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Long-term borrowings and debt
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2013
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]  
Long Term Debt [Text Block]
15.
Long-term borrowings and debt
 
Borrowings consist of long-term and syndicated loans obtained from international banks. Debt instruments consist of Euro-Notes and issuances in Latin America. The breakdown of borrowings and long-term debt (original maturity of more than one year), together with contractual interest rates, is as follows:
 
 
 
December 31,
 
(In thousands of US$)
 
2013
 
 
2012
 
Borrowings:
 
 
 
 
 
 
At fixed interest rates with due dates in June 2015
 
25,000
 
 
1,435
 
At floating interest rates with due dates from March 2014 to December 2016
 
506,346
 
 
1,296,785
 
Total borrowings
 
531,346
 
 
1,298,220
 
Debt:
 
 
 
 
 
 
At fixed interest rates with due dates from November 2014 to April 2017
 
444,719
 
 
453,373
 
At floating interest rates with due dates from March 2015 to July 2016
 
177,806
 
 
153,947
 
Total debt
 
622,525
 
 
607,320
 
Total long-term borrowings and debt outstanding
 
1,153,871
 
 
1,905,540
 
Average outstanding balance during the year
 
1,317,983
 
 
1,893,580
 
Maximum outstanding balance at any month-end
 
1,893,149
 
 
2,152,584
 
Fixed interest rates on borrowings and debt in U.S. dollars
 
1.50% to 3.75
%
 
3.75
%
Range of floating interest rates on borrowings and debt in U.S. dollars
 
0.52% to 1.77
%
 
0.68% to 2.40
%
Range of fixed interest rates on borrowings and debt in Mexican pesos
 
-
 
 
7.60% to 9.90
%
Range of floating interest rates on borrowings and debt in Mexican pesos
 
4.44% to 5.29
%
 
5.50% to 6.34
%
 
 
 
December 31,
 
 
 
2013
 
 
2012
 
Fixed interest rate on debt in Peruvian nuevos soles
 
6.50
%
 
6.50
%
Weighted average interest rate at the end of the year
 
3.06
%
 
2.92
%
Weighted average interest rate during the year
 
3.08
%
 
2.74
%
 
The balances of long-term borrowings and debt by currency, is as follows:
 
 
 
December 31,
 
(In thousands of US$)
 
2013
 
2012
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Currency
 
 
 
 
 
U.S. dollar
 
866,975
 
1,518,592
 
Mexican peso
 
242,916
 
338,760
 
Peruvian nuevo sol
 
43,980
 
48,188
 
Total
 
1,153,871
 
1,905,540
 
  
The Bank's funding activities include: (i) Euro Medium Term Note Program (“EMTN”), which may be used to issue notes for up to $2.3 billion, with maturities from 7 days up to a maximum of 30 years, at fixed or floating interest rates, or at discount, and in various currencies. The notes are generally issued in bearer or registered form through one or more authorized financial institutions; (ii) Short-and Long-Term Notes “Certificados Bursatiles” Program (the “Mexico Program”) in the Mexican local market, registered with the Mexican National Registry of Securities maintained by the National Banking and Securities Commission in Mexico (“CNBV”, for its acronym in Spanish), for an authorized aggregate principal amount of 10 billion Mexican pesos with maturities from one day to 30 years; (iii) a Program in Peru to issue corporate bonds under a private offer in Peruvian nuevos soles (“PEN”), offered exclusively to institutional investors domiciled in the Republic of Peru, for an maximum aggregate limit of the equivalent of $300 million, with different maturities and interest rate structures.
 
Some borrowing agreements include various events of default and covenants related to minimum capital adequacy ratios, incurrence of additional liens, and asset sales, as well as other customary covenants, representations and warranties. As of December 31, 2013, the Bank was in compliance with all covenants.
 
The future remaining maturities of long-term borrowings and debt outstanding as of December 31, 2013, are as follows:
 
(In thousands of US$)
 
 
 
Due in:
 
Outstanding
 
 
 
 
 
2014
 
352,085
 
2015
 
197,989
 
2016
 
203,058
 
2017
 
400,739
 
 
 
1,153,871