EX-99.1 2 ea022933301ex99-1_bank.htm CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS WITH NOTES AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2024

Exhibit 99.1

 

 

 

 

 

Consolidated Financial Staxtements

for the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023

 

 

 

 

 

 

BANCO DE CHILE AND SUBSIDIARIES

 

(Free translation of Consolidated Financial Statements originally issued in Spanish)

 

INDEX

 

I. Consolidated Statements of Financial Position
II. Consolidated Statements of Income
III. Consolidated Statements of Other Comprehensive Income
IV. Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
V. Consolidated Statements of Changes in Equity
VI. Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

 

MCh$ = Millions of Chilean pesos
BCh$ = Billions of Chilean pesos
MUS$ = Millions of U.S. dollars
ThUS$ = Thousands of U.S. dollars
UF or CLF = Unidad de Fomento
    (The UF is an inflation-indexed, Chilean peso denominated monetary unit set daily in advance on the basis of the previous month’s inflation rate).
Ch$ or CLP = Chilean pesos
US$ or USD = U.S. dollar
JPY = Japanese yen
EUR = Euro
HKD = Hong Kong dollar
CHF = Swiss Franc
PEN = Peruvian sol
AUD = Australian dollar
NOK = Norwegian krone
MXN = Mexican peso
     
IFRS = International Financial Reporting Standards
IAS = International Accounting Standards
RAN = Actualized Standards Compilation issued by the Chilean Commission for the Financial Market (“CMF”)
IFRIC = International Financial Reporting Interpretations Committee
SIC = Standards Interpretation Committee

 

 

 

BANCO DE CHILE AND SUBSIDIARIES

INDEX

 

    Page
Consolidated Statements of Financial Position   3
Consolidated Statements of Income   5
Consolidated Statements of Other Comprehensive Income   7
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows   8
Consolidated Statements of Changes in Equity   10
1.    Company information:   11
2.    Main Accounting Criteria Used:   12
3.    New Accounting Pronouncements Issued and Adopted, or Issued that have not yet been Adopted:   48
4.    Accounting Changes:   54
5.    Relevant Events:   55
6.    Business Segments:   59
7.    Cash and Cash Equivalents:   62
8.    Financial Assets Held for Trading at Fair Value through Profit or Loss:   63
9.   Non-trading Financial Assets mandatorily measured at Fair Value through Profit or Loss:   65
10. Financial Assets and Liabilities designated as at Fair Value through Profit or Loss:   65
11.  Financial Assets at Fair Value through Other Comprehensive Income:   66
12.  Derivative Financial Instruments for hedging purposes:   68
13.   Financial assets at amortized cost:   71
14.  Investments in other companies:   92
15.   Intangible Assets:   95
16.   Property and equipment:   96
17.    Right-of-use assets and Lease liabilities:   97
18. Taxes:   100
19.    Other Assets:   105
20.    Non-current assets and disposal groups held for sale and Liabilities included in disposal groups for sale:   106
21.    Financial liabilities held for trading at fair value through profit or loss:   107
22.   Financial liabilities at amortized cost:   108
23.    Financial instruments of regulatory capital issued:   114
24.    Provisions for contingencies:   118
25.    Provision for dividends, interests and reappraisal of financial instruments of regulatory capital issued:   123
26.    Special provisions for credit risk:   124
27.    Other Liabilities:   125
28.    Equity:   126
29.    Contingencies and Commitments:   131
30.  Interest Revenue and Expenses:   136
31.   UF indexation revenue and expenses:   138
32.    Income and Expenses from commissions:   141
33.   Net Financial income (expense):   142
34.   Income attributable to investments in other companies:   143
35.  Result from non-current assets and disposal groups held for sale not admissible as discontinued operations:   144
36.  Other operating Income and Expenses:   144
37. Expenses from salaries and employee benefits:   146
38.   Administrative expenses:   147
39.   Depreciation and Amortization:   148
40.   Impairment of non-financial assets:   148
41.   Credit loss expense:   149
42.    Income from discontinued operations:   151
43.   Related Party Disclosures:   151
44.   Fair Value of Financial Assets and Liabilities:   158
45.   Maturity according to their remaining Terms of Financial Assets and Liabilities:   170
46.   Financial and Non-Financial Assets and Liabilities by Currency:   172
47.    Risk Management and Report:   173
48.   Information on Regulatory Capital and Capital Adequacy Ratios:   213
49.    Subsequent Events:   218

 

 

 

  

BANCO DE CHILE AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF FINANCIAL POSITION

For the years ended December 31,

(Free translation of Consolidated Financial Statements originally issued in Spanish)

 

 

 

   Notes  2024   2023 
     MCh$   MCh$ 
ASSETS           
Cash and due from banks  7   2,699,076    2,464,648 
Transactions in the course of collection  7   372,456    415,505 
Financial assets held for trading at fair value through profit or loss:             
Derivative financial instruments  8   2,303,353    2,035,376 
Debt financial instruments  8   1,714,381    3,363,624 
Others  8   411,689    409,328 
Non-trading financial assets mandatorily measured at fair value through profit or loss  9        
Financial assets at fair value through profit or loss  10        
Financial assets at fair value through other comprehensive income:             
Debt financial instruments  11   2,088,345    3,786,525 
Others  11        
Derivative financial instruments for hedging purposes  12   73,959    49,065 
Financial assets at amortized cost:             
Rights from resale agreements and securities lending  13   87,291    71,822 
Debt financial instruments  13   944,074    1,431,083 
Loans and advances to Banks  13   666,815    2,519,180 
Loans to customers - Commercial loans  13   19,724,933    19,624,909 
Loans to customers - Residential mortgage loans  13   13,180,186    12,269,148 
Loans to customers - Consumer loans  13   5,183,917    4,937,679 
Investments in other companies  14   76,769    76,994 
Intangible assets  15   158,556    137,204 
Property and equipment  16   189,073    201,657 
Right-of-use assets  17   96,879    108,889 
Current tax assets  18   159,869    141,194 
Deferred tax assets  18   556,829    539,818 
Other assets  19   1,373,541    1,186,013 
Non-current assets and disposal groups held for sale  20   33,450    22,891 
TOTAL ASSETS      52,095,441    55,792,552 

 

The accompanying notes 1 to 49 are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements

 

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BANCO DE CHILE AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF FINANCIAL POSITION

For the years ended December 31,

(Free translation of Consolidated Financial Statements originally issued in Spanish)

 

 

 

   Notes  2024   2023 
      MCh$   MCh$ 
LIABILITIES           
Transactions in the course of payment  7   283,605    356,871 
Financial liabilities held for trading at fair value through profit or loss:             
Derivative financial instruments  21   2,444,806    2,196,921 
Others  21   990    2,305 
Financial liabilities designated as at fair value through profit or loss  10        
Derivative Financial Instruments for hedging purposes  12   141,040    160,602 
Financial liabilities at amortized cost:             
Current accounts and other demand deposits  22   14,263,303    13,321,660 
Saving accounts and time deposits  22   14,168,703    15,365,562 
Obligations by repurchase agreements and securities lending  22   109,794    157,173 
Borrowings from financial institutions  22   1,103,468    5,360,715 
Debt financial instruments issued  22   9,690,069    9,360,065 
Other financial obligations  22   284,479    339,305 
Lease liabilities  17   91,429    101,480 
Financial instruments of regulatory capital issued  23   1,068,879    1,039,814 
Provisions for contingencies  24   194,753    192,152 
Provision for dividends, interests and reappraisal of financial instruments of regulatory capital issued  25   597,228    611,949 
Special provisions for credit risk  26   774,184    769,147 
Currents tax liabilities  18   132    808 
Deferred tax liabilities  18   166     
Other liabilities  27   1,255,412    1,218,738 
Liabilities included in disposal groups held for sale  20        
TOTAL LIABILITIES      46,472,440    50,555,267 
              
EQUITY             
Capital  28   2,420,538    2,420,538 
Reserves  28   709,742    709,742 
Accumulated other comprehensive income             
Elements that are not reclassified in profit and loss  28   7,552    6,756 
Elements that can be reclassified in profit and loss  28   (3,775)   17,486 
Retained earnings from previous years  28   1,878,778    1,451,076 
Income for the year  28   1,207,392    1,243,634 
Less: Provision for dividends, interests and reappraisal of financial instruments of regulatory capital issued  28   (597,228)   (611,949)
Shareholders of the Bank  28   5,622,999    5,237,283 
Non-controlling interests  28   2    2 
TOTAL EQUITY      5,623,001    5,237,285 
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND EQUITY      52,095,441    55,792,552 

 

The accompanying notes 1 to 49 are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements

 

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BANCO DE CHILE AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME

for the years between January 1, and December 31,

(Free translation of Consolidated Financial Statements originally issued in Spanish)

 

 

 

   Notes  2024   2023 
      MCh$   MCh$ 
            
Interest revenue  30   2,919,967    3,181,624 
Interest expense  30   (1,138,312)   (1,634,708)
Net interest income      1,781,655    1,546,916 
              
UF indexation revenue  31   829,188    832,909 
UF indexation expenses  31   (469,992)   (489,165)
Net income from UF indexation      359,196    343,744 
              
Income from commissions  32   732,922    714,380 
Expenses from commissions  32   (161,039)   (168,450)
Net income from commissions      571,883    545,930 
              
Financial income (expense) for:             
Financial assets and liabilities held for trading  33   102,301    351,352 
Non-trading financial assets mandatorily measured at fair value through profit or loss  33        
Financial assets and liabilities designated as at fair value through profit or loss  33        
Result from derecognition of financial assets and liabilities at amortized cost and financial assets at fair value through other comprehensive income  33   8,289    (4,181)
Exchange, indexation and accounting hedging of foreign currency  33   164,597    120,594 
Reclassification of financial assets for changes in the business model  33        
Other financial result  33        
Net Financial income (expense)  33   275,187    467,765 
              
Income attributable to investments in other companies  34   17,052    14,432 
Result from non-current assets and disposal groups held for sale not admissible as discontinued operations  35   (6,465)   3,146 
Other operating income  36   51,777    72,939 
TOTAL OPERATING INCOME      3,050,285    2,994,872 
              
Expenses from salaries and employee benefits  37   (582,547)   (582,684)
Administrative expenses  38   (416,696)   (403,255)
Depreciation and amortization  39   (94,601)   (92,308)
Impairment of non-financial assets  40   (2,851)   (1,762)
Other operating expenses  36   (36,039)   (36,090)
TOTAL OPERATING EXPENSES      (1,132,734)   (1,116,099)
              
OPERATING RESULT BEFORE CREDIT LOSSES      1,917,551    1,878,773 

 

The accompanying notes 1 to 49 are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements

 

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BANCO DE CHILE AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME

for the years between January 1, and December 31,

(Free translation of Consolidated Financial Statements originally issued in Spanish)

 

 

 

   Notes  2024   2023 
      MCh$   MCh$ 
Credit loss expense for:             
Provisions for credit risk of loans and advances to banks and loans to customers  41   (452,448)   (423,015)
Special provisions for credit risk  41   (3,610)   (3,256)
Recovery of written-off credits  41   65,313    62,266 
Impairments for credit risk from other financial assets at amortized cost and financial assets at fair value through other comprehensive income  41   (1,009)   2,754 
Credit loss expense  41   (391,754)   (361,251)
              
NET OPERATING INCOME      1,525,797    1,517,522 
              
Income from continuing operations before tax      1,525,797    1,517,522 
Income tax  18   (318,405)   (273,887)
              
Income from continuing operations after tax      1,207,392    1,243,635 
              
Income from discontinued operations before tax           
Income tax from discontinued operations  18        
              
Income from discontinued operations after tax  42        
              
NET INCOME FOR THE YEAR  28   1,207,392    1,243,635 
              
Attributable to:             
Shareholders of the Bank  28   1,207,392    1,243,634 
Non-controlling interests          1 
              
Earnings per share:     $   $ 
Basic earnings  28   11.95    12.31 
Diluted earnings  28   11.95    12.31 

 

The accompanying notes 1 to 49 are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements

 

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BANCO DE CHILE AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF

OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

for the years between January 1, and December 31,

(Free translation of Consolidated Financial Statements originally issued in Spanish)

 

 

 

   Notes  2024   2023 
      MCh$   MCh$ 
            
NET INCOME FOR THE YEAR  28   1,207,392    1,243,635 
              
ITEMS NOT TO BE RECLASSIFIED TO PROFIT OR LOSS             
Re-measurement of the liability (asset) for net defined benefits and actuarial results for other employee benefit plans  28   115    (75)
Fair value changes of equity instruments designated as at fair value through other comprehensive income  28   (212)   5,878 
Fair value changes of financial liabilities designated as at fair value through profit or loss attributable to changes in the credit risk of the financial liability  28        
Others  28        
OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME THAT WILL NOT BE RECLASSIFIED TO PROFIT OR LOSS BEFORE TAX      (97)   5,803 
              
Income tax on other comprehensive income that will not be reclassified to profit or loss  18   893    (1,567)
              
TOTAL OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME THAT WILL NOT BE RECLASSIFIED TO INCOME AFTER TAXES  28   796    4,236 
              
ELEMENTS THAT CAN BE RECLASSIFIED TO PROFIT OR LOSS             
Fair value changes of financial assets at fair value through other comprehensive income  28   (4,664)   8,874 
Cash flow hedges  28   (21,798)   113,183 
Participation in other comprehensive income of entities registered under the equity method  28   26    116 
              
OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME THAT WILL BE RECLASSIFIED TO INCOME BEFORE TAXES      (26,436)   122,173 
              
Income tax on other comprehensive income that can be reclassified to profit or loss  28   5,175    (32,365)
              
TOTAL OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME THAT WILL BE RECLASSIFIED TO PROFIT OR LOSS AFTER TAX  28   (21,261)   89,808 
              
TOTAL OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME FOR THE YEAR  28   (20,465)   94,044 
              
CONSOLIDATED COMPREHENSIVE INCOME FOR THE YEAR      1,186,927    1,337,679 
              
Attributable to:             
Shareholders of the Bank      1,186,927    1,337,678 
Non-controlling interests          1 

 

The accompanying notes 1 to 49 are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements

 

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BANCO DE CHILE AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

for the years between January 1, and December 31,

(Free translation of Consolidated Financial Statements originally issued in Spanish)

 

 

 

   Notes  2024   2023 
     MCh$   MCh$ 
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:           
Profit for the year before taxes      1,525,797    1,517,522 
Income tax  18   (318,405)   (273,887)
Profit for the year after taxes      1,207,392    1,243,635 
Charges (credits) to income (loss) that do not represent cash flows:             
Depreciation and amortization  39   94,601    92,308 
Impairment of non-financial assets  40   2,851    1,762 
Provisions for credit losses      452,184    419,793 
Provisions for contingencies  41   4,883    3,725 
Additional provisions  41        
Fair value of debt financial instruments held for trading at fair value through in profit or loss      (1,712)   2,318 
Change in deferred tax assets and liabilities  18   (16,678)   (3,682)
Net (income) loss from investments in companies with significant influence  34   (8,730)   (13,409)
Net (income) loss on sale of assets received in payments      (1,271)   (1,629)
Net (income) loss on sale of sale of fixed assets  35   (938)   (2,971)
Write-offs of assets received in payment  35   14,942    5,252 
Other charges (credits) that do not represent cash flows      8,739    (9,953)
              
Changes due to (increase) decrease in assets and liabilities affecting the operating flow:             
Net ( increase ) decrease in accounts receivable from banks      1,853,194    (340,369)
Net ( increase ) decrease in loans and accounts receivables from customers      (1,566,163)   (1,062,775)
Net ( increase ) decrease of debt financial instruments held for trading at fair value through profit or loss      297,364    (323,475)
Net ( increase ) decrease in other assets and liabilities      (261,262)   (116,853)
Increase ( decrease ) in deposits and other demand obligations      942,650    (59,946)
Increase ( decrease ) in repurchase agreements and securities loans      (55,184)   (59,887)
Increase ( decrease ) in deposits and other time deposits      (1,167,941)   1,288,027 
Sale of assets received in lieu of payment      19,556    14,227 
Increase ( decrease ) in  obligations with foreign banks      91,361    (42,479)
Increase ( decrease ) in other financial obligations      (54,802)   (4,646)
Increase ( decrease ) in obligations with the Central Bank of Chile      (4,348,400)    
Net change in exchange rates, interest, readjustments and commissions accrued on assets and liabilities      547,180    248,462 
Net increase ( decrease ) of debt financial instruments at fair value through other comprehensive income      1,611,197    257,613 
Net (increase) decrease of financial instruments at amortized cost      506,337    (493,631)
Total net cash flows provided by (used in) operating activities      171,350    1,041,417 
              
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:             
Leasehold improvements  17   (872)   (1,993)
Fixed assets purchase  16   (16,354)   (24,751)
Fixed assets sale      1,294    3,626 
Disposal of investments in companies      11,791     
Acquisition of intangibles  15   (57,617)   (59,955)
Acquisition of investments in companies  14        
Dividend received of investments in companies      3,416    5,698 
Total net cash flows from (used in) investing activities      (58,342)   (77,375)
              
CASH FLOW FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:             
Attributable to the interest of the owners:             
Redemption and payment of interest of letters of credit      (639)   (1,012)
Redemption and payment of interest on current bonds      (1,447,751)   (1,813,176)
Redemption and payment of interest on subordinated bonds      (50,637)   (52,199)
Current bonds issuance  22   1,012,638    1,224,480 
Subordinated bonds issuance           
Payment of common stock dividends  28   (815,932)   (866,929)
Principal and interest payments for obligations under lease contracts  17   (29,991)   (32,084)
Attributable to non-controlling interest:             
Dividend payment and/or withdrawals of paid-in capital in respect of the subsidiaries corresponding to the non-controlling interest          (1)
Total net cash flows from (used in) financing activities      (1,332,312)   (1,540,921)
              
VARIATION IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS DURING THE YEAR      (1,219,304)   (576,879)
              
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents      164,743    15,637 
              
Opening balance of cash and  cash equivalent  7   5,544,147    6,105,389 
              
Final balance of cash and  cash equivalent  7   4,489,586    5,544,147 

 

   2024   2023 
  MCh$   MCh$ 
Interest operating cash flow:        
Interest and readjustments received   3,645,741    3,591,440 
Interest and readjustments paid   (1,570,720)   (2,138,298)

 

The accompanying notes 1 to 49 are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements

 

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BANCO DE CHILE AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

for the years between January 1, and December 31,

(Free translation of Consolidated Financial Statements originally issued in Spanish)

 

 

 

Reconciliation of liabilities arising from financing activities:

 

       Changes other than Cash     
   12.31.2023   Net Cash Flow   Acquisition /
(Disposals)
   Foreign currency   UF Movement   12.31.2024 
   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$ 
Letters of credit   1,444    (639)           45    850 
Bonds   10,398,435    (485,750)       186,420    658,993    10,758,098 
Dividends paid       (815,932)               (815,932)
Obligations for lease contracts   101,480    (29,991)   13,956        5,984    91,429 
Dividend payment and/or withdrawals of paid-in capital in respect of the subsidiaries corresponding to the non-controlling interest                        
Total liabilities from financing activities   10,501,359    (1,332,312)   13,956    186,420    665,022    10,034,445 

 

The accompanying notes 1 to 49 are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements

 

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BANCO DE CHILE AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN EQUITY

for the years between January 1, and December 31, 2024 and 2023

(Free translation of Consolidated Financial Statements originally issued in Spanish)

 

 

 

      Attributable to shareholders of the Bank         
   Note  Capital   Reserves   Accumulated other comprehensive income   Retained earnings from previous  years and income (loss) for the year   Total   Non-controlling interests   Total Equity 
     MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$ 
Opening balances as of January 1, 2023      2,420,538    709,742    (69,802)   1,797,847    4,858,325            2    4,858,327 
Dividends distributed and paid  28               (866,929)   (866,929)   (1)   (866,930)
Application of provision for payment of common stock dividends                  520,158    520,158        520,158 
Provision for payment of common stock dividends  28               (611,949)   (611,949)       (611,949)
Subtotal: transactions with owners during the year                  (958,720)   (958,720)   (1)   (958,721)
Income for the year 2023  28               1,243,634    1,243,634    1    1,243,635 
Other comprehensive income for the year  28           94,044        94,044        94,044 
Subtotal: Comprehensive income for the year              94,044    1,243,634    1,337,678    1    1,337,679 
Balances as of December 31, 2023      2,420,538    709,742    24,242    2,082,761    5,237,283    2    5,237,285 
                                       
Opening balances as of January 1, 2024      2,420,538    709,742    24,242    2,082,761    5,237,283    2    5,237,285 
Dividends distributed and paid  28               (815,932)   (815,932)       (815,932)
Application of provision for payment of common stock dividends  28               611,949    611,949        611,949 
Provision for payment of common stock dividends  28               (597,228)   (597,228)       (597,228)
Subtotal: transactions with owners during the year                  (801,211)   (801,211)       (801,211)
Income for the year 2024  28               1,207,392    1,207,392        1,207,392 
Other comprehensive income for the year  28           (20,465)       (20,465)       (20,465)
Subtotal: Comprehensive income for the year              (20,465)   1,207,392    1,186,927        1,186,927 
Balances as of December 31, 2024      2,420,538    709,742    3,777    2,488,942    5,622,999    2    5,623,001 

 

The accompanying notes 1 to 49 are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements

 

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BANCO DE CHILE AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

As of December 31, 2024 and 2023

(Free translation of Consolidated Financial Statements originally issued in Spanish)

 

 

 

1.Company information:

 

Banco de Chile is authorized to operate as a commercial bank since September 17, 1996, being, in conformity with the stipulations of article 25 of Law No. 19,396, the legal continuation of Banco de Chile resulting from the merger of the Banco Nacional de Chile, Banco Agrícola and Banco de Valparaiso, which was constituted by public deed dated October 28, 1893, granted before the Notary Public of Santiago, Mr. Eduardo Reyes Lavalle, authorized by Supreme Decree of November 28, 1893.

 

The Bank is a Corporation organized under the laws of the Republic of Chile, regulated by the Chilean Commission for the Financial Market (“CMF”). Since 2001, it is subject to the supervision of the Securities and Exchange Commission of the United States of America (“SEC”), in consideration of the fact that the Bank is registered on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”), through a program of American Depositary Receipt (“ADR”).

 

Banco de Chile offers a broad range of banking services to its customers, ranging from individuals to large corporations. Additionally, the Bank offers international as well as treasury banking services, in addition to those offered by subsidiaries that include securities brokerage, mutual fund and investment management, insurance brokerage and financial advisory services.

 

Banco de Chile’s legal address is Ahumada 251, Santiago, Chile and its website is www.bancochile.cl.

 

The accompanying notes 1 to 49 are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements

 

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2.Main Accounting Criteria Used:

 

(a)Legal Dispositions:

 

Decree Law No. 3,538 of 1980, according to the text replaced by the first article of Law No. 21,000 that “Creates the Commission for the Financial Market”, provides in numeral 6 of its article 5 that the Commission for the Market Financial (“CMF”) may “set the standards for the preparation and presentation of reports, balance sheets, statements of situation and other financial statements of the audited entities and determine the principles under which they must keep their accounting”.

 

According to the current legal framework, banks must use the accounting principles provided by the CMF and in everything that is not dealt with by it or in contravention of its instructions, they must adhere to the generally accepted accounting principles, which correspond to the technical standards issued by the College of Accountants of Chile AG, coinciding with the International Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRS”) agreed by the International Accounting Standards Board (“IASB”). If there are discrepancies between these accounting principles of general acceptance and the accounting criteria issued by the CMF, the latter shall prevail.

 

The notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements contain additional information to that presented in the Consolidated Statement of Financial Position, Consolidated Statement of Income, Consolidated Statement of Other Comprehensive Income, Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity and Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows. They provide narrative descriptions or disaggregation of such statements in a clear, relevant, reliable and comparable way.

 

(b)Basis of Consolidation:

 

The Consolidated Financial Statements of Banco de Chile as of December 31, 2024 and 2023, have been consolidated with its subsidiaries, using the global integration method (line-by-line). They include preparation of individual Financial Statements of the Bank and companies that participate in the consolidation and it include adjustments and reclassifications necessary to homologue accounting policies and valuation criteria applied by the Bank. The Consolidated Financial Statements have been prepared using the same accounting policies for similar transactions and other events, in equivalent circumstances.

 

Significant intercompany transactions and balances (assets and liabilities, equity, income, expenses and cash flows) originated in operations performed between the Bank and its subsidiaries and between subsidiaries have been eliminated in the consolidation process. The non-controlling interest corresponding to the participation percentage of third parties in subsidiaries, which the Bank does not own directly or indirectly, has been recognized and is shown separately in the consolidated shareholders’ equity and consolidated income statement of Banco de Chile.

 

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2.Main Accounting Criteria Used, continued:

 

Controlled companies (Subsidiaries):

 

Consolidated Financial Statements as of December 31, 2024 and 2023 incorporate Financial Statements of the Bank and the controlled companies (subsidiaries) in accordance with IFRS 10 “Consolidated Financial Statements”.

 

The entities controlled by the Bank and which form parts of the consolidation are detailed as follows:

 

            Interest Owned 
            Direct   Indirect   Total 
         Functional  December   December   December   December   December   December 
Rut  Entity  Country  Currency  2024   2023   2024   2023   2024   2023 
            %   %   %   %   %   % 
96,767,630-6  Banchile Administradora General de Fondos S.A.  Chile  Ch$   99.98    99.98    0.02    0.02    100.00    100.00 
96,543,250-7  Banchile Asesoría Financiera S.A.  Chile  Ch$   99.96    99.96            99.96    99.96 
77,191,070-K  Banchile Corredores de Seguros Ltda.  Chile  Ch$   99.83    99.83    0.17    0.17    100.00    100.00 
96,571,220-8  Banchile Corredores de Bolsa S.A.  Chile  Ch$   99.70    99.70    0.30    0.30    100.00    100.00 
96,645,790-2  Socofin S.A.  Chile  Ch$   99.00    99.00    1.00    1.00    100.00    100.00 
77,955,969-6  Operadora de Tarjetas B-Pago S.A. (*)  Chile  Ch$   99.90        0.10        100.00     

 

(*)On July 29, 2024, the public deed of incorporation of the subsidiary company of Banco de Chile was signed, Operadora de Tarjetas B-Pago S.A.

 

Investments in associates and joint ventures:

 

Associated entities are those over which the Bank has the capacity to exercise significant influence, without having control over the associate.

 

Investments in associates where exists significant influence, are accounted for using the equity method (Note No. 14).

 

Joint Ventures are joint arrangements whereby the parties that have joint control of the arrangement have rights to the net assets of the arrangement. Joint control exists only when decisions about the relevant activities require the unanimous consent of the parties sharing control.

 

Investments defined as a “Joint Venture” will be registered according to the equity method.

 

The investment in other companies that, due to its characteristics, is defined as “Joint Venture” is Servipag Ltda.

 

Minority investments in other companies:

 

On initial recognition, the Bank and subsidiaries may make an irrevocable election to present in other comprehensive income subsequent changes in the fair value of an investment in an equity instrument that is not held for trading and is not contingent consideration recognized by an acquirer in a business combination to which IFRS 3 applies.

 

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2.Main Accounting Criteria Used, continued:

 

Fund administration:

 

The Bank and its subsidiaries manage and administer assets held in mutual funds and other investment products on behalf of investors, perceiving a payment according to the service provided and market conditions. Managed resources are owned by third parties and, therefore, not included in the Consolidated Statements of Financial Position.

 

According to established in IFRS 10, for consolidation purposes is necessary to assess the role of the Bank and its subsidiaries with respect to the funds they manage, must determine whether that role is Agent or Principal.

 

The Bank and its subsidiaries manage on behalf and for the benefit of investors, acting in that relationship only as Agent. Under this category, and as provided in the aforementioned regulation, it does not control such funds when exercise its authority to make decisions. Therefore, as of December 31, 2024 and 2023 act as agent, and therefore do not consolidate any fund, no funds are part of the consolidation.

 

(c)Non-controlling interest:

 

Non-controlling interest represents the share of losses, income and net assets of which, directly or indirectly, the Bank does not own. It is presented separately from the equity of the owners of the Bank in the Consolidated Statements of Income and the Consolidated Statements of Financial Position.

 

(d)Use of Estimates and Judgment:

 

Preparing Consolidated Financial Statements requires Management to make judgments, estimations and assumptions that affect the application of accounting policies and the valuation of assets, liabilities, income and expenses presented. Real results could differ from these estimated amounts. The estimates made refer to:

 

-Losses due to impairment of assets and liabilities (Notes No. 11, 13, 15, 16, 17 and No. 40);

 

-Provision for credit risk (Notes No. 13, 26 and 41);

 

-Expenses for amortization of intangible assets, depreciation of property and equipment and leased assets and lease liabilities (Notes No. 15, 16 and 17);

 

-Income taxes and deferred taxes (Note No. 18);

 

-Provisions (Note No. 24);

 

-Contingencies and Commitments (Note No. 29);

 

-Fair value of financial assets and liabilities (Notes No. 8, 11, 12, 21 and 44).

 

Estimates and relevant assumptions are regularly reviewed by the management in order to quantify certain assets, liabilities, income, expenses and commitments.

 

During the year ended December 31, 2024 there have been no significant changes in the estimates made.

 

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2.Main Accounting Criteria Used, continued:

 

(e)Financial Assets:

 

The classification, measurement and presentation of financial assets has been carried out based on the standards issued by the CMF in the Compendium of Accounting Standards for Banks “CASB” or “CNCB” (as abbreviated in Spanish), considering the criteria described below:

 

Classification of financial assets:

 

On initial recognition, a financial asset is classified within the following categories: Financial assets held for trading at fair value through profit or loss; Financial assets not held for trading mandatorily valued at fair value through profit or loss; Financial assets designated as at fair value through profit or loss; Financial assets at fair value through other comprehensive income and Financial assets at amortized cost.

 

The criteria for classifying financial assets, which incorporates the standards defined in IFRS 9, depends on the business model with which the entity manages the assets and the contractual characteristics of the cash flows, commonly known as “Solely Payments of Principal and Interest” (SPPI) criterion.

 

The valuation of these assets should reflect how the Bank manages groups of financial assets and does not depend on the intent for an individual instrument.

 

A financial asset should be valued at amortized cost if both of the following conditions are met:

 

-It is held within a business model whose objective is to hold financial assets in order to collect contractual cash flows and

 

-The contractual terms of the financial asset give rise to cash flows that are solely payments of principal and interest.

 

A debt financial instrument must be valued at fair value with changes in “Other comprehensive income” if the following two conditions are met:

 

-It is held within a business model whose objective is achieved by both collecting contractual cash flows and selling financial assets and

 

-The contractual terms of the financial asset give rise to cash flows that are solely payments of principal and interest on the principal amount outstanding.

 

A debt financial instrument will be classified at fair value through profit or loss whenever, due to the business model or the characteristics of its contractual cash flows, it is not appropriate to classify it in any of the other categories described.

 

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2.Main Accounting Criteria Used, continued:

 

Valuation of financial assets:

 

Initial recognition:

 

Financial assets are initially recognized at fair value plus, in the case of a financial asset that is not carried at fair value through profit or loss, the transaction costs that are directly attributable to its purchase or issuance, using the Effective Interest Rate method (EIT). The calculation of the EIT includes all fees and other items paid or received that are part of the EIT. Transaction costs include incremental costs that are directly attributable to the acquisition or issuance of a financial asset.

 

Post measurement:

 

All variations in the value of financial assets due to the accrual of interest and items assimilated to interest are recorded in “Interest income” or “Interest expense” of the Consolidated Income Statement for the year in which the accrual occurred, except for trading derivatives that are not part of accounting hedges.

 

The changes in the valuations that occur after the initial registration for reasons other than those mentioned in the previous paragraph, are treated as described below, based on the categories in which the financial assets are classified.

