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Equipment and leasehold improvements (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2021
Disclosure of detailed information about property, plant and equipment [abstract] |
Summary of items include in equipment and leasehold improvement | The following table provides a summary of the items included in equipment and leasehold improvements:
| December 31, 2021 |  | December 31, 2020
Equipment and leasehold improvements, net | 3,841 |  |  | 4,990 |
Right-of-use assets | 13,938 |  |  | 11,223 |
| 17,779 |  |  | 16,213 |
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:
| IT equipment |  | Furniture and fixtures |  | Leasehold improvements |  | Other equipment |  | Total
Cost: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Balance as of January 1, 2019 | 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 |
Additions | 402 |  |  | 4 |  |  | 26 |  |  | 21 |  |  | 453 |
Disposals | (58) |  |  | (3) |  |  | — |  |  | (1,906) |  |  | (1,967) |
Effect of changes in exchange rates | (5) |  |  | (1) |  |  | (4) |  |  | — |  |  | (10) |
Reclassifications | 1 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 1 |
Balance as of December 31, 2021 | 4,476 |  |  | 1,677 |  |  | 7,450 |  |  | 687 |  |  | 14,290 |
Accumulated depreciation: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Balance as of January 1, 2019 | 3,269 |  |  | 1,715 |  |  | 3,001 |  |  | 919 |  |  | 8,904 |
Amortization | 584 |  |  | 62 |  |  | 508 |  |  | 260 |  |  | 1,414 |
Disposals | (59) |  |  | (97) |  |  | (175) |  |  | (21) |  |  | (352) |
Reclassifications | (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 |
Amortization | 566 |  |  | 41 |  |  | 549 |  |  | 190 |  |  | 1,346 |
Disposals | (57) |  |  | (3) |  |  | — |  |  | (1,652) |  |  | (1,712) |
Effect of changes in exchange rates | (3) |  |  | (2) |  |  | (4) |  |  | — |  |  | (9) |
Reclassifications | — |  |  | 1 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 1 |
Balance as of December 31, 2021 | 3,846 |  |  | 1,638 |  |  | 4,375 |  |  | 590 |  |  | 10,449 |
Carrying amounts as of: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
December 31, 2021 | 630 |  |  | 39 |  |  | 3,075 |  |  | 97 |  |  | 3,841 |
December 31, 2020 | 796 |  |  | 76 |  |  | 3,598 |  |  | 520 |  |  | 4,990 |
December 31, 2019 | 1,151 |  |  | 144 |  |  | 3,504 |  |  | 1,431 |  |  | 6,230 |
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, 2021 |  | December 31, 2020
Initial balance | 11,223 |  |  | 12,522 |
Additions | 3,161 |  |  | 68 |
Depreciation of right-of-use assets | (1,164) |  |  | (1,128) |
Effect of changes in exchange rates | — |  |  | (34) |
Transfer from investment property | 1,409 |  |  | — |
Decrease | (691) |  |  | (205) |
Ending balance | 13,938 |  |  | 11,223 |

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