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Other assets (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
Disclosure of other assets [Abstract] |
The disclosure of detailed information of other assets [Text Block] | Following is a summary of other assets:
|  | December 31, 2017 |  | December 31, 2016 |
Accounts receivable |  |  | 6,793 |  |  | 5,413 |
Real estate owned (1) |  |  | 5,119 |  |  | - |
IT projects under development |  |  | 1,405 |  |  | 4,199 |
Other (2) |  |  | 5,510 |  |  | 1,934 |
|  |  | 18,827 |  |  | 11,546 |
(1) Other real estate owned. (2) As of December 31, 2017, $1.7 million corresponds to leasing under development.

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