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Risk Management - Capital Requirements and Capital Management (Details) - CLP ($) $ in Millions | Dec. 31, 2019 | Dec. 31, 2018 | Dec. 31, 2017 | Dec. 31, 2016
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Ifrs compliance with regulatory capital requirements under banking regulations [line items] |  |  |  |  |
Cash and due from banks |  | $ 2,392,166 | $ 880,081 |  |
Transactions in the course of collection |  | 331,420 | 289,194 |  |
Financial assets held-for-trading |  | 1,872,355 | 1,745,366 |  |
Derivative instruments |  | 2,786,215 | 1,513,947 |  |
Loans and advances to banks |  | 1,140,081 | 1,494,384 |  |
Loans to Customers at amortized cost |  | 29,384,039 | 27,341,254 |  |
Financial assets at fair value through other comprehensive income |  | 1,366,343 | 1,053,191 |  |
Financial assets held to maturity |  |  |  |  |
Investments in other companies |  | 48,442 | 42,252 | $ 35,771 | $ 30,314
Intangible assets |  | 91,717 | 85,471 |  |
Property and equipment |  | 220,262 | 215,872 |  |
Investment properties |  | 13,190 | 13,938 | $ 14,306 | $ 14,674
Current tax assets |  | 357 | 677 |  |
Deferred tax assets |  | 231,293 | 176,823 |  |
Other assets |  | 843,000 | 651,691 |  |
TOTAL ASSETS |  | 41,013,874 | 35,601,430 |  |
Basic capital | [1],[2] | 3,528,222 | 3,304,152 |  |
Effective equity |  | 4,569,090 | 4,129,999 |  |
Total consolidated assets | [2] | 44,408,789 | 39,989,595 |  |
Total consolidated assets weighted by credit risk |  | $ 32,307,338 | $ 29,693,950 |  |
Basic capital / consolidated assets (as a percent) |  | 7.94% | 8.26% |  |
Effective equity / consolidated assets weighted by risk (as a percent) |  | 0.1414 | 0.1391 |  |
Credit risk |  |  |  |  |
Ifrs compliance with regulatory capital requirements under banking regulations [line items] |  |  |  |  |
Cash and due from banks |  | $ 2,392,166 | $ 880,081 |  |
Transactions in the course of collection |  | 331,420 | 289,194 |  |
Financial assets held-for-trading |  | 1,872,355 | 1,745,366 |  |
Investment under resale agreements |  | 142,329 | 97,289 |  |
Derivative instruments | [3] | 1,555,749 | 1,310,262 |  |
Loans and advances to banks |  | 1,140,081 | 1,494,384 |  |
Loans to Customers at amortized cost |  | 29,384,039 | 27,341,254 |  |
Financial assets at fair value through other comprehensive income |  | 1,366,343 | 1,053,191 |  |
Financial assets held to maturity |  |  |  |  |
Investments in other companies |  | 48,442 | 42,252 |  |
Intangible assets |  | 91,717 | 85,471 |  |
Property and equipment |  | 220,262 | 215,872 |  |
Leased assets |  | 150,665 |  |  |
Investment properties |  | 13,190 | 13,938 |  |
Current tax assets |  | 357 | 677 |  |
Deferred tax assets |  | 231,293 | 176,823 |  |
Other assets |  | 843,000 | 651,691 |  |
TOTAL ASSETS |  | 39,783,408 | 35,397,745 |  |
Contingent loans |  | 4,365,922 | 4,266,821 |  |
Total risk-weighted assets |  | 44,149,330 | 39,664,566 |  |
Risk weighted assets according to SBIF instructions |  |  |  |  |
Ifrs compliance with regulatory capital requirements under banking regulations [line items] |  |  |  |  |
Cash and due from banks |  | 38,250 | 13,084 |  |
Transactions in the course of collection |  | 167,781 | 186,536 |  |
Financial assets held-for-trading |  | 462,177 | 134,412 |  |
Investment under resale agreements |  | 142,329 | 97,289 |  |
Derivative instruments | [3] | 1,124,730 | 916,798 |  |
Loans and advances to banks |  | 389,417 | 313,524 |  |
Loans to Customers at amortized cost |  | 25,668,329 | 24,102,808 |  |
Financial assets at fair value through other comprehensive income |  | 323,160 | 356,568 |  |
Financial assets held to maturity |  |  |  |  |
Investments in other companies |  | 50,758 | 44,561 |  |
Intangible assets |  | 58,307 | 52,061 |  |
Property and equipment |  | 220,262 | 215,872 |  |
Leased assets |  | 150,665 |  |  |
Investment properties |  |  |  |  |
Current tax assets |  | 36 | 68 |  |
Deferred tax assets |  | 32,095 | 27,792 |  |
Other assets |  | 862,968 | 673,380 |  |
TOTAL ASSETS |  | 29,691,264 | 27,134,753 |  |
Contingent loans |  | 2,616,074 | 2,559,197 |  |
Total risk-weighted assets |  | $ 32,307,338 | $ 29,693,950 |  |
[1] | The Basic Capital corresponds to the equity of the owners of the Bank in the Consolidated Statement of Financial Position.
[2] | The total consolidated assets is presented in accordance with Chilean Generally Accepted Accounting Principles as issued by the Chilean commission for Financial Market ("CMF"). As a result, it is not directly comparable with this Consolidated Statement of Financial Position.
[3] | Financial derivative contracts are presented as an equivalent credit risk for the purposes of calculating consolidated assets.

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