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Financial Risk (Details 19) - USD ($) $ in Thousands | Dec. 31, 2020 | Dec. 31, 2019 | Dec. 31, 2018 | Dec. 31, 2017
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Assets |  |  |  |
Cash and due from banks | $ 863,812 | $ 1,178,170 |  |
Securities and other financial assets, net | 398,068 | 88,794 |  |
Loans at amortized cost |  | 5,892,997 |  |
Derivative financial instruments - assets | 27,778 | 11,157 |  |
Liabilities |  |  |  |
Deposits | (3,140,875) | (2,893,555) |  |
Securities sold under repurchase agreements | (10,663) | (40,530) |  |
Borrowings and debt, net | (1,985,070) | (3,138,310) | $ (3,518,446) | $ (2,211,567)
Derivative financial instruments - liabilities | (9,211) | (14,675) |  |
Liquidity risk [member] |  |  |  |
Assets |  |  |  |
Cash and due from banks | 863,812 | 1,178,170 |  |
Securities and other financial assets, net | 398,068 | 88,794 |  |
Loans at amortized cost | 4,896,647 | 5,823,333 |  |
Derivative financial instruments - assets | 27,778 | 11,157 |  |
Total | 6,186,305 | 7,101,454 |  |
Liabilities |  |  |  |
Deposits | (3,140,875) | (2,893,555) |  |
Securities sold under repurchase agreements | (10,663) | (40,530) |  |
Borrowings and debt, net | (1,994,245) | (3,148,864) |  |
Derivative financial instruments - liabilities | (9,211) | (14,675) |  |
Total | (5,154,994) | (6,097,624) |  |
Contingencies |  |  |  |
Confirmed letters of credit | 216,782 | 169,320 |  |
Stand-by letters of credit and guarantees | 210,497 | 255,481 |  |
Credit commitments | 137,619 | 68,571 |  |
Total | 564,898 | 493,372 |  |
Net position | 466,413 | 510,458 |  |
Up to 3 months | Liquidity risk [member] |  |  |  |
Assets |  |  |  |
Cash and due from banks | 863,831 | 1,178,288 |  |
Securities and other financial assets, net | 11,541 | 16,684 |  |
Loans at amortized cost | 1,712,049 | 1,960,381 |  |
Derivative financial instruments - assets | 0 | 0 |  |
Total | 2,587,421 | 3,155,353 |  |
Liabilities |  |  |  |
Deposits | (2,678,292) | (2,574,180) |  |
Securities sold under repurchase agreements | 0 | (40,691) |  |
Borrowings and debt, net | (166,034) | (1,407,612) |  |
Derivative financial instruments - liabilities | (3,020) | (2,425) |  |
Total | (2,847,346) | (4,024,908) |  |
Contingencies |  |  |  |
Confirmed letters of credit | 167,301 | 84,235 |  |
Stand-by letters of credit and guarantees | 35,041 | 35,906 |  |
Credit commitments | 0 | 0 |  |
Total | 202,342 | 120,141 |  |
Net position | (462,267) | (989,696) |  |
3 to 6 months | Liquidity risk [member] |  |  |  |
Assets |  |  |  |
Cash and due from banks | 0 | 0 |  |
Securities and other financial assets, net | 20,961 | 6,457 |  |
Loans at amortized cost | 998,923 | 967,594 |  |
Derivative financial instruments - assets | 119 | 625 |  |
Total | 1,020,003 | 974,676 |  |
Liabilities |  |  |  |
Deposits | (166,832) | (198,786) |  |
Securities sold under repurchase agreements | (5,784) | 0 |  |
Borrowings and debt, net | (60,816) | (451,736) |  |
Derivative financial instruments - liabilities | (1,081) | (775) |  |
Total | (234,513) | (651,297) |  |
Contingencies |  |  |  |
Confirmed letters of credit | 29,466 | 77,493 |  |
Stand-by letters of credit and guarantees | 106,943 | 95,440 |  |
Credit commitments | 0 | 0 |  |
Total | 136,409 | 172,933 |  |
Net position | 649,081 | 150,446 |  |
