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Loans (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2014
Receivables [Abstract] |
Disclosure Related To Banks Loan Portfolio [Table Text Block] | The following table set forth details of the Bank’s loan portfolio:
|  | December 31, |
|  | 2014 |  | 2013 |
Corporations: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Private |  |  | 3,120,005 |  |  | 2,375,178 |
State-owned |  |  | 711,955 |  |  | 938,878 |
Banking and financial institutions: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Private |  |  | 1,890,605 |  |  | 1,785,798 |
State-owned |  |  | 480,331 |  |  | 474,193 |
Middle-market companies: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Private |  |  | 483,348 |  |  | 574,107 |
Sovereign |  |  | - |  |  | 144 |
Total |  |  | 6,686,244 |  |  | 6,148,298 |
Disclosure Related To Bank's Loan Portfolio By Industry [Table Text Block] | The composition of the loan portfolio by industry is as follows:
|  | December 31, |
|  | 2014 |  | 2013 |
Banking and financial institutions |  |  | 2,370,936 |  |  | 2,259,991 |
Industrial |  |  | 1,325,091 |  |  | 936,290 |
Oil and petroleum derived products |  |  | 1,013,324 |  |  | 1,170,684 |
Agricultural |  |  | 1,132,330 |  |  | 924,251 |
Services |  |  | 617,366 |  |  | 398,736 |
Mining |  |  | 38,572 |  |  | 10,000 |
Sovereign |  |  | - |  |  | 144 |
Others |  |  | 188,625 |  |  | 448,202 |
Total |  |  | 6,686,244 |  |  | 6,148,298 |
Financing Receivable Credit Quality Indicators [Table Text Block] | Loans classified by borrower’s credit quality indicators are as follows:
|  | December 31, 2014 |
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Banking and financial |  | Middle-market |  |  |  |  |  |  |
|  | Corporations |  | institutions |  | companies |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Rating (1) |  | Private |  | State-owned |  | Private |  | State-owned |  | Private |  | Sovereign |  | Total |
1-6 |  |  | 3,112,079 |  |  | 711,955 |  |  | 1,890,605 |  |  | 480,331 |  |  | 482,439 |  |  | - |  |  | 6,677,409 |
7 |  |  | 4,801 |  |  | - |  |  | - |  |  | - |  |  | - |  |  | - |  |  | 4,801 |
8 |  |  | - |  |  | - |  |  | - |  |  | - |  |  | 909 |  |  | - |  |  | 909 |
9 |  |  | - |  |  | - |  |  | - |  |  | - |  |  | - |  |  | - |  |  | - |
10 |  |  | 3,125 |  |  | - |  |  | - |  |  | - |  |  | - |  |  | - |  |  | 3,125 |
Total |  |  | 3,120,005 |  |  | 711,955 |  |  | 1,890,605 |  |  | 480,331 |  |  | 483,348 |  |  | - |  |  | 6,686,244 |
|  | December 31, 2013 |
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Banking and financial |  | Middle-market |  |  |  |  |  |  |
|  | Corporations |  | institutions |  | companies |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Rating (1) |  | Private |  | State-owned |  | Private |  | State-owned |  | Private |  | Sovereign |  | Total |
1-6 |  |  | 2,372,053 |  |  | 938,878 |  |  | 1,785,798 |  |  | 474,193 |  |  | 574,107 |  |  | 144 |  |  | 6,145,173 |
7 |  |  | - |  |  | - |  |  | - |  |  | - |  |  | - |  |  | - |  |  | - |
8 |  |  | 3,125 |  |  | - |  |  | - |  |  | - |  |  | - |  |  | - |  |  | 3,125 |
9 |  |  | - |  |  | - |  |  | - |  |  | - |  |  | - |  |  | - |  |  | - |
10 |  |  | - |  |  | - |  |  | - |  |  | - |  |  | - |  |  | - |  |  | - |
Total |  |  | 2,375,178 |  |  | 938,878 |  |  | 1,785,798 |  |  | 474,193 |  |  | 574,107 |  |  | 144 |  |  | 6,148,298 |
| (1) | Current ratings as of December 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively.
