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Risk Management (Details) - Schedule of risk weighted assets, basic capital ratio and regulatory capital ratio $ in Thousands, $ in Millions | 12 Months Ended |
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Dec. 31, 2021 CLP ($) | Dec. 31, 2020 CLP ($) | Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($)
Risk Management (Details) - Schedule of risk weighted assets, basic capital ratio and regulatory capital ratio [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Total assets according to the statement of financial position | $ 51,425,948 |  | $ 45,550,960 | $ 60,314,495
Regulatory Compliance for Capital Adequacy |  |  |  |
Basic capital | 4,223,013 | [1] | 3,726,267 |
Regulatory capital | 5,522,703 | [1] | 4,878,500 |
Total consolidated assets | 55,261,371 | [1] | 48,754,455 |
Total consolidated assets weighted by credit risk | $ 34,288,733 | [1] | $ 30,566,571 |
Basic capital / consolidated assets | 7.64% | [1] | 7.64% |
Regulatory capital / consolidated assets weighted by risk | 16.11% | [1] | 15.96% |
Overall Consolidated [Member] |  |  |  |
Risk Management (Details) - Schedule of risk weighted assets, basic capital ratio and regulatory capital ratio [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Total assets according to the statement of financial position | $ 51,702,439 |  |  |
Non-consolidated investment in subsidiaries |  |  |  |
Assets discounted from regulatory capital, other than item 2 | 61,953 |  |  |
Derivative credit equivalents | 1,782,784 |  |  |
Financial derivative contracts | 2,983,298 |  |  |
Contingent loans | 2,612,170 |  |  |
Assets generated by the intermediation of financial instruments |  |  |  |
Total assets for regulatory purposes | 53,052,142 |  |  |
Credit risk weighted assets, estimated according to the standard methodology | 28,280,644 |  |  |
Credit risk weighted assets, estimated according to internal methodologies |  |  |  |
Market risk weighted assets | 1,342,767 |  |  |
Operational risk weighted assets | 2,956,592 |  |  |
Risk-weighted assets | 32,580,003 |  |  |
Risk-weighted assets, after application of the output floor | 32,580,003 |  |  |
Owner’s equity | 4,223,013 |  |  |
Non-controlling interest | 1 |  |  |
Goodwill |  |  |  |
Excess minority investments |  |  |  |
Common Equity Tier 1 Capital | 4,223,014 |  |  |
Additional deductions to Common Equity Tier 1 Capital, other than item 2 |  |  |  |
Common Equity Tier 1 Capital | 4,223,014 |  |  |
Voluntary provisions (additional) computed as additional Tier 1 capital (AT1) | 325,800 |  |  |
Subordinated bonds computed as additional tier 1 capital (AT1) |  |  |  |
Preferred shares allocated to additional tier 1 capital (AT1) |  |  |  |
Bonds without a fixed term of maturity imputed to additional tier 1 capital (AT1) |  |  |  |
Discounts applied to AT1 |  |  |  |
Additional Tier 1 Capital (AT1) | 325,800 |  |  |
Tier 1 Capital | 4,548,814 |  |  |
Voluntary provisions (additional) computed as Tier 2 capital (T2) | 214,452 |  |  |
Subordinated bonds computed as Tier 2 capital (T2) | 871,079 |  |  |
Equivalent tier 2 capital (T2) | 1,085,531 |  |  |
Discounts applied to T2 |  |  |  |
Tier 2 capital (T2) | 1,085,531 |  |  |
Total or Regulatory Capital | 5,634,345 |  |  |
Additional CET 1 Capital required for the constitution of the conservation buffer | 0 |  |  |
Additional CET 1 Capital required to set up the countercyclical buffer | 0 |  |  |
Additional CET 1 Capital required for banks qualified as systemic | 0 |  |  |
