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Administrative Expenses (Details) - Schedule of Administrative Expenses - CLP ($) $ in Millions | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2023 | Dec. 31, 2022 | Dec. 31, 2021
General administrative expenses |  |  |
Information technology and communications | $ 144,516 | $ 125,763 | $ 109,026
Maintenance and repair of property and equipment | 49,632 | 42,157 | 39,679
External advisory services and professional services fees | 11,576 | 15,267 | 16,819
Surveillance and securities transport services | 11,265 | 12,996 | 13,229
Insurance premiums except to cover operational risk events | 9,946 | 8,465 | 7,621
Office supplies | 8,660 | 9,288 | 8,093
External service of financial information and fraud prevention | 7,483 | 6,543 | 7,811
Legal and notary expenses | 5,433 | 3,733 | 4,308
Energy, heating and other utilities | 5,513 | 5,307 | 4,445
Postal box, mail, postage and home delivery services | 4,839 | 4,372 | 4,718
Other expenses of obligations for lease contracts | 4,431 | 3,731 | 4,227
External service of custody of documentation | 3,943 | 3,846 | 3,094
Expenses for short-term leases | 3,860 | 2,782 | 3,371
Donations | 3,251 | 1,666 | 3,199
Representation and travel expenses | 3,249 | 2,449 | 2,703
Card embossing service | 1,749 | 1,268 | 1,063
Fees for other technical reports | 1,034 | 799 | 729
Fees for review and audit of the financial statements by the external auditor | 750 | 839 | 702
Expenses for leases low value | 509 | 491 | 453
Fines applied by other agencies | 108 | 211 | 152
Fees for review and audit of the financial statements by the external auditor | 72 | 28 | 154
Other general administrative expenses | 11,407 | 9,261 | 1,970
Outsource services |  |  |
Technological developments expenses, certification and technology testing | 23,715 | 17,939 | 17,526
Data processing | 11,907 | 8,385 | 9,407
External credit evaluation service | 5,729 | 5,208 | 4,958
External collection service | 4,414 |  | 19
External human resources administration services and supply of external personnel | 1,724 | 1,438 | 1,094
External cleaning service, casino, custody of files and documents, storage of furniture and equipment | 390 | 358 | 355
Call Center service for sales, marketing, quality control customer service | 113 | 92 | 98
Board expenses |  |  |
Board of Directors Compensation | 3,347 | 3,095 | 2,889
Other Board expenses | 119 | 102 | 16
Marketing | 39,617 | 35,280 | 30,652
Taxes, contributions and other legal charges |  |  |
Contribution to the banking regulator | 14,785 | 13,566 | 11,968
Real estate contributions | 5,521 | 4,727 | 4,852
Taxes other than income tax | 2,530 | 2,207 | 1,785
Municipal patents | 1,647 | 1,568 | 1,395
Other legal charges | 60 | 47 | 45
Total | $ 408,844 | $ 355,274 | $ 324,625

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