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Business segment information (Details Textual) $ in Thousands | 12 Months Ended |
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Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($) segment | Dec. 31, 2020 USD ($) | Dec. 31, 2019 | Jan. 01, 2019 USD ($)
Disclosure of Reporting Segment [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Number of business segments (in segments) | segment | 2 |  |  |
Lease liabilities | $ 17,733 | $ 18,799 |  |
Description of percentage of revenue that either of the segments had exceeded | As of December 31, 2021, 2020, and 2019, respectively, the Bank has no customer, either individually or as group of companies, that represents more than 10% of total revenues. | As of December 31, 2021, 2020, and 2019, respectively, the Bank has no customer, either individually or as group of companies, that represents more than 10% of total revenues. | As of December 31, 2021, 2020, and 2019, respectively, the Bank has no customer, either individually or as group of companies, that represents more than 10% of total revenues. |
IFRS 16 |  |  |  |
Disclosure of Reporting Segment [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Transfer to right-of-use asset |  |  |  | $ 17,400
Lease liabilities |  |  |  | $ 20,900

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