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Other assets

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2017

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9. Other assets

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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The disclosure of other assets. [Refer: Other assets]

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