 

Financial assets held for trading at fair value through profit or loss, Financial assets not held for trading mandatorily valued at fair value through profit or loss and Financial assets designated as at fair value through profit or loss:

 

In “Financial assets held for trading at fair value through profit or loss” will record financial assets whose business model aims to generate profits through purchases and sales or to generate results in the short term.

 

The financial assets recorded under Financial assets not held for trading mandatorily valued at fair value through profit or loss” are assigned to a business model whose objective is achieved by obtaining contractual cash flows and/or selling financial assets but where the cash flows contracts have not met the conditions of the SPPI test.

 

In “Financial assets designated as at fair value through profit or loss” financial assets will be classified only when such designation eliminates or significantly reduces the inconsistency in the valuation or in the recognition that would arise from valuing or recognizing the assets on a different basis.

 

The assets recorded in these items are valued after their acquisition at their fair value and changes in their value are recorded, at their net amount, under “Financial assets and liabilities held for trading”, “Financial assets and liabilities financial assets not held for trading mandatorily valued at fair value through profit or loss” and “Financial assets and liabilities designated as at fair value through profit or loss” of the Consolidated Income Statement. Variations originated from exchange differences are recorded under “Foreign currency changes, UF indexation and accounting hedge” in the Consolidated Income Statement.

 

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2.Main Accounting Criteria Used, continued:

 

Financial assets at fair value through other comprehensive income:

 

Debt financial instruments:

 

The assets recorded in this item are valued at their fair value, interest income and UF indexation of these instruments, as well as exchange differences and impairment arising, are recorded in the Consolidated Statement of Income, while subsequent variations in their valuation are temporarily recorded (for its amount net of taxes) in “Changes in the fair value of financial assets at fair value through other comprehensive income” of the Consolidated Statements of Other Comprehensive Income.

 

The amounts recorded in “Changes in the fair value of financial assets at fair value through other comprehensive income” continue to form part of the Bank’s consolidated equity until the asset is derecognized in the consolidated balance. In the case of selling these assets, the result is recognized in “Financial result for derecognizing financial assets and liabilities at amortized cost and financial assets at fair value with changes in others comprehensive income” of the Consolidated Income Statement.

 

Net losses due to impairment of financial assets at fair value through other comprehensive income produced in the year are recorded in “Impairment due to credit risk of other financial assets at amortized cost and financial assets at fair value through other comprehensive income” of the Consolidated Income Statement.

 

Equity financial instruments:

 

At the time of initial recognition, the Bank may make the irrevocable decision to present subsequent changes in fair value in other comprehensive income. Subsequent variations in this valuation will be recognized in “Changes in the fair value of equity instruments designated as at fair value through other comprehensive income”. The dividends received from these investments are recorded in “Income from investments in companies” of the Consolidated Income Statement. These instruments are not subject to the impairment model of IFRS 9.

 

Financial assets at amortized cost:

 

The assets recorded in this item of the Consolidated Statement of Financial Position are valued after their acquisition at their “amortized cost”, in accordance with the “effective interest rate” method. They are subdivided according to the following:

 

-Investment under resale agreements and securities loans (Note No. 13 (a)).

 

-Debt financial instruments (Note No. 13 (b)).

 

-Due from banks (Note No. 13 (c)).

 

-Loans and accounts receivable from customers (Note No. 13 (d)).

 

Losses due to impairment of these assets generated in each year are recorded in “Provisions for credit risk and loans and accounts receivable from customers” and “Impairment due to credit risk of other financial assets at amortized cost and financial assets at fair value through other comprehensive income” of the Consolidated Income Statement.

 

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2.Main Accounting Criteria Used, continued:

 

Investment under resale agreements, obligations under repurchase agreements and securities loans:

 

Resale agreement operations are carried out as a form of investment. Under these agreements, financial instruments are purchased, which are included as assets in “Investment under resale agreements and securities loans”, which are valued according to the interest rate of the agreement through the amortized cost method. In accordance with current regulations, the Bank does not record as its own portfolio those papers purchased under resale agreements.

 

Repurchase agreement operations are also carried out as a form of financing, which are included as liabilities in “Obligations for repurchase agreements and securities loans”. In this regard, the investments that are sold subject to a repurchase obligation and that serve as collateral for the loan correspond to debt financial instruments. The obligation to repurchase the investment is classified in liabilities as “Obligations under repurchase agreements and securities loans” and is valued according to the interest rate of the agreement.

 

Debt financial instruments at amortized cost:

 

These instruments are recorded at their cost value plus accrued interest and UF indexation, less provision for impairment constituted when their recorded amount is greater than the estimated amount of recovery. Interest and UF indexation of debt financial instrument at amortized cost are included in “Interest income” and “UF indexation income”.

 

Loans and Advances to Banks:

 

This item shows the balances of operations with local and abroad banks, including the Central Bank of Chile and foreign Central Banks.

 

Loans and accounts receivable from customers:

 

Loans to customers include originated and purchased non-derivative financial assets with fixed or determinable payments that are not quoted in an active market and which the Bank does not intend to sell immediately or in the short term.

 

(i)Valuation method

 

They are initially measured at cost plus incremental transaction costs and income, and subsequently measured at amortized cost, using the effective interest rate method, less any impairment loss, except when the Bank defined some loans as hedged items, measured at fair value through profit or loss as described in letter (p) of this note.

 

(ii)Lease contracts

 

These are included under the item “Loans to customers” correspond to periodic rent installments of contracts which meet the definition to be classified as financial leases and are presented at their nominal value net of unearned interest as of each year-end.

 

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2.Main Accounting Criteria Used, continued:

 

(iii)Factoring transactions

 

They are valued for the amounts disbursed by the Bank in exchange for invoices or other commercial instruments representative of credit, with or without responsibility of the grantor, received in discount. Price differences between the amounts disbursed and the nominal value of the credits are recorded in the result as interest income, through the effective interest method, during the financing period. In those cases, where the transfer of these instruments it was made without responsibility of the grantor, it is the Bank who assumes the insolvency risks of those required to pay.

 

(f)Credit risk allowance:

 

The Bank permanently evaluates the entire portfolio of loans and contingent loans, with the aim of establishing the necessary and sufficient provisions in a timely manner to cover the expected losses associated with the characteristics of the debtors and their credits, based on the payment and subsequent recovery.

 

Allowances are required to cover the risk of loan losses have been established in accordance with the instructions issued by the CMF. The loans are presented net of those allowances and, in the case of contingent loans are shown in liabilities under the item “Special provisions for credit risk”.

 

In accordance with what is stipulated by the CMF, models or methods are used based on an individual and group analysis of debtors, to establish allowance for loan losses. The Bank’s Board of Directors approves said models, as well as modifications to their design and application.

 

(i)  Allowance for individual evaluations:

 

An individual analysis of debtors is applied to companies that are of such significance with respect to size, complexity or level of exposure to the bank, that they must be analyzed in detail.

 

Likewise, the analysis of borrowers focuses on its credit quality related to the capacity and willingness to meet their credit obligations, through sufficient and reliable information, and should also be analyzed in terms of guarantees, terms, interest rates, currency and revaluation, etc.

 

For purposes of establish the allowances, the banks must assess the credit quality, then classify to one of three categories of loans portfolio: Normal, Substandard and Non-Complying Loans, it must classify the debtors and their operations related to loans and contingent loans in the categories that apply.

 

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2.Main Accounting Criteria Used, continued:

 

Normal Loans and Substandard Loans:

 

Normal loans: includes those debtors whose payment capacity allows them to meet their obligations and commitments, and according to the evaluation of their economic-financial situation no change in this condition are displayed. Loans classified in categories A1 through A6.

 

Substandard loans: includes all borrowers with insufficient payment capacity or significant deterioration of payment capacity that may be reasonably expected not to comply with all principal and interest payments obligations set forth in the credit agreement, showing a low flexibility to meet its financial obligations in the short term.

 

They are also part of the Substandard Portfolio those debtors who have shown arrears of more than 30 days in the recent past. The classifications assigned to this portfolio are categories B1 to B4 of the rating scale.

 

As a result of individual analysis of the debtors, the Bank must classify them in the following categories, assigning, subsequently, the percentage of probability of default and loss given default resulting in the following percentage of expected loss:

 

Type of portfolio  Category of
the debtors
  Probability of
default (%)
PD
   Loss given
default (%)
LGD
   Expected
loss (%)
EL
 
Normal Loans  A1   0.04    90.0    0.03600 
   A2   0.10    82.5    0.08250 
   A3   0.25    87.5    0.21875 
   A4   2.00    87.5    1.75000 
   A5   4.75    90.0    4.27500 
   A6   10.00    90.0    9.00000 
Substandard Loans  B1   15.00    92.5    13.87500 
   B2   22.00    92.5    20.35000 
   B3   33.00    97.5    32.17500 
   B4   45.00    97.5    43.87500 

  

Allowances for Normal and Substandard Loans:

 

To determine the amount of allowances to be constitute for normal and substandard portfolio, previously should be estimated the exposure to subject to the allowances, which will be applied to respective expected loss, which consist of probability of default (PD) and loss given default (LGD) established for the category in which the debtor and/or guarantor belong, as appropriate.

 

The exposure affects to allowances applicable to loans plus contingent loans minus the amounts to be recovered by way of the foreclosure of financial or real guarantees of the operations. Loans mean the book value of credit of the respective debtor, while for contingent loans, the value resulting from to apply the indicated in No. 3 of Chapter B-3 of the CNCB.

 

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2.Main Accounting Criteria Used, continued:

 

In the case of real guarantees, the Bank must demonstrate that the value assigned to this deduction reasonably reflects the value that it would obtain in the sale of the assets or capital instruments. Also, in qualified cases, the direct debtor’s credit risk may be substituted for the credit quality of the guarantor. In no case may the guaranteed securities be discounted from the amount of the exposure, since this procedure is only applicable when it comes to financial or real guarantees.

 

For calculation purposes, the following must be considered:

 

Provision debtor = (ESA-GE) x (PDdebtor /100) x (LGDdebtor /100) + GE x (PDguarantor /100) x (LGDguarantor /100)

 

Where:

 

ESA= Exposure subject to allowances, (Loans + Contingent Loans) – Financial Guarantees
GE= Guaranteed exposure

 

However, the Bank must maintain a minimum provision level of 0.50% over normal portfolio and contingent loans.

 

Non-complying Loans:

 

The non-complying portfolio includes the debtors and their credits for which their recovery is considered remote, as they show an impaired or no payment capacity. This category comprises all debtors who have stopped paying their creditors or with visible evidence that they will stop doing so, as well as those for which a forced restructuring of their debts is necessary, reducing the obligation or postponing the payment of the principal or interest and, in addition, any debtor that has 90 days overdue or more in the payment of interest or principal of any credit. This portfolio is composed of the debtors belonging to categories C1 to C6 of the rating scale and all credits, including 100% of the amount of contingent loans, held by those same debtors.

 

For purposes to establish the allowances on the non-complying loans, the Bank disposes the use of percentage of allowances to be applied on the amount of exposure, which corresponds to the amount of loans and contingent loans that maintain the same debtor. To apply that percentage, must be estimated an expected loss rate, less the amount of the exposure the recoveries by way of foreclosure of financial or real guarantees that to support the operation and, if there are available specific background, also must be deducting present value of recoveries obtainable exerting collection actions, net of expenses associated with them. This loss percentage must be categorized in one of the six levels defined by the range of expected actual losses by the Bank for all transactions of the same debtor.

 

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2.Main Accounting Criteria Used, continued:

 

These categories, their range of loss as estimated by the Bank and the percentages of allowance that must be applied on the amount of exposures, are listed in the following table:

 

Type of portfolio  Scale of risk  Expected Loss Range  Allowance (%) 
Non-complying loans  C1  Up to 3%   2 
   C2  More than 3% up to 20%   10 
   C3  More than 20% up to 30%   25 
   C4  More than 30 % up to 50%   40 
   C5  More than 50% up to 80%   65 
   C6  More than 80%   90 

 

For calculation purposes, the following must be considered:

 

 Expected Loss Rate= (E−R)/E
Allowance= E × (AP/100)

 

Where:

 

E=   Exposure Amount
R=   Recoverable Amount
AP=   Allowance Percentage (according to the category in which the Expected Loss Rate should be assigned).

 

All credits of the debtor must be kept in the Default Portfolio until there is a normalization of their ability or payment behavior, without prejudice to punishment of each particular credit that meets the condition indicated in Title II of Chapter B-2 of the Compendium of Accounting Standards for Banks. To remove a debtor from the Default Portfolio, once the circumstances that lead to classification in this portfolio according to these regulations have been overcome, at least the following copulative conditions must be met:

 

-No obligation of the debtor with the bank with more than 30 calendar days overdue.

 

-No new refinances granted to pay its obligations.

 

-At least one of the payments includes amortization of capital.

 

-If the debtor has a credit with partial payment periods less than six months, has already made two payments.

 

-If the debtor must pay monthly fees for one or more credits, has paid four consecutive dues.

 

-The debtor does not have direct debts unpaid in the CMF recast information, except in the case of insignificant amounts.

  

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2.Main Accounting Criteria Used, continued:

 

(ii)  Allowances for group evaluations

 

Group evaluations are relevant for residential mortgage and consumer loan exposures, in addition to commercial exposures related to student loans and exposures with debtors that simultaneously meet the following conditions:

 

-The Bank has an aggregate exposure to the same counterparty of less than 20,000 UF. The aggregate exposure should require gross provisions or other mitigations. In addition, for its computation, mortgage loans must be excluded. In the case of off-balance sheet items, the gross amount is calculated by applying the credit conversion factors, defined in chapter B-3 of the CASB. To determine the aggregate exposure, the bank must consider the definition of corporate group established in Title II of Chapter 12-16 of the Actualized Standards Compilation.

 

Banks must carry out a complete and permanent monitoring of all operations with entities belonging to business groups. Considering the costs that may result the conformation of groups for all debtors, the bank must at least keep control and form groups, if applicable, for all debtors who maintain a current exposure greater than a minimum amount established by the banking institution which may not be greater than 1% of its effective equity at the time the definition of the group portfolio is made.

 

-Each aggregate exposure to the same counterparty does not exceed 0.2% of the total commercial group portfolio. To avoid circular computation, the criterion will be checked only once.

 

For the remaining commercial credit exposures, the individual analysis model of the debtors must be applied.

 

The determination of the type of analysis (group or individual) must be carried out at the global consolidated level, once a year, or after significant adjustments in the Bank’s portfolio, such as mergers, acquisitions, purchases or significant portfolio sales.

 

To determine the allowances, the group evaluations require the formation of groups of loans with similar characteristics in terms of type of debtors and conditions agreed, to establish technically based estimates by prudential criteria and following both the payment behavior of the group that concerned as recoveries of defaulted loans and consequently provide the necessary provisions to cover the risk of the portfolio.

 

To determine its provisions, the Bank segments its debtors into homogeneous groups, according described above, associating to each group a determined probability of default and a percentage of recovery based in a historic analysis. The amount of provisions to register it will be obtained multiplied the total loans of respective group by the percentages of estimated default and of loss given the default, the estimated losses must be related to the type of portfolio and the term of the operations.

 

The Bank discriminates between provisions on the normal portfolio and on the portfolio in default, and those that protect the risks of contingent credits associated with those portfolios.

 

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Standard method of provisions for group portfolio

 

The standard methodologies presented below establish the variables and parameters that determine the provision factor for each type of portfolio that the CMF has defined as representative, according to the common characteristics shared by the operations that comprise them.

 

(a)Residential mortgage portfolio

 

The provision factor applicable, represented by expected loss over the mortgage loans, it will depend to the past due of each credit and the relation, at the end of month, between outstanding capital and the value of the mortgage guarantees (CMG), according the following table:

 

Provision factor applicable according to delinquency and CMG
      Days of default at the end of the month   Non-Complying 
CMG section  Concept  0   1-29   30-59   60-89   Portfolio 
CMG ≤ 40%  PD (%)   1.0916    21.3407    46.0536    75.1614    100.0000 
   LGD (%)   0.0225    0.0441    0.0482    0.0482    0.0537 
   EAD (%)   0.0002    0.0094    0.0222    0.0362    0.0537 
40% < CMG≤ 80%  PD (%)   1.9158    27.4332    52.0824    78.9511    100.0000 
   LGD (%)   2.1955    2.8233    2.9192    2.9192    3.0413 
   EAD (%)   0.0421    0.7745    1.5204    2.3047    3.0413 
80% < CMG≤ 90%  PD (%)   2.5150    27.9300    52.5800    79.6952    100.0000 
   LGD (%)   21.5527    21.6600    21.9200    22.1331    22.2310 
   EAD (%)   0.5421    6.0496    11.5255    17.6390    22.2310 
CMG > 90%  PD (%)   2.7400    28.4300    53.0800    80.3677    100.0000 
   LGD (%)   27.2000    29.0300    29.5900    30.1558    30.2436 
   EAD (%)   0.7453    8.2532    15.7064    24.2355    30.2436 

 

Where:

 

PD : Probability of default
LGD : Loss given default
EAD :Exposure at default
CMG : Outstanding loan capital /Mortgage Guarantee value

 

(b)Commercial portfolio

 

To determine these allowances, the Bank considers the standard methods presented below, as applicable to commercial leasing operations or other types of commercial loans. Then, the applicable provision factor will be assigned considering the parameters defined for each method.

 

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Commercial Leasing Operations

 

The provision factor applies to the current value of commercial leasing operations (including the purchase option) and will depends on the default of each operation, the type of leased asset and the relationship between the current value of each operation and the leased asset value (PVB) at each month-end, as indicated in the following tables:

 

Probability of default (PD) applicable according to default and type of asset (%)  
   Type of asset 
Days of default of the operation at the month-end  Real estate   Non-real estate 
0   0.79    1.61 
1-29   7.94    12.02 
30-59   28.76    40.88 
60-89   58.76    69.38 
Portfolio in default   100.00    100.00 

 

Loss given the default (LGD) applicable according to PVB section and type of asset (%)
PVB = Current value of the operation / Value of the leased asset
PVB section   Real estate     Non-real estate
PVB ≤ 40%     0.05       18.20
40% < PVB ≤ 50%     0.05       57.00
50% < PVB ≤ 80%     5.10       68.40
80% < PVB ≤ 90%     23.20       75.10
PVB > 90%     36.20       78.90

 

The determination of the PVB relationship is made considering the appraisal value expressed in UF for real estate and in Chilean pesos for non-real estate, recorded at the time of the respective loan granting, taking into account possible situations that may be causing temporary increases in the assets prices at that time.

 

Generic commercial loans and factoring

 

For the factoring operations and other commercial loans, other than those indicated above, the provision factor, applicable to the amount of the placement and the exposure of the contingent loan risk, will depends on the default of each operation and the relationship that exists at the end of each month, between the obligations that the debtor has with the bank and the value of the collateral that protect them (PTVG), as indicated in the following tables:

 

Probability of default (PD) applicable according to default and PTVG section (%)  
   With collateral   Without 
Days of default at the month-end  PTVG≤100%   PTVG>100%   collateral 
0   1.86    2.68    4.91 
1-29   11.60    13.45    22.93 
30-59   25.33    26.92    45.30 
60-89   41.31    41.31    61.63 
Portfolio in default   100.00    100.00    100.00 

 

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Loss given the default (LGD) applicable according to PTVG section (%)  
Collateral (with / without)  PTVG section  Generic commercial operations
or factoring without the
responsibility of the transferor
   Factoring with the responsibility
of the transferor
 
With collateral  PTVG ≤ 60%   5.00    3.20 
   60% < PTVG≤ 75%   20.30    12.80 
   75% < PTVG ≤ 90%   32.20    20.30 
   90% < PTVG   43.00    27.10 
Without collateral   56.90    35.90 

  

The collaterals used for the purposes of calculating the PTVG relationship of this method may be specific or general, including those that are simultaneously specific and general. Collateral can only be considered if, according to the respective coverage clauses, it was constituted in the first degree of preference in favor of the Bank and only guarantees the debtor’s credits with respect to which it is imputed (not shared with other debtors).

 

The invoices assigned in the factoring operations will not be considered for purposes of calculating the PTVG. The excess of collateral associated with mortgage loans referred to in numeral 3.1.1 Residential mortgage portfolio in Chapter B-1 of CASB may be considered, computed as the difference between 80% of the property commercial value, according to with the conditions set out in that framework, and the mortgage loan that guarantees.

 

For the calculation of the PTVG ratio, the following considerations must be taken into account:

 

i.Transactions with specific collaterals: when the debtor granted specific collateral for generic commercial loans and factoring, the PTVG ratio is calculated independently for each covered transaction, such as the division between the amount of the loans and the contingent loans exposure and the collateral’s value of the covered product.

 

ii.Transactions with general collaterals: when the debtor granted general or general and specific collaterals, the Bank calculates the respective PTVG, jointly for all generic commercial loans and factoring and not contemplated in the preceding paragraph i), as the quotient between the sum of the amounts of the loans and exposures of contingent loans and the general, or general and specific collateral that, according to the scope of the remaining coverage clauses, safeguard the loans considered in the numerator aforementioned coverage ratio.

 

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The amounts of the guarantees used in the PTVG ratio of numerals i) and ii), different from those associated with excess guarantees from mortgage loans to which the residential mortgage portfolio refers, must be determined according to:

 

-The last valuation of the collateral, be it appraisal or fair value, according to the type of real guarantee in question. For the determination of fair value, the criteria indicated in Chapter 7-12 (Fair Value of Financial Instruments) of the RAN should be considered.

 

-Possible situations that could be causing temporary increases in the values of the collaterals.

 

-Limitations on the amount of coverage established in their respective clauses.

 

Portfolio in default.

 

Includes all placements and 100% of the amount of the contingent loans, of the debtors that the closing of a month presents a delay equal to or greater than 90 days in the payment of the interest of the capital of any credit. It will also include debtors who are granted a credit to leave an operation that has more than 60 days of delay in their payment, as well as those debtors who were subject to forced restructuring or partial forgiveness of a debt.

 

They may exclude from the portfolio in default: a) mortgage loans for housing, which delinquent less than 90 days, unless the debtor has another loan of the same type with greater delinquency; and, b) credits for financing higher studies of Law No. 20,027, which do not yet present the non-compliance conditions indicated in Circular No. 3,454 of December 10, 2008.

 

All credits of the debtor must be kept in the Default Portfolio until there is a normalization of their ability or payment behavior, without prejudice to punishment of each particular credit that meets the condition indicated in Title II of Chapter B-2 of the CASB. To remove a debtor from the Default Portfolio, once the circumstances that lead to classification in this portfolio according to the present rules have been overcome, at least the following copulative conditions must be met:

 

-No obligation of the debtor with the bank with more than 30 calendar days overdue.

 

-No new refinances granted to pay its obligations.

 

-At least one of the payments includes amortization of capital.

 

-If the debtor has a credit with partial payment periods less than six months, has already made two payments.

 

-If the debtor must pay monthly fees for one or more credits, has paid four consecutive dues.

 

-The debtor does not appear with unpaid debts direct according to the information recast by CMF, except for insignificant amounts.

 

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(iii) Provisions related to financing with FOGAPE COVID-19 guarantee.

 

On July 17, 2020, the CMF requested to determine specific provisions of the credits guaranteed by the FOGAPE COVID-19 guarantee, for which the expected losses were determined estimating the risk of each operation, without considering the substitution of credit quality of the guarantee, according to the corresponding individual or group analysis method, in accordance with the provisions of Chapter B-1 of the CASB. This procedure must be carried out in an aggregate manner, grouping all those operations to which the same deductible percentage is applicable.

 

The deductible is applied by the Fund Administrator, which must be borne by each financial institution and does not depend on each particular operation, but is determined based on the total of the balances guaranteed by the Fund, for each group of companies that have the same coverage, according to their net sales size.

 

(iv) Provisions related to financing with FOGAPE Reactivation guarantee.

 

To determine the provisions of the amounts guaranteed by the FOGAPE Reactivation, the Bank considers the substitution of the credit quality of the debtors for that of the FOGAPE, for all the types of financing indicated, up to the amount covered by the aforementioned guarantee. Naturally, the option to consider the risk attributable to FOGAPE may be made while said guarantee remains in force, without considering the capitalized interest, in accordance with the provisions of article 17 of the Fund Regulations.

 

Likewise, for the computation of the provisions of the amount not covered by the guarantee, corresponding to the debtors, the treatment must be differentiated according to the level of default of the refinanced credit and the grace period, which must consider the cumulative consecutive months grace period between the refinanced loan and other prior measures.

 

For this purpose, the following situations should be considered:

 

Refinancing with less than 60 days past due and less than 180 days of grace.

 

When the Bank grants the refinancing and is the current creditor, depending on the methodology used in accounting for provisions (standard or internal method) for the group portfolio, the computation of default and the expected loss parameters remain constant at the time to carry out the refinancing, as long as no payment is due.

 

In the case of debtors evaluated on an individual basis, their risk category is maintained at the time of rescheduling, which does not prevent them from being reclassified to the category that corresponds to them, in the event of a worsening of their payment capacity.

 

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Refinancing with past due between 60 and 89 days or grace periods greater than 180 days and less than 360 days.

 

The provisions established in the previous point apply, and at least one of the following conditions must also be met:

 

i.In its credit granting policies, the Bank considers at least the following aspects:

 

-A robust procedure for the categorization of viable debtors, which considers at least the sector and its solvency and liquidity situation.

 

-Efficient mechanisms for monitoring the debtor’s situation, with formally defined internal governance.

 

ii.Interest is charged in the months of grace, in accordance with the guidelines established in article 15 letter a) of the Regulation, or there is a demand for payment in another credit with the bank. In the latter case, if noncompliance is observed, the carry forward rules contained in numerals 2.2 and 3.2 of Chapter B-1 of the CASB must be considered, depending on whether it is a credit subject to individual or group evaluation, respectively.

 

Refinancing with grace periods greater than 360 days.

 

The Bank must apply the provisions established in Chapter B-1 of the CASB, considering the operation as a forced renegotiation and, therefore, apply the provisions that correspond to the portfolio in default.

 

(v) Impairment of loans.

 

The impaired loans include the following assets, according to Chapter B-1 of the CASB of the CMF:

 

-In case of debtors subject to individual assessment, includes credits from “Non-complying loans” those classified in categories B3 and B4 of “Substandard loans”.

 

-Debtors subject to assessment group evaluation, the impaired portfolio includes all credits of the “Non-complying loans”.

 

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(vi) Charge-offs.

 

As a general rule, the charge-offs are produced when the contractual rights on cash flows end. In case of loans, even if the above does not happen, it will proceed to charge-offs the respective asset balances.

 

The charge-off refers to derecognition of the assets in the Consolidated Statement of Financial Position, related to the respective transaction and, therefore, the part that could not be past-due if a loan is payable in installments, or a lease.

 

-Charge-offs of loans to customers

 

The charge-off must be to make using credit risk provisions constituted, whatever the cause for which the charge-off was produced.

 

Write-offs for loans to customers and accounts receivable, other than from leasing operations, should be made in the following circumstances, whichever occurs first:

 

-The Bank, based on all available information, concludes that will not obtain any cash flow of the credit recorded as an asset.

 

-When the debt without executive title expires 90 days after it was recorded in asset.

 

-At the expiration of the statute of limitations for actions to demand payment through an executive trial, or at the time of rejection or abandonment of the execution of the judgment by final court resolution.

 

-When past-due term of a transaction reaches the charge-off term disposed below:

 

Type of Loan  Term
Consumer loans - secured and unsecured  6 months
Other transactions - unsecured  24 months
Commercial loans - secured  36 months
Residential mortgage loans  48 months

 

The term represents the time elapsed since the date on which payment of all or part of the obligation in default became due.

 

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-Charge-offs of lease operations

 

These assets must be charge-offs against the following circumstances, whichever occurs first:

 

-The Bank concludes that there is no possibility of the rent recoveries and the value of the property cannot be considered for purposes of recovery of the contract, either because the lessee has not the asset, for the property’s conditions, for expenses that involve its recovery, transfer and maintenance, due to technological obsolescence or absence of a history of your location and current situation.

 

-When it complies the prescription term of actions to demand the payment through executory or upon rejection or abandonment of executory by court.

 

-When a contract has been in default reach the period of time indicated below:

 

Type of Loan  Term
Consumer leases  6 months
Other non-real estate lease transactions  12 months
Real estate leases (commercial or residential)  36 months

 

The term represents the time elapsed since the date on which payment of all or part of the obligation in default became due.

 

(vii) Written-off loans recoveries

 

Cash recoveries on charge-off loans including loans that were reacquired are recorded directly in income in the Consolidated Statement of Income, as a reduction of the “Recoveries of written-off loans” item.

 

In the event of recoveries of assets, the income will be recognized in the results for the amount by which they are incorporated into the asset. The same criterion will be followed if the leased assets were recovered after the charge-off for a leasing operation, when such assets are incorporated into the asset.

 

Any renegotiation of a credit already written off does not give rise to income, as long as the operation remains to have an impaired quality; the actual payments received must be treated as recoveries of credits written off, as indicated above.

 

Therefore, renegotiated credit can be recorded as an asset only if it has not deteriorated quality; also recognizing revenue from activation must be recorded like recovery of loans.

 

The same criteria should apply in the case that was give credit to pay a charge-off loan.

 

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(g)Impairment due to credit risk of Financial assets at amortized cost and Financial assets at fair value through other comprehensive income (FVOCI):

 

In accordance with the established in Chapter A-2 of the CASB of the CMF, the impairment model of IFRS 9 will not be applied to loans in the category “Financial assets at amortized cost” (“Due from banks” and “Loans and accounts receivable from customers”), nor on “Contingent loans”, since the criteria for these instruments are defined in Chapters B-1 to B-3 of the CASB.

 

For the rest of the financial assets measured at Amortized Cost or FVOCI, the model on which impairment losses must be calculated corresponds to one of Expected Credit Loss (ECL) as established in IFRS 9.

 

Debt financial instruments whose subsequent valuation is at amortized cost or at FVOCI will be subject to impairment due to credit risk. On the contrary, those instruments at fair value through profit or loss do not require this measurement.

 

The measurement of impairment is carried out in accordance with a general impairment model that is based on the existence of 3 possible phases of the financial asset, the existence or not of a significant increase in credit risk and the condition of impairment. The 3 phases determine the amount of impairment that will be recognized as an expected credit loss, as well as the interest income that will be recorded at each reporting date. Each phase is listed below:

 

Phase 1: Incorporates financial assets whose credit risk has not increased significantly since initial recognition. Expected credit losses are recognized to 12-month. Interest is recognized based on the gross amount on the balance sheet.

 

Phase 2: Incorporates financial assets whose credit risk has increased significantly since initial recognition. Expected credit losses are recognized throughout the life of the financial asset. Interest is recognized based on the gross amount on the balance sheet.

 

Phase 3: Incorporates impaired financial assets. Expected credit losses are recognized throughout the life of the financial asset. Interest is recognized based on the net amount (gross amount on the balance sheet less allowance for credit risk).

 

Impairment of debt financial instruments measured at fair value through other comprehensive income.

 

The Bank applies the value impairment requirements for the recognition and measurement of a value correction for losses to financial assets that are measured at fair value through other comprehensive income in accordance with IFRS 9. This value adjustment for losses is recognized in Other Comprehensive Income (OCI) and does not reduce the carrying amount of the financial asset in the Consolidated Statement of Financial Position. The accumulated loss recognized in OCI is recycled in results when derecognizing the financial assets.

 

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(h)Financial liabilities:

 

Classification of financial liabilities:

 

Financial liabilities are classified in the following categories:

 

-Financial liabilities at amortized cost.

 

-Financial liabilities held for trading at fair value through profit or loss: Financial instruments are recorded in this item when the Bank’s objective is to generate profits through purchases and sales with these instruments. This item includes financial derivative trading contracts that are liabilities, which will be measured subsequently at fair value.