Schedule Of Loan Maturities [Table Text Block] | The remaining loan maturities are summarized as follows:
|  | December 31, |
|  | 2014 |  | 2013 |
Current |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Up to 1 month |  |  | 947,624 |  |  | 1,017,794 |
From 1 month to 3 months |  |  | 1,502,905 |  |  | 1,749,348 |
From 3 months to 6 months |  |  | 1,268,478 |  |  | 949,364 |
From 6 months to 1 year |  |  | 1,067,073 |  |  | 774,803 |
From 1 year to 2 years |  |  | 989,805 |  |  | 942,327 |
From 2 years to 5 years |  |  | 870,163 |  |  | 711,537 |
From 5 years to 7 years |  |  | 31,361 |  |  | - |
|  |  | 6,677,409 |  |  | 6,145,173 |
Delinquent |  |  | 4,801 |  |  | - |
Impaired: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Delinquent with impairment |  |  | - |  |  | 3,125 |
Past due with impairment |  |  | 4,034 |  |  | - |
|  |  | 8,835 |  |  | 3,125 |
Total |  |  | 6,686,244 |  |  | 6,148,298 |
Schedule Of Loan By Country Risk Distribution [Table Text Block] | The following table provides a breakdown of loans by country risk:
|  | December 31, |
|  | 2014 |  | 2013 |
Country: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Argentina |  |  | 184,882 |  |  | 189,828 |
Bolivia |  |  | 10,000 |  |  | - |
Brazil |  |  | 1,971,776 |  |  | 1,708,592 |
Chile |  |  | 157,309 |  |  | 490,869 |
Colombia |  |  | 726,085 |  |  | 701,577 |
Costa Rica |  |  | 320,832 |  |  | 410,295 |
Dominican Republic |  |  | 243,038 |  |  | 190,589 |
Ecuador |  |  | 120,010 |  |  | 126,001 |
El Salvador |  |  | 115,830 |  |  | 123,076 |
France |  |  | 6,000 |  |  | 101,006 |
Germany |  |  | 100,000 |  |  | - |
Guatemala |  |  | 262,733 |  |  | 199,873 |
Honduras |  |  | 93,008 |  |  | 73,524 |
Jamaica |  |  | 15,512 |  |  | 60,784 |
Mexico |  |  | 868,045 |  |  | 517,278 |
Netherlands |  |  | 10,455 |  |  | 14,867 |
Nicaragua |  |  | 7,856 |  |  | 7,823 |
Panama |  |  | 320,758 |  |  | 223,505 |
Paraguay |  |  | 132,479 |  |  | 102,244 |
Peru |  |  | 589,724 |  |  | 580,881 |
Switzerland |  |  | 50,000 |  |  | - |
Trinidad and Tobago |  |  | 165,042 |  |  | 142,642 |
United States of America |  |  | 55,370 |  |  | 28,283 |
Uruguay |  |  | 159,500 |  |  | 154,761 |
|  |  | 6,686,244 |  |  | 6,148,298 |
Schedule Of Loan Portfolio By Interest Rate Type [Table Text Block] | The fixed and floating interest rate distribution of the loan portfolio is as follows:
|  | December 31, |
|  | 2014 |  | 2013 |
Fixed interest rates |  |  | 3,322,817 |  |  | 3,252,331 |
Floating interest rates |  |  | 3,363,427 |  |  | 2,895,967 |
|  |  | 6,686,244 |  |  | 6,148,298 |
Schedule of Financing Receivables, Non Accrual Status [Table Text Block] | The following is a summary of information of non-accruing loan balances, and interest amounts on non-accruing loans:
|  | December 31, |
|  | 2014 |  | 2013 |  | 2012 |
Loans in non-accrual status |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Private corporations |  |  | 3,125 |  |  | 3,125 |  |  | - |
Middle-market companies |  |  | 909 |  |  | - |  |  | - |
Total loans in non-accrual status |  |  | 4,034 |  |  | 3,125 |  |  | - |
Interest which would have been recorded if the loans |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
had not been in a non-accrual status |  |  | 191 |  |  | 67 |  |  | - |
Interest income collected on non-accruing loans |  |  | 6 |  |  | - |  |  | 2,288 |
Disclosure Related To Analysis Of Non-Accruing Loans With Impaired Balances [Table Text Block] | An analysis of non-accruing loans with impaired balances as of December 31, 2014 and, 2013 is detailed as follows:
|  | December 31, 2014 |  | 2014 |
|  |  |  |  | Unpaid |  |  |  | Average |  | Interest |
|  | Recorded |  | principal |  | Related |  | principal |  | income |
|  | investment |  | balance |  | allowance |  | loan balance |  | recognized |
With an allowance recorded |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Private corporations |  |  | 3,125 |  |  | 2,813 |  |  | 2,284 |  |  | 3,125 |  |  | - |
