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Deposits (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2014
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, |
|  | 2014 |  | 2013 |
Demand |  | 84,175 |  | 63,047 |
Up to 1 month |  | 1,512,868 |  | 1,617,059 |
From 1 month to 3 months |  | 460,681 |  | 311,048 |
From 3 months to 6 months |  | 276,970 |  | 207,182 |
From 6 months to 1 year |  | 147,000 |  | 157,000 |
From 1 year to 2 years |  | 25,000 |  | 6,000 |
|  | 2,506,694 |  | 2,361,336 |
Disclosure Related To Additional Information About Deposits [Table Text Block] | The following table presents additional information about deposits:
|  | December 31, |
|  | 2014 |  | 2013 |
Aggregate amounts of time deposits of $100,000 or more |  | 2,506,244 |  | 2,298,289 |
Aggregate amounts of deposits in offices outside Panama |  | 230,305 |  | 227,559 |
Interest expense paid to deposits in offices outside Panama |  | 961 |  | 1,235 |

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