 

-Financial liabilities designated as at fair value through profit or loss: The Bank has the option to irrevocably designate, at the time of initial recognition, a financial liability as measured at fair value through profit or loss if the application of this criterion eliminates or significantly reduces inconsistencies in the measurement or recognition, or if it is a group of financial liabilities, or a group of financial assets and liabilities, that is managed, and its performance evaluated, based on fair value in line with a risk management or investment strategy.

 

Valuation of financial liabilities:

 

Initial valuation:

 

They are initially recorded at fair value, less transaction costs that are directly attributable to the issuance of the instruments. Variations in the value of financial liabilities due to the accrual of interest, UF indexation and similar concepts are recorded under the headings “Interest expenses” and “UF indexation expenses” of the Consolidated Income Statement for the period in which the accrual occurred (see Note No. 30 and No. 31).

 

Subsequent valuation:

 

The changes in the valuations that will occur after the initial registration due to reasons other than those mentioned in the previous paragraph, are treated as described below, based on the categories in which the financial liabilities are classified.

 

Financial liabilities at amortized cost:

 

The liabilities recorded in this item are valued after their acquisition at their amortized cost, which is determined in accordance with the effective interest rate method (EIR).

 

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2.Main Accounting Criteria Used, continued:

 

(i)Derecognition of financial assets and liabilities:

 

The Bank and its subsidiaries derecognize a financial asset from its Statement of Financial Position, when the contractual rights to the cash flows of the financial asset have expired or when the contractual rights to receive the cash flows of the financial asset are transferred during a transaction in which all ownership risks and rewards of the financial asset are transferred. Any portion of transferred financial assets that is created or retained by the Bank is recognized as a separate asset or liability.

 

When the Bank transfers a financial asset, it assesses to what extent it has retained the risks and rewards of ownership. In this case:

 

If substantially all risks and rewards of ownership of the financial asset have been transferred, it is derecognized, and any rights or obligations created or retained upon transfer are recognized separately as assets or liabilities.

 

If substantially all risks and rewards of ownership of the financial asset have been retained, the Bank continues to recognize it.

 

If substantially all risks and rewards of ownership of the financial asset are neither transferred nor retained, the Bank will determine if it has retained control of the financial asset. In this case:

 

-If the Bank has not retained control, the financial asset will be derecognized, and any rights or obligations created or retained upon transfer will be recognized separately as assets or liabilities.

 

-If the Bank has retained control, it will continue to recognize the financial asset in the Consolidated Financial Statement by an amount equal to its exposure to changes in value that can experience and recognize a financial liability associated to the transferred financial asset.

 

The Bank derecognizes a financial liability (or a portion thereof) from its Consolidated Statement of Financial Position if, and only if, it has extinguished or, in other words, when the obligation specified in the corresponding contract has been paid or settled or has expired.

 

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(j)Compensation of financial assets and liabilities:

 

Financial assets and liabilities are subject to compensation, so that their net amount is presented in the Consolidated Statement of Financial Position, when and only when the Bank has the right, legally enforceable, to offset the recognized amounts and intends to settle the net amount, or to realize the asset and settle the liability simultaneously.

 

Income and expenses are presented net only when permitted by accounting standards, or in the case of gains and losses arising from a group of similar transactions such as the Bank’s trading and foreign exchange activity.

 

(k)Functional currency:

 

The items included in the Financial Statements of Banco de Chile and its subsidiaries are valued using the currency of the primary economic environment in which it operates (functional currency). The functional and presentation currency of the Consolidated Financial Statements of Banco de Chile is the Chilean peso, which is the currency of the primary economic environment in which the Bank operates, and also obeys the currency that influences the cost and income structure.

 

(l)Transactions in foreign currency:

 

Transactions in currencies other than the functional currency are considered to be in foreign currency and are initially recorded at the exchange rate of the functional currency on the transaction date. Monetary assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are converted using the exchange rate of the functional currency as of the date of the Consolidated Statement of Financial Position. All differences are recorded as a debit or credit to income.

 

As of December 31, 2024 and 2023, the Bank and its subsidiaries applied the exchange rate of accounting representation according to the standards issued by the CMF, for which the assets in dollars are shown at their equivalent value in Chilean pesos calculated using the following market exchange rate Ch$994.74 per US$1 (Ch$874.35 per US$1 as of December 31, 2023).

 

As of December 31, 2024, the amount of Ch$164,597 million corresponding to a net financial profit from exchange, indexation and accounting hedging of foreign currency (net gain of Ch$120,594 million as of December 31, 2023) shown in the Consolidated Statements of Income, includes the result from exchange operations, indexation and accounting hedges of foreign currency, including the conversion of assets and liabilities in foreign currency or indexed to the exchange rate.

 

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(m)Operating Segments:

 

The Bank discloses information by segment in accordance with IFRS 8 (Note No. 6). The Bank’s operating segments are determined based on its different business units, considering the following:

 

-That it conducts business activities from which income is obtained and expenses are incurred (including income and expenses relating to transactions with other components of the same entity).

 

-That its operating results are reviewed regularly by the entity’s highest decision-making authority for operating decisions, to decide about resource allocation for the segment and evaluate its performance; and

 

-For which separate financial information available.

 

(n)Statement of cash flows:

 

The Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows shows the changes in cash and cash equivalents derived from operating activities, investment and financing activities during the year. The indirect method has been used in the preparation of this statement of cash flows.

 

For the preparation of Consolidated Financial Statements of Cash Flow, it is considered the following concepts:

 

-Cash and cash equivalents: corresponds to the item “Cash and deposits in banks”, plus (minus) the net balance corresponding to operations with liquidation in progress that are shown in the Consolidated Statement of Financial Position, plus other cash equivalents such as investments in short-term debt financial instruments that meet the criteria to be considered “cash equivalents”, for which they must have an original maturity of 90 days or less from the date of acquisition, be highly liquid, easily convertible into amounts known amounts of cash as of the date of the initial investment, and that the financial instruments are exposed to an insignificant risk of changes in value.

 

-Operating activities: corresponds to normal activities of the Bank, as well as other activities that cannot classify like investing or financing activities.

 

-Investing activities: correspond to the acquisition, sale or disposition other forms, of long-term assets and other investments not included in cash and cash equivalents.

 

-Financing activities: corresponds to the activities that produce changes in the amount and composition of the equity and the liabilities that are not included in the operating or investing activities.

 

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(o)Financial derivative contracts:

 

A “Financial Derivative” is a financial instrument whose value changes in response to changes in an observable market variable (such as an interest rate, exchange rate, the price of a financial instrument or a market index, including credit ratings), whose initial investment is very small in relation to other financial instruments with a similar response to changes in market conditions and which is generally settled at a future date.

 

The Bank maintains contracts of Derivative financial instruments, for cover the exposition of risk of foreign currency and interest rate. These contracts are recorded in the Consolidated Statement of Financial Position at their cost (included transactions costs) and subsequently measured at fair value. Derivative instruments are reported as an asset when their fair value is positive and as a liability when negative under the item “Derivative Instruments”.

 

Changes in fair value of derivative contracts held for trading purpose are included under “Financial Assets and Liabilities held for Trading”, on the Consolidated Statement of Income.

 

Additionally, the Bank includes in the valuation of the derivatives “Counterparty Credit Risk Adjustments, including: “CVA” or Credit Valuation Adjustment to reflect the counterparty credit risk in determining the fair value, as well as the “DVA” o Debit Valuation Adjustment to reflect the Bank’s own credit risk. Likewise, the Bank incorporates “Financing Adjustment”, also called “FVA” or Funding Valuation Adjustment, which captures the expected cost (or benefit) of financing (reinvesting) the cash flows of the derivative, with respect to a reference discount rate, when there are no collaterals (or they are imperfect).

 

Certain embedded derivatives in other financial instruments are treated as separate derivatives when their risk and characteristics are not closely related to those of the main contract and if the contract in its entirety is not recorded at its fair value with its unrealized gains and losses included in income.

 

(p)Financial derivative contracts for accounting hedges:

 

The Bank has chosen to continue applying the hedge accounting requirements of IAS 39 when adopting IFRS 9.

 

At the moment of subscription of a derivative contract must be designated by the Bank as a derivative instrument for trading or hedging purposes.

 

If a derivative instrument is classified as a hedging instrument, it can be:

 

-A hedge of the fair value of existing assets or liabilities or firm commitments, or;

 

-A hedge of cash flows related to existing assets or liabilities or forecasted transactions.

 

A hedge relationship for accounting hedges purposes must comply with all of the following conditions:

 

-at its inception, the hedge relationship has been formally documented;

 

-it is expected that the hedge will be highly effective;

 

-the effectiveness of the hedge can be measured in a reasonable manner; and

 

-the hedge is highly effective with respect to the hedged risk on an ongoing basis and throughout the entire hedge relationship.

 

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2.Main Accounting Criteria Used, continued:

 

The Bank presents and measures individual hedges (where there is a specific identification of hedged item and hedged instruments) by classification, according to the following criteria:

 

Fair value hedges: Changes in the fair value of a derivative hedging instrument, designated as a fair value hedge, are recognized in income under the lines “Net interest income” and “Net indexation income” and/or “Foreign currency changes, UF indexation and accounting hedge”, depending on the type of risk covered. The hedged item is also presented at fair value in relation to the risk being hedged; gains or losses attributable to the hedged risk are recognized in income under the lines “Net interest income” and “Net income from UF indexation” and adjust the book value of the item subject to the hedge.

 

Cash flow hedge: Changes in the fair value of financial instruments derivative designated like “cash flow hedge” are recognized in “Cash flow accounting hedge” included in the Consolidated Other Comprehensive Income, to the extent that hedge is effective and hedge is reclassified to income in the item “Net interest income” and “Net income from UF indexation” and/or “Foreign currency changes, UF indexation and accounting hedge”, when hedged item affects the income of the Bank produced for the “interest rate risk” or “foreign exchange risk”, respectively. If the hedge is not effective, the changes in the fair value are recognized directly in the results of the year under the caption “Other financial result”.

 

If the hedged instruments do not comply with criteria of cash flow accounting hedges, it expires or is sold, it suspends or executed, this hedge must be discontinued prospectively. Accumulated gains or losses recognized previously in the equity are maintained there until projected transactions occur, in that moment will be registered in Consolidated Statement of Income (in the item “Net interest income” and “Net income from UF indexation” and/or “Foreign currency changes, UF indexation and accounting hedge”, depend of the hedge), lesser than it foresees that the transaction will not execute, in this case it will be registered immediately in Consolidated Statement of Income (in the item “Net interest income” and “Net income from UF indexation” and/or “Foreign currency changes, UF indexation and accounting hedge”, depending on the hedge).

 

(q)Intangible Assets:

 

Intangible assets (Note No. 15) are initially recognized at their acquisition cost, and are subsequently measured at their cost less any accumulated amortization or less any accumulated impairment losses.

 

Software or computer programs purchased by the Bank and its subsidiaries are accounted for at cost less accumulated amortization and impairment losses.

 

The subsequent expense in software assets is capitalized only when it increases the future economic benefit for the specific asset. All other expenses are recorded as an expense as incurred.

 

Amortization is recorded in income using the straight-line amortization method based on the estimated useful life of the software, from the date on which it is available for use. The estimated useful life of software is a maximum of 6 years.

 

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2.Main Accounting Criteria Used, continued:

 

(r)Property and equipment:

 

Property and equipment (Note No. 16) includes the amount of land, real estate, furniture, computer equipment and other installations owned by the consolidated entities and which are for own use. These assets are stated at historical cost less depreciation and accumulated impairment. This cost includes expenses that have been directly attributed to the asset’s acquisition.

 

Depreciation is recognized in the Consolidated Statements of Income on a straight-line basis over the estimated useful lives of each part of an item of property and equipment.

 

The estimated average useful lives for the years 2024 and 2023 are as follows:

 

  - Buildings 50 years  
         
  - Installations 10 years  
         
  - Equipment 5 years  
         
  - Supplies and accessories 5 years  

 

Maintenance expenses related to those assets held for own uses are recorded as expenses in the year in which they are incurred.

 

(s)Deferred taxes and income taxes:

 

The income tax provision of the Bank and its subsidiaries has been determined in conformity with current legal regulations.

 

The Bank and its subsidiaries recognize, when appropriate, deferred tax assets and liabilities for future estimates of tax effects attributable to temporary differences between the book and tax values of assets and liabilities. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured based on the tax rate expected to be applied, in accordance with current tax law, in the year that deferred tax assets are realized or liabilities are settled. The effects of future changes in tax legislation or tax rates are recognized in deferred taxes starting on the date of publication of the law approving such changes (Note No. 18).

 

Deferred tax assets are recognized only when it is likely that future tax profits will be sufficient to recover deductions for temporary differences. According to instructions from the CMF, deferred taxes are presented in the Consolidated Statement of Financial Position according with IAS 12 “Income Tax”.

 

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2.Main Accounting Criteria Used, continued:

 

(t)Provisions, contingent assets and liabilities:

 

Provisions are liabilities involving uncertainty about their amount or maturity. They are recorded in the Consolidated Statement of Financial Position when the following requirements are jointly met:

 

-a present obligation has arisen from a past event;

 

-as of the date of the Financial Statements it is probable that the Bank or its subsidiaries have to disburse resources to settle the obligation; and

 

-the amount of these resources can be reliably measured.

 

A contingent asset or liability is any right or obligation arising from past events whose existence will be confirmed by one or more uncertain future events which are not within the control of the Bank.

 

Contingent credits are understood as operations or commitments in which the Bank assumes a credit risk by committing itself to third parties, in the event of a future event, to make a payment or disbursement that must be recovered from its clients.

 

The following are classified as contingent credits in off-balance sheet information:

 

-Undrawn credit lines: Considers the unused amounts of lines of credit that allow customers to make use of credit without prior decisions by the bank.

 

-Undrawn credit lines with immediate termination: Considers those undrawn credit lines, defined in the previous numeral, that the bank can unconditionally cancel at any time and without prior notice, or for which its automatic cancellation is contemplated in case of deterioration of the debtor’s solvency, as permitted by the current legal framework and the contractual conditions established between the parties.

 

-Contingent credits linked to the CAE: Correspond to credit commitments granted in accordance with Law No. 20,027 (“CAE”).

 

-Letters of credit for goods circulation operations: Considers the commitments that arise, both to the issuing bank and to the confirming bank, from self-settled commercial letters of credit with a maturity period of less than 1 year, arising from merchandise circulation operations (for example, confirmed foreign or documentary letters of credit). Includes documentary letters of credit issued by the Bank, which have not yet been negotiated.

 

-Debt purchase commitments in local currency abroad: Note issuance facility (NIF) and revolving underwriting facility (RUF) are considered.

 

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2.Main Accounting Criteria Used, continued:

 

-Transactions related to contingent events: Guarantee bonds with promissory notes referred to in Chapter 8-11 of the Actualized Standards Compilation are considered.

 

-Warranty by endorsement and sureties: Includes warranty by endorsement, sureties and standby letters of credit referred to in Chapter 8-10 of the Actualized Standards Compilation. In addition, it includes the payment guarantees of buyers in factoring operations, as indicated in Chapter 8-38 of that Compilation.

 

-Other credit commitments: It includes the unplaced amounts of committed loans that are to be disbursed on an agreed future date or triggered by events contractually defined with the client, as is the case with irrevocable credit lines tied to the progress of projects (for provisions purposes, both the gross exposure referred to in No. 3 and future increases in the amount of guarantees associated with committed disbursements must be considered).

 

Exposure to credit risk on contingent loans:

 

To calculate provisions for contingent credits, the amount of exposure to be considered will be equivalent to the percentage of the amounts of the contingent credits indicated below:

 

Type of contingent credit  Credit
Conversion
Factor
 
Undrawn credit lines with immediate termination   10%
Contingent credits linked to the CAE   15%
Letters of credit for goods circulation operations   20%
Other undrawn credit lines   40%
Debt purchase commitments in local currency abroad   50%
Transactions related to contingent events   50%
Warranty by endorsement and sureties   100%
Other credit commitments   100%
Other contingent loans   100%

 

When dealing with transactions performed with customers with overdue loans, that exposure shall be equivalent to 100% of its contingent loans.

 

(u)Provisions for minimum dividends:

 

According with the CASB of the CMF, the Bank records within liabilities the portion of net income for the year that should be distributed to comply with the Corporations Law or its dividend policy. For these purposes, the Bank establishes a provision in a complementary equity account within retained earnings (Note No. 25).

 

For purposes of calculating the provision of minimum dividends, the distributable net income is considered, which is defined as that which results from reducing or adding to the net income for the year, the correction of the value of the paid-in capital and reserves, due to the effects of the variation of the Consumer Price Index.

 

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2.Main Accounting Criteria Used, continued:

 

(v)Employee benefits:

 

Employee benefits are all forms of consideration granted by an entity in exchange for services provided by employees or severance pay.

 

Short-term employee benefits are employee benefits (other than termination benefits) that are expected to be settled in full before twelve months after the end of the annual reporting period in which the employees have rendered the related services (Note No. 24 (c)).

 

-Staff vacations

 

The annual costs of vacations and staff benefits are recognized on an accrual basis.

 

-Other short-term benefits

 

The entity contemplates for its employees an annual incentive plan for meeting objectives and individual contribution to the company’s results, which are eventually delivered, consisting of a certain number or portion of monthly salaries and are provisioned based on the estimated amount to be distributed.

 

Other long-term employee benefits are all employee benefits other than short-term employee benefits, post-employment benefits, and termination benefits.

 

-Employee benefits for termination of employment contract

 

The Bank has agreed with part of the staff the payment of compensation to those who have completed 30 or 35 years of permanence, in the event that they retired from the Institution. The proportional part accrued by those employees who will have access to exercise the right to this benefit and who at the end of the year have not yet acquired it has been incorporated into this obligation.

 

The obligations of this benefit plan are valued according to the projected credit unit method, including as variables the staff turnover rate, the expected salary growth and the probability of using this benefit, discounted at the current rate for long-term operations (5.71% as of December 31, 2024 and 5.77% as of December 31, 2023).

 

The discount rate used corresponds to the rate of 10-year Bonds in pesos of the Central Bank of Chile (BCP).

 

Gains and losses arising from changes in actuarial variables are recognized in Other Comprehensive Income. There are no other additional costs that should be recognized by the Bank.

 

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2.Main Accounting Criteria Used, continued:

 

(w)Earnings per share:

 

The basic earnings per share is determined by dividing the net income attributed to the Bank’s owners in a period and the weighted average number of shares outstanding during that period.

 

Diluted earnings per share are determined similarly to basic earnings, but the weighted average number of outstanding shares is adjusted to take into account the potential dilutive effect of the options on shares, warrants and convertible debt. At the end of the periods ended December 31, 2024 and 2023 there are no concepts to adjust.

 

(x)Interest revenue and expense and UF indexation:

 

Interest income and expenses and UF indexation (Notes No. 30 and No. 31) are recognized in the Consolidated Statement of Income using the effective interest rate method. The effective interest rate is the rate which exactly discounts estimated future cash payments or receipts through the expected life of the financial instrument (or, where appropriate, in a shorter period), to the carrying amount of the financial asset or financial liability. To calculate the effective interest rate, the Bank determines cash flows by taking into account all contractual conditions of the financial instrument, excluding future credit losses.

 

The effective interest rate calculation includes all fees and other amounts paid or received that form part of the effective interest rate. Transaction costs include incremental costs that are directly attributable to the purchase or issuance of a financial asset or liability.

 

In the case of the impaired portfolio and current loans with a high risk of irrecoverability of loans and accounts receivable from customers, the Bank has applied a conservative position of discontinuing the accrual of interest and UF indexation on an accrual basis in the Consolidated Statement of Income, when the credit or one of its installments has been 90 days default in its payment.

 

(y)Commission income and expenses:

 

Revenue and expenses from fees (Note No. 32) are recognized in the Consolidated Income Statement using the criteria established in IFRS 15 “Revenue from contracts with customers”.

 

Under IFRS 15, revenues are recognized considering the terms of the contract with customers. Revenue is recognized when or as the performance obligation is satisfied by transferring the goods or services committed to the customer.

 

Under IFRS 15, revenues are recognized using different criteria depending on their nature. The most significant are:

 

Those that correspond to a singular act, when the act that originates them takes place.

 

Those that originate in transactions or services that are extended over time, during the life of such transactions or services.

 

Commissions on loan commitments and other fees related to credit operations are deferred (together with the incremental costs directly related to the placement) and recognized as an adjustment to the effective interest rate of the placement. In the case of loan commitments, when there is no certainty of the date of effective placement, the commissions are recognized in the period of the commitment that originates it on a linear basis.

 

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2.Main Accounting Criteria Used, continued:

 

The fees registered as income by the Bank correspond mainly to:

 

Commissions for credit prepayment: These commissions are accrued at the time the credits are prepaid.

 

Commissions for lines of credit and overdrafts: These commissions are accrued in the period related to the granting of lines of credit and overdrafts in checking accounts.

 

Commissions for warranty by endorsement and letters of credit: These commissions are accrued in the period related to the granting by the bank of payment guarantees for real or contingent obligations of third parties.

 

Commissions for card services: Correspond to commissions accrued for the period, related to the use of credit cards, debit cards and other.

 

Commissions for account management: Includes commissions that accrue in the period related to the maintenance of current accounts and other deposit accounts.

 

Commissions for collections and payments: Includes commissions generated by the collection and payment services provided by the Bank.

 

Commissions for intermediation and management of securities: correspond to income from brokerage service, placements, administration and custody of securities.

 

Remuneration for administration of mutual funds, investment funds or others: corresponds to the commissions from the General Fund Administrator for the administration of third-party funds.

 

Remuneration for brokerage and insurance consulting services: Income from brokerage and insurance advice by the Bank or its subsidiaries is included.

 

Commissions for factoring operations services: Commissions for factoring operations services performed by the Bank are included.

 

Commissions for financial consulting services: commissions for financial advisory services performed by the Bank and its subsidiary are included.

 

Other commissions earned: includes income generated from foreign currency exchange, issuance bank guarantees, issuance of bank check, use of distribution channels, agreement on the use of a brand and placement of financial products and cash transfers, and recognition of payments associated with commercial alliances, among others.

 

Commission expenses include:

 

Commissions for card operations: commissions paid for credit and debit card operations are included.

 

Commissions for licensing the use of card brands.

 

Expenses for obligations of loyalty and merits programs for card customers.

 

Commissions for operations with securities: commissions for deposit and custody of securities and brokerage of securities are included.

 

Other commissions for services received: Commissions are included for guarantees and endorsements of Bank obligations, for foreign trade operations, for correspondent banks in the country and abroad, for ATMs and electronic fund transfer services.

 

Commissions for compensation of large value payments: corresponds to commissions paid to entities such as ComBanc, CCLV Contraparte Central, etc.

 

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2.Main Accounting Criteria Used, continued:

 

(z)Impairment of non-financial assets:

 

The carrying amounts of the non-financial assets of the Bank and its subsidiaries, are reviewed throughout the year and especially at each reporting date, to determine if any indication of impairment exists. If such indication exists, the recoverable amount of the asset is then estimated.

 

(aa)Financial and operating leases:

 

The Bank acting as lessor

 

Assets leased to customers under agreements which transfer substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership, with or without ultimate legal title, are classified as finance leases. When assets held are subject to a finance lease, the leased assets are derecognized and a receivable is recognized which is equal to the present value of the minimum lease payments, discounted at the interest rate implicit in the lease. Initial direct costs incurred in negotiating, and arranging a finance lease are incorporated into the receivable through the discount rate applied to the lease. Finance lease income is recognized over the lease term based on a pattern reflecting a constant periodic rate of return on the net investment in the finance lease.

 

Assets leased to customers under agreements, which do not transfer substantially all the risks, and rewards of ownership are classified as operating leases.

 

The leased investment properties, under the operating lease modality, are included in the Consolidated Statement of Financial Position as “Other assets” and depreciation is determined on the book value of these assets, applying a proportion of the value in a systematic way on the economic use of the estimated useful life. Lease income is recognized on a straight-line basis over the lease term.

 

The Bank acting as lessee

 

A contract is, or contains a lease, if one party has the right to control the use of an identified asset for a period of time in exchange for a regular payment (Note No. 17).

 

On the start date of a lease, a right-to-use assets leased is determined at cost, which includes the amount of the initial measurement of the lease liability plus other disbursements made.

 

The amount of the lease liability is measured at the present value of future lease payments that have not been paid on that date, which are discounted using the Bank’s incremental financing interest rate.

 

The right-of-use asset is measured using the cost model, less accumulated depreciation and accumulated losses due to impairment of value, depreciation of the right-of-use asset, is recognized in the Consolidated Statements of Income based on the linear depreciation method from the start date and until the end of the lease term.

 

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2.Main Accounting Criteria Used, continued:

 

The monthly variation of the UF for the contracts established in said monetary unit should be treated as a new measurement, therefore the UF readjustment modifies the value of the lease liability, and in parallel, the amount of the right-of-use asset must be adjusted by this effect.

 

After the start date, the lease liability is measured by lowering the carrying amount to reflect the lease payments made and the modifications to the lease.

 

According to IFRS 16 “Leases” the Bank does not apply this rule to contracts whose duration is 12 months or less and those that contain an underlying asset of low value. In these cases, payments are recognized as a lease expense.

 

(ab)Additional provisions:

 

In accordance to the CMF regulations, the banks have recorded additional allowances for its individually evaluated loan portfolio, taking into consideration the expected impairment of this portfolio. The calculation of this allowance is performed based on the Bank’s historical experience and considering possible future adverse macroeconomic conditions or circumstances that could affect a specific sector.

 

The provisions made in order to forestall the risk of macroeconomic fluctuations should anticipate situations reversal of expansionary economic cycles in the future, could translate into a worsening in the conditions of the economic environment and thus, function as a countercyclical mechanism accumulation of additional provisions when the scenario is favorable and release or assignment to specific provisions when environmental conditions deteriorate.

 

According to the above, additional provisions must always correspond to general provisions on commercial, consumer or mortgage loans, or segments identified, and in no case may be used to offset weaknesses of the models used by the Bank (Note No. 26).

 

As of December 31, 2024, the balance of additional provisions amounts to Ch$700,252 million (Ch$700,252 million in December 2023), which are presented in the caption “Special Provisions for Credit Risk” of liabilities in the Consolidated Statement of Financial Position.

 

(ac)Fair value measurement:

 

“Fair value” is understood as the amount that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between participants in a principal (or more advantageous) market at the measurement date under current market conditions, independent whether that price is directly observable or estimated using another valuation technique. The most objective and usual reference of fair value is the price that would be paid in an active, transparent and deep market (“quoted price” or “market price”).

 

When available, the Bank estimates the fair value of an instrument using quoted prices in an active market for that instrument. A market is considered active if quoted prices are readily and regularly available and represent actual and regularly occurring market transactions on an arm’s length basis.

 

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2.Main Accounting Criteria Used, continued:

 

If a market for a financial instrument is not active, the Bank establishes fair value using a valuation technique. These valuation techniques include the use of recent market transactions between knowledgeable, willing parties in an arm’s length transaction, if available, as well as references to the fair value of other instruments that are substantially the same, discounted cash flows and options pricing models.

 

The chosen valuation technique makes maximum use of information obtained in the market, using the least possible amount of data estimated by the Bank, incorporates all the factors that market participants would consider to establish the price, and will be consistent with generally accepted economic methodologies for calculating the price of financial instruments. The variables used by the valuation technique reasonably represent market expectations and reflect the return-risk factors inherent to the financial instrument. Periodically, the Bank calibrates the valuation techniques and tests it for validity using prices from observable current market transaction in the same instrument or based on available observable market information.

 

The best evidence of the fair value of a financial instrument at initial recognition is the transaction price (i.e. the fair value of the consideration given or received) unless the fair value of that instrument is evidenced by comparison with other observable current market transactions in the same instrument (i.e. without modification or repackaging) or based on a valuation technique whose variables include only data from observable markets. However, when transaction price provides the best evidence of fair value at initial recognition, the financial instrument is initially measured at the transaction price and any difference between this price and the value initially obtained from a valuation model is subsequently recognized in incomes.

 

On the other hand, it should be noted that the Bank has financial assets and liabilities offset each other’s market risks, based on which average market prices are used as a basis for determining their fair value.

 

Then, the fair value estimates obtained from models are adjusted for any other factors, such as liquidity risk or model uncertainties; to the extent that the Bank believes that a third-party market participant would take them into account in pricing a transaction.

 

The Bank’s fair value disclosures are included in Note No. 44.

 

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3.New Accounting Pronouncements Issued and Adopted, or Issued that have not yet been Adopted:

 

Standards approved and/or modified by the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) and by the Commission for the Financial Market (CMF):

 

Standards and interpretations that have been adopted in these Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

As of the date of issuance of these Consolidated Financial Statements, the new accounting pronouncements issued by both the IASB and the CMF, which have been adopted by the Bank and its subsidiaries, are detailed below:

 

-Accounting standards issued by IASB.

 

IFRS 16 Leases. Recognition of the lease liability in a sale with leaseback.

 

In September 2022, the IASB published an amendment to IFRS 16 related to the recognition of the lease liability in a sale with leaseback.

 

The amendment specifies the requirements that a seller-lessee must use to measure the lease liability that arises in a sale and leaseback transaction with objective that the seller-lessee does not recognize any gain or loss related to the right of use that it retains.

 

The modifications are effective for the periods of presentation of the Consolidated Financial Statements that begin on or after January 1, 2024, and early application is allowed.

 

The implementation of this amendment had no impact for Banco de Chile and its subsidiaries.

 

IAS 7 Statement of Cash Flows and IFRS 7 Financial Instruments Disclosures - Supplier Financing Arrangements.

 

In May 2023, the IASB issued amendments to IAS 7 and IFRS 7. The amendments specify the current requirements to enhance the disclosure in the financial statements of supplier financing arrangements concerning liabilities, cash flows, and a company’s exposure to liquidity risk.

 

The amendments are effective for periods beginning on or after January 1, 2024, and early application is permitted.

 

The implementation of this amendment had no impact for Banco de Chile and its subsidiaries.

 

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3.New Accounting Pronouncements Issued and Adopted, or Issued that have not yet been Adopted, continued:

 

Accounting standards issued by CMF.

 

Circular No. 2,355. Modifies the chapter 11-6 of the actualized compilation of standards for banks and the Circular No.8 for subsidiaries, regulations for the subsidiaries of banks of the article 70 letter b) and the general law of the banks in the payment card industry.

 

On date July 30, 2024, the CMF published Circular No. 2,355 that establish the norms for the subsidiaries of the banks that operate payment cards, aligning those with the existing rules of other card payment operators. These norms require that such subsidiaries subscribe in the unique register of card payment operators and comply with the instructions of the Circular No. 1, adapted to their legal environment.

 

Additionally, this Circular modified the Circular No. 8 of subsidiaries, incorporating information requirements that the payment card operators constituted as subsidiaries of a bank need to send to CMF. These requirements are related to cyber security, risk policies, significant events among others.

 

The instructions established in this circular took effect on July 30, 2024.

 

Given that the bank still is in the process of setting up its subsidiary Operadora de Tarjetas B-Pago S.A., the implementation of the new norms has not generated any impact so far.

 

Circulars issued in the process of implementing the Basel III standards.

 

During the year 2024, the CMF has issued the following standards related to the implementation of Basel III:

 

On February 9, 2024, Circular No. 2,343 was published, the regulations modify Chapter 21-11 “Factors and methodology for Banks or group of banks classified as systemically important and requirements that may be imposed as a consequence of this qualification” of the Actualized Compilation of Standards (“RAN” for its initials in Spanish), regarding the lower threshold to determine systemic banks. Additionally, adjustments are made to File R11 “Rating of systemically important banks”, and to Tables 11 “Institutional composition” and 106 “Sub-factors of the Systemically Important Index” of the Information System Manual (“MSI” for its initials in Spanish).

  

On February 9, 2024, Circular No. 2,344 was published, which provides clarifications to Chapter 21-20 of the Actualized Compilation of Standards (“RAN” for its initials in Spanish), on dispositions related to the promotion of market discipline and financial transparency through of the disclosure of significant and timely information from banking entities to market agents, as defined by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision, for the standard commonly called “Pillar 3”.

