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Cash and cash equivalents (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2012
Cash and Cash Equivalents [Abstract] |
Schedule of Cash and Cash Equivalents [Table Text Block] | Cash and cash equivalents are as follows:
|  | December 31, |
(In thousands of US$) |  | 2012 |  |  | 2011 |
Cash and due from banks |  |  | 6,718 |  |  |  | 12,814 |
Interest-bearing deposits in banks |  |  | 700,312 |  |  |  | 830,670 |
Total |  |  | 707,030 |  |  |  | 843,484 |
Less: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Interest-bearing deposits with original maturities of more than three months |  |  | - |  |  |  | 30,000 |
Pledged deposits |  |  | 14,519 |  |  |  | 23,994 |
|  |  | 692,511 |  |  |  | 789,490 |

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