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Proportionate share of income (loss) and changes in stockholder's equity from EVERTEC (Detail) (USD $)
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]      
Income (Loss) from Equity Method Investments, Total $ 39,578us-gaap_IncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments $ 42,873us-gaap_IncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments $ 73,478us-gaap_IncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments
E V E R T E C Inc [Member]      
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]      
Share Of Income From The Investments 10,536bpop_ShareOfIncomeFromInvestments
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= bpop_EVERTECIncMember
(3,762)bpop_ShareOfIncomeFromInvestments
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= bpop_EVERTECIncMember
38,461bpop_ShareOfIncomeFromInvestments
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= bpop_EVERTECIncMember
Share Of Changes In Stockholders Equity 381bpop_ShareOfChangesInStockholdersEquity
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= bpop_EVERTECIncMember
18,965bpop_ShareOfChangesInStockholdersEquity
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= bpop_EVERTECIncMember
(187)bpop_ShareOfChangesInStockholdersEquity
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= bpop_EVERTECIncMember
Income (Loss) from Equity Method Investments, Total $ 10,917us-gaap_IncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= bpop_EVERTECIncMember
$ 15,203us-gaap_IncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= bpop_EVERTECIncMember
$ 38,274us-gaap_IncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= bpop_EVERTECIncMember