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Borrowings from Financial Institutions (Details) - Schedule of borrowings from financial institutions $ in Thousands, $ in Millions | Dec. 31, 2020 CLP ($) | Dec. 31, 2020 USD ($) | Dec. 31, 2019 CLP ($)
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Domestic banks |  |  |  |
Domestic banks- Banco do Brasil |  | $ 7,100 |  | $ 3,900
Domestic banks- Banco Scotiabank |  | 1,257 |  |
Domestic banks- Banco Security |  |  |  | 2,314
Domestic banks- Subtotal domestic banks |  | 8,357 |  | 6,214
Foreign trade financing |  |  |  |
Foreign banks - Foreign trade financing - The Bank of Nova Scotia |  | 121,085 |  | 133,539
Foreign banks - Foreign trade financing - Citibank N.A. |  | 114,525 |  | 285,974
Foreign banks - Foreign trade financing - Wells Fargo Bank |  | 85,734 |  | 139,845
Foreign banks - Foreign trade financing - Zürcher Kantonalbank |  | 39,116 |  | 78,872
Foreign banks - Foreign trade financing - Commerzbank AG |  | 21,687 |  | 2,201
Foreign banks - Foreign trade financing - Bank of New York Mellon |  | 21,389 |  | 224,812
Foreign banks - Foreign trade financing - Bank of America |  | 20,475 |  | 194,704
Foreign banks - Foreign trade financing - Sumitomo Mitsui Banking |  | 11,394 |  | 213,534
Foreign banks - Foreign trade financing - Standard Chartered Bank |  | 715 |  | 70,128
Foreign banks - Foreign trade financing - Toronto Dominion Bank |  |  |  | 22,556
Foreign banks - Foreign trade financing - JP Morgan Chase Bank |  |  |  | 60,150
Foreign banks - Foreign trade financing - ING Bank |  |  |  | 10,987
Foreign banks - Foreign trade financing - Others |  | 40 |  | 89
Borrowings and other obligations |  |  |  |
Foreign banks - borrowings and other obligations - Wells Fargo Bank |  | 106,965 |  | 113,377
Foreign banks - borrowings and other obligations - Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas |  | 7,333 |  | 6
Foreign banks - borrowings and other obligations - Citibank N.A. United States |  |  |  | 5,183
Foreign banks - borrowings and other obligations - Citibank N.A. United Kingdom |  | 233 |  | 1,015
Foreign banks - borrowings and other obligations - Others |  | 105 |  | 91
Foreign banks - borrowings and other obligations - Subtotal foreign banks |  | 550,796 |  | 1,557,063
Foreign banks - borrowings and other obligations - Central Bank of Chile | [1] | 3,110,600 |  |
Total Borrowings from Financial Institutions |  | $ 3,669,753 | $ 5,154,872 | $ 1,563,277
[1] | Financing provided by the Central Bank of Chile to deliver liquidity to the economy and support the flow of credit to households and companies, among which are the Loan Increase Conditional Credit Facility program (FCIC by its Spanish initials) and the Liquidity Credit Line (LCL).

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