	6,737,547
Commercial and industrial			65,652		37,860		236,227		339,739		3,511,633		3,851,372
Construction			8,056		854		187,914		196,824		161,236		358,060
Mortgage			227,444		128,975		908,627		1,265,046		4,201,457		5,466,503
Leasing			9,178		2,110		4,194		15,482		555,586		571,068
Consumer:
	Credit cards		16,407		11,457		25,461		53,325		1,176,846		1,230,171
	Home equity lines of credit		6,670		4,620		12,585		23,875		553,234		577,109
	Personal		19,486		12,800		21,764		54,050		1,081,060		1,135,110
	Auto		22,204		5,449		6,548		34,201		471,222		505,423
	Other		2,893		1,194		9,135		13,222		228,301		241,523
Total		$	463,064	$	224,489	$	2,049,313	$	2,736,866	$	17,937,020	$	20,673,886

December 31, 2010
Puerto Rico
			Past Due
												Loans held-
			30-59		60-89		90 Days	Total				in-portfolio
(In thousands)			Days		Days		or More	Past Due		Current		Puerto Rico
Commercial real estate		$	47,064	$	25,547	$	370,677	$	443,288	$	3,412,310	$	3,855,598
Commercial and industrial			34,703		23,695		114,792		173,190		2,688,228		2,861,418
Construction			6,356		3,000		64,678		74,034		94,322		168,356
Mortgage			188,468		83,789		810,833		1,083,090		2,566,610		3,649,700
Leasing			10,737		2,274		5,674		18,685		554,102		572,787
Consumer:
	Credit cards		16,073		12,758		33,514		62,345		1,054,081		1,116,426
	Personal		21,004		11,830		22,816		55,650		965,610		1,021,260
	Auto		22,076		5,301		7,528		34,905		459,745		494,650
	Other		3,799		1,318		8,334		13,451		252,048		265,499
Total		$	350,280	$	169,512	$	1,438,846	$	1,958,638	$	12,047,056	$	14,005,694

December 31, 2010
U.S. Mainland
			Past Due
													Loans held-
			30-59		60-89		90 Days		Total				in-portfolio
(In thousands)			Days		Days		or More		Past Due		Current		U.S. Mainland
Commercial real estate		$	68,903	$	10,322	$	182,456	$	261,681	$	2,889,397	$	3,151,078
Commercial and industrial			30,372		15,079		57,102		102,553		1,422,838		1,525,391
Construction			30,105		292		173,876		204,273		128,222		332,495
Mortgage			38,550		12,751		23,587		74,888		800,134		875,022
Leasing			1,008		224		263		1,495		28,711		30,206
Consumer:
	Credit cards		343		357		-		700		15,182		15,882
	Home equity lines of credit		6,116		6,873		17,562		30,551		537,802		568,353
	Personal		5,559		2,689		5,369		13,617		201,190		214,807
	Auto		375		98		135		608		8,499		9,107
Total		$	181,331	$	48,685	$	460,350	$	690,366	$	6,031,975	$	6,722,341

December 31, 2010
Popular, Inc.
			Past Due
												Loans held-
			30-59		60-89		90 Days		Total			in-portfolio
(In thousands)			Days		Days		or More		Past Due	Current		Popular, Inc.
Commercial real estate		$	115,967	$	35,869	$	553,133	$	704,969	$	6,301,707	$	7,006,676
Commercial and industrial			65,075		38,774		171,894		275,743		4,111,066		4,386,809
Construction			36,461		3,292		238,554		278,307		222,544		500,851
Mortgage			227,018		96,540		834,420		1,157,978		3,366,744		4,524,722
Leasing			11,745		2,498		5,937		20,180		582,813		602,993
Consumer:
	Credit cards		16,416		13,115		33,514		63,045		1,069,263		1,132,308
	Home equity lines of credit		6,116		6,873		17,562		30,551		537,802		568,353
	Personal		26,563		14,519		28,185		69,267		1,166,800		1,236,067
	Auto		22,451		5,399		7,663		35,513		468,244		503,757
	Other		3,799		1,318		8,334		13,451		252,048		265,499
Total		$	531,611	$	218,197	$	1,899,196	$	2,649,004	$	18,079,031	$	20,728,035

Loans Held For Sale In Non Performing Status [Text Block]

(In thousands)	September 30, 2011		December 31, 2010
Commercial	$	24,191	$	60,883
Construction		234,336		412,204
Mortgage		1,249		198,670
Total	$	259,776	$	671,757

Accounting For Certain Loans Acquired In Transfer Disclosure Table [Text Block]

