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Employee Benefits (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2020
Disclosure of employee benefits [text block] [Abstract] |
Schedule of provisions for personnel benefits and payroll |
|  | 2019 |  |  | 2020 |
|  | MCh$ |  |  | MCh$ |
Short-term personnel benefits (a.2) |  |  | 51,051 |  |  |  | 43,941 |
Vacation accrual (a.3) |  |  | 27,609 |  |  |  | 33,993 |
Employee defined benefit plan (a.1)(*) |  |  | 7,566 |  |  |  | 7,581 |
Other Benefits |  |  | 22,849 |  |  |  | 25,728 |
Total |  |  | 109,075 |  |  |  | 111,243 |
| (*) | See Note No. 2 (x) (iii).
Schedule of employee defined benefit plan |
|  | 2019 |  |  | 2020 |
|  | MCh$ |  |  | MCh$ |
Current service cost |  |  | 101 |  |  |  | 367 |
Interest cost on benefit obligation |  |  | 222 |  |  |  | 160 |
Actuarial gains and losses |  |  | 247 |  |  |  | 91 |
Net benefit expense |  |  | 570 |  |  |  | 618 |
Schedule of principal assumptions used in determining pension obligations for the Bank's plan |
|  | December 31, |  |  | December 31, |
|  | 2019 |  |  | 2020 |
|  | % |  |  | % |
Discount rate |  |  | 3.17 |  |  |  | 2.31 |
Annual salary increase |  |  | 4.42 |  |  |  | 4.04 |
Payment probability |  |  | 99.99 |  |  |  | 99.99 |
Schedule of changes in the present value of the defined benefit obligation |
|  | 2019 |  |  | 2020 |
|  | MCh$ |  |  | MCh$ |
Opening defined benefit obligation, January 1, |  |  | 7,754 |  |  |  | 7,566 |
Increase in provision |  |  | 323 |  |  |  | 527 |
Benefits paid |  |  | (758 | ) |  |  | (603 | )
Actuarial gains and losses |  |  | 247 |  |  |  | 91 |
Closing defined benefit obligation |  |  | 7,566 |  |  |  | 7,581 |
Schedule of changes in provisions for incentive plans |
|  | 2019 |  |  | 2020 |
|  | MCh$ |  |  | MCh$ |
Balances as of January 1, |  |  | 47,797 |  |  |  | 51,051 |
Provisions established |  |  | 45,792 |  |  |  | 34,138 |
Provisions used |  |  | (42,538 | ) |  |  | (41,248 | )
Provisions released |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |
Balances as of December 31, |  |  | 51,051 |  |  |  | 43,941 |
Schedule of changes in provisions for vacation |
|  | 2019 |  |  | 2020 |
|  | MCh$ |  |  | MCh$ |
Balances as of January 1, |  |  | 26,855 |  |  |  | 27,609 |
Provisions established |  |  | 7,257 |  |  |  | 11,512 |
Provisions used |  |  | (6,503 | ) |  |  | (5,128 | )
Provisions released |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |
Balances as of December 31, |  |  | 27,609 |  |  |  | 33,993 |

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