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Financial Instruments by Category | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2018
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Financial Instruments by Category |
4. | Financial Instruments by Category
Financial instruments by category as at December 31, 2017 and 2018, are as follows:
(In millions of Korean won) |  | December 31, 2017 |
Financial assets |  | Loans and receivables |  |  | Assets at fair value through profit and loss |  |  | Derivatives used for hedge |  |  | Available- for-sale |  |  | Held-to- Maturity |  |  | Total |
Cash and cash equivalents |  | ￦ | 1,928,182 |  |  | ￦ | — |  |  | ￦ | — |  |  | ￦ | — |  |  | ￦ | — |  |  | ￦ | 1,928,182 |
Trade and other receivables |  |  | 6,793,397 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 6,793,397 |
Other financial assets |  |  | 1,333,317 |  |  |  | 5,813 |  |  |  | 7,389 |  |  |  | 380,953 |  |  |  | 151 |  |  |  | 1,727,623 |
(In millions of Korean won) |  | December 31, 2017 |
Financial liabilities |  | Liabilities at fair value through profit and loss |  |  | Derivatives used for hedge |  |  | Financial liabilities at amortized cost |  |  | Total |
Trade and other payables |  | ￦ | — |  |  | ￦ | — |  |  | ￦ | 8,427,457 |  |  | ￦ | 8,427,457 |
Borrowings |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 6,683,662 |  |  |  | 6,683,662 |
Other financial liabilities |  |  | 5,051 |  |  |  | 93,770 |  |  |  | 87,670 |  |  |  | 186,491 |
(In millions of Korean won) |  | December 31, 2018 |
Financial assets |  | Financial assets at amortized cost |  |  | Financial assets at fair value through profit or loss |  |  | Financial assets at fair value through other comprehensive income |  |  | Derivatives used for hedging |  |  | Total |
Cash and cash equivalents |  | ￦ | 2,703,422 |  |  | ￦ | — |  |  | ￦ | — |  |  | ￦ | — |  |  | ￦ | 2,703,422 |
Trade and other receivables |  |  | 5,425,996 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 1,097,348 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 6,523,344 |
Other financial assets |  |  | 484,271 |  |  |  | 777,685 |  |  |  | 326,157 |  |  |  | 29,843 |  |  |  | 1,617,956 |
(In millions of Korean won) |  | December 31, 2018 |
Financial liabilities |  | Financial liabilities at amortized cost |  |  | Financial liabilities at fair values through profit and loss |  |  | Derivatives used for hedging |  |  | Total |
Trade and other payables |  | ￦ | 8,521,379 |  |  | ￦ | — |  |  | ￦ | — |  |  | ￦ | 8,521,379 |
Borrowings |  |  | 6,648,293 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 6,648,293 |
Other financial liabilities |  |  | 99,330 |  |  |  | 7,758 |  |  |  | 57,308 |  |  |  | 164,396 |
Gains or losses arising from financial instruments by category for the years ended December 31, 2016, 2017 and 2018, are as follows:
(In millions of Korean won) |  | 2016 |  |  | 2017 |  |  | 2018 |
Financial assets at amortized cost |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Interest income1 |  | ￦ | 129,813 |  |  | ￦ | 108,608 |  |  | ￦ | 93,233 |
Gain(loss) on foreign currency transaction4 |  |  | (7,493 | ) |  |  | (11,949 | ) |  |  | 19,396 |
Gain(loss) on foreign currency translation |  |  | 3,083 |  |  |  | (12,354 | ) |  |  | (2,901 | )
Gain(loss) on disposal |  |  | (15,838 | ) |  |  | (20,351 | ) |  |  | 44 |
Loss on valuation |  |  | (92,589 | ) |  |  | (44,219 | ) |  |  | (110,544 | )
Financial assets at fair value through profit or loss |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Interest income1 |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 9,194 |
Dividend income |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 1,207 |
Gain on valuation |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 10,768 |
Gain on disposal |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 1,713 |
Financial assets at fair value through other comprehensive income |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Interest income1 |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 163,390 |