(In thousands)
Fair value of loans accounted under ASC Subtopic 310-20	$	290,810
Gross contractual amounts receivable (principal and interest)	$	457,201
Estimate of contractual cash flows not expected to be collected	$	164,427

Disclosure Of Carrying Amount Of Loans Acquired In F D I C Assisted Transaction Table [Text Block]

	September 30, 2011						December 31, 2010
	Carrying amount						Carrying amount
(In thousands)		Non-credit Impaired Loans		Credit Impaired Loans		Total		Non-credit Impaired Loans		Credit Impaired Loans		Total
Commercial real estate	$	1,928,943	$	254,658	$	2,183,601	$	2,133,600	$	247,654	$	2,381,254
Commercial and industrial		74,313		5,661		79,974		117,869		8,257		126,126
Construction		282,680		287,968		570,648		341,866		292,341		634,207
Mortgage		1,104,158		94,562		1,198,720		1,156,879		87,062		1,243,941
Consumer		99,812		6,604		106,416		144,165		10,235		154,400
Carrying amount		3,489,906		649,453		4,139,359		3,894,379		645,549		4,539,928
Allowance for loan losses		(49,386)		(13,060)		(62,446)		-		-		-
Carrying amount, net of allowance	$	3,440,520	$	636,393	$	4,076,913	$	3,894,379	$	645,549	$	4,539,928

Accretable Yield For Acquired Loans [Text Block]

	Accretable Yield
	For the quarters ended
	September 30, 2011						September 30, 2010
		Non-credit		Credit				Non-credit		Credit
		impaired		impaired				impaired		impaired
(In thousands)		loans		loans		Total		loans		loans		Total
Beginning balance	$	1,546,233	$	70,686	$	1,616,919	$	1,441,434	$	43,213		1,484,647
Accretion		(66,808)		(29,610)		(96,418)		(67,697)		(10,089)		(77,786)
Change in expected cash flows		(26,964)		3,028		(23,936)		-		-		-
Ending balance	$	1,452,461	$	44,104	$	1,496,565	$	1,373,737	$	33,124	$	1,406,861

	Accretable Yield
	For the nine months ended
	September 30, 2011						September 30, 2010
		Non-credit		Credit				Non-credit		Credit
		impaired		impaired				impaired		impaired
(In thousands)		loans		loans		Total		loans		loans		Total
Beginning balance	$	1,307,927	$	23,181	$	1,331,108	$	-	$	-		-
Additions		-		-		-		1,487,634		50,425		1,538,059
Accretion		(203,683)		(65,852)		(269,535)		(113,897)		(17,301)		(131,198)
Change in expected cash flows		348,217		86,775		434,992		-		-		-
Ending balance	$	1,452,461	$	44,104	$	1,496,565	$	1,373,737	$	33,124	$	1,406,861

Disclosure Of Movement In Carrying Amount Of Loans Acquired In F D I C Assisted Transaction Table [Text Block]

		Carrying amount of loans accounted for pursuant to ASC 310-30
		For the quarters ended
		September 30, 2011						September 30, 2010
			Non-credit		Credit				Non-credit		Credit
			impaired		impaired				impaired		impaired
(In thousands)			loans		loans		Total		loans		loans		Total
Beginning balance		$	3,588,002	$	628,806	$	4,216,808	$	4,127,602	$	697,481		4,825,083
Accretion			66,808		29,610		96,418		67,697		10,089		77,786
Collections			(164,904)		(8,963)		(173,867)		(185,889)		(23,609)		(209,498)
Ending balance		$	3,489,906	$	649,453	$	4,139,359	$	4,009,410	$	683,961	$	4,693,371
	Allowance for loan losses
	ASC 310-30 covered loans		(49,386)		(13,060)		(62,446)		-		-		-
		$	3,440,520	$	636,393	$	4,076,913	$	4,009,410	$	683,961	$	4,693,371

		Carrying amount of loans accounted for pursuant to ASC 310-30
		For the nine months ended
		September 30, 2011						September 30, 2010
			Non-credit		Credit				Non-credit		Credit
			impaired		impaired				impaired		impaired
(In thousands)			loans		loans		Total		loans		loans		Total
Beginning balance		$	3,894,379	$	645,549	$	4,539,928	$	-	$	-		-
Additions			-		-		-		4,212,857		696,790		4,909,647
Accretion			203,683		65,852		269,535		113,897		17,301		131,198
Collections			(608,156)		(61,948)		(670,104)		(317,344)		(30,130)		(347,474)
Ending balance		$	3,489,906	$	649,453	$	4,139,359	$	4,009,410	$	683,961	$	4,693,371
	Allowance for loan losses
	ASC 310-30 covered loans		(49,386)		(13,060)		(62,446)		-		-		-
		$	3,440,520	$	636,393	$	4,076,913	$	4,009,410	$	683,961	$	4,693,371