 

In accordance with the requirements of these circulars, the changes were applied to file R11 and the Pillar 3 report.

 

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3.New Accounting Pronouncements Issued and Adopted, or Issued that have not yet been Adopted, continued:

 

New Standards and interpretations that have been issued but their application date is not yet in force:

 

The following is a summary of new standards, interpretations and improvements to the International Financial Reporting Standards issued by the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) and the CMF that are not yet effective as of December 31, 2024, as follows:

 

-Accounting standards issued by IASB.

 

IAS 28 Investments in Associates and Joint Venture and IFRS 10 Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

In September 2014, the IASB published this modification, which clarifies the scope of the profits and losses recognized in a transaction, that involves an associate or joint venture, and that this depends on whether the asset sold or contribution constitutes a business. Therefore, the IASB concluded that all gains or losses must be recognized against loss of control of a business.

 

Likewise, the gains or losses that result from the sale or contribution of a subsidiary that does not constitute a business (definition of IFRS 3) to an associate or joint venture must be recognized only to the extent of unrelated interests in the associate or joint venture.

 

During December 2015, the IASB agreed to set the effective date of this modification in the future, allowing its immediate application.

 

Banco de Chile and its subsidiaries will have no impact on the Consolidated Financial Statements as a result of the application of this amendment.

 

IAS 21 Effects of Changes in Foreign Exchange Rates.

 

In August 2023, the IASB published amendments to IAS 21. These amendments set out criteria that will allow companies to assess whether a currency is exchangeable and when it is not so, they can determine the exchange rate to use and the disclosures to provide.

 

The amendments are effective for periods beginning on or after January 1, 2025, and early application is permitted.

 

As of the date of issuance of these Consolidated Financial Statements, the implementation of this new standard will not have impacts for the Bank or its subsidiaries.

 

IFRS 18 – Presentation and Disclosure in Financial Statements.

 

In April 2024, IASB published a new accounting standard, IFRS 18 Presentation and Disclosure in Financial Statements, replacing the IAS 1 Presentation of Financial Statements.

 

This new standard aims to improve the usefulness of the presented and disclosed information so that the comparability of the financial information is enhanced, complying with the qualitative characteristics defined in the conceptual framework of the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS).

 

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3.New Accounting Pronouncements Issued and Adopted, or Issued that have not yet been Adopted, continued:

 

According to the information provided by IASB, the standard introduces three new requirements:

 

-Improvement comparability of the income statement.

 

-Higher transparency in measuring the performance defined by the management.

 

-More useful grouping of the information in the financial statements.

 

The standard will be effective for annual accounting periods beginning on or after January 1, 2027.

 

Due to these Consolidated Financial Statements being prepared according to CMF norms defined in CASB, the adoption of this standard is conditional to the modification of the CASB.

 

IFRS 19 – Subsidiaries without Public Accountability: Disclosures

 

In May 2024, the IASB published the new accounting standard IFRS 19 Subsidiaries without Public Accountability and Disclosures, which will come into effect on January 1, 2027 with earlier application permitted.

 

This new standard allows to save in the preparation costs of the financial statements of subsidiaries without public interest, making possible to disclose less information and adapt the financial statements to the needs of the users when certain conditions are met.

 

The standard establishes that a subsidiary is in the public interest if:

 

-It has debt instruments or capital that is subject to trade on a public market or if it is in the process of issuing such instruments to negotiate on a public market; or

 

-Manages fiduciary assets for a broad group of external people as one of its principal businesses.

 

A subsidiary is eligible and can apply IFRS 19 in its consolidated or individual financial statements if:

 

-It does not have public responsability; and

 

-Its ultimate parent company or any other intermediate parent company issued consolidated financial statements that are available for public use and comply with the IFRS.

 

This new standard will not have impact on the Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

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3.New Accounting Pronouncements Issued and Adopted, or Issued that have not yet been Adopted, continued:

 

IFRS 9 and IFRS 7 Classification and Measurement of Financial Instruments

 

In May 2024, the IASB issued amendments to the classification and measurement requirements of IFRS 9, “Financial Instruments”, and to the disclosure requirements required by IFRS 7, “Financial Instruments: Disclosure Information” according to the following:

 

Derecognition of financial liabilities settled by electronic transfer.

 

The amendment allows an entity to consider that a financial liability (or part of it) that is settled using an electronic payment system is cancelled, expires or the liability otherwise qualifies for derecognition before the settlement date, if certain specified criteria are met. An entity that chooses to apply the deregistration option would be required to apply it to all settlements made through the same electronic payment system.

 

Classification of financial assets

 

The amendment provides guidance on how an entity can evaluate whether the contractual cash flows of a financial asset are consistent with a basic loan agreement, for classification and measurement purposes.

 

The amendment also improves the description of the term “non-recourse”, meaning that a financial asset has “non-recourse” characteristics if an entity’s ultimate right to receive cash flows is contractually limited to the cash flows generated by specific assets.

 

Disclosures

 

For investments in equity financial instruments designated at fair value through other comprehensive income, an entity is required to disclose the fair value gain or loss presented in other comprehensive income during the period, separately demonstrating the fair value gain or loss that relates to investments derecognised in the period and the fair value gain or loss of the fair value that relates to the investments held at the end of the period.

 

Additional disclosures are required for financial assets and liabilities with contractual terms that reference a contingent event (including those that are linked to Environmental, Social and Governance factor (ESG)).

 

The amendments are effective for annual periods beginning on or after January 1, 2026. Early application is permitted.

 

The Bank is in the process of analyzing the impact of this new regulation.

 

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3.New Accounting Pronouncements Issued and Adopted, or Issued that have not yet been Adopted, continued:

 

Annual improvements to IFRS.

 

In July 2024, the IASB published the draft Annual Improvements to IFRS accounting standards.

 

The IASB uses the annual improvement process to make necessary, but non-urgent, amendments to IFRS that will not be included as part of any other project. By presenting the amendments in a single document rather than as a series of fragmented changes, the IASB aims to ease the burden of the changes on all stakeholders. Below is a summary of the issues addressed:

 

IFRS 7 Financial Instruments: Information to be disclosed, gains or losses from derecognition, IFRS 7 is modified to replace obsolete references to paragraphs of IFRS 13 to be consistent with the wording of the latter standard.

 

Implementation Guide for IFRS 7 Financial Instruments: Disclosure Information, modifies the wording of the Implementation Guide to be consistent with the requirements of IFRS 7 and with the wording and concepts of IFRS 9 and IFRS 13. Clarifies that The implementation guide does not necessarily illustrate all the requirements of IFRS 7.

 

IFRS 9 Financial Instruments, derecognition of financial lease liabilities. IFRS 9 is amended by adding a cross-reference to clarify that when a lease liability has been extinguished in accordance with IFRS 9, the lessee must recognize any residual difference in results.

 

Transaction price; due to an inconsistency amends IFRS 9 to replace the paragraph that reads “its transaction price (as defined in IFRS 15 “Revenue from contracts with customers”)” with “the amount determined applying IFRS 15”.

 

IFRS 10 Consolidated Financial Statements, determination of the existence of a “de facto agent”. Amends IFRS 10 “Consolidated Financial Statements” to clarify an example where judgment is required to determine whether a party is acting as a de facto agent.

 

The amendments are effective for annual periods beginning on or after January 1, 2026. Early application is permitted.

 

The Bank is analyzing its impact.

 

-Accounting standards issued by CMF.

 

Circular No. 2,346. Standard model of provisions for consumer loans. Modifies Chapter B-1 “Provisions for credit risk” and Chapter E “Transitional disposition” of the CNCB.

 

On March 6, 2024, the CMF published this circular that introduces the regulations that establish the Standardized Methodology for computing Provisions for Consumer Loans in Chapter B-1 of the CNCB.

 

The regulations establish matrices for determining the Probability of Default (PD) and Loss Given Default (LGD) parameters that must be used to calculate the minimum level of provisions.

 

The PD matrix is determined based on three factors (default in the bank, in the financial system and the possession of a mortgage loan).

 

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3.New Accounting Pronouncements Issued and Adopted, or Issued that have not yet been Adopted, continued:

 

Regarding the LGD, the model allows differentiation according to the type of credit (leasing or automotive, installments, cards and lines or other consumer) and also distinguishes those debtors with mortgage credit for housing in the system, allowing banks recognize a loss level adjusted to the specific characteristics of each operation.

 

The regulations of the standard provision model for consumer loans will come into force as of the accounting close of January 2025. Until that date, banks will continue to estimate the provisions of this portfolio only through their internal methodologies. The impact of the first application must be recorded in the entity’s income statement.

 

Based on the information available at the date of issuance of these Consolidated Financial Statements, the adoption of this new methodology will have an impact in the year 2025 on results of the order of Ch$69,000 million before tax. To address this impact, the Bank has resolved to release additional provisions at the time of implementing the new methodology.

 

Circular No. 2,347. Precisions of information requirements on subsidiaries, branches abroad and Banking Support Companies.

 

On April 24, 2024, the CMF published this circular that unifies and establishes in the General Background section of the MSI the instructions regarding the information requirements that banks must prepare and send to the CMF, regarding subsidiaries, branches in the abroad and Banking Support Companies (SAG), which include accounting, debtor, risk and other information.

 

The first shipment of the new information requirements will be from the first quarter of 2025.

 

The Bank carried out an analysis and is implementing the necessary measures to comply with this information requirement.

 

4.Accounting Changes:

 

During the year ended December 31, 2024, there have been no material or relative importance changes in accounting that affect the presentation of these Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

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5.Relevant Events:

 

a)

During the year 2024 Banco de Chile has reported as essential fact the following placements in the local market of senior, dematerialized and bearer bonds issued by Banco de Chile and registered in the Securities Registry of the Financial Market Commission:

 

Issue Date

  Registration number in the Securities Registry  Serie  Amount   Currency  Maturity date  Average rate 
                     
January 15, 2024  11/2022  EZ   3,100,000   UF  05/01/2028   3.72%
January 16, 2024  11/2022  EZ   900,000   UF  05/01/2028   3.72%
January 31, 2024  11/2015  CE   600,000   UF  12/01/2031   3.20%
February 8, 2024  11/2015  CH   200,000   UF  12/01/2032   3.15%
March 15, 2024  11/2022  FA   910,000   UF  08/01/2028   3.25%
March 21, 2024  11/2022  FA   550,000   UF  08/01/2028   3.32%
March 22, 2024  11/2022  EY   350,000   UF  04/01/2028   3.29%
March 25, 2024  11/2022  FA   400,000   UF  08/01/2028   3.29%
March 26, 2024  11/2022  GG   350,000   UF  05/01/2035   3.35%
March 27, 2024  11/2022  FA   100,000   UF  08/01/2028   3.24%
April 4, 2024  11/2022  EY   500.000   UF  04/01/2028   3.28%
April 12, 2024  11/2022  EX   250,000   UF  07/01/2025   3.10%
April 17, 2024  11/2022  EX   400,000   UF  07/01/2025   3.02%
May 8, 2024 (*)  20240002  HX   850,000   UF  12/01/2044   3.49%
May 9, 2024 (*)  20240002  HX   300,000   UF  12/01/2044   3.49%
May 17, 2024 (*)  20240002  HX   150,000   UF  12/01/2044   3.46%
May 22, 2024 (*)  20240002  HX   400,000   UF  12/01/2044   3.46%
June 4, 2024 (*)  20240002  HX   1,000,000   UF  12/01/2044   3.55%
June 6, 2024  11/2022  FO   100,000   UF  01/01/2032   3.48%
June 10, 2024  11/2022  EY   100,000   UF  04/01/2028   3.20%
June 11, 2024  11/2022  GG   240,000   UF  05/01/2035   3.53%
June 12, 2024  11/2022  FB   590,000   UF  04/01/2029   3.35%
July 9, 2024  11/2022  EY   350,000   UF  04/01/2028   3.29%
July 9, 2024  11/2022  FB   1,100,000   UF  04/01/2029   3.50%
July 9, 2024  11/2022  FB   50,000   UF  04/01/2029   3.49%
July 10, 2024  11/2022  FB   150,000   UF  04/01/2029   3.45%
July 11, 2024  11/2022  FC   1,050,000   UF  01/01/2030   3.47%
July 12, 2024  11/2022  FC   200,000   UF  01/01/2030   3.43%
July 18, 2024 (*)  20240002  HX   200,000   UF  12/01/2044   3.50%
July 23, 2024  11/2022  FB   700,000   UF  04/01/2029   3.23%
July 24, 2024  11/2022  FA   500,000   UF  08/01/2028   3.04%
September 27, 2024  11/2022  FO   500,000   UF  01/01/2032   2.50%
September 30, 2024 (*)  20240002  HX   2,100,000   UF  12/01/2044   2.36%
October 1, 2024 (*) 

20240002

 

HP

   

5,000,000

   UF  12/01/2040   

2.37

%

 

(*)The bonds have been registered under the Automatic Registration modality, with the registration number dated April 5, 2024.

 

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5.Relevant Events, continued:

 

b)On January 25, 2024, the Board of Directors of Banco de Chile agreed to convene an Ordinary Shareholders’ Meeting for March 28, 2024 in order to propose, among other matters, the following distribution of profits for the year ended on December 31, 2023:

 

a)Deduct and withhold from the net income of the year, an amount equivalent to the effect of inflation of the paid capital and reserves according to the variation of the Consumer Price Index that occurred between November 2022 and November 2023, amounting to Ch$223,719,568,421 which will be added to retained earnings from previous years.

 

b)Distribute 80% in the form of dividend the remaining profit, corresponding to a dividend of Ch$8.07716286860 to each of the 101,017,081,114 shares of the Bank.

 

Consequently, it will be proposed a distribution as dividend of 65.6% of the profits for the year ending December 31, 2023.

 

c)During the year 2024 Banco de Chile has reported as an essential fact the following placements in the foreign market, issued under its Medium Term Notes Program (“MTN”):

 

Date  Amount  Currency  Maturity date  Average rate 
February 2, 2024  433,000,000  HKD  02/09/2034   4.22%

 

d)On March 28, 2024, during the Bank’s Ordinary Shareholders’ Meeting, the definitive appointment of Mr. Patricio Jottar Nasrallah as a Regular Director of Banco de Chile was made, a position he will hold until the next renewal of the Board of Directors.

 

e)On March 28, 2024, the subsidiary Banchile Corredores de Seguros Ltda. reported that the general manager, Mr. Jorge Yoma Rojas, will leave his position on April 15, 2024. Mr. Patricio Salles Delporte will take over as his replacement.

 

f)On July 5, 2024, in its resolution, Chilean Commission for the Financial Markets (¨CMF¨) decided to execute the agreement of its committee that authorized the bank together with its subsidiary Banchile Asesoría Financiera S.A. to constitute a company Operadora de Tarjetas as a subsidiary of the Bank. At the session on July 11, 2024, the board of directors approved to form the company.

 

g)On July 19, 2024, the subsidiary Banchile Corredores de Bolsa informed as a significant event that at the session on that date, the board of directors approved the resignation of Mr Juan Bissone as the director of the company.

 

h)On July 29, 2024, the public deed of incorporation of the subsidiary of Banco de Chile, Operadora de Tarjetas B-Pago S.A., was signed in the Santiago Notary Office of Mrs. María Pilar Gutiérrez Rivera. of its name, with domicile in the city of Santiago and of whose capital belongs to the Bank 99.9% and to Banchile Asesoría Financiera S.A. 0.1%.

 

In relation to the above, by resolution of July 5, 2024, the Financial Market Commission decided to execute the agreement of its Board that authorized the Bank, together with the subsidiary company Banchile Asesoría Financiera S.A. to establish the company that has been indicated, as a subsidiary company of the Bank, in accordance with the provisions of letter b) of article 70 of the General Banking Law, in addition to approving its statutes

 

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5.Relevant Events, continued:

 

i)On August 20, 2024, the subsidiary Banchile Corredores de Bolsa S.A. reported that the Board of Directors approved the Policy for Regular Operations with Related Parties, in accordance with the provisions of literal b) of the second paragraph of article 147 of the Law on Public Limited Companies.

 

This policy is available to interested parties and the general public at the offices of Banchile Corredores de Bolsa S.A. and in the “Regulatory and Financial Information” section of the website www.banchileinversiones.cl.

 

j)On August 20, 2024, the subsidiary Banchile Corredores de Bolsa S.A. informed that in the session celebrated on that date, the board of directors designated as director Mr. David Conzález Oviedo.

 

k)On August 26, 2024, the subsidiary Banchile Administradora General de Fondos S.A. informed that its board of directors approved the new policy of usual operations with related parties, in accordance with the provisions set forth in literal b) of article 147 of Law No. 18,046 on Public Limited Companies and in Title I of General Standard No. 501 of the Financial Market Commission.

 

This policy is available to interested parties and the general public at the offices of Banchile Gestión General de Fondos S.A. and in the “Regulatory and Financial Information” section of the website www.banchileinversiones.cl

 

l)On August 26, 2024, the subsidiary Banchile Administratora General de Fondos S.A. reported that in a session held on that date, the Board of Directors became aware and accepted the resignation presented by the Director, Mr. Francisco Brancoli Bravo.

 

Given the above, the Board of Directors agreed to appoint Ms. Paola Alam Auad as Director of Banchile Administrator General of Funds S.A.

 

m)On August 28, 2024, Banco de Chile reported that a new Usual Operations Policy has been approved in accordance with the provisions set forth in literal b) of article 147 of the Public Limited Companies Law that has been cited and in Title I of the Regulation. General Character No. 501 of the Financial Market Commission. The new Usual Operations Policy indicated will be available to interested parties and the general public at the corporate offices and on the website www.bancochile.cl, Our Bank/Corporate Government section.

 

n)On September 26, 2024, at a Board meeting, it was agreed to accept the binding purchase offer presented by the Chamber of Commerce of Santiago A.G. for 100% of the shares of Artikos Chile S.A. (“Artikos”), a business support company in which Banco de Chile owns 50% of its shares, while the remaining 50% belongs to Banco de Crédito e Inversiones (together with the Bank as the “Shareholders”).

 

The transaction is subject to both Shareholders selling 100% of the Artikos shares and compliance with various suspensive conditions, among which are the authorization of the CMF for the sale of 100% of the Artikos shares and that, If necessary, the transaction is approved by the National Economic Prosecutor’s Office.

  

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5.Relevant Events, continued:

 

o)On November 19, 2024, the subsidiary Banchile Corredores de Bolsa S.A. reported that it was aware of and accepted the resignation presented by Mr. Hernán Arellano Salas to the position of General Manager of the subsidiary, effective as of that date.

 

Likewise, in his replacement, the Board of Directors appointed Mr. José Antonio Díaz Orellana as Interim General Manager.

 

p)On December 11, 2024, it is reported that Citigroup Inc. and Banco de Chile have modified the contract called Amended and Restated Trademark License Agreement signed on November 29, 2019, through which a license was granted to this banking institution to the use of certain brands. The modification refers to the scope of use of the brands that are the subject of the contract, limiting the authorization and possibility for the Bank to use them to certain products and services of business, corporate, investment banking and other businesses, as well as as well as outside the offices of the Banco Edwards network of Banco de Chile.

 

The Board of Directors of Banco de Chile, in session No. 3,021 of November 28, 2024, approved the modification to the aforementioned contract, in the terms provided in articles 146 et seq. of the Public Limited Companies Law.

 

q)On December 18, 2024, Banco de Chile reported that having met the conditions established by the parties and as reported in the relevant event as of September 26, the purchase agreement was signed for 100% of the shares of Artikos Chile S.A. (“Artikos”), a business support company in which Banco de Chile owns 50% of its shares, while the remaining 50% belongs to Banco de Crédito e Inversiones (being together with the Bank the “Shareholders”). “), which have been acquired by the Santiago Chamber of Commerce A.G.

 

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6.Business Segments:

 

For management purposes, the Bank is organized into four segments, which are defined based on the types of products and services offered, and the type of client in which focuses as described below:

 

Retail:This segment focuses on individuals and small and medium-sized companies (SMEs) with annual sales up to UF 70,000, where the product offering focuses primarily on consumer loans, commercial loans, checking accounts, credit cards, credit lines and Residential mortgage loans.

 

Wholesale:This segment focused on corporate clients and large companies, whose annual revenue exceed UF 70,000, where the product offering focuses primarily on commercial loans, checking accounts and liquidity management services, debt instruments, foreign trade, derivative contracts and leases.

 

Treasury:This segment includes the associated revenues to the management of the investment portfolio and the business of financial transactions and currency trading.

 

Transactions with customers carried out by the Treasury are reflected in the respective aforementioned segments. These products are highly transaction-focused and include foreign exchange transactions, derivatives and financial instruments in general, among others.

 

Subsidiaries:Corresponds to the businesses generated by the companies controlled by the Bank, which carry out activities complementary to the bank business. The companies that comprise this segment are:

 

  - Banchile Administradora General de Fondos S.A.
     
  - Banchile Asesoría Financiera S.A.
     
  - Banchile Corredores de Seguros Ltda.
     
  - Banchile Corredores de Bolsa S.A.
     
  - Socofin S.A.
     
  - Operadora de Tarjetas B-Pago S.A.

 

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6.Business Segments, continued:

 

The financial information used to measure the performance of the Bank’s business segments is not comparable with similar information from other financial institutions because each institution relies on its own definitions. The accounting policies applied to the segments is the same as those described in the summary of accounting principles. The Bank obtains the majority of the results from: interest, indexation and commissions and financial operations and changes, discounting provisions for credit risk and operating expenses. Management is mainly based on these concepts to evaluate the performance of the segments and make decisions about the goals and allocations of resources of each unit. Although the results of the segments reconcile with those of the Bank at the total level, this is not necessarily the case in terms of the different concepts, given that management is measured and controlled individually and not on a consolidated basis, applying the following criteria:

 

The net interest margin of loans and deposits is obtained aggregating the net financial margins of each individual operation of credit and uptake made by the bank. For these purposes, the volume of each operation and its contribution margin are considered, which in turn corresponds to the difference between the effective rate of the customer and the internal transfer price established according to the term and currency of each operation. Additionally, the net margin includes the result of interest and indexation from the accounting hedges.

 

Provisions for credit risk are determined at the customer and counterparty level based on the characteristics of each of their operations. In the case of additional provisions, these are assigned to the different business segments based on the credit risk weighted assets that each segment has.

 

The capital and its financial impacts on outcome have been assigned to each segment based on the risk-weighted assets.

 

Operational expenses are reflected at the level of the different functional areas of the Bank. The allocation of expenses from functional areas to business segments is done using different allocation criteria, at the level of the different concepts and expense items.

 

Taxes are managed at a corporate level and are not allocated to business segments.

 

For the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023 there was no income from transactions with a customer or counterparty that accounted for 10% or more of the Bank’s total revenues.

 

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6.Business Segments, continued:

 

The following table presents the income by segment for the years ended between January 1, and December 31, 2024 and 2023 for each of the segments defined above:

 

   Retail   Wholesale   Treasury   Subsidiaries   Subtotal  

Consolidation

adjustment

   Total 
   2024   2023   2024   2023   2024   2023   2024   2023   2024   2023   2024   2023   2024   2023 
   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$ 
                                                         
Net interest revenue (expense) and UF indexation   1,503,824    1,427,085    744,346    790,083    (105,115)   (316,290)   (3,759)   (11,162)   2,139,296    1,889,716    1,555    944    2,140,851    1,890,660 
Net commissions revenue (expense)   323,869    321,736    90,259    81,680    4,376    1,725    190,192    173,416    608,696    578,557    (36,813)   (32,627)   571,883    545,930 
Profit (loss) of financial operations   434    385    15,685    21,842    69,111    285,330    26,915    40,558    112,145    348,115    (1,555)   (944)   110,590    347,171 
Foreign currency changes, indexation and accounting hedge   15,451    10,386    31,725    33,060    91,478    51,185    25,943    25,963    164,597    120,594            164,597    120,594 
Other income   44,156    54,623    7,822    24,913            3,408    3,400    55,386    82,936    (10,074)   (6,851)   45,312    76,085 
Income attributable to investments in other companies   9,291    9,624    6,385    3,366    980    342    396    1,100    17,052    14,432            17,052    14,432 
Total operating revenue   1,897,025    1,823,839    896,222    954,944    60,830    22,292    243,095    233,275    3,097,172    3,034,350    (46,887)   (39,478)   3,050,285    2,994,872 
Expenses from salaries and employee benefits   (382,339)   (380,149)   (110,857)   (110,822)   (2,974)   (2,972)   (86,397)   (88,761)   (582,567)   (582,704)   20    20    (582,547)   (582,684)
Administrative expenses   (337,630)   (326,380)   (75,140)   (74,445)   (1,676)   (1,866)   (48,178)   (39,052)   (462,624)   (441,743)   45,928    38,488    (416,696)   (403,255)
Depreciation and amortization   (78,908)   (76,893)   (8,002)   (8,502)   (302)   (289)   (7,389)   (6,624)   (94,601)   (92,308)           (94,601)   (92,308)
Impairment of non-financial assets   (1,147)   (1,773)       (5)           (1,704)   16    (2,851)   (1,762)           (2,851)   (1,762)
Other operating expenses   (25,583)   (28,439)   (9,973)   (6,841)   (2)   (3)   (1,420)   (1,777)   (36,978)   (37,060)   939    970    (36,039)   (36,090)
Total operating expenses   (825,607)   (813,634)   (203,972)   (200,615)   (4,954)   (5,130)   (145,088)   (136,198)   (1,179,621)   (1,155,577)   46,887    39,478    (1,132,734)   (1,116,099)
Expenses for credit losses   (364,712)   (373,169)   (26,033)   9,164    (1,009)   2,754            (391,754)   (361,251)           (391,754)   (361,251)
Income from operations   706,706    637,036    666,217    763,493    54,867    19,916    98,007    97,077    1,525,797    1,517,522            1,525,797    1,517,522 
Income taxes                                                               (318,405)   (273,887)
Income after income taxes                                                               1,207,392    1,243,635 

 

The following table presents assets and liabilities of the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023 by each segment defined above:

 

   Retail   Wholesale   Treasury   Subsidiaries   Subtotal  

Consolidation

adjustment

   Total 
   2024   2023   2024   2023   2024   2023   2024   2023   2024   2023   2024   2023   2024   2023 
   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$ 
                                                         
Assets   24,831,698    23,583,402    13,259,610    13,247,584    12,590,222    17,530,710    924,392    986,697    51,605,922    55,348,393    (227,179)   (236,853)   51,378,743    55,111,540 
Current and deferred taxes                                                               716,698    681,012 
Total assets                                                               52,095,441    55,792,552 
                                                                       
Liabilities   18,014,282    19,123,031    10,790,972    10,671,254    17,199,083    20,219,857    694,984    777,170    46,699,321    50,791,312    (227,179)   (236,853)   46,472,142    50,554,459 
Current and deferred taxes                                                               298    808 
Total liabilities                                                               46,472,440    50,555,267 

 

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7.Cash and Cash Equivalents:

 

The detail of the balances included under cash and cash equivalents as follows:

 

   2024   2023 
   MCh$   MCh$ 
Cash and due from banks:        
Cash   879,130    929,034 
Deposit in Chilean Central Bank (*)   1,036,476    590,426 
Deposit in abroad Central Bank        
Deposits in domestic banks   12,767    17,052 
Deposits in abroad banks   770,703    928,136 
Subtotal – Cash and due from banks   2,699,076    2,464,648 
           
Net transactions in the course of settlement (**)   88,851    58,634 
Others cash equivalents (***)   1,701,659    3,020,865 
Total cash and cash equivalents   4,489,586    5,544,147 

 

The detail of the balances included under net ongoing clearance operations is as follows:

 

   2024   2023 
   MCh$   MCh$ 
Assets        
Documents drawn on other banks (clearing)   109,635    84,635 
Funds receivable   262,821    330,870 
Subtotal - assets   372,456    415,505 
           
Liabilities          
Funds payable   (283,605)   (356,871)
Subtotal - liabilities   (283,605)   (356,871)
Net transactions in the course of settlement   88,851    58,634 

 

(*)The level of funds in cash and in the Central Bank of Chile responds to regulations on reserve requirements that the bank must maintain on average in monthly periods.

 

(**)Ongoing clearance operations correspond to transactions in which only the settlement remains that will increase or decrease the funds in the Central Bank of Chile or in foreign banks, normally within 12 or 24 business hours.

 

(***)Refers to financial instruments that meet the criteria to be considered as “cash equivalents” as defined by IAS 7, i.e., to qualify as “cash equivalents” investments in debt financial instruments must be: short-term with an original maturity of 90 days or less from the date of acquisition, highly liquid, readily convertible to known amounts of cash from the date of initial investment, and that the financial instruments are exposed to an insignificant risk of changes in their value.

 

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8.Financial Assets Held for Trading at Fair Value through Profit or Loss:

 

The item detail is as follows:

 

   2024   2023 
   MCh$   MCh$ 
         
Financial derivative contracts   2,303,353    2,035,376 
Debt Financial Instruments   1,714,381    3,363,624 
Other financial instruments   411,689    409,328 
Total   4,429,423    5,808,328 

 

(a)The Bank as of December 31, 2024 and 2023, maintains the following asset portfolio of derivative instruments:

 

   Notional amount of contract with final expiration date in     
   Demand   Up to 1 month   Over 1 month and
up to 3 months
   Over 3 months and
up to 12 months
   Over 1 year and
up to 3 years
   Over 3 year and
up to 5 years
   Over 5 years   Total  

Fair Value

Assets

 
   2024   2023   2024   2023   2024   2023   2024   2023   2024   2023   2024   2023   2024   2023   2024   2023   2024   2023 
   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$ 
                                                                         
Currency forward           3,289,559    3,659,459    1,712,274    2,410,522    2,589,278    2,517,954    916,016    355,774    26,575    13,536    4,442        8,538,144    8,957,245    227,670    212,475 
Interest rate swap           376,933    847,401    2,249,606    1,859,664    5,133,205    6,593,100    7,253,517    7,157,777    4,172,518    3,743,282    4,250,312    4,709,682    23,436,091    24,910,906    732,395    883,689 
Interest rate and cross currency swap           107,571    167,667    249,871    305,181    2,198,760    987,931    2,164,528    2,724,924    1,449,064    1,112,311    2,686,049    2,410,153    8,855,843    7,708,167    1,338,086    934,466 
Call currency options           11,551    7,019    42,692    26,243    57,908    87,429    11,340    7,325                    123,491    128,016    4,949    3,435 
Put currency options           10,208    3,012    16,989    24,464    23,301    51,132        6,558                    50,498    85,166    253    1,311 
Total           3,795,822    4,684,558    4,271,432    4,626,074    10,002,452    10,237,546    10,345,401    10,252,358    5,648,157    4,869,129    6,940,803    7,119,835    41,004,067    41,789,500    2,303,353    2,035,376 

 

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8.Financial Assets Held for Trading at Fair Value through Profit or Loss, continued:

 

b) The detail of the Debt Financial Instruments is the following:

 

   2024   2023 
   MCh$   MCh$ 
Instruments issued by the Chilean Government and Central Bank of Chile        
Debt financial instruments from the Central Bank of Chile   1,217,317    2,799,442 
Bonds and Promissory notes from the General Treasury of the Republic   278,140    227,871 
Other fiscal debt financial instruments        
           
Other Instruments Issued in Chile          
Debt financial instruments from other domestic banks   217,948    336,311 
Bonds and trade effects from domestic companies        
Other debt financial instruments issued in the country        
           
Instruments Issued Abroad          
Financial instruments from foreign governments or Central Banks   976     
Financial debt instruments from foreign goverments and fiscal entities        
Debt financial instruments from other foreign banks        
Bonds and trade effects from foreign companies        
Total   1,714,381    3,363,624 

 

Under instruments of the State and Central Bank of Chile are classified instruments sold under repurchase agreements to clients and financial institutions, by an amount of Ch$10,038 million as of December 31, 2024 (as of December 31, 2023, there is no amount for this concept). The repurchase agreements have an average maturity of 2 days at the end of the year 2024. As part of the FCIC program, instruments delivered as collateral are included for an approximate amount of Ch$245,620 million as of December 31, 2023. There is no collateral delivered as of December 31, 2024 for this concept given that the program came to an end on July 1, 2024.

