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Deposits (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2013
Deposit Assets [Abstract] |
Disclosure Of Maturity Period Of Bank Deposit [Table Text Block] | The remaining maturity profile of the Bank’s deposits is as follows:
|  | December 31, |
(In thousands of US$) |  | 2013 |  | 2012 |
Demand |  | 63,047 |  | 131,875 |
Up to 1 month |  | 1,617,059 |  | 1,194,102 |
From 1 month to 3 months |  | 311,048 |  | 540,619 |
From 3 months to 6 months |  | 207,182 |  | 281,120 |
From 6 months to 1 year |  | 157,000 |  | 152,000 |
From 1 year to 2 years |  | 6,000 |  | 7,000 |
From 2 years to 5 years |  | - |  | 10,544 |
|  | 2,361,336 |  | 2,317,260 |
Disclosure Related To Additional Information About Deposits [Table Text Block] | The following table presents additional information about deposits:
|  | December 31, |
(In thousands of US$) |  | 2013 |  | 2012 |
Aggregate amounts of time deposits of $100,000 or more |  | 2,298,289 |  | 2,185,277 |
Aggregate amounts of deposits in offices outside Panama |  | 227,559 |  | 229,170 |
Interest expense paid to deposits in offices outside Panama |  | 1,235 |  | 1,332 |

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