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Cash and Cash Equivalents (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2019
Cash and cash equivalents [abstract] |
Schedule of reconciliation of cash and cash equivalents to statement of cash flows |
|  | 2018 |  |  | 2019 |
|  | MCh$ |  |  | MCh$ |
Cash and due from banks: |  |  |  |  |  |
Cash (*) |  |  | 624,862 |  |  |  | 889,911 |
Current account with the Central Bank (*) |  |  | 121,807 |  |  |  | 178,429 |
Deposits in other domestic banks |  |  | 26,698 |  |  |  | 75,651 |
Deposits abroad |  |  | 106,714 |  |  |  | 1,248,175 |
Subtotal - Cash and due from banks |  |  | 880,081 |  |  |  | 2,392,166 |
Transactions in the course of collection |  |  | 244,758 |  |  |  | 232,551 |
Highly liquid financial instruments (**) |  |  | 83,807 |  |  |  | 371,063 |
Repurchase agreements |  |  | 72,632 |  |  |  | 114,466 |
Total cash and cash equivalents |  |  | 1,281,278 |  |  |  | 3,110,246 |
| (*) | 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 |
|  | 2018 |  |  | 2019 |
|  | MCh$ |  |  | MCh$ |
Highly liquid financial instruments: |  |  |  |  |  |
Financial Assets Held-for-trading |  |  | 83,807 |  |  |  | 371,063 |
Total |  |  | 83,807 |  |  |  | 371,063 |
Schedule of transactions in the course of collection |
|  | 2018 |  |  | 2019 |
|  | MCh$ |  |  | MCh$ |
Assets |  |  |  |  |  |
Documents drawn on other banks (clearing) |  |  | 210,743 |  |  |  | 222,261 |
Funds receivable |  |  | 78,451 |  |  |  | 109,159 |
Subtotal transactions in the course of collection |  |  | 289,194 |  |  |  | 331,420 |
Liabilities |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Funds payable |  |  | (44,436 | ) |  |  | (98,869 | )
Subtotal transactions in the course of payment |  |  | (44,436 | ) |  |  | (98,869 | )
Total transactions in the course of collection |  |  | 244,758 |  |  |  | 232,551 |

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