 

Instruments sold under repurchase agreements to clients and financial institutions include other debt financial instruments issued in the country, by an amount of Ch$89,223 million as of December 31, 2024 (Ch$121,586 million in December 2023). The repurchase agreements have an average maturity of 7 days at the end of the year 2024 (4 days in 2023).

 

Additionally, the Bank has investments in own-issued letters of credit for an amount equivalent to Ch$998 million as of December 31, 2024 (Ch$1,733 million in December 2023), which are presented as a reduction of the liability item “Debt Financial Instruments Issued”.

 

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8.Financial Assets Held for Trading at Fair Value through Profit or Loss, continued:

 

c)The detail of other financial instruments is as follows:

 

   2024   2023 
   MCh$   MCh$ 
Mutual fund investments        
Funds managed by related companies   408,121    405,752 
Funds managed by third-parties        
           
Equity instruments          
Domestic equity instruments   1,039    2,058 
Foreign equity instruments       485 
           
Loans originated and acquired by the entity        
           
Others   2,529    1,033 
Total   411,689    409,328 

 

9.Non-trading Financial Assets mandatorily measured at Fair Value through Profit or Loss:

 

As of December 31, 2024 and 2023, the Bank does not hold any non-trading financial assets mandatorily measured at fair value through profit or loss.

 

10.Financial Assets and Liabilities designated as at Fair Value through Profit or Loss:

 

As of December 31, 2024 and 2023, the Bank does not hold financial assets and liabilities designated as at fair value through profit or loss.

 

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11.Financial Assets at Fair Value through Other Comprehensive Income:

 

The item detail is as follows:

 

   2024   2023 
   MCh$   MCh$ 
         
Debt Financial Instruments   2,088,345    3,786,525 
Other financial instruments        
Total   2,088,345    3,786,525 

 

(a)As of December 31, 2024 and 2023, the detail of debt financial instruments is as follows:

 

   2024   2023 
   MCh$   MCh$ 
Instruments issued by the Chilean Government and Central Bank of Chile        
Debt financial instruments from the Central Bank of Chile       473,642 
Bonds and Promissory notes from the General Treasury of the Republic   660,321    1,362,510 
Other fiscal debt financial instruments   456    1,500 
           
Other Instruments Issued in Chile          
Debt financial instruments from other domestic banks   1,321,030    1,681,744 
Bonds and trade effects from domestic companies   54,600    59,921 
Other debt financial instruments issued in the country        
           
Instruments Issued Abroad          
Financial instruments from foreign Central Banks        
Financial instruments from foreign governments and fiscal entities   48,883    43,294 
Debt financial instruments from other foreign banks       163,914 
Bonds and trade effects from foreign companies   3,055     
Other debt financial instruments issued abroad        
Total   2,088,345    3,786,525 

 

Instruments of the Government and the Central Bank of Chile include instruments sold under repurchase agreements to clients and financial institutions for an amount of Ch$10,001 million in December 2024 (Ch$10,488 million in December 2023). The repurchase agreements have an average maturity of 2 days in December 2024 (3 days in December 2023). As part of the FCIC program, instruments delivered as collateral are included for an approximate amount of Ch$1,094,076 million as of December 31, 2023. There is no collateral delivered as of December 31, 2024 for this concept given that the program came to an end on July 1, 2024.

 

Under the same item, instruments that guarantee margins for cleared derivatives transactions are classified through Comder Contraparte Central S.A. for an amount of Ch$22,719 million as of December 31, 2024 (Ch$43,863 million as of December 31, 2023).

 

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11.

Financial Assets at Fair Value through Other Comprehensive Income, continued:

 

Under Instruments of Other National Institutions are classified instruments delivered as collateral as part of FCIC program for an approximate amount of Ch$850,506 million as of December 31, 2023. There are no collaterals as of December 31, 2024 for this concept. There is no collateral delivered as of December 31, 2024 for this concept given that the program ended on July 1, 2024.

 

As of December 31, 2024 the accumulated credit impairment for debt instruments at fair value through other comprehensive income was Ch$4,226 million (Ch$5,500 million as of December 31, 2023).

 

(b)The analysis of changes in fair value and expected losses of debt instruments measured at fair value is as follows:

 

   Phase 1 Individual   Phase 2 Individual   Phase 3 Individual   Total 
   Fair value   Impairment   Fair value   Impairment   Fair value   Impairment   Fair value   Impairment 
   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$ 
                                 
Balance as of January 1, 2023   3,967,392    9,496                    3,967,392    9,496 
Net change in balance   (159,617)   (3,996)   (30,124)   (1,921)           (189,741)   (5,917)
Change in fair value   8,718        156                8,874     
Transfer to Phase 1                                
Transfer to Phase 2   (29,968)       29,968                     
Transfer to Phase 3                                
Impact due to transfer between phases               1,921                1,921 
Net impact due to impairment                                
Balance as of December 31, 2023   3,786,525    5,500                    3,786,525    5,500 
                                         
Balance as of January 1, 2024   3,786,525    5,500                    3,786,525    5,500 
Net change in balance   (1,694,790)   (1,274)                   (1,694,790)   (1,274)
Change in fair value   (3,390)                       (3,390)    
Transfer to Phase 1                                
Transfer to Phase 2                                
Transfer to Phase 3                                
Impact due to transfer between phases                                
Net impact due to impairment                                
Balance as of December 31, 2024   2,088,345    4,226                    2,088,345    4,226 

 

(c)Realized and unrealized gains and losses:

 

As of December 31, 2024, the portfolio of debt financial instruments includes an accumulated unrealized gain of Ch$4,478 million (unrealized gain of Ch$9,142 million as of December 31, 2023), recorded as an equity valuation adjustment.

 

Gross realized gains and losses on the sale of debt financial instruments, as of December 31, 2024 and 2023 are reported under “Net Financial income (expense)” (See Note No. 33).

 

The changes in realized gains and losses at the end of both years are the following:

 

   2024   2023 
   MCh$   MCh$ 
         
Unrealized gains (losses)   3,386    4,352 
Realized losses (gains) reclassified to income   (8,050)   4,522 
Subtotal   (4,664)   8,874 
Income tax on other comprehensive income   (710)   (1,806)
Net effect in equity   (5,374)   7,068 

 

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12.Derivative Financial Instruments for hedging purposes:

 

(a.1) As of December 31, 2024 and 2023, the Bank has the following asset portfolio of financial derivative instruments for accounting hedging purposes:

 

    Notional amount of contract with final expiration date in        
    Demand     Up to 1 month     Over 1 month and
up to 3 months
    Over 3 months and
up to 12 months
    Over 1 year and
up to 3 years
    Over 3 year
and up to 5 years
    Over 5 years     Total     Fair value
Assets
 
    2024     2023     2024     2023     2024     2023     2024     2023     2024     2023     2024     2023     2024     2023     2024     2023     2024     2023  
    MCh$     MCh$     MCh$     MCh$     MCh$     MCh$     MCh$     MCh$     MCh$     MCh$     MCh$     MCh$     MCh$     MCh$     MCh$     MCh$     MCh$     MCh$  
                                                                                                             
Derivatives held for fair value hedges                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                                 
Cash flow hedge derivatives                                                                                                                                                
Interest rate swap and cross currency swap                                         131,987       141,416       274,935       36,553       122,041       232,293       306,460       222,615       835,423       632,877       73,959       49,065  
Total                                         131,987       141,416       274,935       36,553       122,041       232,293       306,460       222,615       835,423       632,877       73,959       49,065  

 

(a.2) As of December 31, 2024 and 2023, the Bank has the following debt portfolio of financial derivative instruments for accounting hedging purposes:

 

   Notional amount of contract with final expiration date in     
   Demand   Up to 1 month   Over 1 month and
up to 3 months
   Over 3 months and
up to 12 months
   Over 1 year and
up to 3 years
   Over 3 year and
up to 5 years
   Over 5 years   Total  

Fair value

Liabilities

 
   2024   2023   2024   2023   2024   2023   2024   2023   2024   2023   2024   2023   2024   2023   2024   2023   2024   2023 
   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$ 
                                                                         
Derivatives held for fair value hedges      —                                                                                      
                                                                                           
Cash flow hedge derivatives                                                                                          
Interest rate swap and cross currency swap                           134,806        34,060    218,840    132,265    180,325    875,618    983,782    1,176,749    1,382,947    141,040    160,602 
Total                           134,806        34,060    218,840    132,265    180,325    875,618    983,782    1,176,749    1,382,947    141,040    160,602 

 

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12.Derivative Financial Instruments for hedging purposes, continued:

 

(b)Fair value Hedges:

 

As of December 31, 2024 and 2023, no fair value hedges are held.

 

(c)Cash flow Hedges:

 

(c.1)The Bank uses cross currency swaps to hedge the risk from variability of cash flows attributable to changes in the interest rates and foreign exchange of foreign banks obligations and bonds issued abroad in US Dollars, Hong Kong dollars, Swiss Franc, Japanese Yens, Peruvian Sol, Australian Dollars, Euros, Norwegian kroner and Mexican peso. The cash flows of the cross currency swaps equal the cash flows of the hedged items, which modify uncertain cash flows to known cash flows derived from a fixed interest rate.

 

Additionally, these cross currency swap contracts are used to hedge the risk from variability of the Unidad de Fomento (“CLF”) in assets flows denominated in CLF until a nominal amount equal to the portion notional of the hedging instrument CLF, whose readjustment impact the item “Interest Revenue” of the Income Financial Statements.

 

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12.Derivative Financial Instruments for hedging purposes, continued:

 

(c)Cash flow Hedges, continued:

 

(c.2)Below are the cash flows from bonds issued abroad objects of this hedge and the cash flows of the asset part of the derivative instrument:

 

   Demand   Up to 1 month   Over 1 month and
up to 3 months
   Over 3 months and
up to 12 months
   Over 1 year and
up to 3 years
   Over 3 years and
up to 5 years
   Over 5 years   Total 
   2024   2023   2024   2023   2024   2023   2024   2023   2024   2023   2024   2023   2024   2023   2024   2023 
   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$ 
Hedge element                                                                                
Outflows:                                                                                
Corporate Bond           (472)   (450)   (7,576)   (4,686)   (213,764)   (199,047)   (444,033)   (245,308)   (357,141)   (552,541)   (1,297,164)   (1,252,534)   (2,320,150)   (2,254,566)
Obligation USD                           (104,466)   (1,366)       (88,096)                   (104,466)   (89,462)
                                                                                 
Hedge instrument                                                                                
Inflows:                                                                                
Cross Currency Swap           472    450    7,576    4,686    318,230    200,413    444,033    333,404    357,141    552,541    1,297,164    1,252,534    2,424,616    2,344,028 
Net cash flows                                                                

 

(c.3)Below are the cash flows from underlying assets and the cash flows of the liability part of the derivative instrument:

 

   Demand   Up to 1 month   Over 1 month and
up to 3 months
   Over 3 months and
up to 12 months
   Over 1 year and
up to 3 years
   Over 3 years and
up to 5 years
   Over 5 years   Total 
   2024   2023   2024   2023   2024   2023   2024   2023   2024   2023   2024   2023   2024   2023   2024   2023 
   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$ 
                                                                 
Hedge element                                                                
Inflows:                                                                
Cash flows in CLF           1,588    1,506    2,804    1,834    306,543    182,057    377,477    328,074    304,794    467,263    1,280,412    1,314,328    2,273,618    2,295,062 
                                                                                 
Hedge instrument                                                                                
Outflows:                                                                                
Cross Currency Swap           (1,588)   (1,506)   (2,804)   (1,834)   (306,543)   (182,057)   (377,477)   (328,074)   (304,794)   (467,263)   (1,280,412)   (1,314,328)   (2,273,618)   (2,295,062)
Net cash flows                                                                

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12.Derivative Financial Instruments for hedging purposes, continued:

 

(c)Cash flow Hedges, continued:

 

With respect to UF assets hedged; these are revalued monthly according to the variation of the UF, which is equivalent to monthly reinvest the assets until maturity of the relationship hedging.

 

(c.4)

The unrealized results generated during the year 2024 by those derivative contracts that conform the hedging instruments in this cash flow hedging strategy, have been recorded with charge to equity amounting to Ch$21,798 million (credit to equity of Ch$113,183 million in December 2023). The net effect of taxes charge to equity amounts to Ch$15,913 million (credit to equity of Ch$82,624 million during the year December 2023).

   
  The accumulated balance for this concept as of December 31, 2024 corresponds to a charge in equity amounted to Ch$12,397 million (credit to equity of Ch$9,401 million as of December 2023).

  

(c.5)

The effect of the cash flow hedging derivatives that offset the result of the hedged instruments corresponds to a credit to income of Ch$100,566 million during the year 2024 (charge to results for Ch$4,320 million during the year December 2023).

 

(c.6)

As of December 31, 2024 and 2023, there is not any inefficiency in the cash flow hedge, because both, hedged item and hedge instruments, are mirrors of each other, it means that all variation of value attributable to rate and revaluation components are netted totally.

 

(c.7)

As of December 31, 2024 and 2023, the Bank does not have hedges of net investments in foreign business.

 

13.Financial assets at amortized cost:

 

The item detail is as follows:

 

   2024   2023 
   MCh$   MCh$ 
         
Rights from resale agreements and securities lending   87,291    71,822 
Debt financial instruments   944,074    1,431,083 
Loans and advances to Banks   666,815    2,519,180 
Loans to customers:          
   Commercial loans   20,105,228    19,991,114 
   Residential mortgage loans   13,218,586    12,303,154 
   Consumer loans   5,551,306    5,306,436 
   Provisions established for credit risk:          
      Commercial loans provisions   (380,295)   (366,205)
      Mortgage loans provisions   (38,400)   (34,006)
      Consumer loans provisions   (367,389)   (368,757)
Total   39,787,216    40,853,821 

 

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13.Financial assets at amortized cost, continued:

 

(a)Rights from resale agreements and securities lending:

 

The Bank provides financing to its customers through resale agreements and securities lending, in which the financial instrument serves as collateral. As of December 31, 2024 and 2023, the detail is as follows:

 

   2024   2023 
   MCh$   MCh$ 
         
Transaction with domestic banks        
           
Transaction with foreign banks        
           
Transaction with other domestic entities          
Resale agreements   87,291    71,822 
Rights from securities lending        
           
Transaction with other foreign entities        
           
Accumulated Impairment Value of Financial Assets at Amortized Cost - Rights from resale agreements and securities lending        
Total   87,291    71,822 

  

The Bank and its subsidiaries have received financial instruments that they can sell or give as collateral in case the owner of these instruments enters into default or in bankruptcy. As of December 31, 2024, the fair value of the instruments received amounts to Ch$87,157 million (Ch$73,874 million in December 2023).

 

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13.Financial assets at amortized cost, continued:

 

(b)Debt financial instruments:

 

At the end of each year, the balances presented under this item are as follows:

 

   2024   2023 
   MCh$   MCh$ 
Instruments issued by the Chilean Government and Central Bank of Chile        
Debt financial instruments from the Central Bank of Chile       507,261 
Bonds and promissory notes from the General Treasury of the Republic   944,109    923,880 
Other fiscal debt financial instruments        
           
Other Financial Instruments issued in Chile        
           
Financial Instruments issued Abroad        
           
Accumulated Impairment Value of Financial Assets at Amortized Cost Debt Financial Instruments          
Financial assets with no significant increase in credit risk since initial recognition (phase 1)   (35)   (58)
Financial assets with a significant increase in credit risk since initial recognition, but without credit impairment (phase 2)        
Financial assets with credit impairment (phase 3)        
Total   944,074    1,431,083 

 

Under Instruments of the Government and the Central Bank of Chile, instruments are classified pledged as collateral as part of the FCIC program are included for an approximate amount of Ch$1,362,095 million as of December 31, 2023. There is no collateral delivered as of December 31, 2024 for this concept given that the program came to an end on July 1, 2024.

 

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13.Financial assets at amortized cost, continued:

 

(c)

Loans and advances to Banks: At the end of each year, the balances presented under this item are as follows:

  

   Assets before allowances   Allowances established     
   Normal   Substandard   Non-Complying       Normal   Substandard   Non-Complying        
   Portfolio   Portfolio   Portfolio       Portfolio   Portfolio   Portfolio       Net 
  Individual   Individual   Individual       Individual   Individual   Individual       Financial 
As of December 31, 2024  Evaluation   Evaluation   Evaluation   Total   Evaluation   Evaluation   Evaluation   Total   Asset 
   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$ 
Domestic Banks                                             
Interbank loans of liquidity   300,042                      —    300,042    (154)          —                  (154)   299,888 
Interbank loans commercial                                    
Current accounts overdrafts                                    
Chilean exports foreign trade loans                                    
Chilean imports foreign trade loans                                    
Credits with third countries                                    
Non-transferable deposits in domestic banks                                    
Other debts with domestic banks                                    
Foreign Banks                                             
Interbank loans of liquidity                                    
Interbank loans commercial   269,191            269,191    (589)           (589)   268,602 
Current accounts overdrafts                                    
Chilean exports foreign trade loans   98,470            98,470    (145)           (145)   98,325 
Chilean imports foreign trade loans                                    
Credits with third countries                                    
Current account deposits with foreign banks for derivatives transactions                                    
Other non-transferable deposits with foreign banks                                    
Other debts with foreign banks                                    
Subtotal Domestic Bank and Foreign   667,703            667,703    (888)           (888)   666,815 
Central Bank of Chile                                             
Current account deposits for derivative transactions with a central counterparty                                    
Other deposits not available                                    
Other receivables                                    
Foreign Central Banks                                             
Current account deposits for derivatives transactions                                    
Other deposits not available                                    
Other receivables                                    
Subtotal Central Bank of Chile  and Foreign Central Banks                                    
Total   667,703            667,703    (888)           (888)   666,815 

   

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13.Financial assets at amortized cost, continued:

 

(c)Loans and advances to Banks, continued:

 

   Assets before allowances   Allowances established     
   Normal   Substandard   Non-Complying       Normal   Substandard   Non-Complying         
   Portfolio   Portfolio   Portfolio       Portfolio   Portfolio   Portfolio       Net 
  Individual   Individual   Individual       Individual   Individual   Individual       Financial 
As of December 31, 2023  Evaluation   Evaluation   Evaluation   Total   Evaluation   Evaluation   Evaluation   Total   Asset 
   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$ 
Domestic Banks                                    
Interbank loans of liquidity                                                
Interbank loans commercial                                    
Current accounts overdrafts                                    
Chilean exports foreign trade loans                                    
Chilean imports foreign trade loans                                    
Credits with third countries                                    
Non-transferable deposits in domestic banks                                    
Other debts with foreign banks                                    
Foreign Banks                                             
Interbank loans of liquidity                                    
Interbank loans commercial   205,362            205,362    (449)           (449)   204,913 
Current accounts overdrafts                                    
Chilean exports foreign trade loans   213,636            213,636    (302)           (302)   213,334 
Chilean imports foreign trade loans                                    
Credits with third countries                                    
Current account deposits with foreign banks for derivatives transactions                                    
Other non-transferable deposits with foreign banks                                    
Other debts with foreign banks                                    
Subtotal Domestic Bank and Foreign   418,998            418,998    (751)           (751)   418,247 
Central Bank of Chile                                             
Current account deposits for derivative transactions with a central counterparty                                    
Other deposits not available   2,100,933            2,100,933                    2,100,933 
Other receivables                                    
Foreign Central Banks                                         
Current account deposits for derivatives transactions                                    
Other deposits not available                                    
Other receivables                                        
Subtotal Central Bank of Chile  and Foreign Central Banks   2,100,933            2,100,933                    2,100,933 
Total   2,519,931            2,519,931    (751)           (751)   2,519,180 

  

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13.Financial assets at amortized cost, continued:

 

(d)

Loans to Customers: At the end of each year, the balances presented under this item are as follows:

 

   Assets before allowances   Allowances established     
   Normal
Portfolio
   Substandard
Portfolio
   Non-Complying
Portfolio
       Normal
Portfolio
   Substandard Portfolio   Non-Complying
Portfolio
       Deductible
Warranties
       Net 
Loans to Customers   Evaluation   Evaluation   Evaluation       Evaluation   Evaluation   Evaluation   Sub    Fogape       Financial 
As of December 31, 2024  Individual   Group   Individual   Individual   Group   Total   Individual   Group   Individual   Individual   Group   Total   Covid-19   Total   Asset 
  MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$ 
Commercial loans                                                            
Commercial loans   10,512,364    3,835,557    194,728    219,467    350,892    15,113,008    (96,621)   (25,815)   (2,150)   (62,373)   (75,510)   (262,469)   (2,764)   (265,233)   14,847,775 
Chilean exports foreign trade loans   1,428,828    3,006    7,008    10,473    395    1,449,710    (21,952)   (79)   (443)   (1,783)   (208)   (24,465)       (24,465)   1,425,245 
Accrediting foreign trade loans negotiated in terms of Chilean imports   162                    162    (15)                   (15)       (15)   147 
Chilean imports foreign trade loans   503,824    46,538    5,694    3,203    3,038    562,297    (21,019)   (1,255)   (799)   (2,064)   (1,722)   (26,859)       (26,859)   535,438 
Foreign trade credits to third countries                                                            
Current account debtors   97,422    87,836    5,269    4,051    2,241    196,819    (2,672)   (2,102)   (497)   (2,102)   (1,062)   (8,435)       (8,435)   188,384 
Credit card debtors   25,500    84,721    1,120    1,441    10,968    123,750    (1,061)   (2,910)   (157)   (917)   (5,999)   (11,044)       (11,044)   112,706 
Factoring transactions   555,766    36,830    4,114    27    175    596,912    (10,887)   (787)   (292)   (25)   (63)   (12,054)       (12,054)   584,858 
Commercial lease transactions (1)   1,614,628    296,248    28,243    37,964    13,941    1,991,024    (3,808)   (2,086)   (99)   (10,831)   (2,967)   (19,791)   (397)   (20,188)   1,970,836 
Student loans       48,804            3,476    52,280        (2,148)           (2,417)   (4,565)       (4,565)   47,715 
Other loans and accounts receivable   8,764    965    121    8,141    1,275    19,266    (300)   (18)   (11)   (6,620)   (488)   (7,437)       (7,437)   11,829 
Subtotal   14,747,258    4,440,505    246,297    284,767    386,401    20,105,228    (158,335)   (37,200)   (4,448)   (86,715)   (90,436)   (377,134)   (3,161)   (380,295)   19,724,933 
Residential mortgage loans                                                                           
Letters of credit       1,267            123    1,390        (2)           (7)   (9)       (9)   1,381 
Endorsable mortgage loans       10,603            446    11,049        (7)           (39)   (46)       (46)   11,003 
Loans with mutual funds financed by mortgage bonds                                                            
Other residential lending       12,714,211            327,154    13,041,365        (15,623)           (21,520)   (37,143)       (37,143)   13,004,222 
Residential lease transactions (1)                                                            
Other loans and accounts receivable       154,542            10,240    164,782        (227)           (975)   (1,202)       (1,202)   163,580 
Subtotal       12,880,623            337,963    13,218,586        (15,859)           (22,541)   (38,400)       (38,400)   13,180,186 
Consumer loans                                                                           
Consumer loans in installments       3,007,298            246,349    3,253,647        (137,888)           (142,358)   (280,246)       (280,246)   2,973,401 
Current account debtors       270,268            13,657    283,925        (12,566)           (5,433)   (17,999)       (17,999)   265,926 
Credit card debtors       1,981,073            30,976    2,012,049        (49,598)           (18,229)   (67,827)       (67,827)   1,944,222 
Consumer lease transactions (1)       320                320        (4)               (4)       (4)   316 
Other loans and accounts receivable       4            1,361    1,365        (1)           (1,312)   (1,313)       (1,313)   52 
Subtotal       5,258,963            292,343    5,551,306        (200,057)           (167,332)   (367,389)       (367,389)   5,183,917 
Total   14,747,258    22,580,091    246,297    284,767    1,016,707    38,875,120    (158,335)   (253,116)   (4,448)   (86,715)   (280,309)   (782,923)   (3,161)   (786,084)   38,089,036 

    

(1)

In this item, the Bank finances its clients the acquisition of movable and immovable property through financial lease agreements. As of December 31, 2024, Ch$992,848 million correspond to finance leases on real estate assets and Ch$998,496 million correspond to finance leases on movable property.

 

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13.Financial assets at amortized cost, continued:

 

(d)Loans to Customers, continued:

 

   Assets before allowances   Allowances established     
   Normal
Portfolio
   Substandard
Portfolio
   Non-Complying
Portfolio
       Normal
Portfolio
   Substandard
Portfolio
   Non-Complying
Portfolio
       Deductible
Warranties
       Net 
Loans to Customers   Evaluation   Evaluation   Evaluation       Evaluation   Evaluation   Evaluation   Sub    Fogape       Financial 
As of December 31, 2023  Individual   Group   Individual   Individual   Group   Total   Individual   Group   Individual   Individual   Group   Total   Covid-19   Total   Asset 
   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$ 
Commercial loans                                                            
Commercial loans   10,855,599    3,910,753    185,244    197,361    321,133    15,470,090    (92,816)   (26,083)   (6,842)   (54,446)   (74,174)   (254,361)   (8,604)   (262,965)   15,207,125 
Chilean exports foreign trade loans   1,122,027    3,629    5,672    6,522    158    1,138,008    (21,669)   (110)   (26)   (3,981)   (90)   (25,876)       (25,876)   1,112,132 
Accrediting foreign trade loans negotiated in terms of Chilean imports   94                    94    (8)                   (8)       (8)   86 
Chilean imports foreign trade loans   529,967    41,565    6,584    2,102    2,545    582,763    (17,271)   (1,127)   (915)   (1,515)   (1,284)   (22,112)       (22,112)   560,651 
Foreign trade credits to third countries                                                            
Current account debtors   85,209    90,883    4,829    3,739    1,855    186,515    (2,684)   (2,175)   (758)   (1,439)   (874)   (7,930)       (7,930)   178,585 
Credit card debtors   21,353    71,726    1,056    1,033    8,537    103,705    (880)   (2,207)   (151)   (608)   (4,660)   (8,506)       (8,506)   95,199 
Factoring transactions   558,316    39,021    5,258    453    183    603,231    (10,001)   (811)   (497)   (349)   (66)   (11,724)       (11,724)   591,507 
Commercial lease transactions (1)   1,462,558    277,280    32,017    35,525    13,686    1,821,066    (3,103)   (1,878)   (102)   (4,813)   (3,334)   (13,230)   (527)   (13,757)   1,807,309 
Student loans       52,521            4,114    56,635        (2,189)           (2,905)   (5,094)       (5,094)   51,541 
Other loans and accounts receivable   7,417    10,895    195    9,204    1,296    29,007    (253)   (10)   (26)   (7,494)   (450)   (8,233)       (8,233)   20,774 
Subtotal   14,642,540    4,498,273    240,855    255,939    353,507    19,991,114    (148,685)   (36,590)   (9,317)   (74,645)   (87,837)   (357,074)   (9,131)   (366,205)   19,624,909 
Residential mortgage loans                                                                           
Letters of credit       2,339            151    2,490        (2)           (8)   (10)       (10)   2,480 
Endorsable mortgage loans       10,983            329    11,312        (8)           (31)   (39)       (39)   11,273 
Loans with mutual funds financed by mortgage bonds                                                            
Other residential lending       11,871,797            250,593    12,122,390        (15,919)           (17,005)   (32,924)       (32,924)   12,089,466 
Residential lease transactions (1)                                                            
Other loans and accounts receivable       158,981            7,981    166,962        (259)           (774)   (1,033)       (1,033)   165,929 
Subtotal       12,044,100            259,054    12,303,154        (16,188)           (17,818)   (34,006)       (34,006)   12,269,148 
Consumer loans                                                                           
Consumer loans in installments       2,943,848            237,359    3,181,207        (150,741)           (130,531)   (281,272)       (281,272)   2,899,935 
Current account debtors       268,525            2,449    270,974        (12,256)           (1,179)   (13,435)       (13,435)   257,539 
Credit card debtors       1,817,403            34,974    1,852,377        (51,867)           (20,751)   (72,618)       (72,618)   1,779,759 
Consumer lease transactions (1)       380                380        (5)               (5)       (5)   375 
Other loans and accounts receivable       15            1,483    1,498        (4)           (1,423)   (1,427)       (1,427)   71 
Subtotal       5,030,171            276,265    5,306,436        (214,873)           (153,884)   (368,757)       (368,757)   4,937,679 
Total   14,642,540    21,572,544    240,855    255,939    888,826    37,600,704    (148,685)   (267,651)   (9,317)   (74,645)   (259,539)   (759,837)   (9,131)   (768,968)   36,831,736 

  

(1)In this item, the Bank finances its clients the acquisition of movable and immovable property through financial lease agreements. As of December 31, 2023 Ch$921,451 million correspond to finance leases on immovable property and Ch$899,995 million correspond to finance leases on movable property.

