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Equipment and leasehold improvements (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2020
Equipment and leasehold improvements |
Summary of items include in equipment and leasehold improvement | The following table provides a summary of the items included in equipment and leasehold improvement:
|  | December 31, |  | December 31,
|  | 2020 |  | 2019
Equipment and leasehold improvements, net |  | 4,990 |  | 6,230
Right-of-use assets |  | 11,223 |  | 12,522
|  | 16,213 |  | 18,752
Schedule of breakdown of cost, accumulated depreciation, additions and disposals of equipment and leasehold improvements | A breakdown of cost, accumulated depreciation, additions and disposals of equipment and leasehold improvements is as follows:
|  |  |  | Furniture and |  | Leasehold |  | Other |  |
|  | IT equipment |  | fixtures |  | improvements |  | equipment |  | Total
Cost: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Balance as of January 1, 2018 |  | 4,170 |  | 1,984 |  | 6,810 |  | 2,505 |  | 15,469
Additions |  | 411 |  | 12 |  | 111 |  | 69 |  | 603
Disposals |  | (253) |  | (97) |  | (80) |  | (62) |  | (492)
Reclassifications |  | 10 |  | — |  | — |  | — |  | —
Balance as of December 31, 2018 |  | 4,338 |  | 1,899 |  | 6,841 |  | 2,512 |  | 15,590
Additions |  | 683 |  | 36 |  | 185 |  | 124 |  | 1,028
Disposals |  | (63) |  | (102) |  | (176) |  | (33) |  | (374)
Effect of changes in exchange rates |  | (53) |  | (62) |  | (47) |  | (14) |  | (176)
Balance as of December 31, 2019 |  | 4,905 |  | 1,771 |  | 6,803 |  | 2,589 |  | 16,068
Additions |  | 293 |  | 1 |  | 671 |  | 32 |  | 997
Disposals |  | (1,045) |  | (84) |  | (26) |  | (48) |  | (1,203)
Effect of changes in exchange rates |  | (17) |  | (11) |  | (20) |  | (1) |  | (49)
Balance as of December 31, 2020 |  | 4,136 |  | 1,677 |  | 7,428 |  | 2,572 |  | 15,813
Accumulated depreciation: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Balance as of January 1, 2018 |  | 2,870 |  | 1,740 |  | 2,648 |  | 791 |  | 8,049
Amortization |  | 516 |  | 64 |  | 480 |  | 222 |  | 1,282
Disposals |  | (159) |  | (89) |  | (127) |  | (94) |  | (469)
Reclassifications |  | 42 |  | — |  | — |  | — |  | 42
Balance as of December 31, 2018 |  | 3,269 |  | 1,715 |  | 3,001 |  | 919 |  | 8,904
Amortization |  | 584 |  | 62 |  | 508 |  | 260 |  | 1,414
Disposals |  | (59) |  | (97) |  | (175) |  | (21) |  | (352)
Effect of changes in exchange rates |  | (40) |  | (53) |  | (35) |  | — |  | (128)
Balance as of December 31, 2019 |  | 3,754 |  | 1,627 |  | 3,299 |  | 1,158 |  | 9,838
Amortization |  | 643 |  | 63 |  | 553 |  | 920 |  | 2,179
Disposals |  | (1,043) |  | (82) |  | (8) |  | (40) |  | (1,173)
Effect of changes in exchange rates |  | (14) |  | (7) |  | (14) |  | 14 |  | (21)
Balance as of December 31, 2020 |  | 3,340 |  | 1,601 |  | 3,830 |  | 2,052 |  | 10,823
Carrying amounts as of: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
December 31, 2020 |  | 796 |  | 76 |  | 3,598 |  | 520 |  | 4,990
December 31, 2019 |  | 1,151 |  | 144 |  | 3,504 |  | 1,431 |  | 6,230
December 31, 2018 |  | 1,069 |  | 184 |  | 3,840 |  | 1,593 |  | 6,686
Schedule of movement of right-of-use assets on the leases | The following is the detail of the movement of right-of-use assets on the leases for which the Bank is a lessee:
|  | Building
|  | December 31, |  | December 31,
|  | 2020 |  | 2019
Initial balance |  | 12,522 |  | 17,435
Additions |  | 68 |  | 14
Depreciation of right-of-use assets |  | (1,128) |  | (1,440)
Effect of changes in exchange rates |  | (34) |  | 7
Reclassification to investment property |  | — |  | (3,494)
Decrease |  | (205) |  | —
Ending balance |  | 11,223 |  | 12,522

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