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Financial risk - Banks’s liquidity reserves (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands | Dec. 31, 2021 | Dec. 31, 2020
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Disclosure of fair value measurement of assets [line items] |  |
Balances with Federal Reserve of the United States of America | $ 1,201,101 | $ 688,612
Cash and balances with other banks | 9,900 | 157,396
Total Liquidity reserves | 1,211,001 | 846,008
Fair Value |  |
Disclosure of fair value measurement of assets [line items] |  |
Balances with Federal Reserve of the United States of America | 1,201,101 | 688,612
Cash and balances with other banks | 9,900 | 157,396
Total Liquidity reserves | $ 1,211,001 | $ 846,008

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