 

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13.Financial assets at amortized cost, continued:

 

(e)Contingent loan: At the close of each reporting year, the contingent credit risk exposure is as follows:

 

  Outstanding exposure before provisions   Provisions established    
   Normal
Portfolio
   Substandard
Portfolio
   Non-Complying
Portfolio
       Normal
Portfolio
   Substandard
Portfolio
   Non-Complying
Portfolio
      Net exposure
for credit risk of
 
  Evaluation   Evaluation   Evaluation       Evaluation   Evaluation   Evaluation       contingent  
As of December 31, 2024  Individual   Group   Individual   Individual   Group   Total   Individual   Group   Individual   Individual   Group   Total   loans 
   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$ 
                                                     
Warranty by endorsement and sureties   335,420    705    597    15        336,737    (4,855)   (8)   (83)   (10)       (4,956)   331,781 
Letters of credit for goods circulation operations   441,899    240    77            442,216    (1,037)       (2)           (1,039)   441,177 
Commitments to purchase local currency debt abroad                                                    
Contingent event transactions   3,002,848    64,429    33,791    23,155    403    3,124,626    (30,827)   (669)   (2,736)   (13,595)   (153)   (47,980)   3,076,646 
Undrawn credit lines with immediate termination   1,516,269    9,594,526    5,762    1,333    7,410    11,125,300    (2,916)   (4,666)   (73)   (795)   (3,539)   (11,989)   11,113,311 
Undrawn credit lines                                                    
Credits for Higher Education Law No. 20,027 (CAE)                                                    
Other irrevocable loan commitments   51,889                    51,889    (1,573)                   (1,573)   50,316 
Other contingent loans                                                    
Total   5,348,325    9,659,900    40,227    24,503    7,813    15,080,768    (41,208)   (5,343)   (2,894)   (14,400)   (3,692)   (67,537)   15,013,231 

 

  Outstanding exposure before provisions   Provisions established    
   Normal
Portfolio
   Substandard
Portfolio
   Non-Complying
Portfolio
       Normal
Portfolio
   Substandard
Portfolio
   Non-Complying
Portfolio
      Net exposure
for credit risk of
 
  Evaluation   Evaluation   Evaluation       Evaluation   Evaluation   Evaluation       contingent  
As of December 31, 2023  Individual   Group   Individual   Individual   Group   Total   Individual   Group   Individual   Individual   Group   Total   loans 
   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$ 
                                                     
Warranty by endorsement and sureties   350,420    586    525            351,531    (4,511)   (9)   (73)           (4,593)   346,938 
Letters of credit for goods circulation operations   350,122    482                350,604    (863)   (2)               (865)   349,739 
Commitments to purchase local currency debt abroad                                                    
Contingent event transactions   2,524,034    52,140    45,876    17,885    362    2,640,297    (29,397)   (525)   (3,887)   (5,545)   (110)   (39,464)   2,600,833 
Undrawn credit lines with immediate termination   1,446,599    8,623,438    5,224    976    8,221    10,084,458    (2,736)   (4,431)   (57)   (557)   (4,009)   (11,790)   10,072,668 
Undrawn credit lines                                                    
Credits for Higher Education Law No. 20,027 (CAE)                                                    
Other irrevocable loan commitments   120,545                    120,545    (4,515)                   (4,515)   116,030 
Other contingent loans                                                    
Total   4,791,720    8,676,646    51,625    18,861    8,583    13,547,435    (42,022)   (4,967)   (4,017)   (6,102)   (4,119)   (61,227)   13,486,208 

  

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13.Financial assets at amortized cost, continued:

 

(f)Provisions:

 

Summary of changes in due from banks provisions constituted by credit risk portfolio in the year:

 

   Changes in provisions constituted by portfolio in the year 
   Individual Evaluation    
   Normal
Portfolio
   Substandard
Portfolio
   Non-Complying
Portfolio
   Total 
   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$ 
Loans and advances to Banks                
Balance as of January 1, 2024   751            751 
Allowances established/ released:                    
Change in measurement without portfolio reclassification during the year   75            75 
Change in measurement without portfolio reclassification from the beginning to the end of the year (portfolio from (-) until (+)):                    
Transfer from Normal individual to Substandard                
Transfer from Normal individual to Non-Complying individual                
Transfer from Substandard to Non-Complying individual                
Transfer from Substandard to Normal individual                
Transfer from Non-Complying individual to Substandard                
Transfer from Non-Complying individual to Normal individual                
New assets originated   1,606            1,606 
New credits for conversion of contingent to loan                
New assets purchased                
Sales or transfers of credits                
Payment of credit   (2,540)           (2,540)
Provisions for write-offs                
Recovery of written-off loans                
Foreign exchange differences   114            114 
Other changes in allowances   882            882 
Balance as of December 31, 2024   888            888 

 

   Changes in provisions constituted by portfolio in the year 
   Individual Evaluation     
   Normal
Portfolio
   Substandard
Portfolio
   Non-Complying
Portfolio
   Total 
   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$ 
Loans and advances to Banks                
Balance as of January 1, 2023   677            677 
Allowances established/ released:                    
Change in measurement without portfolio reclassification during the year   (194)           (194)
Change in measurement without portfolio reclassification from the beginning to the end of the year (portfolio from (-) until (+)):                    
Transfer from Normal individual to Substandard                
Transfer from Normal individual to Non-Complying individual                
Transfer from Substandard to Non-Complying individual                
Transfer from Substandard to Normal individual                
Transfer from Non-Complying individual to Substandard                
Transfer from Non-Complying individual to Normal individual                
New assets originated   1,741            1,741 
New credits for conversion of contingent to loan                
New assets purchased                
Sales or transfers of credits                
Payment of credit   (1,486)           (1,486)
Provisions for write-offs                
Recovery of written-off loans                
Foreign exchange differences   13            13 
Other changes in allowances                
Balance as of December 31, 2023   751            751 

 

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13.Financial assets at amortized cost, continued:

 

(f)Provisions, continued:

 

Summary of changes in commercial loan provisions constituted by credit risk portfolio in the year:

 

   Changes in provisions constituted by portfolio in the year 
   Normal
Portfolio
   Substandard
Portfolio
   Non-Complying
Portfolio
       Deductible Warranties    
   Evaluation   Evaluation   Evaluation       FOGAPE     
   Individual   Grupal   Individual   Individual   Grupal   Sub total   Covid-19   Total 
  MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$ 
Commercial loans                                
Balance as of January 1, 2024   148,685    36,590    9,317    74,645    87,837    357,074    9,131    366,205 
Provisions established/ released:                                        
Change in measurement without portfolio reclassification during the year   12,273    23,728    2,975    30,966    9,947    79,889        79,889 
Change in measurement without portfolio reclassification from the beginning to the end of the year (portfolio from (-) until (+)):                                        
Transfer from Normal individual to Substandard   (2,926)       4,955            2,029        2,029 
Transfer from Normal individual to Non-Complying individual   (311)           2,348        2,037        2,037 
Transfer from Substandard to Non-Complying individual           (6,562)   17,295        10,733        10,733 
Transfer from Substandard to Normal individual   438        (676)           (238)       (238)
Transfer from Non-Complying individual to Substandard           279    (2,159)       (1,880)       (1,880)
Transfer from Non-Complying individual to Normal individual   5            (34)       (29)       (29)
Transfer from Normal group to Non-Complying group       (16,109)           43,775    27,666        27,666 
Transfer from Non-Complying group to Normal group       646            (9,551)   (8,905)       (8,905)
Transfer from Individual (normal, substandard, non-complying) to Group (normal, non-complying)                                
Transfer from Group (normal, non-complying) to Individual (normal, substandard, non-complying)   677    (958)   343    223    (146)   139        139 
New assets originated   225,544    24,756    5,359    19,371    16,253    291,283        291,283 
New credits for conversion of contingent to loan   13,527    9,197    1,178    2,067    1,090    27,059        27,059 
New assets purchased                                
Sales or transfers of credits   (46)   (163)       (240)       (449)       (449)
Payment of credit   (247,038)   (40,754)   (12,902)   (34,187)   (30,359)   (365,240)       (365,240)
Provisions for write-offs               (25,666)   (28,663)   (54,329)       (54,329)
Recovery of written-off loans       87                87        87 
Changes to models and assumptions                                
Foreign exchange differences   7,507    180    182    2,086    253    10,208        10,208 
Other changes in allowances                           (5,970)   (5,970)
Balance as of December 31, 2024   158,335    37,200    4,448    86,715    90,436    377,134    3,161    380,295 

  

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13.Financial assets at amortized cost, continued:

 

(f)Provisions, continued:

 

   Changes in provisions constituted by portfolio in the year     
   Normal
Portfolio
   Substandard
Portfolio
   Non-Complying
Portfolio
       Deductible Warranties     
   Evaluation   Evaluation   Evaluation       FOGAPE     
   Individual   Group   Individual   Individual   Group   Sub total   Covid-19    Total 
  MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$ 
Commercial loans                                
Balance as of January 1, 2023   152,467    42,021    20,797    75,935    90,237    381,457    32,743    414,200 
Provisions established/ released:                                        
Change in measurement without portfolio reclassification during the year   (32,144)   (540)   (1,511)   19,717    31,937    17,459        17,459 
Change in measurement without portfolio reclassification from the beginning to the end of the year (portfolio from (-) until (+)):                                        
Transfer from Normal individual to Substandard   (2,845)       4,966            2,121        2,121 
Transfer from Normal individual to Non-Complying individual   (80)           1,191        1,111        1,111 
Transfer from Substandard to Non-Complying individual           (4,560)   16,310        11,750        11,750 
Transfer from Substandard to Normal individual   903        (12,685)           (11,782)       (11,782)
Transfer from Non-Complying individual to Substandard           166    (557)       (391)       (391)
Transfer from Non-Complying individual to Normal individual               (17)       (17)       (17)
Transfer from Normal group to Non-Complying group       (16,099)           41,808    25,709        25,709 
Transfer from Non-Complying group to Normal group       676            (10,938)   (10,262)       (10,262)
Transfer from Individual (normal, substandard, non-complying) to Group (normal, non-complying)                                
Transfer from Group (normal, non-complying) to Individual (normal, substandard, non-complying)   847    (839)   84    66    (143)   15        15 
New assets originated   200,453    21,387    6,361    8,712    14,659    251,572        251,572 
New credits for conversion of contingent to loan   13,510    8,387    967    1,292    839    24,995        24,995 
New assets purchased                                
Sales or transfers of credits               (342)       (342)       (342)
Payment of credit   (186,161)   (18,537)   (5,352)   (29,647)   (45,435)   (285,132)       (285,132)
Provisions for write-offs               (18,451)   (35,184)   (53,635)       (53,635)
Recovery of written-off loans       89                89        89 
Changes to models and assumptions                                
Foreign exchange differences   1,735    45    84    436    57    2,357        2,357 
Other changes in allowances                           (23,612)   (23,612)
Balance as of  December 31,  2023   148,685    36,590    9,317    74,645    87,837    357,074    9,131    366,205 

 

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13.Financial assets at amortized cost, continued:

 

(f)Provisions, continued:

 

Summary of changes in residential mortgage loan provisions constituted by credit risk portfolio in the year:

 

   Changes in provisions constituted by portfolio in the year 
   Group Evaluation     
   Normal
Portfolio
   Non-Complying
Portfolio
   Total 
  MCh$   MCh$   MCh$ 
Residential mortgage loans            
Balance as of January 1, 2024   16,188    17,818    34,006 
Allowances established/ released:               
Change in measurement without portfolio reclassification during the year   3,314    1,846    5,160 
Change in measurement without portfolio reclassification from the beginning to the end of the year (portfolio from (-) until (+)):               
Transfer from Normal group to Non-Complying group   (4,346)   9,780    5,434 
Transfer from Non-Complying group to Normal group   442    (1,819)   (1,377)
New assets originated   1,505    192    1,697 
New assets purchased            
Sales or transfers of credits            
Payment of credit   (1,244)   (4,632)   (5,876)
Provisions for write-offs       (644)   (644)
Recovery of written-off loans            
Changes to models and assumptions            
Foreign exchange differences            
Other changes in allowances            
Balance as of December 31, 2024   15,859    22,541    38,400 

 

   Changes in provisions constituted by portfolio in the year 
   Group Evaluation     
   Normal
Portfolio
   Non-Complying
Portfolio
   Total 
  MCh$   MCh$   MCh$ 
Residential mortgage loans            
Balance as of January 1, 2023   15,154    14,149    29,303 
Allowances established/ released:               
Change in measurement without portfolio reclassification during the year   4,191    884    5,075 
Change in measurement without portfolio reclassification from the beginning to the end of the year (portfolio from (-) until (+)):               
Transfer from Normal group to Non-Complying group   (4,050)   8,494    4,444 
Transfer from Non-Complying group to Normal group   315    (1,901)   (1,586)
New assets originated   1,947    90    2,037 
New assets purchased            
Sales or transfers of credits            
Payment of credit   (1,369)   (2,889)   (4,258)
Provisions for write-offs       (1,009)   (1,009)
Recovery of written-off loans            
Changes to models and assumptions            
Foreign exchange differences            
Other changes in allowances            
Balance as of December 31, 2023   16,188    17,818    34,006 

 

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13.Financial assets at amortized cost, continued:

 

(f)Provisions, continued:

 

Summary of changes in consumer loan provisions constituted by credit risk portfolio in the year:

 

   Changes in provisions constituted by portfolio in the year 
   Group Evaluation     
   Normal
Portfolio
   Non-Complying
Portfolio
   Total 
  MCh$   MCh$   MCh$ 
Consumer loans            
Balance as of January 1, 2024   214,873    153,884    368,757 
Allowances established/ released:               
Change in measurement without portfolio reclassification during the year   169,484    78,923    248,407 
Change in measurement without portfolio reclassification from the beginning to the end of the year (portfolio from (-) until (+)):               
Transfer from Normal group to Non-Complying group   (129,215)   167,500    38,285 
Transfer from Non-Complying group to Normal group   15,115    (38,102)   (22,987)
New assets originated   92,911    78,148    171,059 
New credits for conversion of contingent to loan   79,922    2,539    82,461 
New assets purchased            
Sales or transfers of credits            
Payment of credit   (245,469)   (65,987)   (311,456)
Provisions for write-offs       (209,577)   (209,577)
Recovery of written-off loans   2,310        2,310 
Changes to models and assumptions            
Foreign exchange differences   126    4    130 
Other changes in allowances            
Balance as of December 31, 2024   200,057    167,332    367,389 

 

   Changes in provisions constituted by portfolio in the year 
   Group Evaluation     
   Normal
Portfolio
   Non-Complying
Portfolio
   Total 
  MCh$   MCh$   MCh$ 
Consumer loans            
Balance as of January 1, 2023   200,043    134,846    334,889 
Allowances established/ released:               
Change in measurement without portfolio reclassification during the year   202,080    63,508    265,588 
Change in measurement without portfolio reclassification from the beginning to the end of the year (portfolio from (-) until (+)):               
Transfer from Normal group to Non-Complying group   (135,399)   177,331    41,932 
Transfer from Non-Complying group to Normal group   9,721    (31,237)   (21,516)
New assets originated   91,248    63,697    154,945 
New credits for conversion of contingent to loan   81,730    3,943    85,673 
New assets purchased            
Sales or transfers of credits            
Payment of credit   (236,906)   (57,377)   (294,283)
Provisions for write-offs       (200,849)   (200,849)
Recovery of written-off loans   2,345        2,345 
Changes to models and assumptions            
Foreign exchange differences   11    22    33 
Other changes in allowances            
Balance as of December 31, 2023   214,873    153,884    368,757 

 

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13.Financial assets at amortized cost, continued:

 

(f)Provisions, continued:

 

Summary of changes in contingent credit risk provisions constituted by credit risk portfolio in the year:

 

   Changes in provisions constituted by portfolio in the year 
   Normal
Portfolio
   Substandard
Portfolio
   Non-Complying
Portfolio
     
   Evaluation   Evaluation   Evaluation     
   Individual   Group   Individual   Individual   Group   Total 
  MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$ 
Contingent loan exposure                        
Balance as of January 1, 2024   42,022    4,967    4,017    6,102    4,119    61,227 
Provisions established/ released:                              
Change in measurement without portfolio reclassification during the year   9,096    4,119    178    3,755    2,566    19,714 
Change in measurement without portfolio reclassification from the beginning to the end of the year (portfolio from (-) until (+)):                              
Transfer from Normal individual to Substandard   (173)       279            106 
Transfer from Normal individual to Non-Complying individual   (6)           65        59 
Transfer from Substandard to Non-Complying individual           (1,086)   9,064        7,978 
Transfer from Substandard to Normal individual   65        (107)           (42)
Transfer from Non-Complying individual to Substandard           5    (74)       (69)
Transfer from Non-Complying individual to Normal individual               (9)       (9)
Transfer from Normal group to Non-Complying group       (125)           3,303    3,178 
Transfer from Non-Complying group to Normal group       3            (2,647)   (2,644)
Transfer from Individual (normal, substandard, non-complying) to Group (normal, non-complying )                        
Transfer from Group (normal, non-complying) to Individual (normal, substandard, non-complying)   64    (48)   5    4    (17)   8 
New contingent loan granted   35,457    1,687    13,543    559    534    51,780 
Contingent credits for conversion   (1,382)   (3,100)   (135)   (1,220)   (1,436)   (7,273)
Changes to models and assumptions                        
Foreign exchange differences   971    226    13    27    190    1,427 
Other changes in provisions   (44,906)   (2,386)   (13,818)   (3,873)   (2,920)   (67,903)
Balance as of December 31, 2024   41,208    5,343    2,894    14,400    3,692    67,537 

 

   Changes in provisions constituted by portfolio in the year 
   Normal
Portfolio
   Substandard
Portfolio
   Non-Complying
Portfolio
     
   Evaluation   Evaluation   Evaluation     
   Individual   Group   Individual   Individual   Group   Total 
  MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$ 
Contingent loan exposure                        
Balance as of January 1, 2023   31,717    4,658    10,925    4,018    6,059    57,377 
Provisions established/ released:                              
Change in measurement without portfolio reclassification during the year   (933)   (287)   (37)   (26)   (617)   (1,900)
Change in measurement without portfolio reclassification from the beginning to the end of the year (portfolio from (-) until (+)):                              
Transfer from Normal individual to Substandard   (371)       783            412 
Transfer from Normal individual to Non-Complying individual   (7)           313        306 
Transfer from Substandard to Non-Complying individual           (391)   1,842        1,451 
Transfer from Substandard to Normal individual   1,131        (3,493)           (2,362)
Transfer from Non-Complying individual to Substandard           2    (65)       (63)
Transfer from Non-Complying individual to Normal individual               (45)       (45)
Transfer from Normal group to Non-Complying group       (111)           2,164    2,053 
Transfer from Non-Complying group to Normal group       4            (2,811)   (2,807)
Transfer from Individual (normal, substandard, non-complying) to Group (normal, non-complying )                        
Transfer from Group (normal, non-complying) to Individual (normal, substandard, non-complying)   52    (43)   1    5    (11)   4 
New contingent loan granted   30,168    1,567    11,696    1,463    587    45,481 
Contingent credits for conversion   (235)   (349)   (60)   (222)   (316)   (1,182)
Changes to models and assumptions                        
Foreign exchange differences   223    1    (172)       73    125 
Other changes in provisions   (19,723)   (473)   (15,237)   (1,181)   (1,009)   (37,623)
Balance as of December 31, 2023   42,022    4,967    4,017    6,102    4,119    61,227 

 

In addition to these provisions for credit risk, country risk provisions are maintained to cover foreign operations and additional provisions agreed by the Board of Directors, which are presented in liabilities under the item Special provisions for credit risk (See Note No. 26).

 

Other disclosures:

 

As of December 31, 2023, under the Commercial Loans item, operations are maintained that guarantee obligations maintained with the Central Bank of Chile as part of the Loan Increase Conditional Credit Facility (FCIC by its Spanish initials) program for an approximate amount of Ch$2,573,423 million. There are no guarantees delivered as of December 31, 2024 for this concept given that the program came to an end on July 1, 2024.

 

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13.Financial assets at amortized cost, continued:

 

g)Industry sector:

 

At the closing of each reporting year, the composition of economic activity for loans, contingent loans exposure and provisions constituted are as follows:

 

   Credit and Contingent loans Exposure   Allowances Established 
   Domestic loans   Foreign loans   Total   Total   Domestic loans   Foreign loans   Total   Total 
   2024   2023   2024   2023   2024   2023   2024   2023   2024   2023   2024   2023 
   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$ 
Loans and advances to Banks   300,042    2,100,933    367,661    418,998    667,703    2,519,931    (154)       (734)   (751)   (888)   (751)
                                                             
Commercial loans                                                            
Agriculture and livestock   750,478    787,718            750,478    787,718    (13,556)   (12,486)           (13,556)   (12,486)
Fruit   729,645    645,470            729,645    645,470    (11,755)   (10,933)           (11,755)   (10,933)
Forestry   89,520    101,243            89,520    101,243    (4,100)   (2,788)           (4,100)   (2,788)
Fishing   29,364    26,296            29,364    26,296    (2,890)   (2,543)           (2,890)   (2,543)
Mining   864,692    417,025            864,692    417,025    (4,781)   (4,227)           (4,781)   (4,227)
Oil and natural gas   211    416            211    416    (8)   (10)           (8)   (10)
Product manufacturing industries;                                                            
Foods, beverages and tobacco   656,889    512,732            656,889    512,732    (11,773)   (13,658)           (11,773)   (13,658)
Textiles, leather goods and footwear   28,712    33,011            28,712    33,011    (910)   (865)           (910)   (865)
Woods and furnitures   89,196    78,287            89,196    78,287    (2,479)   (2,065)           (2,479)   (2,065)
Cellulose, Paper  and printing   15,838    16,715            15,838    16,715    (442)   (721)           (442)   (721)
Chemicals and petroleum products   321,593    298,712            321,593    298,712    (7,422)   (6,516)           (7,422)   (6,516)
Metal, non-metal, machine or others   481,778    551,244            481,778    551,244    (10,848)   (12,082)           (10,848)   (12,082)
Electricity, gas and water   241,941    438,098    104,988    1,326    346,929    439,424    (3,078)   (3,908)   (149)   (57)   (3,227)   (3,965)
Residential construction   193,923    262,452            193,923    262,452    (5,608)   (9,369)            (5,608)   (9,369)
Non-residential construction (office, civil engineering)   481,437    407,175            481,437    407,175    (10,462)   (11,125)           (10,462)   (11,125)
Wholesale   1,578,109    1,794,264            1,578,109    1,794,264    (47,598)   (49,374)           (47,598)   (49,374)
Retail, restaurants and hotels   1,038,501    1,011,484            1,038,501    1,011,484    (41,042)   (38,314)           (41,042)   (38,314)
Transport and storage   1,033,066    1,101,603            1,033,066    1,101,603    (28,039)   (20,777)           (28,039)   (20,777)
Communications   213,992    102,052            213,992    102,052    (3,015)   (2,395)           (3,015)   (2,395)
Financial services   2,994,709    3,219,723            2,994,709    3,219,723    (27,470)   (28,040)           (27,470)   (28,040)
Business services   1,965,847    1,969,605            1,965,847    1,969,605    (53,499)   (51,697)           (53,499)   (51,697)
Real estate services   3,345,600    3,359,135    14,882    19,931    3,360,482    3,379,066    (23,908)   (20,378)   (819)   (1,066)   (24,727)   (21,444)
Student loans   52,280    56,636            52,280    56,636    (4,564)   (5,093)           (4,564)   (5,093)
Government administration, defence and police force   16,882    21,434            16,882    21,434    (207)   (288)           (207)   (288)
Social services and other  community services   898,419    899,492            898,419    899,492    (16,821)   (14,483)           (16,821)   (14,483)
Personal services   1,872,736    1,857,835            1,872,736    1,857,835    (43,052)   (40,947)           (43,052)   (40,947)
Subtotal   19,985,358    19,969,857    119,870    21,257    20,105,228    19,991,114    (379,327)   (365,082)   (968)   (1,123)   (380,295)   (366,205)
                                                             
Residential mortgage loans   13,218,586    12,303,154            13,218,586    12,303,154    (38,400)   (34,006)           (38,400)   (34,006)
                                                             
Consumer loans   5,551,306    5,306,436            5,551,306    5,306,436    (367,389)   (368,757)           (367,389)   (368,757)
                                                             
Contingent loan exposure   15,080,768    13,547,435            15,080,768    13,547,435    (67,537)   (61,227)           (67,537)   (61,227)

 

 

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13.Financial assets at amortized cost, continued:

 

(h)Residential mortgage loans and its provisions established by insolvent tranche of the loan on the value of the mortgage guarantee (PVG) and days of default respectively:

 

As of December 31, 2024

 

  Residential mortgage loans (MCh$)   Allowances established of
Residential mortgage loans (MCh$)
 
Loan Tranche /   Days in default at the end of the year   Days in default at the end of the year 
Guarantee Value (%)  0   1 to 29   30 to 59   60 to 89   >  = 90   Total   0   1 to 29   30 to 59   60 to 89   >  = 90   Total 
PVG <=40%   1,936,055    32,620    15,536    6,165    17,148    2,007,524    (1,404)   (480)   (427)   (226)   (964)   (3,501)
40% < PVG <= 80%   9,566,995    232,095    106,604    46,471    147,162    10,099,327    (10,565)   (4,022)   (3,335)   (1,893)   (8,749)   (28,564)
80% < PVG <= 90%   623,624    10,068    3,846    1,801    7,690    647,029    (1,650)   (352)   (309)   (184)   (1,279)   (3,774)
PVG > 90%   457,769    1,442    442    591    4,462    464,706    (1,432)   (62)   (37)   (51)   (979)   (2,561)
Total   12,584,443    276,225    126,428    55,028    176,462    13,218,586    (15,051)   (4,916)   (4,108)   (2,354)   (11,971)   (38,400)

  

As of December 31, 2023

 

  Residential mortgage loans (MCh$)   Allowances established of
Residential mortgage loans (MCh$)
 
Loan Tranche /   Days in default at the end of the year   Days in default at the end of the year 
Guarantee Value (%)  0   1 to 29   30 to 59   60 to 89   >  = 90   Total   0   1 to 29   30 to 59   60 to 89   >  = 90   Total 
PVG <=40%   1,681,930    24,754    10,259    5,119    12,398    1,734,460    (1,265)   (341)   (289)   (179)   (688)   (2,762)
40% < PVG <= 80%   9,095,085    198,906    85,417    38,587    106,142    9,524,137    (10,392)   (3,541)   (2,619)   (1,491)   (6,235)   (24,278)
80% < PVG <= 90%   504,787    12,757    5,103    3,610    8,395    534,652    (1,662)   (477)   (430)   (379)   (1,423)   (4,371)
PVG > 90%   501,652    2,272    1,231    454    4,296    509,905    (1,490)   (82)   (67)   (20)   (936)   (2,595)
Total   11,783,454    238,689    102,010    47,770    131,231    12,303,154    (14,809)   (4,441)   (3,405)   (2,069)   (9,282)   (34,006)

 

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13.Financial assets at amortized cost, continued:

 

(i)Loans and advances to Banks and Commercial loans and their allowances established by classification category:

 

Below is the concentration of loans and advances to banks and commercial loans and their provisions constituted by classification category:

 

   Individual   Group       Provisions of
deductible warranties
 
As of  Normal Portfolio   Substandard Portfolio   Non-Complying Portfolio       Portfolio   Portfolio          Fogape 

December 31, 2024

  A1   A2   A3   A4   A5   A6   Subtotal   B1   B2   B3   B4   Subtotal   C1   C2   C3   C4   C5   C6   Subtotal   Total    Normal   Non-Complying   Total   Total   Covid 19 
   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$ 
Loans and advances to Banks                                                                                                    
Interbank loans for liquidity   200,028    100,014                    300,042                                                    300,042                300,042     
Interbank commercial loans           269,191                269,191                                                    269,191                269,191     
Current accounts overdrafts                                                                                                    
Chilean exports foreign trade loans   14,614    32,260    51,596                98,470                                                    98,470                98,470     
Chilean imports foreign trade loans                                                                                                    
Foreign trade loans between third countries                                                                                                    
Current account deposits in foreign banks for derivative operations                                                                                                    
Other non-transferable deposits in banks                                                                                                    
Other debts with banks                                                                                                    
Subtotal   214,642    132,274    320,787                667,703                                                    667,703                667,703     
Allowances established   77    109    702                888                                                    888                888     
% Allowances established   0.04%   0.08%   0.22%               0.13%                                                   0.13%               0.13%    
                                                                                                                              
Commercial loans                                                                                                                             
Commercial loans       978,748    1,683,111    2,093,769    3,504,563    2,252,173    10,512,364    98,731    51,153    35,812    9,032    194,728    86,932    37,379    12,894    34,843    11,763    35,656    219,467    10,926,559    3,835,557    350,892    4,186,449    15,113,008    2,764 
Chilean exports foreign trade loans       563,237    298,742    198,222    209,936    158,691    1,428,828    4,414    2,594            7,008    8,494            334        1,645    10,473    1,446,309    3,006    395    3,401    1,449,710     
Accrediting foreign trade loans negotiated in terms of Chilean imports                       162    162                                                    162                162     
Chilean imports foreign trade loans       10,607    47,176    98,073    178,454    169,514    503,824    5,419    275            5,694    384            141    1,640    1,038    3,203    512,721    46,538    3,038    49,576    562,297     
Foreign trade credits to third countries                                                                                                    
Current account debtors       12    24,388    31,693    19,000    22,329    97,422    3,033    1,124    923    189    5,269    513    86    1,061    593    151    1,647    4,051    106,742    87,836    2,241    90,077    196,819     
Credit card debtors       294    1,291    3,936    10,178    9,801    25,500    664    332    112    12    1,120    235    70    49    74    196    817    1,441    28,061    84,721    10,968    95,689    123,750     
Factoring transactions   2,081    159,861    108,439    29,667    163,282    92,436    555,766    4,041    73            4,114                        27    27    559,907    36,830    175    37,005    596,912     
Commercial lease transactions       49,621    77,816    334,046    636,573    516,572    1,614,628    16,016    10,619    1,184    424    28,243    4,621    4,616    14,387    11,241    2,419    680    37,964    1,680,835    296,248    13,941    310,189    1,991,024    397 
Student loans                                                                                   48,804    3,476    52,280    52,280     
Other loans and accounts receivable       479    1,649    1,352    2,651    2,633    8,764    66    51    4        121    237    12    181    347    786    6,578    8,141    17,026    965    1,275    2,240    19,266     
Subtotal   2,081    1,762,859    2,242,612    2,790,758    4,724,637    3,224,311    14,747,258    132,384    66,221    38,035    9,657    246,297    101,416    42,163    28,572    47,573    16,955    48,088    284,767    15,278,322    4,440,505    386,401    4,826,906    20,105,228     
Allowances established   1    1,188    3,494    24,871    51,771    77,010    158,335    2,865    639    428    516    4,448    2,028    4,216    7,143    19,029    11,020    43,279    86,715    249,498    37,200    90,436    127,636    377,134    3,161 
% Allowances established   0.05%   0.07%   0.16%   0.89%   1.10%   2.39%   1.07%   2.16%   0.96%   1.13%   5.34%   1.81%   2.00%   10.00%   25.00%   40.00%   65.00%   90.00%   30.45%   1.63%   0.84%   23.40%   2.64%   1.88%    

  

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13.Financial assets at amortized cost, continued:

 

(i)Loans and advances to Banks and Commercial loans and their allowances established by classification category, continued:

 

   Individual   Group       Provisions of
deductible warranties
 
   Normal Portfolio   Substandard Portfolio   Non-Complying Portfolio       Portfolio   Portfolio           Fogape  
As of December 31, 2023  A1   A2   A3   A4   A5   A6   Subtotal   B1   B2   B3   B4   Subtotal   C1   C2   C3   C4   C5   C6   Subtotal   Total   Normal   Non-Complying   Total   Total     Covid 19 
   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$ 
Loans and advances to Banks                                                                                                    
Interbank loans for liquidity                                                                                                    
Interbank commercial loans           205,362                205,362                                                    205,362                205,362     
Current accounts overdrafts                                                                                                    
Chilean exports foreign trade loans   18,158    179,044    11,553    4,372        509    213,636                                                    213,636                213,636     
Chilean imports foreign trade loans                                                                                                    
Foreign trade loans between third countries                                                                                                    
Current account deposits in foreign banks for derivative operations                                                                                                    
Other non-transferable deposits in banks                                                                                                    
Other debts with banks                                                                                                    
Subtotal   18,158    179,044    216,915    4,372        509    418,998                                                    418,998                418,998     
Allowances established   7    147    474    77        46    751                                                    751                751     
% Allowances established   0.04%   0.08%   0.22%   1.76%       9.04%   0.18%                                                   0.18%               0.18%    
                                                                                                                              
Commercial loans                                                                                                                             
Commercial loans       1,216,977    1,912,516    2,298,992    3,333,215    2,093,899    10,855,599    122,172    33,525    23,759    5,788    185,244    64,783    47,719    20,668    21,351    15,543    27,297    197,361    11,238,204    3,910,753    321,133    4,231,886    15,470,090    8,604 
Chilean exports foreign trade loans       147,251    361,058    200,803    250,515    162,400    1,122,027    2,429    2,709    534        5,672    204        276    2,898    324    2,820    6,522    1,134,221    3,629    158    3,787    1,138,008     
Accrediting foreign trade loans negotiated in terms of Chilean imports                       94    94                                                    94                94     
Chilean imports foreign trade loans       9,724    75,779    170,551    126,062    147,851    529,967    6,437    147            6,584    346            15    260    1,481    2,102    538,653    41,565    2,545    44,110    582,763      
Foreign trade credits to third countries                                                                                                    
Current account debtors       5,022    8,922    30,953    18,244    22,068    85,209    1,744    2,804    188    93    4,829    329    1,780    71    129    409    1,021    3,739    93,777    90,883    1,855    92,738    186,515     
Credit card debtors       390    1,667    3,183    8,116    7,997    21,353    657    355    20    24    1,056    135    72    61    104    213    448    1,033    23,442    71,726    8,537    80,263    103,705     
Factoring transactions   2,824    82,284    140,881    88,002    146,089    98,236    558,316    5,258                5,258    59    9                385    453    564,027    39,021    183    39,204    603,231     
Commercial lease transactions       57,799    50,596    348,083    512,701    493,379    1,462,558    21,050    6,150    4,462    355    32,017    3,227    27,316    1,221    3,140    412    209    35,525    1,530,100    277,280    13,686    290,966    1,821,066    527 
Student loans                                                                                   52,521    4,114    56,635    56,635     
Other loans and accounts receivable       375    1,752    1,085    2,068    2,137    7,417    137    55    3        195    217    78    93    336    1,233    7,247    9,204    16,816    10,895    1,296    12,191    29,007     
Subtotal   2,824    1,519,822    2,553,171    3,141,652    4,397,010    3,028,061    14,642,540    159,884    45,745    28,966    6,260    240,855    69,300    76,974    22,390    27,973    18,394    40,908    255,939    15,139,334    4,498,273    353,507    4,851,780    19,991,114     
Allowances established   1    941    4,094    29,970    42,675    71,004    148,685    3,436    1,515    3,883    483    9,317    1,386    7,697    5,597    11,190    11,957    36,818    74,645    232,647    36,590    87,837    124,427    357,074    9,131 
% Allowances established   0.04%   0.06%   0.16%   0.95%   0.97%   2.34%   1.02%   2.15%   3.31%   13.41%   7.72%   3.87%   2.00%   10.00%   25.00%   40.00%   65.00%   90.00%   29.17%   1.54%   0.81%   24.85%   2.56%   1.79%    