Dividend income |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 1,704 |
Impairment loss |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | (2,416 | )
Loss on disposal |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | (13,818 | )
Other comprehensive income for the year2 |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 43,811 |
Assets at fair value through profit or loss |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Dividend income |  |  | — |  |  |  | 1 |  |  |  | — |
Gain on disposal |  |  | 186 |  |  |  | 153 |  |  |  | — |
Loss on valuation |  |  | (7,184 | ) |  |  | (464 | ) |  |  | — |
Derivatives used for hedging |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Gain(loss) on transaction |  |  | — |  |  |  | (58,569 | ) |  |  | 7,272 |
Gain(loss) on valuation |  |  | 109,436 |  |  |  | (63,640 | ) |  |  | 22,065 |
Other comprehensive income for the year2 |  |  | 60,501 |  |  |  | (44,429 | ) |  |  | 20,078 |
Reclassified to profit or loss from other comprehensive income for the year2,3 |  |  | (71,915 | ) |  |  | 50,231 |  |  |  | (15,891 | )
Available-for-sale |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Interest income1 |  |  | 40 |  |  |  | 453 |  |  |  | — |
Dividend income |  |  | 3,926 |  |  |  | 5,174 |  |  |  | — |
Gain on disposal |  |  | 22,695 |  |  |  | 89,598 |  |  |  | — |
Impairment loss |  |  | (966 | ) |  |  | (6,137 | ) |  |  | — |
Other comprehensive income for the year2 |  |  | 10,925 |  |  |  | 51,235 |  |  |  | — |
Reclassified to profit or loss from other comprehensive income for the year2 |  |  | (3,840 | ) |  |  | (55,450 | ) |  |  | — |
Held-to-Maturity |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Interest income1,4 |  |  | 213 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |
Financial liabilities at fair value through profit or loss |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Loss on disposal |  |  | (632 | ) |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |
Gain(loss) on valuation |  |  | 33 |  |  |  | (3,078 | ) |  |  | (2,708 | )
Derivatives used for hedging |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Gain on transactions |  |  | 8,329 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 20,678 |
Loss on valuation |  |  | (138 | ) |  |  | (145,885 | ) |  |  | 42,195 |
Other comprehensive income for the year2 |  |  | 4,295 |  |  |  | (66,624 | ) |  |  | (2,810 | )
Reclassified to profit or loss from other comprehensive income for the year2,3 |  |  | (3,956 | ) |  |  | 91,698 |  |  |  | (28,388 | )
Financial liabilities at amortized cost |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Interest expense1 |  |  | (337,219 | ) |  |  | (302,464 | ) |  |  | (296,894 | )
Gain(loss) on repayment |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | (15 | )
Gain(loss) foreign currency transaction4 |  |  | (7,518 | ) |  |  | 62,347 |  |  |  | (30,956 | )
Gain(loss) foreign currency translation |  |  | (112,864 | ) |  |  | 225,695 |  |  |  | (66,050 | )
Total |  | ￦ | (308,677 | ) |  | ￦ | (150,420 | ) |  | ￦ | (116,643 | )
1 | BC Card, a subsidiary of the Group, recognized interest income as operating revenue. Interest income recognized as operating revenue is ￦21,021 million (2016: ￦14,380 million, 2017: ￦15,561 million) for the year ended December 31, 2018.
2 | The amounts directly reflected in equity after adjustments of deferred income tax.
3 | During the year, certain derivatives of the Group were settled and the related gain or loss on valuation of cash flow hedge in other comprehensive income was reclassified to profit or loss for the year.
4 | BC Card recognized gain/loss on foreign currency transaction as operating income and expenses. During the year, related gain/loss on foreign currency transaction recognized as operating income and expense is ￦20,422 million (2016: (-) ￦1,987 million, 2017: ￦11,049 million).

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