| **INVESTMENT SECURITIES (Concentration Risk) (Details) (Geographic concentration risk [Member], Total available-for-sale securities [Member])** | 12 Months Ended                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
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| Texas [Member]                                                                                                                                  |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| **Concentration Risk [Line Items]**                                                                                                             |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| Concentration risk, percentage                                                                                                                  | 15.20%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis= us-gaap_AvailableforsaleSecuritiesMember/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis= us-gaap_GeographicConcentrationRiskMember/ invest_InvestmentGeographicRegionAxis= stpr_TX                                                         |
| Florida [Member]                                                                                                                                |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| **Concentration Risk [Line Items]**                                                                                                             |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| Concentration risk, percentage                                                                                                                  | 11.90%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis= us-gaap_AvailableforsaleSecuritiesMember/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis= us-gaap_GeographicConcentrationRiskMember/ invest_InvestmentGeographicRegionAxis= stpr_FL                                                         |
| California [Member]                                                                                                                             |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| **Concentration Risk [Line Items]**                                                                                                             |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| Concentration risk, percentage                                                                                                                  | 11.10%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis= us-gaap_AvailableforsaleSecuritiesMember/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis= us-gaap_GeographicConcentrationRiskMember/ invest_InvestmentGeographicRegionAxis= stpr_CA                                                         |
| Other States [Member] | Maximum [Member]                                                                                                        |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| **Concentration Risk [Line Items]**                                                                                                             |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| Concentration risk, percentage                                                                                                                  | 10.00%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis= us-gaap_AvailableforsaleSecuritiesMember/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis= us-gaap_GeographicConcentrationRiskMember/ invest_InvestmentGeographicRegionAxis= sov_OtherStatesMember/ us-gaap_RangeAxis= us-gaap_MaximumMember |

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| - Definition
For an entity that discloses a concentration risk in relation to quantitative amount, which serves as the "benchmark" (or denominator) in the equation, this concept represents the concentration percentage derived from the division.
+ References
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