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Loan commitments and financial guarantee contracts (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2020

Loan commitments and financial guarantee contracts

Schedule of bank's outstanding loan commitments and financial guarantee contracts

The Bank’s outstanding loan commitments and financial guarantee contracts are as follows:

		December 31,		December 31,
		2020		2019
Documentary letters of credit		216,782		169,320
Stand-by letters of credit and guarantees - commercial risk		210,497		255,481
Credit commitments		137,619		68,571
Total loans commitments and financial guarantee contracts		564,898		493,372

Schedule of remaining maturity profile of the bank's outstanding loan commitments and financial guarantee contracts

The remaining maturity profile of the Bank’s outstanding loan commitments and financial guarantee contracts is as follows:

		December 31,		December 31,
Maturities		2020		2019
Up to 1 year		419,015		424,744
From 1 to 2 years		75,883		8,628
Over 2 to 5 years		70,000		60,000
Total		564,898		493,372

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