Summary of Changes in the Allowance for Loan Losses

		For the quarters ended
		September 30, 2011					September 30, 2010
	Non-covered		Covered
(In thousands)	loans		loans		Total		Total
Balance at beginning of period	$	689,678	$	57,169	$	746,847	$	1,277,016
Provision for loan losses		150,703		25,573		176,276		215,013
Recoveries		37,640		1,500		39,140		24,616
Charge-offs		(172,815)		(3,821)		(176,636)		(272,651)
Net (write-down) recovery related to loans transferred to LHFS		(12,706)		-		(12,706)		-
Balance at end of period	$	692,500	$	80,421	$	772,921	$	1,243,994

			For the nine months ended
			September 30, 2011					September 30, 2010
		Non-covered		Covered
(In thousands)		loans		loans		Total		Total
Balance at beginning of period		$	793,225	$	-	$	793,225	$	1,261,204
Provision for loan losses			306,177		89,735		395,912		657,471
Recoveries			100,769		1,500		102,269		75,928
Charge-offs			(508,772)		(10,814)		(519,586)		(750,609)
Net (write-down) recovery related to loans
	transferred to LHFS		1,101		-		1,101		-
Balance at end of period		$	692,500	$	80,421	$	772,921	$	1,243,994

Loans Held For Investment [Member]

Composition of Loans

		Non-covered loans at		Covered loans at		Total loans HIP at
(In thousands)		September 30, 2011		September 30, 2011		September 30, 2011
Commercial real estate		$	6,737,547	$	2,338,298	$	9,075,845
Commercial and industrial			3,851,372		235,778		4,087,150
Construction			358,060		599,990		958,050
Mortgage			5,466,503		1,217,434		6,683,937
Lease financing			571,068		-		571,068
Consumer:
	Credit cards		1,230,171		-		1,230,171
	Home equity lines of credit		577,109		-		577,109
	Personal		1,135,110		-		1,135,110
	Auto		505,423		-		505,423
	Other		241,523		120,923		362,446
Total loans held-in-portfolio[a]		$	20,673,886	$	4,512,423	$	25,186,309

		Non-covered loans at December 31, 2010		Covered loans at December 31, 2010		Total loans HIP at December 31, 2010
(In thousands)
Commercial real estate		$	7,006,676	$	2,463,549	$	9,470,225
Commercial and industrial			4,386,809		303,632		4,690,441
Construction			500,851		640,492		1,141,343
Mortgage			4,524,722		1,259,459		5,784,181
Lease financing			602,993		-		602,993
Consumer:
	Credit cards		1,132,308		-		1,132,308
	Home equity lines of credit		568,353		-		568,353
	Personal		1,236,067		-		1,236,067
	Auto		503,757		-		503,757
	Other		265,499		169,750		435,249
Total loans held-in-portfolio[a]		$	20,728,035	$	4,836,882	$	25,564,917

Covered Under Loss Sharing Agreements With F D I C [Member] | Loans Held For Investment [Member]

Loans by Past Due Status for Loans Held-In-Portfolio (Net of Unearned Income)

September 30, 2011
Covered Loans
		Past Due
											Covered loans
	30-59		60-89		90 Days		Total				held-in-
(In thousands)	Days		Days		or More		Past Due		Current		portfolio
Commercial real estate	$	42,077	$	49,576	$	532,352	$	624,005	$	1,714,293	$	2,338,298
Commercial and industrial		7,700		2,529		21,506		31,735		204,043		235,778
Construction		5,837		10,035		444,914		460,786		139,204		599,990
Mortgage		60,077		30,015		214,829		304,921		912,513		1,217,434
Consumer		6,481		3,006		14,216		23,703		97,220		120,923
Total covered loans	$	122,172	$	95,161	$	1,227,817	$	1,445,150	$	3,067,273	$	4,512,423

December 31, 2010
Covered Loans
		Past Due
											Covered loans
		30-59	60-89		90 Days		Total				held-in-
(In thousands)		Days	Days		or More		Past Due		Current		portfolio
Commercial real estate	$	108,244	$	89,403	$	434,956	$	632,603	$	1,830,946	$	2,463,549
Commercial and industrial		12,091		5,491		32,585		50,167		253,465		303,632
Construction		23,445		11,906		351,386		386,737		253,755		640,492
Mortgage		80,978		34,897		119,745		235,620		1,023,839		1,259,459
Consumer		8,917		4,483		14,612		28,012		141,738		169,750
Total covered loans	$	233,675	$	146,180	$	953,284	$	1,333,139	$	3,503,743	$	4,836,882