 

 

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, continued

 

 

 

13.Financial assets at amortized cost, continued:

 

(j)Loans and their provisions for loan losses by tranches of days past-due:

 

The concentration of credit risk by days past due is as follows;

 

   Financial assets before allowances   Allowances established             
   Normal Portfolio   Substandard Portfolio   Non-Complying Portfolio       Normal Portfolio   Substandard Portfolio   Non-Complying Portfolio       Deductible
Warranties
       Net 
  Evaluation   Evaluation   Evaluation  

Sub

   Evaluation   Evaluation   Evaluation  

Sub 

   FOGAPE

      

Financial 

 
As of December 31, 2024  Individual   Group   Individual   Individual   Group   Total   Individual   Group   Individual   Individual   Group   Total   Covid-19   Total   Assets 
  MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$ 
Loans and advances to Banks                                                            
0 days   596,974                    596,974    (800)                   (800)       (800)     
1 to 29 days   70,729                    70,729    (88)                   (88)       (88)     
30 to 59 days                                                             
60 to 89 days                                                             
>  = 90 days                                                             
Subtotal   667,703                    667,703    (888)                   (888)       (888)   666,815 
                                                                            
Commercial loans                                                                           
0 days   14,515,547    4,237,304    212,286    145,211    103,514    19,213,862    (155,358)   (28,184)   (3,855)   (35,615)   (18,814)   (241,826)   (3,064)   (244,890)     
1 to 29 days   218,097    147,190    22,083    18,360    36,055    441,785    (2,811)   (4,691)   (382)   (3,257)   (7,207)   (18,348)   (56)   (18,404)     
30 to 59 days   13,549    43,058    9,856    22,310    34,271    123,044    (165)   (2,900)   (156)   (11,012)   (6,468)   (20,701)       (20,701)     
60 to 89 days   65    12,953    2,072    8,749    20,850    44,689    (1)   (1,425)   (55)   (1,461)   (4,362)   (7,304)   (2)   (7,306)     
>  = 90 days               90,137    191,711    281,848                (35,370)   (53,585)   (88,955)   (39)   (88,994)     
Subtotal   14,747,258    4,440,505    246,297    284,767    386,401    20,105,228    (158,335)   (37,200)   (4,448)   (86,715)   (90,436)   (377,134)   (3,161)   (380,295)   19,724,933 
                                                                            
Residential mortgage loans                                                                           
0 days       12,518,932            65,511    12,584,443        (10,523)           (4,528)   (15,051)       (15,051)     
1 to 29 days       240,310            35,915    276,225        (2,661)           (2,255)   (4,916)       (4,916)     
30 to 59 days       90,398            36,030    126,428        (1,843)           (2,265)   (4,108)       (4,108)     
60 to 89 days       30,983            24,045    55,028        (832)           (1,522)   (2,354)       (2,354)     
>  = 90 days                   176,462    176,462                    (11,971)   (11,971)       (11,971)     
Subtotal       12,880,623            337,963    13,218,586        (15,859)           (22,541)   (38,400)       (38,400)   13,180,186 
                                                                            
Consumer loans                                                                           
0 days       5,010,755            92,973    5,103,728        (148,953)           (47,823)   (196,776)       (196,776)     
1 to 29 days       176,897            34,243    211,140        (28,928)           (19,033)   (47,961)       (47,961)     
30 to 59 days       53,655            36,266    89,921        (15,508)           (23,119)   (38,627)       (38,627)     
60 a 89 days       17,656            25,993    43,649        (6,668)           (15,490)   (22,158)       (22,158)     
>  = 90 days                   102,868    102,868                    (61,867)   (61,867)       (61,867)     
Subtotal       5,258,963            292,343    5,551,306        (200,057)           (167,332)   (367,389)       (367,389)   5,183,917 
                                                                            
Total Loans   15,414,961    22,580,091    246,297    284,767    1,016,707    39,542,823    (159,223)   (253,116)   (4,448)   (86,715)   (280,309)   (783,811)   (3,161)   (786,972)   38,755,851 

 

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, continued

 

 

 

13.Financial assets at amortized cost, continued:

 

(j)Loans and their provisions for loan losses by number of days past-due, continued:

 

   Financial assets before allowances   Allowances established             
   Normal Portfolio   Substandard
Portfolio
   Non-Complying
Portfolio
       Normal Portfolio   Substandard
Portfolio
   Non-Complying
Portfolio
       Deductible
Warranties
       Net 
  Evaluation   Evaluation   Evaluation  

Sub

   Evaluation   Evaluation   Evaluation  

Sub 

   FOGAPE

      

Financial 

 
  Individual   Group   Individual   Individual   Group   Total   Individual   Group   Individual   Individual   Group   Total   Covid-19   Total   Assets 
As of December 31, 2023  MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$ 
Loans and advances to Banks                                                            
0 days   331,230                    331,230    (687)                   (687)       (687)     
1 to 29 days   87,768                    87,768    (64)                   (64)       (64)     
30 to 59 days                                                             
60 to 89 days                                                             
>  = 90 days                                                             
Subtotal   418,998                    418,998    (751)                   (751)       (751)   418,247 
                                                                            
Commercial loans                                                                           
0 days   14,476,238    4,327,340    197,115    90,648    94,559    19,185,900    (146,690)   (28,206)   (8,043)   (20,577)   (19,228)   (222,744)   (8,700)   (231,444)     
1 to 29 days   153,429    117,335    26,506    9,799    28,281    335,350    (1,805)   (3,913)   (894)   (1,502)   (5,176)   (13,290)   (175)   (13,465)     
30 to 59 days   12,857    42,252    13,106    18,285    28,894    115,394    (189)   (3,012)   (339)   (3,236)   (5,519)   (12,295)   (89)   (12,384)     
60 to 89 days   16    11,346    4,128    8,628    21,846    45,964    (1)   (1,459)   (41)   (978)   (4,313)   (6,792)   (14)   (6,806)     
>  = 90 days               128,579    179,927    308,506                (48,352)   (53,601)   (101,953)   (153)   (102,106)     
Subtotal   14,642,540    4,498,273    240,855    255,939    353,507    19,991,114    (148,685)   (36,590)   (9,317)   (74,645)   (87,837)   (357,074)   (9,131)   (366,205)   19,624,909 
                                                                            
Residential mortgage loans                                                                           
0 days       11,732,316            51,138    11,783,454        (11,327)           (3,482)   (14,809)       (14,809)     
1 to 29 days       208,412            30,277    238,689        (2,526)           (1,915)   (4,441)       (4,441)     
30 to 59 days       74,184            27,826    102,010        (1,504)           (1,901)   (3,405)       (3,405)     
60 to 89 days       29,188            18,582    47,770        (831)           (1,238)   (2,069)       (2,069)     
>  = 90 days                   131,231    131,231                    (9,282)   (9,282)       (9,282)     
Subtotal       12,044,100            259,054    12,303,154        (16,188)           (17,818)   (34,006)       (34,006)   12,269,148 
                                                                            
Consumer loans                                                                           
0 days       4,767,941            91,079    4,859,020        (157,194)           (46,179)   (203,373)       (203,373)     
1 to 29 days       178,082            28,154    206,236        (30,683)           (15,171)   (45,854)       (45,854)     
30 to 59 days       61,487            32,197    93,684        (17,854)           (19,548)   (37,402)       (37,402)     
60 a 89 days       22,661            27,971    50,632        (9,142)           (15,796)   (24,938)       (24,938)     
>  = 90 days                   96,864    96,864                    (57,190)   (57,190)       (57,190)     
Subtotal       5,030,171            276,265    5,306,436        (214,873)           (153,884)   (368,757)       (368,757)   4,937,679 
Total Loans   15,061,538    21,572,544    240,855    255,939    888,826    38,019,702    (149,436)   (267,651)   (9,317)   (74,645)   (259,539)   (760,588)   (9,131)   (769,719)   37,249,983 

 

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13.Financial assets at amortized cost, continued:

 

(k)Finance lease contracts:

 

The cash flows to be received by the Bank from finance lease contracts have the following maturities:

 

   Total receivable   Deferred interest   Net balance receivable (*) 
   2024   2023   2024   2023   2024   2023 
   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$ 
                         
Within one year   668,951    610,657    (99,075)   (88,444)   569,876    522,213 
From 1 to 2 years   501,065    453,713    (71,170)   (63,079)   429,895    390,634 
From 2 to 3 years   343,985    301,560    (45,055)   (38,839)   298,930    262,721 
From 3 to 4 years   211,905    199,376    (29,193)   (25,018)   182,712    174,358 
From 4 to 5 years   165,414    133,011    (20,517)   (17,248)   144,897    115,763 
After 5 years   401,645    383,050    (45,823)   (36,064)   355,822    346,986 
Total   2,292,965    2,081,367    (310,833)   (268,692)   1,982,132    1,812,675 

 

(*)The net balance receivable does not include past-due portfolio totaling Ch$9,212 million as of December 31, 2024 (Ch$8,771 million in December 2023).

 

The Bank maintains financial lease operations associated with movable assets, vehicles, industrial machinery, transportation equipment and real estate. These leases contracts have an average term between 2 and 15 years.

 

(l)Purchase of loan portfolio:

 

During the year ended as of December 31, 2024 and 2023 no portfolio purchases were made.

 

(m)Sale or transfer of loans from the loan portfolio:

 

During the year 2024 and 2023, the following sale were made:

 

   December 2024 
   Carrying amount   Allowances   Sale price  

Effect on income

(loss) gain

 
   MM$   MM$   MM$   MM$ 
                 
Sale of current loans   4,273    449    4,045    221 
Sale of written – off loans           18    18 
Total   4,273    449    4,063    239 

 

   December 2023 
   Carrying amount   Allowances   Sale price  

Effect on income

(loss) gain

 
   MM$   MM$   MM$   MM$ 
                 
Sale of current loans   17,007    342    17,007    342 
Sale of written – off loans                
Total   17,007    342    17,007    342 

 

(n)Securitization of own assets:

 

During the year 2024 and 2023, there are not securitization transactions executed involving its own assets.

 

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14.Investments in other companies:

 

(a)In the item “Investments in other companies” include investments of Ch$76,769 million as of December 31, 2024 (Ch$76,994 million as of December 31, 2023), as follows:

 

      % Ownership Interest   Assets 
      2024   2023   2024   2023 
Company  Shareholder  %   %   MCh$   MCh$ 
Associates                   
Transbank S.A.  Banco de Chile   26.16    26.16    38,660    36,084 
Centro de Compensación Automatizado S.A.  Banco de Chile   33.33    33.33    6,784    4,862 
Redbanc S.A.  Banco de Chile   38.13    38.13    5,447    4,783 
Sociedad Interbancaria de Depósitos de Valores S.A.  Banco de Chile   26.81    26.81    2,704    2,394 
Administrador Financiero de Transantiago S.A. (4)  Banco de Chile   20.00    20.00    2,210    4,285 
Servicios de Infraestructura de Mercado OTC S.A.  Banco de Chile   12.33    12.33    1,902    1,803 
Sociedad Operadora de la Cámara de Compensación de Pagos de Alto Valor S.A.  Banco de Chile   15.00    15.00    1,312    1,199 
Subtotal Associates                59,019    55,410 
                        
Joint Ventures                       
Servipag Ltda.  Banco de Chile   50.00    50.00    8,258    7,832 
Artikos Chile S.A. (5)  Banco de Chile       50.00        1,840 
Subtotal Joint Ventures                8,258    9,672 
Subtotal                67,277    65,082 
                        
Minority Investments                       
Holding Bursátil Regional S.A. (1) (2) (3)  Banchile Corredores de Bolsa             6,920    10,243 
Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior S.A. (Bladex) (2)  Banco de Chile             2,103    1,286 
Bolsa Electrónica de Chile, Bolsa de Valores (2)  Banchile Corredores de Bolsa             349    350 
Sociedad de Telecomunicaciones Financieras  Interbancarias Mundiales (Swift)  Banco de Chile             112    25 
CCLV Contraparte Central S.A.  Banchile Corredores de Bolsa             8    8 
Subtotal Minority Investments                9,492    11,912 
Total                76,769    76,994 

 

(1)On November 14, 2023, the merger with Sociedad de Infraestructuras de Mercado S.A. (“SIM”) was materialized, being Holding Bursátil Regional S.A. the successor of all its rights and obligations. Additionally, on the same date, a capital increase of the company was carried out, through the contribution of 3,000,000 shares issued by the Santiago Stock Exchange, Stock Market.

 

(2)Investments in shares have been irrevocably designated as at fair value through other comprehensive income and, therefore, are recorded at market value in accordance with IFRS 9.

 

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14.Investments in other companies:

 

(3)On May 3, 2024, the subsidiary Banchile Corredora de Bolsa sold 546,278 shares of the entity. The fair value of the shares sold and the accumulated gain at the moment of disposal were Ch$2,294 and Ch$1,899 million, respectively. The result obtained has been recorded as a credit in equity accounts.

 

(4)On July 18, 2024, the company reported the agreement to reduce its share capital for an amount equivalent to Ch$9,810 million.

 

(5)During the year 2024, a purchase and sale contract was signed for 100% of the participation held in the company. See Note No. 5 Relevant Events, letter (q).

 

(b)The change of investments in companies registered under the equity method in the year of 2024 and 2023, are as follows:

 

   2024   2023 
   MCh$   MCh$ 
         
Balance as of January 1,   65,082    56,177 
Acquisition of investments in companies        
Participation on income in companies with significant influence and joint control   8,730    13,409 
Dividends received   (3,019)   (4,675)
Sale of participation in Artikos S.A. (*)   (1,572)    
Others   (1,944)   171 
Total   67,277    65,082 

 

(*)See Note No. 5 Relevant Events, letter (n) and (q).

 

(c)During the year ended as of December 31, 2024 and 2023 no impairment has incurred in these investments.

 

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14.Investments in other companies, continued:

 

(d)Summarized Financial Information of Associates and Joint Ventures

 

   Associates   Joint Ventures 
December 2024  Centro de
Compensación
Automatizado
S.A.
   Sociedad
Operadora de
la Cámara de
Compensación de
Pagos de Alto
ValorS.A.
   Sociedad
Interbancaria de
Depósito de
Valores S.A.
  

Redbanc

S.A.

   Transbank
S.A.
   Administrador
Financiero de
Transantiago
S.A.
   Servicios de
Infraestructura de
Mercado
OTC S.A.
   Servipag
Ltda.
 
  MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$ 
                                 
Current assets   13,958    1,737    60    15,347    1,814,213    58,605    11,562    101,289 
Non-current assets   9,462    8,223    10,036    14,062    161,533    887    11,538    21,034 
Total Assets   23,420    9,960    10,096    29,409    1,975,746    59,492    23,100    122,323 
                                         
Current liabilities   3,585    1,120    551    13,366    1,811,753    46,985    7,285    98,808 
Non-current liabilities   43    384        1,932    17,176    2,371    748    6,999 
Total Liabilities   3,628    1,504    551    15,298    1,828,929    49,356    8,033    105,807 
Equity   19,792    8,456    9,545    14,111    146,817    10,136    15,058    16,516 
Minority interest                           9     
Total Liabilities and Equity   23,420    9,960    10,096    29,409    1,975,746    59,492    23,100    122,323 
                                         
Operating income   21,282    6,651    9    60,139    888,114    5,023    8,979    44,161 
Operating expenses   (14,545)   (5,843)   (54)   (58,167)   (722,391)   (2,541)   (8,557)   (40,929)
Other expenses or income   741    390    1,848    234    (154,142)   1,424    1,002    1,185 
Gain (loss) before tax   7,478    1,198    1,803    2,206    11,581    3,906    1,424    4,417 
Income tax   (1,853)   (231)       (467)   (1,736)   (855)   (202)   (1,066)
Gain for the year   5,625    967    1,803    1,739    9,845    3,051    1,222    3,351 

 

   Associates   Joint Ventures 
December 2023  Centro de
Compensación
Automatizado
S.A.
   Sociedad
Operadora de
la Cámara de
Compensación de
Pagos de Alto
Valor S.A.
   Sociedad
Interbancaria de
Depósito de
Valores S.A.
  

Redbanc

S.A.

   Transbank
S.A.
   Administrador
Financiero de
Transantiago
S.A.
   Servicios de
Infraestructura de
Mercado
OTC S.A.
   Servipag Ltda.  

Artikos

Chile SA.

 
  MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MM$ 
                                     
Current assets   6,380    841    104    11,054    1,362,961    66,716    21,042    84,569    3,768 
Non-current assets   10,983    8,377    8,834    16,275    164,518    867    12,760    18,137    1,724 
Total Assets   17,363    9,218    8,938    27,329    1,527,479    67,583    33,802    102,706    5,492 
                                              
Current liabilities   3,034    899    525    11,625    1,355,563    47,242    18,768    82,503    1,898 
Non-current liabilities   247    496        3,236    36,641        766    4,539    406 
Total Liabilities   3,281    1,395    525    14,861    1,392,204    47,242    19,534    87,042    2,304 
Equity   14,082    7,823    8,413    12,468    135,275    20,341    14,259    15,664    3,188 
Minority interest                           9         
Total Liabilities and Equity   17,363    9,218    8,938    27,329    1,527,479    67,583    33,802    102,706    5,492 
                                              
Operating income   8,973    5,116    14    58,576    969,393    4,818    9,355    43,709    5,571 
Operating expenses   (2,812)   (4,823)   (50)   (57,847)   (821,426)   (2,540)   (8,667)   (39,366)   (3,558)
Other expenses or income   589    345    1,754    127    (113,486)   2,287    743    1,503    137 
Gain (loss) before tax   6,750    638    1,718    856    34,481    4,565    1,431    5,846    2,150 
Income tax   (1,692)   (66)       (100)   (7,667)   (949)   (430)   (1,444)   (511)
Gain for the year   5,058    572    1,718    756    26,814    3,616    1,001    4,402    1,639 

 

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15.Intangible Assets:

 

(a)The composition of intangible assets as of December 31, 2024 and 2023, are as follows:

 

  

Average

useful Life
   Average remaining amortization   Gross balance   Accumulated Amortization   Net balance 
   2024   2023   2024   2023   2024   2023   2024   2023   2024   2023 
   Years   Years   Years   Years   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$ 
Other independently originated intangible assets   6    6    4    5    379,546    322,148    (220,990)   (184,944)   158,556    137,204 
Total                       379,546    322,148    (220,990)   (184,944)   158,556    137,204 

 

 

(b)The change of intangible assets during the year ended as of December 31, 2024 and 2023, are as follows:

 

   2024   2023 
   MCh$   MCh$ 
Gross Balance        
Balance as of January 1,   322,148    263,268 
Acquisition   57,617    59,955 
Disposals/ write-downs   (219)   (1,050)
Impairment (*)       (25)
Total   379,546    322,148 
           
Accumulated Amortization          
Balance as of January 1,   (184,944)   (156,648)
Amortization for the year (**)   (36,265)   (29,346)
Disposals/ write-downs   219    1,050 
Impairment (*)        
Total   (220,990)   (184,944)
Balance Net   158,556    137,204 

 

(*)See Note No. 40 Impairment of non-financial assets.

 

(**)See Note No. 39 Depreciation and Amortization.

 

(c)As of December 31, 2024, the Bank maintains Ch$13,889 million (Ch$14,869 million as of December 31, 2023) of assets associated with technological developments in progress.

 

(d)As of December 31, 2024 and 2023, there are no restrictions on the intangible assets of the Bank. Furthermore, there are no intangible assets held as collateral for the fulfillment of obligations.

 

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16.Property and equipment:

 

(a)The properties and equipment as of December 31, 2024 and 2023 are composed as follows:

 

  

Average

useful Life
  Average remaining depreciation  Gross balance   Accumulated Depreciation   Net balance 
   2024  2023  2024  2023  2024   2023   2024   2023   2024   2023 
   Years  Years  Years  Years  MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$ 
Type of property and equipment:                                    
Land and Buildings  26  26  18  18   327,862    322,766    (173,132)   (165,286)   154,730    157,480 
Equipment  5  5  3  3   261,142    256,933    (236,146)   (221,083)   24,996    35,850 
Others  7  7  4  4   63,198    61,118    (53,851)   (52,791)   9,347    8,327 
Total               652,202    640,817    (463,129)   (439,160)   189,073    201,657 

 

(b)The changes in properties and equipment as of December 31, 2024 and 2023, are as follows:

 

   December 2024 
   Land and Buildings   Equipment   Others   Total 
   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$ 
Gross Balance                    
Balance as of January 1, 2024   322,766    256,933    61,118    640,817 
Additions   7,369    5,286    3,699    16,354 
Write-downs and sales of the year   (2,273)   (1,075)   (1,619)   (4,967)
Impairment (**) (***)       (2)       (2)
Total   327,862    261,142    63,198    652,202 
                     
Accumulated Depreciation                    
Balance as of January 1, 2024   (165,286)   (221,083)   (52,791)   (439,160)
Depreciation of the year (*)   (9,725)   (15,881)   (2,566)   (28,172)
Write-downs and sales of the year   1,879    818    1,506    4,203 
Total   (173,132)   (236,146)   (53,851)   (463,129)
Balance as of  December 31, 2024   154,730    24,996    9,347    189,073 

 

   December 2023 
   Land and Buildings   Equipment   Others   Total 
   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$ 
Gross Balance                
Balance as of January 1, 2023   316,968    246,706    58,890    622,564 
Additions   10,277    11,136    3,338    24,751 
Write-downs and sales of the year   (4,479)   (906)   (1,110)   (6,495)
Impairment (**) (***)       (3)       (3)
Total   322,766    256,933    61,118    640,817 
                     
Accumulated Depreciation                    
Balance as of January 1, 2023   (157,810)   (203,136)   (51,494)   (412,440)
Depreciation of the year (*)   (9,295)   (18,733)   (2,365)   (30,393)
Write-downs and sales of the year   1,819    786    1,068    3,673 
Total   (165,286)   (221,083)   (52,791)   (439,160)
Balance as of  December 31, 2023   157,480    35,850    8,327    201,657 

 

(*)See Note No. 39 Depreciation and Amortization.

 

(**)See Note No. 40 Impairment of non-financial assets.

 

(***)Does not include provision for write-off of Property for Ch$1,119 million (Ch$1,751 million as of December 31, 2023).

 

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, continued

 

 

 

16.Property and equipment, continued:

 

(c)As of December 31, 2024, the Bank records Ch$5,510 million (Ch$3,395 million as of December 31, 2023) in assets under construction.

 

(d)As of December 31, 2024 and 2023, there are no restrictions on the properties and equipment of the Bank and its subsidiaries. Furthermore, there are no properties and equipment held as collateral for the fulfillment of obligations.

 

17.Right-of-use assets and Lease liabilities:

 

(a)The composition of the rights over leased assets as of December 31, 2024 and 2023, is as follows:

 

    Gross Balance     Accumulated Depreciation     Net Balance  
    2024     2023     2024     2023     2024     2023  
    MCh$     MCh$     MCh$     MCh$     MCh$     MCh$  
Categories                                    
Buildings     126,655       145,849       (63,657 )     (75,361 )     62,998       70,488  
Floor space for ATMs     36,080       33,060       (9,307 )     (2,669 )     26,773       30,391  
Improvements to leased properties     28,783       30,426       (21,675 )     (22,416 )     7,108       8,010  
Total     191,518       209,335       (94,639 )     (100,446 )     96,879       108,889  

 

(b)The changes of the rights over leased assets as of December 31, 2024 and 2023, is as follows:

 

   December 2024 
   Buildings   Floor space for ATMs   Improvements to leased
properties
   Total 
   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$ 
                 
Gross Balance                
Balance as of January 1, 2024   145,849    33,060    30,426    209,335 
Additions   13,892    4,385    872    19,149 
Write-downs   (33,019)   (1,197)   (2,515)   (36,731)
Remeasurement   (67)   (168)       (235)
Other incremental                
Total   126,655    36,080    28,783    191,518 
                     
Accumulated Depreciation                    
Balance as of January 1, 2024   (75,361)   (2,669)   (22,416)   (100,446)
Depreciation of the year (*)   (20,939)   (7,733)   (1,135)   (29,807)
Write-downs   32,638    1,123    1,876    35,637 
Other incremental   5    (28)       (23)
Total   (63,657)   (9,307)   (21,675)   (94,639)
Balance as of December 31, 2024   62,998    26,773    7,108    96,879 

 

(*)See Note No. 39 Depreciation and Amortization.

 

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17.Right-of-use assets and Lease liabilities, continued:

 

  

December 2023

 
   Buildings   Floor space for ATMs   Improvements to leased
properties
   Total 
   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$ 
                 
Gross Balance                    
Balance as of January 1, 2023   144,482    43,492    28,595    216,569 
Additions   16,790    31,033    1,993    49,816 
Write-downs   (14,935)   (42,821)   (162)   (57,918)
Remeasurement   (488)   (392)       (880)
Other incremental       1,748        1,748 
Total   145,849    33,060    30,426    209,335 
                     
Accumulated Depreciation                    
Balance as of January 1, 2023   (64,352)   (35,735)   (21,561)   (121,648)
Depreciation of the year (*)   (21,459)   (9,736)   (1,017)   (32,212)
Write-downs   10,450    42,802    162    53,414 
Total   (75,361)   (2,669)   (22,416)   (100,446)
                     
Balance as of December 31, 2023   70,488    30,391    8,010    108,889 

 

(*)See Note No. 39 Depreciation and Amortization.

 

(c)Below are the future maturities (including unearned interest) of the lease liabilities as of December 31, 2024 and 2023:

 

    December 2024  
    Demand     Up to
1 month
    Over 1
month and
up to
3 months
    Over 3
months and
up to
12 months
    Over 1
year and
up to
3 years
    Over 3
years and
up to
5 years
    Over 5 years     Total  
    MCh$     MCh$     MCh$     MCh$     MCh$     MCh$     MCh$     MCh$  
Lease associated to:                                                
Buildings           1,692       3,374       14,158       23,675       14,245       10,657       67,801  
ATMs           699       1,396       6,228       15,353       5,532       28       29,236  
Total           2,391       4,770       20,386       39,028       19,777       10,685       97,037  

 

   December 2023 
   Demand  

 

 

Up to 1 month

   Over 1
month and
up to
3 months
   Over 3
months and
up to
12 months
   Over 1
year and
up to
3 years
   Over 3
years and
up to
5 years
  

 

Over 5 years

  

 

 

Total

 
  MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$ 
Lease associated to:                                
Buildings       1,737    3,429    12,412    25,178    18,205    15,945    76,906 
ATMs       641    1,275    5,538    13,932    11,449    15    32,850 
Total       2,378    4,704    17,950    39,110    29,654    15,960    109,756 

 

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17.Right-of-use assets and Lease liabilities, continued:

 

The Bank and its subsidiaries maintain contracts with certain renewal options and for which there is reasonable certainty that said option shall be carried out. In such cases, the lease period used to measure the liability and assets corresponds to an estimate of future renewals.

 

(d)The changes of the obligations for lease liabilities and the flows for the years 2024 and 2023 are as follows:

 

  

Total cash flow

for the year

 
  MCh$ 
Lease liability    
Balances as of January 1, 2023   89,369 
Liabilities for new lease agreements   43,931 
Interest accrued expenses   1,980 
Payments of capital and interests   (32,084)
Remeasurement   (880)
Derecognized contracts   (4,714)
Readjustments   3,878 
Balances as of December 31, 2023   101,480 
      
Liabilities for new lease agreements   14,648 
Interest accrued expenses   2,381 
Payments of capital and interests   (29,991)
Remeasurement   (235)
Derecognized contracts   (457)
Readjustments   3,603 
Balances as of December 31, 2024   91,429 

 

(e)The future cash flows related to short-term lease agreements in effect as of December 31, 2024 correspond to Ch$3,557 million (Ch$4,799 million as of December 31, 2023).

 

(f)As of December 31, 2024, the minimum future rental income to be received from operating leases amounts to Ch$14,101 million (Ch$15,723 million as of December 31, 2023).

 

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, continued

 

 

 

18.Taxes:

 

(a)Current Taxes:

 

The Bank and its subsidiaries at the end of each year, have constituted a First Category Income Tax Provision, which was determined based on current tax regulations, and has been reflected in the Statement of Financial Position net of taxes to be recovered or payable, as applicable, as of December 31, 2024 and 2023 according to the following detail:

 

   2024   2023 
   MCh$   MCh$ 
         
Income tax   (333,719)   (298,877)
Less:          
Monthly prepaid taxes   483,615    429,554 
Credit for training expenses   1,820    2,300 
Others   8,021    7,409 
Total Tax Refundable (net)   159,737    140,386 
           
Tax rate   27%   27%

 

   2024   2023 
   MCh$   MCh$ 
         
Current tax assets   159,869    141,194 
Current tax liabilities   (132)   (808)
Total tax receivable (payable), net   159,737    140,386 

 

(b)Income Tax:

 

The effect of the tax expense during the years between January 1 and December 31, 2024 and 2023, are broken down as follows:

 

   2024   2023 
   MCh$   MCh$ 
Income tax expense:        
Current year tax   339,604    268,318 
Tax Previous year   (5,343)   620 
Subtotal   334,261    268,938 
(Credit) Debit for deferred taxes:          
Origin and reversal of temporary differences   (16,678)   (3,682)
Subtotal   (16,678)   (3,682)
Others   822    8,631 
Net charge to income for income taxes   318,405    273,887 

 

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, continued

 

 

 

18.Taxes, continued:

 

(c)Reconciliation of effective tax rate:

 

The following is a reconciliation of the income tax rate to the effective rate applied to determine the Bank’s income tax expense as of December 31, 2024 and 2023:

 

   December 2024   December 2023 
   Tax rate       Tax rate     
   %   MCh$   %   MCh$ 
                 
Income tax calculated on net income before tax   27.00    411,965    27.00    409,731 
Additions or deductions   (1.17)   (17,924)   (3.59)   (54,476)
Price-level restatement   (4.97)   (75,802)   (5.39)   (81,809)
Others   0.01    166    0.03    441 
Effective rate and income tax expense   20.87    318,405    18.05    273,887 

 

The effective rate for income tax for the year 2024 is 20.87% (18.05% in December 2023).

