ASC 310-30 Loans Acquired at Acquisition Date (Detail) (Acquired Loans In An F D I C Assisted Transaction [Member], Westernbank Puerto Rico [Member], USD $) In Thousands	Apr. 30, 2010
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Contractually-required principal and interest	$ 9,850,613
Non-accretable difference	3,402,907
Cash flows expected to be collected	6,447,706
Accreatable yield	1,538,059
Fair value of loans	4,909,647
Credit Impaired Loans
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Contractually-required principal and interest	1,995,580
Non-accretable difference	1,248,365
Cash flows expected to be collected	747,215
Accreatable yield	50,425
Fair value of loans	696,790
Non-credit Impaired Loans
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Contractually-required principal and interest	7,855,033
Non-accretable difference	2,154,542
Cash flows expected to be collected	5,700,491
Accreatable yield	1,487,634
Fair value of loans	$ 4,212,857

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The aggregate excess of a loan's cash flows expected to be collected over the investor's initial investment in the loan. This relates to loans with deteriorating of credit quality since origination that were acquired by completion of a transfer for which it is probable, at acquisition, that the investor will be unable to collect all contractually required payments receivable.

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The amount of the loan's contractually required payments receivable in excess of the amount of its cash flows expected to be collected. This relates to loans with deteriorating of credit quality since origination that were acquired by completion of a transfer for which it is probable, at acquisition, that the investor will be unable to collect all contractually required payments receivable.

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The price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. This relates to loans not accounted for as debt securities, with evidence of deterioration of credit quality since origination that were acquired by completion of a transfer for which it is probable, at acquisition, that the investor will be unable to collect all contractually required payments receivable.

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-Publisher AICPA

-Name Statement of Position (SOP)

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-Paragraph 16

-Subparagraph a(3)

-LegacyDoc This reference is SUPERSEDED by the Accounting Standards Codification effective for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009. This reference is included to help users transition from the previous accounting hierarchy and will be removed from future versions of this taxonomy.

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-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 310

-SubTopic 30

-Section 15

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification

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The investor's estimate, at acquisition, of the amount and timing of undiscounted principal, interest, and other cash flows expected to be collected. This would be the investor's best estimate of cash flows, including the effect of prepayments if considered, that is used in determining the acquisition price, and, in a business combination, the investor's estimate of fair value for purposes of acquisition price allocation. This relates to loans not accounted for as debt securities, with evidence of deterioration of credit quality since origination that were acquired by completion of a transfer for which it is probable, at acquisition, that the investor will be unable to collect all contractually required payments receivable.

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The total undiscounted amount of all uncollected contractual principal and contractual interest payments both past due and scheduled for the future, adjusted for the timing of prepayments, if considered, less any reduction by the investor at the acquisition date. This relates to loans not accounted for as debt securities, with evidence of deterioration of credit quality since origination that were acquired by completion of a transfer for which it is probable, at acquisition, that the investor will be unable to collect all contractually required payments receivable.

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