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Borrowings from Financial Institutions (Details) - Schedule of borrowings from financial institutions $ in Thousands, $ in Millions | Dec. 31, 2021 CLP ($) | Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($) | Dec. 31, 2020 CLP ($)
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Domestic banks |  |  |  |
Domestic banks- Banco do Brasil |  |  |  | $ 7,100
Domestic banks- Banco Scotiabank |  |  |  | 1,257
Domestic banks- Subtotal domestic banks |  |  |  | 8,357
Foreign trade financing |  |  |  |
Foreign banks- Foreign trade financing - Wells Fargo Bank |  | 145,070 |  | 85,734
Foreign banks- Foreign trade financing- Citibank N.A. United State |  | 70,590 |  | 114,525
Foreign banks- Foreign trade financing- Bank of America |  | 43,925 |  | 20,475
Foreign banks- Foreign trade financing- Sumitomo Mitsui Banking |  | 42,641 |  | 11,394
Foreign banks- Foreign trade financing- Bank of New York Mellon |  | 17,055 |  | 21,389
Foreign banks- Foreign trade financing- Standard Chartered Bank |  | 4,990 |  | 715
Foreign banks- Foreign trade financing- Commerzbank AG |  | 1,782 |  | 21,687
Foreign banks- Foreign trade financing- Bank of Tokyo |  | 412 |  | 40
Foreign banks- Foreign trade financing- The Bank of Nova Scotia |  |  |  | 121,085
Foreign banks- Foreign trade financing- Zürcher Kantonalbank |  |  |  | 39,116
Borrowings and other obligations |  |  |  |
Foreign banks - borrowings and other obligations- Wells Fargo Bank |  | 133,692 |  | 106,965
Foreign banks - borrowings and other obligations- Citibank N.A. United Kingdom |  | 48,120 |  | 233
Foreign banks - borrowings and other obligations- Citibank N.A. United States |  | 4,173 |  |
Foreign banks - borrowings and other obligations- Commerzbank AG |  | 568 |  |
Foreign banks - borrowings and other obligations- Standard Chartered Bank |  | 211 |  |
Foreign banks - borrowings and other obligations - Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas |  |  |  | 7,333
Foreign banks - borrowings and other obligations - Others |  | 176 |  | 105
Foreign banks - borrowings and other obligations - Subtotal foreign banks |  | 513,405 |  | 550,796
Foreign banks - borrowings and other obligations - Central Bank of Chile | [1] | 4,348,460 |  | 3,110,600
Total |  | $ 4,861,865 | $ 5,702,198 | $ 3,669,753
[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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