Loans Held For Sale [Member]

Composition of Loans

(In thousands)	September 30, 2011		December 31, 2010
Commercial	$	24,191	$	60,528
Construction		234,336		412,744
Mortgage		110,250		420,666
Total	$	368,777	$	893,938

Non Covered Loans [Member]

Loans in Non-Performing Status, Accruing Loans Past-Due 90 Days or More by Loan Class

At September 30, 2011
			Puerto Rico				U.S. Mainland				Popular, Inc.
				Accruing				Accruing				Accruing
		Non-accrual		loans past-due		Non-accrual		loans past-due			Non-accrual	loans past-due
(In thousands)		loans		90 days or more		loans		90 days or more			loans	90 days or more
Commercial real estate		$	464,669	$	-	$	172,189	$	-	$	636,858	$	-
Commercial and industrial			188,268		504		47,455		-		235,723		504
Construction			64,971		-		122,943		-		187,914		-
Mortgage			580,563		290,904		37,160		-		617,723		290,904
Leasing			3,966		-		228		-		4,194		-
Consumer:
	Credit cards		-		25,461		-		-		-		25,461
	Home equity lines of credit		-		121		12,464		-		12,464		121
	Personal		20,123		-		1,641		-		21,764		-
	Auto		6,487		-		61		-		6,548		-
	Other		7,871		652		612		-		8,483		652
Total[a]		$	1,336,918	$	317,642	$	394,753	$	-	$	1,731,671	$	317,642

At December 31, 2010
			Puerto Rico				U.S. Mainland				Popular, Inc.
				Accruing				Accruing				Accruing
		Non-accrual		loans past-due		Non-accrual		loans past-due			Non-accrual	loans past-due
(In thousands)		loans		90 days or more		loans		90 days or more			loans	90 days or more
Commercial real estate		$	370,677	$	-	$	182,456	$	-	$	553,133	$	-
Commercial and industrial			114,792		-		57,102		-		171,894		-
Construction			64,678		-		173,876		-		238,554		-
Mortgage			518,446		292,387		23,587		-		542,033		292,387
Leasing			5,674		-		263		-		5,937		-
Consumer:
	Credit cards		-		33,514		-		-		-		33,514
	Home equity lines of credit		-		-		17,562		-		17,562		-
	Personal		22,816		-		5,369		-		28,185		-
	Auto		7,528		-		135		-		7,663		-
	Other		6,892		1,442		-		-		6,892		1,442
Total[a]		$	1,111,503	$	327,343	$	460,350	$	-	$	1,571,853	$	327,343

Covered Under Loss Sharing Agreements With F D I C [Member]

Loans in Non-Performing Status, Accruing Loans Past-Due 90 Days or More by Loan Class

	September 30, 2011				December 31, 2010
	Non-accrual		Accruing loans past		Non-accrual		Accruing loans past
(In thousands)	loans		due 90 days or more		loans		due 90 days or more
Commercial real estate	$	7,018	$	207	$	14,172	$	-
Commercial and industrial		2,290		214		10,635		60
Construction		771		4,920		1,168		-
Mortgage		515		6,222		-		8,648
Consumer		368		268		-		2,308
Total[a]	$	10,962	$	11,831	$	25,975	$	11,016

Covered Under Loss Sharing Agreements With F D I C [Member] | A S C Subtopic 31030 [Member]

Accounting For Certain Loans Acquired In Transfer Disclosure Table [Text Block]

		April 30, 2010
(In thousands)			Non-credit Impaired Loans		Credit Impaired Loans		Total
Contractually-required principal and interest		$	7,855,033	$	1,995,580	$	9,850,613
Non-accretable difference			2,154,542		1,248,365		3,402,907
Cash flows expected to be collected			5,700,491		747,215		6,447,706
Accretable yield			1,487,634		50,425		1,538,059
Fair value of loans accounted for under
	ASC Subtopic 310-30	$	4,212,857	$	696,790	$	4,909,647

Summary of Changes in the Allowance for Loan Losses

	ASC 310-30 loans
(In thousands)	For the quarter ended September 30, 2011		For the nine months ended September 30, 2011
Balance at beginning of period	$	48,257	$	-
Provision for loan losses		15,920		68,602
Charge-offs		(1,731)		(6,156)
Balance at end of period	$	62,446	$	62,446