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Loans commitments and financial guarantees contracts (Details 4) - USD ($) $ in Thousands | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017 | Dec. 31, 2016
Beginning Balance |  | $ 5,776 |  | $ 5,424
Net effect of changes in reserve for expected credit loss |  | 799 |  | 1,008
Instruments that have been derecognized during the year |  | (971) |  | (2,957)
Changes due to instruments recognized as of December 31 |  | (172) |  | (1,902)
New instruments originated or purchased |  | 1,241 |  | 2,254
End Balance |  | 6,845 |  | 5,776
Financial instruments not credit-impaired one [Member] |  |  |  |
Beginning Balance |  | 1,143 | [1] | 2,914
Net effect of changes in reserve for expected credit loss |  | (54) | [1] | (748)
Instruments that have been derecognized during the year |  | (971) | [1] | (2,631)
Changes due to instruments recognized as of December 31 |  | (1,026) | [1] | (4,025)
New instruments originated or purchased |  | 1,241 | [1] | 2,254
End Balance | [1] | 1,358 |  | 1,143
Financial instruments not credit-impaired Two [Member] |  |  |  |
Beginning Balance |  | 4,633 | [2] | 2,510
Net effect of changes in reserve for expected credit loss |  | 853 | [2] | 1,756
Instruments that have been derecognized during the year |  | 0 | [2] | (326)
Changes due to instruments recognized as of December 31 |  | 854 | [2] | 2,123
New instruments originated or purchased |  | 0 | [2] | 0
End Balance | [2] | 5,487 |  | 4,633
Financial instruments credit-impaired [member] |  |  |  |
Beginning Balance |  | 0 | [3] | 0
Net effect of changes in reserve for expected credit loss |  | 0 | [3] | 0
Instruments that have been derecognized during the year |  | 0 | [3] | 0
Changes due to instruments recognized as of December 31 |  | 0 | [3] | 0
New instruments originated or purchased |  | 0 | [3] | 0
End Balance | [3] | 0 |  | 0
Transfer to lifetime expected credit losses [member] |  |  |  |
Increase (decrease) through transfers, exposure to credit risk on loan commitments and financial guarantee contracts |  | 0 |  | 47
Transfer to lifetime expected credit losses [member] | Financial instruments not credit-impaired one [Member] |  |  |  |
Increase (decrease) through transfers, exposure to credit risk on loan commitments and financial guarantee contracts |  | (1) | [1] | (646)
Transfer to lifetime expected credit losses [member] | Financial instruments not credit-impaired Two [Member] |  |  |  |
Increase (decrease) through transfers, exposure to credit risk on loan commitments and financial guarantee contracts |  | 1 | [2] | 693
Transfer to lifetime expected credit losses [member] | Financial instruments credit-impaired [member] |  |  |  |
Increase (decrease) through transfers, exposure to credit risk on loan commitments and financial guarantee contracts |  | 0 | [3] | 0
Transfer to credit-impaired instruments [member] |  |  |  |
Increase (decrease) through transfers, exposure to credit risk on loan commitments and financial guarantee contracts |  | 0 |  | 0
Transfer to credit-impaired instruments [member] | Financial instruments not credit-impaired one [Member] |  |  |  |
Increase (decrease) through transfers, exposure to credit risk on loan commitments and financial guarantee contracts |  | 0 | [1] | 0
Transfer to credit-impaired instruments [member] | Financial instruments not credit-impaired Two [Member] |  |  |  |
Increase (decrease) through transfers, exposure to credit risk on loan commitments and financial guarantee contracts |  | 0 | [2] | 0
Transfer to credit-impaired instruments [member] | Financial instruments credit-impaired [member] |  |  |  |
Increase (decrease) through transfers, exposure to credit risk on loan commitments and financial guarantee contracts |  | 0 | [3] | 0
Transfer to 12-month expected credit losses [member] |  |  |  |
Increase (decrease) through transfers, exposure to credit risk on loan commitments and financial guarantee contracts |  | 0 |  | 0
Transfer to 12-month expected credit losses [member] | Financial instruments not credit-impaired one [Member] |  |  |  |
Increase (decrease) through transfers, exposure to credit risk on loan commitments and financial guarantee contracts |  | 0 | [1] | 0
Transfer to 12-month expected credit losses [member] | Financial instruments not credit-impaired Two [Member] |  |  |  |
Increase (decrease) through transfers, exposure to credit risk on loan commitments and financial guarantee contracts |  | 0 | [2] | 0
Transfer to 12-month expected credit losses [member] | Financial instruments credit-impaired [member] |  |  |  |
Increase (decrease) through transfers, exposure to credit risk on loan commitments and financial guarantee contracts |  | $ 0 | [3] | $ 0
[1] | 12-month expected credit losses.
[2] | Lifetime expected credit losses.
[3] | Credit-impaired financial assets (lifetime expected credit losses).

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