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Trade and Other Receivables (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2019
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Summary of Trade and Other Receivables | Trade and other receivables as at December 31, 2018 and 2019, are as follows:
|  | December 31, 2018 |
(In millions of Korean won) |  | Total amounts |  |  | Provision for impairment |  |  | Present value discount |  |  | Carrying amount |
Current assets |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Trade receivables |  | ￦ | 3,422,086 |  |  | ￦ | (357,548 | ) |  | ￦ | (9,873 | ) |  | ￦ | 3,054,665 |
Other receivables |  |  | 2,700,792 |  |  |  | (74,948 | ) |  |  | (160 | ) |  |  | 2,625,684 |
|  | ￦ | 6,122,878 |  |  | ￦ | (432,496 | ) |  | ￦ | (10,033 | ) |  | ￦ | 5,680,349 |
Non-current assets |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Trade receivables |  | ￦ | 402,027 |  |  | ￦ | (2,376 | ) |  | ￦ | (17,970 | ) |  | ￦ | 381,681 |
Other receivables |  |  | 506,061 |  |  |  | (18,874 | ) |  |  | (25,873 | ) |  |  | 461,314 |
|  | ￦ | 908,088 |  |  | ￦ | (21,250 | ) |  | ￦ | (43,843 | ) |  | ￦ | 842,995 |
|  | December 31, 2019 |
(In millions of Korean won) |  | Total amounts |  |  | Provision for impairment |  |  | Present value discount |  |  | Carrying amount |
Current assets |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Trade receivables |  | ￦ | 3,451,107 |  |  | ￦ | (291,202 | ) |  | ￦ | (9,510 | ) |  | ￦ | 3,150,395 |
Other receivables |  |  | 2,787,144 |  |  |  | (78,572 | ) |  |  | (271 | ) |  |  | 2,708,301 |
|  | ￦ | 6,238,251 |  |  | ￦ | (369,774 | ) |  | ￦ | (9,781 | ) |  | ￦ | 5,858,696 |
Non-current assets |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Trade receivables |  | ￦ | 874,860 |  |  | ￦ | (4,117 | ) |  | ￦ | (43,597 | ) |  | ￦ | 827,146 |
Other receivables |  |  | 382,468 |  |  |  | (5,108 | ) |  |  | (22,708 | ) |  |  | 354,652 |
|  | ￦ | 1,257,328 |  |  | ￦ | (9,225 | ) |  | ￦ | (66,305 | ) |  | ￦ | 1,181,798 |
Summary of Changes in Provision for Impairment | Details of changes in provision for impairment for the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2019, are as follows:
|  | 2018 |  |  | 2019 |
(In millions of Korean won) |  | Trade receivables |  |  | Other receivables |  |  | Trade receivables |  |  | Other receivables |
Beginning balance |  | ￦ | 439,427 |  |  | ￦ | 84,372 |  |  | ￦ | 359,924 |  |  | ￦ | 93,822 |
Provision |  |  | 91,282 |  |  |  | 21,783 |  |  |  | 24,596 |  |  |  | 35,597 |
Reversal |  |  | — |  |  |  | (104 | ) |  |  | — |  |  |  | (475 | )
Written-off or transfer out |  |  | (170,597 | ) |  |  | (14,416 | ) |  |  | (90,513 | ) |  |  | (44,108 | )
Others |  |  | (188 | ) |  |  | 2,187 |  |  |  | 1,312 |  |  |  | (1,156 | )
Ending balance |  | ￦ | 359,924 |  |  | ￦ | 93,822 |  |  | ￦ | 295,319 |  |  | ￦ | 83,680 |
Summary of Other Receivables | Details of other receivables as at December 31, 2018 and 2019, are as follows:
(In millions of Korean won) |  | December 31, 2018 |  |  | December 31, 2019 |
Loans |  | ￦ | 88,476 |  |  | ￦ | 84,148 |
Receivables 1 |  |  | 2,612,753 |  |  |  | 2,540,315 |
Accrued income |  |  | 10,171 |  |  |  | 8,630 |
Refundable deposits |  |  | 370,481 |  |  |  | 352,293 |
Loans receivable |  |  | 54,952 |  |  |  | 105,961 |
Finance lease receivables |  |  | 22,230 |  |  |  | 39,726 |
Others |  |  | 21,757 |  |  |  | 15,560 |
Less: Provision for impairment |  |  | (93,822 | ) |  |  | (83,680 | )
|  | ￦ | 3,086,998 |  |  | ￦ | 3,062,953 |
1 | Settlement receivables of BC Card Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of the Group, of ￦ 1,786,610 million related to debit and credit card transactions are included as at December 31, 2019 (2018: ￦ 1,895,575 million).
The maximum exposure of trade and other receivables to credit risk is the carrying amount of each class of receivables mentioned above as at December 31, 2019. A portion of the trade receivables is classified as financial assets at fair value through other comprehensive income considering the trade receivables business model for managing the asset and the cash flow characteristics of the contract.

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