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Financial instruments with off-balance sheet credit risk (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2013
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract] |
Bank's Financial Instruments With Off-Balance Sheet Credit Risk [Table Text Block] | The Bank’s outstanding financial instruments with off-balance sheet credit risk were as follows:
|  | December 31, |
(In thousands of US$) |  | 2013 |  | 2012 |
Confirmed letters of credit |  | 221,963 |  | 106,415 |
Stand-by letters of credit and guarantees - Commercial risk |  | 137,285 |  | 25,167 |
Credit commitments |  | 121,175 |  | 103,294 |
|  | 480,423 |  | 234,876 |
Remaining Maturity Profile Of Bank's Outstanding Financial Instruments With Off-Balance Sheet Credit Risk [Table Text Block] | As of December 31, 2013, the remaining maturity profile of the Bank’s outstanding financial instruments with off-balance sheet credit risk is as follows:
(In thousands of US$) |  |  |
Maturities |  | Amount |
Within 1 year |  | 353,721 |
From 1 to 2 years |  | 93,175 |
From 2 to 5 years |  | 32,905 |
After 5 years |  | 622 |
|  | 480,423 |
Disclosure Related To Off Balance Sheet Exposure By Country Risk [Table Text Block] | As of December 31, 2013 and 2012 the breakdown of the Bank’s off-balance sheet exposure by country risk is as follows:
(In thousands of US$) |  | December 31, |
Country: |  | 2013 |  | 2012 |
Argentina |  | 295 |  | - |
Bolivia |  | 80 |  | 820 |
Brazil |  | 22,567 |  | 23,630 |
Chile |  | - |  | 6,084 |
Colombia |  | 38,545 |  | 9,098 |
Costa Rica |  | 897 |  | 1,000 |
Dominican Republic |  | 108 |  | 1,535 |
Ecuador |  | 153,072 |  | 79,760 |
El Salvador |  | 25 |  | 625 |
Guatemala |  | 43,548 |  | 180 |
Honduras |  | 412 |  | 562 |
Jamaica |  | 338 |  | - |
Mexico |  | 20,969 |  | 27,289 |
Netherlands |  | 17,833 |  | - |
Panama |  | 96,943 |  | 58,219 |
Paraguay |  | 2 |  | - |
Peru |  | 41,063 |  | 2,843 |
Switzerland |  | 1,000 |  | - |
United Kingdom |  | 70 |  | - |
Uruguay |  | 40,946 |  | - |
Venezuela |  | 1,710 |  | 23,231 |
|  | 480,423 |  | 234,876 |

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