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Financial Liabilities at Amortized Cost (Details) - Schedule of borrowings from financial institutions - CLP ($) $ in Millions | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2022 | Dec. 31, 2021
Foreign banks |  |  |
Total |  | $ 5,397,676 | $ 4,861,865
Banco Santander [Member] |  |  |
Domestic banks |  |  |
Domestic banks |  | 2,699 |
Subtotal domestic banks [Member] |  |  |
Domestic banks |  |  |
Domestic banks |  | 2,699 |
Wells Fargo Bank [Member] |  |  |
Foreign banks |  |  |
Foreign banks |  | 231,311 | 145,070
Borrowings and other obligations |  | 149,944 | 133,692
Bank of Nova Scotia [Member] |  |  |
Foreign banks |  |  |
Foreign banks |  | 142,787 |
HSBC [Member] |  |  |
Foreign banks |  |  |
Foreign banks |  | 85,153 |
Standard Chartered Bank [Member] |  |  |
Foreign banks |  |  |
Foreign banks |  | 81,828 | 4,990
Borrowings and other obligations |  | 14,281 | 211
Bank of America [Member] |  |  |
Foreign banks |  |  |
Foreign banks |  | 80,509 | 43,925
Bank of New York Mellon [Member] |  |  |
Foreign banks |  |  |
Foreign banks |  | 77,846 | 17,055
Citibank N.A. United State [Member] |  |  |
Foreign banks |  |  |
Foreign banks |  | 69,810 | 70,590
Borrowings and other obligations |  |  | 4,173
Industrial And Commercial Bank Of China [Member] |  |  |
Foreign banks |  |  |
Foreign banks |  | 1,280 |
Commerzbank AG [Member] |  |  |
Foreign banks |  |  |
Foreign banks |  | 348 | 1,782
Borrowings and other obligations |  | 110 | 568
Bank of Tokyo [Member] |  |  |
Foreign banks |  |  |
Foreign banks |  |  | 412
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking [Member] |  |  |
Foreign banks |  |  |
Foreign banks |  |  | 42,641
Citibank N.A. United Kingdom [Member] |  |  |
Foreign banks |  |  |
Borrowings and other obligations |  | 108,017 | 48,120
Deutsche Bank AG [Member] |  |  |
Foreign banks |  |  |
Borrowings and other obligations |  | 3,179 |
Others [Member] |  |  |
Foreign banks |  |  |
Borrowings and other obligations |  | 53 | 176
Subtotal foreign banks [Member] |  |  |
Foreign banks |  |  |
Borrowings and other obligations |  | 1,046,456 | 513,405
Chilean Central Bank [Member] |  |  |
Foreign banks |  |  |
Chilean Central Bank | [1] | $ 4,348,521 | $ 4,348,460
[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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