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Financial Instruments at Amortized Cost (Details) - Schedule of financial instruments measured at amortised cost - Debt Instruments Valued At Fair Value | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2021 CLP ($)
Fair value [Member] |  |
Financial Instruments at Amortized Cost (Details) - Schedule of financial instruments measured at amortised cost [Line Items] |  |
Financial assets at beginning of period |  |
Net change on Balance | 839,744 | [1]
Change in fair value |  |
Transfer to Stage 1 |  |
Transfer to Stage 3 |  |
Impact on year-end ECL of exposures transferred between stages during the year |  | [2]
Impact of net re-measurement of year-end ECL |  |
Amounts written off |  |
Foreign exchange adjustments |  |
Financial assets at end of period | 839,744 |
Fair value [Member] | Stage 1 Individual [Member] |  |
Financial Instruments at Amortized Cost (Details) - Schedule of financial instruments measured at amortised cost [Line Items] |  |
Financial assets at beginning of period |  |
Net change on Balance | 839,744 | [1]
Change in fair value |  |
Transfer to Stage 1 |  |
Transfer to Stage 3 |  |
Impact on year-end ECL of exposures transferred between stages during the year |  | [2]
Impact of net re-measurement of year-end ECL |  |
Amounts written off |  |
Foreign exchange adjustments |  |
Financial assets at end of period | 839,744 |
Fair value [Member] | Stage 2 Individual [Member] |  |
Financial Instruments at Amortized Cost (Details) - Schedule of financial instruments measured at amortised cost [Line Items] |  |
Financial assets at beginning of period |  |
Net change on Balance |  | [1]
Change in fair value |  |
Transfer to Stage 1 |  |
Transfer to Stage 3 |  |
Impact on year-end ECL of exposures transferred between stages during the year |  | [2]
Impact of net re-measurement of year-end ECL |  |
Amounts written off |  |
Foreign exchange adjustments |  |
Financial assets at end of period |  |
Fair value [Member] | Stage 3 Individual [Member] |  |
Financial Instruments at Amortized Cost (Details) - Schedule of financial instruments measured at amortised cost [Line Items] |  |
Financial assets at beginning of period |  |
Net change on Balance |  | [1]
Change in fair value |  |
Transfer to Stage 1 |  |
Transfer to Stage 3 |  |
Impact on year-end ECL of exposures transferred between stages during the year |  | [2]
Impact of net re-measurement of year-end ECL |  |
Amounts written off |  |
Foreign exchange adjustments |  |
Financial assets at end of period |  |
12-month expected credit losses [Member] |  |
Financial Instruments at Amortized Cost (Details) - Schedule of financial instruments measured at amortised cost [Line Items] |  |
Financial assets at beginning of period |  |
Net change on Balance |  | [1]
Change in fair value |  |
Transfer to Stage 1 |  |
Transfer to Stage 3 |  |
Impact on year-end ECL of exposures transferred between stages during the year |  | [2]
Impact of net re-measurement of year-end ECL |  |
Amounts written off |  |
Foreign exchange adjustments |  |
Financial assets at end of period |  |
12-month expected credit losses [Member] | Stage 1 Individual [Member] |  |
Financial Instruments at Amortized Cost (Details) - Schedule of financial instruments measured at amortised cost [Line Items] |  |
Financial assets at beginning of period |  |
Net change on Balance |  | [1]
Change in fair value |  |
Transfer to Stage 1 |  |
Transfer to Stage 3 |  |
Impact on year-end ECL of exposures transferred between stages during the year |  | [2]
Impact of net re-measurement of year-end ECL |  |
Amounts written off |  |
Foreign exchange adjustments |  |
Financial assets at end of period |  |
12-month expected credit losses [Member] | Stage 2 Individual [Member] |  |
Financial Instruments at Amortized Cost (Details) - Schedule of financial instruments measured at amortised cost [Line Items] |  |
Financial assets at beginning of period |  |
Net change on Balance |  | [1]
Change in fair value |  |
Transfer to Stage 1 |  |
Transfer to Stage 3 |  |
Impact on year-end ECL of exposures transferred between stages during the year |  | [2]
Impact of net re-measurement of year-end ECL |  |
Amounts written off |  |
Foreign exchange adjustments |  |
Financial assets at end of period |  |
12-month expected credit losses [Member] | Stage 3 Individual [Member] |  |
Financial Instruments at Amortized Cost (Details) - Schedule of financial instruments measured at amortised cost [Line Items] |  |
Financial assets at beginning of period |  |
Net change on Balance |  | [1]
Change in fair value |  |
Transfer to Stage 1 |  |
Transfer to Stage 3 |  |
Impact on year-end ECL of exposures transferred between stages during the year |  | [2]
Impact of net re-measurement of year-end ECL |  |
Amounts written off |  |
Foreign exchange adjustments |  |
Financial assets at end of period |  |
[1] | Net change between assets purchased and assets derecognized excluding write offs.
[2] | Represents the change in the year-end ECLs of exposures that were transferred from one stage to another during the year.

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