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Financial Risk (Details 4) - USD ($) $ in Thousands | Dec. 31, 2020 | Dec. 31, 2019
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Loans and receivables, gross |  | $ 5,892,997
Loans, Stage 1 |  |
Loans and receivables, gross |  | 5,602,157
Loans, Stage 2 |  |
Loans and receivables, gross |  | 228,995
Loans, Stage 3 |  |
Loans and receivables, gross |  | 61,845
Current |  |
Loans and receivables, gross | $ 4,911,397 | 5,878,321
Current | Loans, Stage 1 |  |
Loans and receivables, gross | 4,613,468 | 5,602,157
Current | Loans, Stage 2 |  |
Loans and receivables, gross | 287,336 | 228,995
Current | Loans, Stage 3 |  |
Loans and receivables, gross | $ 10,593 | 47,169
Later than three months and not later than four months [member] |  |
Loans and receivables, gross |  | 3,724
Later than three months and not later than four months [member] | Loans, Stage 3 |  |
Loans and receivables, gross |  | 3,724
Later than one eighty days [Member] |  |
Loans and receivables, gross |  | 10,952
Later than one eighty days [Member] | Loans, Stage 3 |  |
Loans and receivables, gross |  | 10,952
Total past due [Member] |  |
Loans and receivables, gross |  | 14,676
Total past due [Member] | Loans, Stage 3 |  |
Loans and receivables, gross |  | $ 14,676

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