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Cash and Cash Equivalents (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2018
Cash and Cash Equivalents |
Schedule of reconciliation of cash and cash equivalents to statement of cash flows |
|  | 2017 |  | 2018
|  | MCh$ |  | MCh$
Cash and due from banks: |  |  |  |
Cash (*) |  | 522,869 |  | 624,862
Current account with the Central Bank (*) |  | 162,421 |  | 121,807
Deposits in other domestic banks |  | 9,922 |  | 26,698
Deposits abroad |  | 362,181 |  | 106,714
Subtotal - Cash and due from banks |  | 1,057,393 |  | 880,081
Transactions in the course of collection |  | 226,097 |  | 244,758
Highly liquid financial instruments (**) |  | 78,069 |  | 83,807
Repurchase agreements |  | 76,839 |  | 72,632
Total cash and cash equivalents |  | 1,438,398 |  | 1,281,278
(*) Amounts in cash and Central Bank deposits are mandatory reserve deposits for which the Bank must maintain a minimum specified monthly average balance. (**) It corresponds to negotiation instruments and investment instruments, whose terms do not exceed three months from the date of acquisition.
Schedule of highly liquid financial instruments |
|  | 2017 |  | 2018
|  | MCh$ |  | MCh$
Highly liquid financial instruments: |  |  |  |
Financial Assets Held-for-trading |  | 78,069 |  | 83,807
Total |  | 78,069 |  | 83,807
Schedule of transactions in the course of collection |
|  | 2017 |  | 2018
|  | MCh$ |  | MCh$
Assets |  |  |  |
Documents drawn on other banks (clearing) |  | 204,624 |  | 210,743
Funds receivable |  | 51,344 |  | 78,451
Subtotal transactions in the course of collection |  | 255,968 |  | 289,194
Liabilities |  |  |  |
Funds payable |  | (29,871) |  | (44,436)
Subtotal transactions in the course of payment |  | (29,871) |  | (44,436)
Total transactions in the course of collection |  | 226,097 |  | 244,758

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