Additional capital required for the evaluation of the adequacy of Total or Regulatory Capital (Pillar 2) | $ 0 |  |  |
Leverage Ratio | 7.96% |  |  | 7.96%
Common Equity Tier 1 (CET1) Capital Ratio | 12.96% |  |  | 12.96%
Tier 1 capital Ratio | 13.96% |  |  | 13.96%
Total or Regulatory Capital Ratio | 17.29% |  |  | 17.29%
Credit rating | A |  |  |
Regulatory Compliance for Capital Adequacy |  |  |  |
Additional provisions computed as Tier 2 capital (T2) in relation to Credit RWA | 0.76% |  |  | 0.76%
Subordinated bonds computed as Tier 2 capital (T2) in relation to CET 1 Capital | 20.63% |  |  | 20.63%
Additional Tier 1 Capital (AT1) in relation to CET 1 Capital | 7.71% |  |  | 7.71%
Voluntary (additional) provisions and subordinated computed as AT1 in relation to RWAs | 1.00% |  |  | 1.00%
Local Consolidated [Member] |  |  |  |
Risk Management (Details) - Schedule of risk weighted assets, basic capital ratio and regulatory capital ratio [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Total assets according to the statement of financial position | $ 51,702,439 |  |  |
Non-consolidated investment in subsidiaries |  |  |  |
Assets discounted from regulatory capital, other than item 2 | 61,953 |  |  |
Derivative credit equivalents | 1,782,784 |  |  |
Financial derivative contracts | 2,983,298 |  |  |
Contingent loans | 2,612,170 |  |  |
Assets generated by the intermediation of financial instruments |  |  |  |
Total assets for regulatory purposes | 53,052,142 |  |  |
Credit risk weighted assets, estimated according to the standard methodology | 28,280,644 |  |  |
Credit risk weighted assets, estimated according to internal methodologies |  |  |  |
Market risk weighted assets | 1,342,767 |  |  |
Operational risk weighted assets | 2,956,592 |  |  |
Risk-weighted assets | 32,580,003 |  |  |
Risk-weighted assets, after application of the output floor | 32,580,003 |  |  |
Owner’s equity | 4,223,013 |  |  |
Non-controlling interest | 1 |  |  |
Goodwill |  |  |  |
Excess minority investments |  |  |  |
Common Equity Tier 1 Capital | 4,223,014 |  |  |
Additional deductions to Common Equity Tier 1 Capital, other than item 2 |  |  |  |
Common Equity Tier 1 Capital | 4,223,014 |  |  |
Voluntary provisions (additional) computed as additional Tier 1 capital (AT1) | 325,800 |  |  |
Subordinated bonds computed as additional tier 1 capital (AT1) |  |  |  |
Preferred shares allocated to additional tier 1 capital (AT1) |  |  |  |
Bonds without a fixed term of maturity imputed to additional tier 1 capital (AT1) |  |  |  |
Discounts applied to AT1 |  |  |  |
Additional Tier 1 Capital (AT1) | 325,800 |  |  |
Tier 1 Capital | 4,548,814 |  |  |
Voluntary provisions (additional) computed as Tier 2 capital (T2) | 214,452 |  |  |
Subordinated bonds computed as Tier 2 capital (T2) | 871,079 |  |  |
Equivalent tier 2 capital (T2) | 1,085,531 |  |  |
Discounts applied to T2 |  |  |  |
Tier 2 capital (T2) | 1,085,531 |  |  |
Total or Regulatory Capital | 5,634,345 |  |  |
Additional CET 1 Capital required for the constitution of the conservation buffer | 0 |  |  |
Additional CET 1 Capital required to set up the countercyclical buffer | 0 |  |  |
Additional CET 1 Capital required for banks qualified as systemic | 0 |  |  |
Additional capital required for the evaluation of the adequacy of Total or Regulatory Capital (Pillar 2) | $ 0 |  |  |
[1] | Information for comparative purposes based on standards contained in Chapter 12-1 of the RAN.

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