Middle-market companies |  |  | 909 |  |  | 40 |  |  | 131 |  |  | 339 |  |  | 6 |
Total |  |  | 4,034 |  |  | 2,853 |  |  | 2,415 |  |  | 3,464 |  |  | 6 |
|  | December 31, 2013 |  | 2013 |
|  |  |  |  | Unpaid |  |  |  | Average |  | Interest |
|  | Recorded |  | principal |  | Related |  | principal |  | income |
|  | investment |  | balance |  | allowance |  | loan balance |  | recognized |
With an allowance recorded |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Private corporations |  |  | 3,125 |  |  | 3,125 |  |  | 954 |  |  | 9 |  |  | - |
Total |  |  | 3,125 |  |  | 3,125 |  |  | 954 |  |  | 9 |  |  | - |
Troubled Debt Restructurings on Financing Receivables [Table Text Block] | As of December 31, 2014, the Bank have troubled debt restructuring loans. An analysis of the trouble debt restructuring loans is as follows:
|  |  |  | Balance recorded |  | Balance recorded |
|  | Number of |  | before |  | after |
|  | contracts |  | restructuring |  | restructuring |
Corporations: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Private |  |  | - |  |  | - |  |  | - |
State-owned |  |  | - |  |  | - |  |  | - |
Banking and financial institutions: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Private |  |  | - |  |  | - |  |  | - |
State-owned |  |  | - |  |  | - |  |  | - |
Middle-market companies: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Privates |  |  | 2 |  |  | 890 |  |  | 919 |
Sovereign |  |  | - |  |  | - |  |  | - |
Total |  |  | 2 |  |  | 890 |  |  | 919 |
As of December 31, 2014, the quantitative information regarding past-due trouble debt restructuring loans is the following:
|  | Number of |  | Balance |
|  | contracts |  | recorded |
Corporations: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Privates |  |  | - |  |  | - |
State-owned |  |  | - |  |  | - |
Banking and finacial institutions: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Privates |  |  | - |  |  | - |
State-owned |  |  | - |  |  | - |
Middle-market companies: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Privates |  |  | 2 |  |  | 909 |
Sovereign |  |  | - |  |  | - |
Total |  |  | 2 |  |  | 909 |
Aging Analysis Of Loan Portfolio1 [Table Text Block] | The following table presents an aging analysis of the loan portfolio:
|  | December 31, 2014 |
|  | 91-120 |  | 121-150 |  | 151-180 |  | Greater than |  | Total |  |  |  |  |
|  | days |  | days |  | days |  | 180 days |  | Past due |  | Delinquent |  | Current |  | Total loans |
Corporations |  |  | - |  |  | - |  |  | - |  |  | 3,125 |  |  | 3,125 |  |  | 4,801 |  |  | 3,824,034 |  |  | 3,831,960 |
Banking and financial institutions |  |  | - |  |  | - |  |  | - |  |  | - |  |  | - |  |  | - |  |  | 2,370,936 |  |  | 2,370,936 |
Middle-market companies |  |  | 909 |  |  | - |  |  | - |  |  | - |  |  | 909 |  |  | - |  |  | 482,439 |  |  | 483,348 |
Sovereign |  |  | - |  |  | - |  |  | - |  |  | - |  |  | - |  |  | - |  |  | - |  |  | - |
Total |  |  | 909 |  |  | - |  |  | - |  |  | 3,125 |  |  | 4,034 |  |  | 4,801 |  |  | 6,677,409 |  |  | 6,686,244 |
|  | December 31, 2013 |
|  | 91-120 |  | 121-150 |  | 151-180 |  | Greater than |  | Total |  |  |  |  |
|  | days |  | days |  | days |  | 180 days |  | Past due |  | Delinquent |  | Current |  | Total loans |
Corporations |  |  | - |  |  | - |  |  | - |  |  | - |  |  | - |  |  | 3,125 |  |  | 3,310,931 |  |  | 3,314,056 |
Banking and financial institutions |  |  | - |  |  | - |  |  | - |  |  | - |  |  | - |  |  | - |  |  | 2,259,991 |  |  | 2,259,991 |
Middle-market companies |  |  | - |  |  | - |  |  | - |  |  | - |  |  | - |  |  | - |  |  | 574,107 |  |  | 574,107 |
Sovereign |  |  | - |  |  | - |  |  | - |  |  | - |  |  | - |  |  | - |  |  | 144 |  |  | 144 |
Total |  |  | - |  |  | - |  |  | - |  |  | - |  |  | - |  |  | 3,125 |  |  | 6,145,173 |  |  | 6,148,298 |

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