6 months to 1 year | Liquidity risk [member] |  |  |  |
Assets |  |  |  |
Cash and due from banks | 0 | 0 |  |
Securities and other financial assets, net | 60,311 | 7,293 |  |
Loans at amortized cost | 1,255,069 | 1,207,469 |  |
Derivative financial instruments - assets | 129 | 0 |  |
Total | 1,315,509 | 1,214,762 |  |
Liabilities |  |  |  |
Deposits | (293,306) | (122,680) |  |
Securities sold under repurchase agreements | (4,977) | 0 |  |
Borrowings and debt, net | (456,932) | (230,776) |  |
Derivative financial instruments - liabilities | (71) | (1,711) |  |
Total | (755,286) | (355,167) |  |
Contingencies |  |  |  |
Confirmed letters of credit | 20,015 | 7,592 |  |
Stand-by letters of credit and guarantees | 55,963 | 114,078 |  |
Credit commitments | 4,286 | 0 |  |
Total | 80,264 | 121,670 |  |
Net position | 479,959 | 737,925 |  |
After 1 year but within 5 years | Liquidity risk [member] |  |  |  |
Assets |  |  |  |
Cash and due from banks | 0 | 0 |  |
Securities and other financial assets, net | 312,027 | 54,544 |  |
Loans at amortized cost | 293,489 | 1,822,519 |  |
Derivative financial instruments - assets | 26,691 | 10,532 |  |
Total | 632,207 | 1,887,595 |  |
Liabilities |  |  |  |
Deposits | (6,638) | 0 |  |
Securities sold under repurchase agreements | 0 | 0 |  |
Borrowings and debt, net | (1,425,806) | (1,147,699) |  |
Derivative financial instruments - liabilities | (5,039) | (12,014) |  |
Total | (1,437,483) | (1,159,713) |  |
Contingencies |  |  |  |
Confirmed letters of credit | 0 | 0 |  |
Stand-by letters of credit and guarantees | 12,550 | 10,057 |  |
Credit commitments | 133,333 | 68,571 |  |
Total | 145,883 | 78,628 |  |
Net position | (951,159) | 649,254 |  |
More than 5 years | Liquidity risk [member] |  |  |  |
Assets |  |  |  |
Cash and due from banks | 0 | 0 |  |
Securities and other financial assets, net | 0 | 6,492 |  |
Loans at amortized cost | 1,156,625 | 150,742 |  |
Derivative financial instruments - assets | 839 | 0 |  |
Total | 1,157,464 | 157,234 |  |
Liabilities |  |  |  |
Deposits | 0 | 0 |  |
Securities sold under repurchase agreements | 0 | 0 |  |
Borrowings and debt, net | (24,922) | (13,422) |  |
Total | (24,922) | (13,422) |  |
Contingencies |  |  |  |
Confirmed letters of credit | 0 | 0 |  |
Stand-by letters of credit and guarantees | 0 | 0 |  |
Credit commitments | 0 | 0 |  |
Total |  | 0 |  |
Net position | 1,132,542 | 143,812 |  |
Gross Inflow (Outflow) | Liquidity risk [member] |  |  |  |
Assets |  |  |  |
Cash and due from banks | 863,831 | 1,178,288 |  |
Securities and other financial assets, net | 404,840 | 91,470 |  |
Loans at amortized cost | 5,416,155 | 6,108,705 |  |
Derivative financial instruments - assets | 27,778 | 11,157 |  |
Total | 6,712,604 | 7,389,620 |  |
Liabilities |  |  |  |
Deposits | (3,145,068) | (2,895,646) |  |
Securities sold under repurchase agreements | (10,761) | (40,691) |  |
Borrowings and debt, net | (2,134,510) | (3,251,245) |  |
Derivative financial instruments - liabilities | (9,211) | (16,925) |  |
Total | (5,299,550) | (6,204,507) |  |
Contingencies |  |  |  |
Confirmed letters of credit | 216,782 | 169,320 |  |
Stand-by letters of credit and guarantees | 210,497 | 255,481 |  |
Credit commitments | 137,619 | 68,571 |  |
Total | 564,898 | 493,372 |  |
Net position | $ 848,156 | $ 691,741 |  |

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