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Risk Management - Capital Requirements and Capital Management (Details) $ in Thousands, $ in Millions | Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($) | Dec. 31, 2018 CLP ($) | Dec. 31, 2017 CLP ($) | Dec. 31, 2016 CLP ($) | Dec. 31, 2015 CLP ($)
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Capital Requirements and Capital Management |  |  |  |  |
Cash and due from banks | $ 1,268,860 | $ 880,081 | $ 1,057,393 |  |
Transactions in the course of collection | 416,946 | 289,194 | 255,968 |  |
Financial assets held-for-trading | 2,516,387 | 1,745,366 | 1,538,578 |  |
Cash collateral on securities borrowed and reverse repurchase agreements | 140,267 | 97,289 | 91,641 |  |
Derivative instruments | 2,182,738 | 1,513,947 | 1,247,941 |  |
Loans and advances to banks | 2,154,533 | 1,494,384 | 760,021 |  |
Loans to customers, net | 39,419,340 | 27,341,254 | 24,955,692 |  |
Financial assets available-for-sale |  |  | 1,526,315 |  |
Financial assets at fair value through other comprehensive income | 1,518,441 | 1,053,191 |  |  |
Investments in other companies | 60,917 | 42,252 | 35,771 | $ 30,314 | $ 25,849
Intangible assets | 123,228 | 85,471 | 72,455 | 65,036 |
Property and equipment | 311,234 | 215,872 | 216,259 |  |
Investment properties | 20,095 | 13,938 | 14,306 | 14,674 | $ 15,042
Current tax assets | 976 | 677 | 23,032 |  |
Deferred tax assets | 278,028 | 192,840 | 161,265 |  |
Other assets | 939,577 | 651,691 | 604,800 |  |
TOTAL ASSETS | $ 51,351,567 | 35,617,447 | 32,561,437 | $ 31,357,304 |
Basic capital |  | 3,304,152 | 3,105,714 |  |
Effective equity |  | 4,129,999 | 3,934,727 |  |
Total consolidated assets |  | 39,989,595 | 37,017,702 |  |
Total consolidated assets weighted by credit risk |  | $ 29,693,950 | $ 27,068,339 |  |
Basic capital / consolidated assets (as a percent) | 8.26% | 8.26% | 8.39% |  |
Effective equity / consolidated assets weighted by risk (as a percent) | 13.91 | 13.91 | 14.54 |  |
Credit risk |  |  |  |  |
Capital Requirements and Capital Management |  |  |  |  |
Cash and due from banks |  | $ 880,081 | $ 1,057,393 |  |
Transactions in the course of collection |  | 289,194 | 255,968 |  |
Financial assets held-for-trading |  | 1,745,366 | 1,538,578 |  |
Cash collateral on securities borrowed and reverse repurchase agreements |  | 97,289 | 91,641 |  |
Derivative instruments |  | 1,310,262 | 1,469,083 |  |
Loans and advances to banks |  | 1,494,384 | 760,021 |  |
Loans to customers, net |  | 27,341,254 | 24,955,692 |  |
Financial assets available-for-sale |  |  | 1,526,315 |  |
Financial assets at fair value through other comprehensive income |  | 1,053,191 |  |  |
Investments in other companies |  | 42,252 | 35,771 |  |
Intangible assets |  | 85,471 | 72,455 |  |
Property and equipment |  | 215,872 | 216,259 |  |
Investment properties |  | 13,938 | 14,306 |  |
Current tax assets |  | 677 | 23,032 |  |
Deferred tax assets |  | 192,840 | 161,265 |  |
Other assets |  | 651,691 | 604,800 |  |
TOTAL ASSETS |  | 35,413,762 | 32,782,579 |  |
Contingent loans |  | 4,266,821 | 3,972,260 |  |
Total risk-weighted assets |  | 39,680,583 | 36,754,839 |  |
Risk weighted assets according to SBIF instructions |  |  |  |  |
Capital Requirements and Capital Management |  |  |  |  |
Cash and due from banks |  | 13,084 | 5,699 |  |
Transactions in the course of collection |  | 186,536 | 95,210 |  |
Financial assets held-for-trading |  | 134,412 | 148,641 |  |
Cash collateral on securities borrowed and reverse repurchase agreements |  | 97,289 | 91,641 |  |
Derivative instruments |  | 916,798 | 927,837 |  |
Loans and advances to banks |  | 313,524 | 312,806 |  |
Loans to customers, net |  | 24,102,808 | 21,908,281 |  |
Financial assets available-for-sale |  |  | 325,209 |  |
Financial assets at fair value through other comprehensive income |  | 356,568 |  |  |
Investments in other companies |  | 44,561 | 38,041 |  |
Intangible assets |  | 52,061 | 39,045 |  |
Property and equipment |  | 215,872 | 216,259 |  |
Current tax assets |  | 68 | 2,303 |  |
Deferred tax assets |  | 27,792 | 26,740 |  |
Other assets |  | 673,380 | 547,974 |  |
TOTAL ASSETS |  | 27,134,753 | 24,685,686 |  |
Contingent loans |  | 2,559,197 | 2,382,653 |  |
Total risk-weighted assets |  | $ 29,693,950 | $ 27,068,339 |  |

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