 

(d)Effect of deferred taxes on income and equity:

 

The Bank and its subsidiaries have recorded the effects of deferred taxes in their Consolidated Financial Statements. Below are the debtor and creditor differences as of December 31, 2024:

 

.  Balances
as of
December 31,
   Effect on   Balances
as of
December 31,
 
  

2023

   Income   Equity  

2024

 
   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$ 
Debit Differences:                
Allowances for loan losses   372,267    12,678        384,945 
Personnel provision   24,404    232        24,636 
Provision of undrawn credit lines   3,183    54        3,237 
Staff vacations provisions   12,025    (463)       11,562 
Accrued interests adjustments from impaired loans   14,937    1,597        16,534 
Staff severance indemnities provision   1,252    (217)   (31)   1,004 
Provision of credit cards expenses   9,857    1,111        10,968 
Provision of accrued expenses   10,737    (506)       10,231 
Adjustment for valuation of investments and equity instruments at fair value through other comprehensive income   277        198    475 
Leasing   103,352    7,591        110,943 
Incomes received in advance   5,149    (1,035)       4,114 
Exchange rate difference                
Property and equipment valuation difference   2,876    3,924        6,800 
Other adjustments   31,009    (7,526)       23,483 
Total Debit Differences   591,325    17,440    167    608,932 
                     
Credit Differences:                    
Intangible (software and others)   19,085    5,913        24,998 
Adjustment for valuation of investments and equity instruments at fair value through other comprehensive income                
Transitory assets   8,874    852        9,726 
Loans accrued to effective rate   2,484    (151)       2,333 
Prepaid expenses   10,885    (4,485)       6,400 
Exchange rate difference   1,636    (835)       801 
Activated bond placement expense   5,257    (362)       4,895 
Other adjustments   3,286    (170)       3,116 
Total Credit Differences   51,507    762        52,269 
Total, Net   539,818    16,678    167    556,663 

 

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, continued

 

 

 

18.Taxes, continued:

 

(d)Effect of deferred taxes on income and equity, continued:

 

Reconciliation to Statement of Financial Position:

 

   2024   2023 
   MCh$   MCh$ 
         
Deferred tax assets   556,829    539,818 
Deferred tax liabilities   (166)    
Total deferred taxes   556,663    539,818 

 

Below are the debtor and creditor differences as of December 31, 2023:

 

.  Balances
as of
December 31,
   Effect on   Balances
as of
December 31,
 
  

2022

   Income   Equity  

2023

 
   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$ 
Debit differences:                
Allowances for loan losses   376,743    (4,476)       372,267 
Personnel provision   20,228    4,176        24,404 
Provision of undrawn credit lines   3,429    (246)       3,183 
Staff vacations provisions   11,139    886        12,025 
Accrued interests adjustments from impaired loans   10,305    4,632        14,937 
Staff severance indemnities provision   1,368    (136)   20    1,252 
Provision of credit cards expenses   9,146    711        9,857 
Provision of accrued expenses   11,829    (1,092)       10,737 
Adjustment for valuation of investments and equity instruments at fair value through other comprehensive income   3,670        (3,393)   277 
Leasing   89,821    13,531        103,352 
Incomes received in advance   9,012    (3,863)       5,149 
Property and equipment valuation difference   403    2,473        2,876 
Other adjustments   31,552    (543)       31,009 
Total Debit Differences   578,645    16,053    (3,373)   591,325 
                     
Credit differences:                    
Intangible (software and others)   11,340    7,745        19,085 
Transitory assets   7,953    921        8,874 
Loans accrued to effective rate   2,441    43        2,484 
Prepaid expenses   2,688    8,197        10,885 
Exchange rate difference   3,406    (1,770)       1,636 
Activated bond placement expense   5,810    (553)       5,257 
Other adjustments   5,498    (2,212)       3,286 
Total Credit Differences   39,136    12,371        51,507 
Total, Net   539,509    3,682    (3,373)   539,818 

 

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18.Taxes, continued:

 

(e)For the purpose of complying with the Circular No. 47 issued by the Chilean Internal Revenue Service (SII) and No. 3,478 issued by the CMF, dated August 18, 2009 the changes and effects generated by the application of Article 31, No. 4 of the Income Tax Law are detailed below.

 

As the circular requires, the information corresponds only to the Bank’s credit operations and does not consider operations of subsidiary entities that are consolidated in these Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

           Tax value assets 
(e.1) Loans and advance to banks and Loans to customers as of December 31, 2024  Book value
assets (*)
   Tax value
assets
   Past-due loans with
guarantees
   Past-due loans
without
guarantees
  

Total

Past-due
loans

 
   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$ 
                     
Loans and advance to banks   666,815    667,703             
Commercial loans   17,209,033    17,619,880    48,979    94,025    143,004 
Consumer loans   5,183,601    5,648,054    1,357    34,500    35,857 
Residential mortgage loans   13,180,186    13,227,905    13,908    685    14,593 
Total   36,239,635    37,163,542    64,244    129,210    193,454 

 

           Tax value assets 
(e.1) Loans and advance to banks and Loans to customers as of December 31, 2023  Book value
assets (*)
   Tax value
assets
   Past-due loans
with guarantees
   Past-due loans
without guarantees
  

Total

Past-due
loans

 
   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$ 
                     
Loans and advance to banks   2,519,180    2,519,931             
Commercial loans   17,217,023    17,828,756    41,329    107,464    148,793 
Consumer loans   4,937,304    5,331,412    1,206    37,532    38,738 
Residential mortgage loans   12,269,148    12,308,025    9,301    586    9,887 
Total   36,942,655    37,988,124    51,836    145,582    197,418 

 

(*)In accordance with the mentioned Circular and instructions from the SII, the value of Financial Statement assets, are presented on an individual basis (only Banco de Chile) net of allowance for loan losses and do not include lease and factoring operations.

 

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18.Taxes, continued:

 

(e.2)  Provisions on past-due loans   Balance
as of
January 1,
2024
    Charge-offs
against
provisions
    Provisions
established
    Provisions
released
    Balance
as of
December 31,
2024
 
    MCh$     MCh$     MCh$     MCh$     MCh$  
                               
Commercial loans     107,464       (93,816 )     123,192       (42,815 )     94,025  
Consumer loans     37,532       (330,064 )     348,148       (21,116 )     34,500  
Residential mortgage loans     586       (1,610 )     2,820       (1,111 )     685  
Total     145,582       (425,490 )     474,160       (65,042 )     129,210  

 

(e.2)  Provisions on past-due loans 

 

Balance
as of

January 1,
2023

   Charge-offs
against
provisions
   Provisions
established
  

 

Provisions
released

   Balance
as of
December 31,
2023
 
   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$ 
                     
Commercial loans   75,561    (75,702)   137,857    (30,252)   107,464 
Consumer loans   28,448    (317,350)   345,142    (18,708)   37,532 
Residential mortgage loans   669    (2,088)   3,033    (1,028)   586 
Total   104,678    (395,140)   486,032    (49,988)   145,582 

 

(e.3)  Charge-offs and recoveries  2024   2023 
  MCh$   MCh$ 
         
Charge-offs Art. 31 No. 4 second subparagraph   26,248    28,434 
Write-offs resulting in provisions released   77    60 
Recovery or renegotiation of written-off loans   1,306    2,139 

 

(e.4) Application of Art. 31 No. 4 first & third subsections of the income tax law  2024   2023 
  MCh$   MCh$ 
         
Charge-offs in accordance with first subsection        
Write-offs in accordance with third subsection   77    60 

 

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19.Other Assets:

 

At the end of each year, the item is composed as follows:

 

   2024   2023 
   MCh$   MCh$ 
         
Accounts receivable from the General Treasury of the Republic and other fiscal organizations   349,282    229,682 
Cash collateral provided for derivative financial transactions   347,788    324,899 
Accounts receivable from third parties   195,364    99,416 
Debtors from brokerage of financial instruments   195,252    254,360 
Assets to be leased out as lessor (*)   162,594    157,980 
Prepaid expenses   53,645    67,804 
Income from regular activities from contracts with customers   24,006    13,832 
Other provided cash collateral   14,806    3,323 
Investment properties   11,406    11,763 
Pending transactions   3,351    3,330 
Accumulated impairment in respect of other assets receivable   (1,817)   (618)
Other Assets   17,864    20,242 
Total   1,373,541    1,186,013 

 

(*)Correspond to fixed assets to be delivered under the financial lease modality.

 

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20.Non-current assets and disposal groups held for sale and Liabilities included in disposal groups for sale:

 

(a)At the end of each year, the item is composed as follows:

 

   2024   2023 
   MCh$   MCh$ 
         
Assets received in lieu of payment or awarded at judicial sale (*)        
Assets awarded at judicial sale   27,854    20,012 
Assets received in lieu of payment   5,075    1,384 
Provision for assets received in lieu of payment or awarded   (82)   (60)
           
Non-current assets for sale          
Investments in other companies        
Assets for recovery of assets transferred in financial leasing operations   603    1,555 
           
Disposal groups held for sale        
Total   33,450    22,891 

 

(*)Assets received in lieu of payment refer to assets accepted as payment for past-due or written-off debts owed by customers. The assets acquired in this manner does not exceed 20% of the Bank’s effective equity.

 

(b)The changes of the provision for assets received in lieu of payment during the year 2024 and 2023 are as follows:

 

Provision for assets received in lieu of payment  MCh$ 
     
Balance as of January 1, 2023   25 
Provisions used   (1,032)
Provisions established   1,067 
Provisions released    
Balance as of December 31, 2023   60 
Provisions used   (1,890)
Provisions established   1,912 
Provisions released    
Balance as of December 31, 2024   82 

 

(c)The Bank does not present liabilities classified in the disposal group for sale during the years December 31, 2024 and 2023.

 

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21.Financial liabilities held for trading at fair value through profit or loss:

 

The item detail is as follows:

 

   2024   2023 
   MCh$   MCh$ 
         
Financial derivative contracts   2,444,806    2,196,921 
Other financial instruments   990    2,305 
Total   2,445,796    2,199,226 

 

a)As of December 31, 2024 and 2023, the Bank maintains the following debt portfolio of derivative instruments:

 

   Notional amount of contract with final expiration date in     
   Demand   Up to 1 month   Over 1 month and
up to 3 months
   Over 3 months and
up to 12 months
   Over 1 year and
up to 3 years
   Over 3 year and
up to 5 years
   Over 5 years   Total  

Fair value

Liabilities

 
   2024   2023   2024   2023   2024   2023   2024   2023   2024   2023   2024   2023   2024   2023   2024   2023   2024   2023 
   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$ 
                                                                         
Currency forward           3,638,001    3,939,379    2,003,870    2,316,619    2,583,070    2,458,194    863,850    283,291        3,590            9,088,791    9,001,073    241,632    221,965 
Interest rate swap           619,104    512,235    1,627,918    1,843,294    4,583,573    6,210,930    7,622,130    6,735,372    3,963,087    3,815,430    3,921,627    4,322,545    22,337,439    23,439,806    650,580    817,967 
Interest rate swap and cross currency swap           96,844    101,948    198,892    404,210    2,331,613    1,201,167    2,909,482    3,331,601    1,978,681    1,712,666    2,879,356    2,845,087    10,394,868    9,596,679    1,547,488    1,152,057 
Call currency options           10,499    3,887    38,376    13,859    18,825    10,051                            67,700    27,797    4,151    1,061 
Put currency options           4,761    4,181    46,913    51,284    64,449    124,029    11,340    19,566                    127,463    199,060    955    3,871 
Total           4,369,209    4,561,630    3,915,969    4,629,266    9,581,530    10,004,371    11,406,802    10,369,830    5,941,768    5,531,686    6,800,983    7,167,632    42,016,261    42,264,415    2,444,806    2,196,921 

 

b)Other instruments or financial liabilities:

 

   2024   2023 
   MCh$   MCh$ 
         
Current accounts and other demand deposits        
Savings accounts and other time deposits        
Debt instruments issued        
Others   990    2,305 
Total   990    2,305 

 

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22.Financial liabilities at amortized cost:

 

The item detail is as follows:

 

   2024   2023 
   MCh$   MCh$ 
         
Current accounts and other demand deposits   14,263,303    13,321,660 
Saving accounts and time deposits   14,168,703    15,365,562 
Obligations by repurchase agreements and securities lending   109,794    157,173 
Borrowings from financial institutions   1,103,468    5,360,715 
Debt financial instruments issued   9,690,069    9,360,065 
Other financial obligations   284,479    339,305 
Total   39,619,816    43,904,480 

 

(a)Current accounts and other demand deposits:

 

At the end of each year, the composition of current accounts and other demand deposits is as follows:

 

   2024   2023 
   MCh$   MCh$ 
         
Current accounts   11,769,419    11,025,685 
Other demand obligations   1,382,554    1,224,829 
Demand deposits accounts   652,075    625,923 
Other demand deposits   459,255    445,223 
Total   14,263,303    13,321,660 

 

(b)Saving accounts and time deposits:

 

At the end of each year, the composition of saving accounts and time deposits is as follows:

 

   2024   2023 
   MCh$   MCh$ 
         
Time deposits   13,764,830    14,979,565 
Term savings accounts   374,593    355,725 
Other term balances payable   29,280    30,272 
Total   14,168,703    15,365,562 

 

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22.Financial liabilities at amortized cost, continued:

 

(c)Obligations by repurchase agreements and securities lending:

 

The Bank obtains financing by selling financial instruments and agreeing to repurchase them in the future, plus interest at a prefixed rate. As of December 31, 2024 and 2023, the repurchase agreements are the following:

 

   2024   2023 
   MCh$   MCh$ 
Transaction with domestic banks        
           
Transaction with foreign banks        
           
Transaction with other domestic entities          
Repurchase agreements   109,794    157,173 
Obligations from securities lending        
           
Transaction with other foreign entities        
Total   109,794    157,173 

 

The fair value of the financial instruments delivered as collateral by the Bank and its subsidiaries, in sales transactions with repurchase agreement and securities lending as of December 31, 2024 amounts to Ch$109,505 million (Ch$157,089 million in December 2023). In the event that the Bank and its subsidiaries enter into default or bankruptcy, the counterparty is authorized to sell or deliver these investments as collateral.

 

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22.Financial liabilities at amortized cost, continued:

 

(d)Borrowings from Financial Institutions:

 

At the end of each year, borrowings from financial institutions are detailed as follows:

 

   2024   2023 
   MCh$   MCh$ 
         
Foreign banks        
Foreign trade financing        
HSBC Bank   245,469    87,602 
Bank of New York Mellon   240,008    218,686 
Caixabank S.A.   201,802    48,918 
Bank of America   124,057    142,113 
Zurcher Kantonalbank   90,386    92,704 
DZ Bank AG Deutsche   41,646     
Standard Chartered Bank   2,685    119,794 
Citibank N.A. United State   2,189    51,297 
Wells Fargo Bank   1,890    42,117 
Commerzbank AG   1,417    40,766 
Others   71    92 
           
Borrowings and other obligations          
Wells Fargo Bank   150,775    132,523 
Citibank N.A. United Kingdom   986     
Citibank N.A. United State       35,345 
Commerzbank AG       117 
Others   87    60 
Subtotal foreign banks   1,103,468    1,012,134 
           
Chilean Central Bank (*)       4,348,581 
Total   1,103,468    5,360,715 

 

(*)Financing provided by the Chilean Central Bank to deliver liquidity to the economy and support the credit flow to households and companies, related to the Conditional Credit Facility to Increase Lending (FCIC by its Spanish initials). On July 1, 2024, the last phase of the program expired and was paid in full on that date.

 

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22.Financial liabilities at amortized cost, continued:

 

(e)Debt financial instruments issued:

 

At the end of each year, the composition of debt financial instruments issued as follows:

 

   2024   2023 
   MCh$   MCh$ 
Letters of credit          
Letters of credit for housing   849    1,433 
Letters of credit for general purposes   1    11 
           
Bonds          
Current Bonds   9,689,219    9,358,621 
Mortgage bonds        
Total   9,690,069    9,360,065 

 

During the year ended December 31, 2024 Banco de Chile has placed bonds for Ch$1,012,638 million, which corresponds to Short-Term Current Bonds and Long-Term Bonds for amounts of Ch$28,049 and Ch$984,589 million respectively, according to the following details:

 

Short-term Bonds

 

Counterparty  Currency  Amount
MCh$
   Annual
interest rate
%
  

Issued date

  Maturity date
                  
Wells Fargo Bank  USD   28,049    5,46   05/07/2024  08/07/2024
Total      28,049            

 

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22.Financial liabilities at amortized cost, continued:

 

Long-Term Bonds

 

Serie  Currency  Amount
MCh$
  

Terms

Years

  Annual
interest rate %
  

Issued date

  Maturity date
                     
BCHIEZ1121  UF   107,462   4   3.72   01/15/2024  05/01/2028
BCHIEZ1121  UF   31,197   4   3.72   01/16/2024  05/01/2028
BCHICE1215  UF   21,998   7   3.20   01/31/2024  12/01/2031
BCHICH1215  UF   7,350   8   3.15   02/08/2024  12/01/2032
BCHIFA0222  UF   32,349   4   3.25   03/15/2024  08/01/2028
BCHIFA0222  UF   19,518   4   3.32   03/21/2024  08/01/2028
BCHIEY1021  UF   12,474   4   3.29   03/22/2024  04/01/2028
BCHIFA0222  UF   14,228   4   3.29   03/25/2024  08/01/2028
BCHIGG1121  UF   12,345   11   3.35   03/26/2024  05/01/2035
BCHIFA0222  UF   3,566   4   3.24   03/27/2024  08/01/2028
BCHIEY1021  UF   17,696   4   3.28   04/04/2024  04/01/2028
BCHIEX0122  UF   9,231   1   3.10   04/12/2024  07/01/2025
BCHIEX0122  UF   14,793   1   3.02   04/17/2024  07/01/2025
BCHIHX1223  UF   32,225   20   3.49   05/08/2024  12/01/2044
BCHIHX1223  UF   11,376   20   3.49   05/09/2024  12/01/2044
BCHIHX1223  UF   5,727   20   3.46   05/17/2024  12/01/2044
BCHIHX1223  UF   15,283   20   3.46   05/22/2024  12/01/2044
BCHIHX1223  UF   37,202   20   3.55   06/04/2024  12/01/2044
BCHIFO0721  UF   3,575   8   3.48   06/06/2024  01/01/2032
BCHIEY1021  UF   3,606   4   3.20   06/10/2024  04/01/2028
BCHIGG1121  UF   8,366   11   3.53   06/11/2024  05/01/2035
BCHIFB1021  UF   21,220   5   3.35   06/12/2024  04/01/2029
BCHIEY1021  UF   12,648   4   3.29   07/09/2024  04/01/2028
BCHIFB1021  UF   39,504   5   3.50   07/09/2024  04/01/2029
BCHIFB1021  UF   1,796   5   3.49   07/09/2024  04/01/2029
BCHIFB1021  UF   5,399   5   3.45   07/10/2024  04/01/2029
BCHIFC0721  UF   37,442   6   3.47   07/11/2024  01/01/2030
BCHIFC0721  UF   7,147   6   3.43   07/12/2024  01/01/2030
BCHIHX1223  UF   7,550   20   3.50   07/18/2024  12/01/2044
BCHIFB1021  UF   25,454   5   3.23   07/23/2024  04/01/2029
BCHIFA0222  UF   18,404   4   3.04   07/24/2024  08/01/2028
BCHIFO0721  UF   19,198   8   2.50   09/27/2024  01/01/2032
BCHIHX1223  UF   94,840   20   2.36   09/30/2024  12/01/2044
BCHIHP1223  UF   220,035   16   2.37   10/01/2024  12/01/2040
Subtotal      932,204               
                       
BONO HKD  HKD   52,385   10   4.22   02/02/2024  02/09/2034
Subtotal other currencies      52,385               
Total      984,589               

 

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22.Financial liabilities at amortized cost, continued:

 

During the year ended December 31, 2023 Banco de Chile has placed bonds for Ch$1,224,480 million, which corresponds to Short-Term Current Bonds and Long-Term Bonds for amounts of Ch$286,354 and Ch$938,126 million respectively, according to the following details:

 

Short-term Bonds

 

Counterparty  Currency  Amount
MCh$
   Annual
interest rate
%
  

Issued

date

  Maturity date
                  
Wells Fargo Bank  USD   39,449    5.65   03/30/2023  08/01/2023
Wells Fargo Bank  USD   39,449    5.65   03/30/2023  07/28/2023
Wells Fargo Bank  USD   40,385    5.60   04/03/2023  10/02/2023
Wells Fargo Bank  USD   40,425    5.56   04/04/2023  09/01/2023
Wells Fargo Bank  USD   42,041    5.85   08/01/2023  02/01/2024
Wells Fargo Bank  USD   42,303    5.75   08/25/2023  11/27/2023
Wells Fargo Bank  USD   42,302    5.85   08/25/2023  01/22/2024
Total      286,354            

 

Long-Term Current Bonds

 

Serie  Currency  Amount
MCh$
  

Terms

Years

  Annual
interest rate
%
  

Issued

date

  Maturity date
                     
BCHIGI0322  UF   143,510   12   2.61   01/06/2023  09/01/2035
BCHIDG1116  CLP   9,179   4   6.55   03/16/2023  05/01/2027
BCHIDG1116  CLP   10,604   4   6.55   03/23/2023  05/01/2027
BCHIGG1121  UF   23,889   12   2.50   04/11/2023  05/01/2035
BCHICG0815  UF   18,716   9   2.65   04/28/2023  08/01/2032
BCHIGB0322  UF   16,521   11   2.78   05/18/2023  09/01/2034
BCHICH1215  UF   10,939   9   2.96   06/02/2023  12/01/2032
BCHIGB0322  UF   7,747   11   2.78   06/06/2023  09/01/2034
BCHIBU0815  UF   10,346   6   3.39   06/08/2023  08/01/2029
BCHIBU0815  UF   18,200   6   3.39   06/09/2023  08/01/2029
BCHICE1215  UF   27,024   8   2.94   06/09/2023  12/01/2031
BCHIFW1121  UF   142,385   10   2.89   06/12/2023  05/01/2033
BCHIBU0815  UF   23,372   6   3.26   06/15/2023  08/01/2029
BCHIGB0322  UF   7,217   11   2.78   06/16/2023  09/01/2034
BCHICI0815  UF   5,658   10   3.04   08/01/2023  02/01/2033
BCHICI0815  UF   18,388   10   3.35   08/18/2023  02/01/2033
BCHICH1215  UF   8,919   9   3.34   08/24/2023  12/01/2032
BCHIBO0815  UF   22,243   4   3.61   08/25/2023  02/01/2028
BCHIBO0815  UF   48,392   4   3.61   08/29/2023  02/01/2028
BCHICE1215  UF   9,349   8   3.27   08/29/2023  12/01/2031
BCHIFB1021  UF   6,996   6   4.16   11/03/2023  04/01/2029
BCHIFB1021  UF   14,667   6   4.16   11/07/2023  04/01/2029
BCHIEY1021  UF   29,979   5   4.26   11/08/2023  04/01/2028
BCHIFB1021  UF   3,335   6   4.16   11/09/2023  04/01/2029
BCHICI0815  UF   23,720   9   3.90   11/14/2023  02/01/2033
BCHICH1215  UF   6,964   9   3.90   11/14/2023  12/01/2032
BCHIFB1021  UF   22,046   6   4.16   11/15/2023  04/01/2029
BCHICE1215  UF   3,572   8   3.64   11/22/2023  12/01/2031
BCHICE1215  UF   10,748   8   3.60   11/23/2023  12/01/2031
BCHIGH1221  UF   133,306   12   3.67   12/01/2023  06/01/2035
BCHICH1215  UF   14,144   9   3.55   12/05/2023  12/01/2032
BCHICG0815  UF   9,137   9   3.31   12/18/2023  08/01/2032
BCHICH1215  UF   9,113   9   3.21   12/20/2023  12/01/2032
Subtotal      870,325               
                       
BONO MXN  MXN   31,968   4   TIE (28 days) + 0.85   06/01/2023  06/03/2027
BONO JPY  JPY   35,833   2   0.75   06/08/2023  06/16/2025
Subtotal other currencies      67,801               
Total      938,126               

 

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22.Financial liabilities at amortized cost, continued:

 

As of December 31, 2024 and 2023, the Bank has not presented defaults in the payment of principal and interest on its debt instruments. Likewise, there have been no breaches of covenants and other commitments associated with the debt instruments issued.

 

(f)Other Financial Obligations:

 

At the end of each year, the composition of other financial obligations as follows:

 

   2024   2023 
   MCh$   MCh$ 
         
Other Chilean financial obligations   284,479    339,281 
Other financial obligations with the Public sector       24 
Total   284,479    339,305 

 

23.Financial instruments of regulatory capital issued:

 

a)At the end of each year, this item is composed as follows:

 

   2024   2023 
   MCh$   MCh$ 
Subordinated bonds          
Subordinated bonds with transitory recognition        
Subordinated bonds   1,068,879    1,039,814 
Bonds with no fixed term of maturity        
Preferred stock        
Total   1,068,879    1,039,814 

 

b)Issuances of regulatory capital financial instruments in the year:

 

During the year ended December 31, 2024 and 2023, no issues of regulatory capital financial instruments have been made.

 

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23.Financial instruments of regulatory capital issued, continued:

 

c)Changes in regulatory capital financial instruments:

  

   Subordinated
bonds
   Bonds with
no maturity
   Preferred
shares
 
   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$ 
Balance as of January 1, 2023   1,010,905         
Emissions made            
Transaction costs            
Transaction costs amortization            
Accrued interest   34,903         
Acquisition or redemption by the issuer            
Modification of the issuance conditions            
Interest and UF indexation payments to the holder   (41,541)        
Principal payments to the holder   (10,658)        
Accrued UF indexation   46,205         
Exchange rate differences            
Depreciation            
Reappraisal            
Expiration            
Conversion to common shares            
Balance as of December 31, 2023   1,039,814         
                
Balance as of January 1, 2024   1,039,814         
Emissions made            
Transaction costs            
Transaction costs amortization            
Accrued interest   34,551         
Acquisition or redemption by the issuer            
Modification of the issuance conditions            
Interest and UF indexation payments to the holder   (41,432)        
Principal payments to the holder   (9,205)        
Accrued UF indexation   45,151         
Exchange rate differences            
Depreciation            
Reappraisal            
Expiration            
Conversion to common shares            
Balance as of December 31, 2024   1,068,879         

 

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23.Financial instruments of regulatory capital issued, continued:

 

d)Below is the detail of the subordinated bonds due as of December 31, 2024 and 2023:

  

December 2024
Serie  Currency  Issuance
currency
amount
   Interest
rate 
%
   Registration date  Maturity date  Balance due
MCh$
 
                      
C1  UF   300,000    7.5   12/06/1999  01/01/2030   4,761 
C1  UF   200,000    7.4   12/06/1999  01/01/2030   3,178 
C1  UF   530,000    7.1   12/06/1999  01/01/2030   8,472 
C1  UF   300,000    7.1   12/06/1999  01/01/2030   4,797 
C1  UF   50,000    6.5   12/06/1999  01/01/2030   809 
C1  UF   450,000    6.6   12/06/1999  01/01/2030   7,283 
D1  UF   2,000,000    3.6   06/20/2002  04/01/2026   10,335 
F  UF   1,000,000    5.0   11/28/2008  11/01/2033   37,358 
F  UF   1,500,000    5.0   11/28/2008  11/01/2033   56,037 
F  UF   759,000    4.5   11/28/2008  11/01/2033   29,365 
F  UF   241,000    4.5   11/28/2008  11/01/2033   9,324 
F  UF   4,130,000    4.2   11/28/2008  11/01/2033   162,631 
F  UF   1,000,000    4.3   11/28/2008  11/01/2033   39,377 
F  UF   70,000    4.2   11/28/2008  11/01/2033   2,764 
F  UF   4,000,000    3.9   11/28/2008  11/01/2033   162,042 
F  UF   2,300,000    3.8   11/28/2008  11/01/2033   93,507 
G  UF   600,000    4.0   11/29/2011  11/01/2036   22,697 
G  UF   50,000    4.0   11/29/2011  11/01/2036   1,891 
G  UF   80,000    3.9   11/29/2011  11/01/2036   3,046 
G  UF   450,000    3.9   11/29/2011  11/01/2036   17,149 
G  UF   160,000    3.9   11/29/2011  11/01/2036   6,097 
G  UF   1,000,000    2.7   11/29/2011  11/01/2036   42,768 
G  UF   300,000    2.7   11/29/2011  11/01/2036   12,831 
G  UF   1,360,000    2.6   11/29/2011  11/01/2036   58,330 
J  UF   1,400,000    1.0   11/29/2011  11/01/2042   77,836 
J  UF   1,500,000    1.0   11/29/2011  11/01/2042   83,509 
J  UF   1,100,000    1.0   11/29/2011  11/01/2042   61,667 
I  UF   900,000    1.0   11/29/2011  11/01/2040   49,018 
                Total subordinated bonds due   1,068,879 

 

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23.Financial instruments of regulatory capital issued, continued:

  

December 2023
Serie  Currency  Issuance
currency
amount
   Interest
rate %
   Registration date  Maturity date  Balance due
MCh$
 
                      
C1  UF   300,000    7.5   12/06/1999  01/01/2030   5,211 
C1  UF   200,000    7.4   12/06/1999  01/01/2030   3,478 
C1  UF   530,000    7.1   12/06/1999  01/01/2030   9,284 
C1  UF   300,000    7.1   12/06/1999  01/01/2030   5,258 
C1  UF   50,000    6.5   12/06/1999  01/01/2030   889 
C1  UF   450,000    6.6   12/06/1999  01/01/2030   8,000 
D1  UF   2,000,000    3.6   06/20/2002  04/01/2026   16,207 
F  UF   1,000,000    5.0   11/28/2008  11/01/2033   35,658 
F  UF   1,500,000    5.0   11/28/2008  11/01/2033   53,488 
F  UF   759,000    4.5   11/28/2008  11/01/2033   28,118 
F  UF   241,000    4.5   11/28/2008  11/01/2033   8,928 
F  UF   4,130,000    4.2   11/28/2008  11/01/2033   155,976 
F  UF   1,000,000    4.3   11/28/2008  11/01/2033   37,766 
F  UF   70,000    4.2   11/28/2008  11/01/2033   2,652 
F  UF   4,000,000    3.9   11/28/2008  11/01/2033   155,816 
F  UF   2,300,000    3.8   11/28/2008  11/01/2033   89,943 
G  UF   600,000    4.0   11/29/2011  11/01/2036   21,703 
G  UF   50,000    4.0   11/29/2011  11/01/2036   1,809 
G  UF   80,000    3.9   11/29/2011  11/01/2036   2,914 
G  UF   450,000    3.9   11/29/2011  11/01/2036   16,406 
G  UF   160,000    3.9   11/29/2011  11/01/2036   5,833 
G  UF   1,000,000    2.7   11/29/2011  11/01/2036   41,234 
G  UF   300,000    2.7   11/29/2011  11/01/2036   12,371 
G  UF   1,360,000    2.6   11/29/2011  11/01/2036   56,249 
J  UF   1,400,000    1.0   11/29/2011  11/01/2042   75,690 
J  UF   1,500,000    1.0   11/29/2011  11/01/2042   81,211 
J  UF   1,100,000    1.0   11/29/2011  11/01/2042   59,989 
I  UF   900,000    1.0   11/29/2011  11/01/2040   47,733 
                Total subordinated bonds due   1,039,814 

 

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24.Provisions for contingencies:

 

(a)At the end of each year, this item is composed as follows:

 

   2024   2023 
   MCh$   MCh$ 
         
Provisions for employee benefit obligations   151,633    154,132 
Provisions for obligations of customer loyalty and merit programs   40,621    36,242 
Provisions for lawsuits and litigation   1,592    1,173 
Provisions for operational risk   907    341 
Provisions of a bank branch abroad for profit remittances to its parent company        
Provisions for reestructuring plans        
Other provisions for contingencies       264 
Total   194,753    192,152 

 

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24.Provisions for contingencies, continued:

 

(b)The following table shows the changes in provisions during the year 2024 and 2023:

 

   Provisions for
employee
benefit
obligations
   Provisions
of a bank branch
abroad for
profit
remittances
to its parent
company
   Provisions for
reestructuring
plans
  

Provisions

for lawsuits
and litigation

   Provisions for
obligations
of customer
loyalty and
merit programs
   Provisions for
operational
risk
   Other
provisions for
contingencies
   Total 
   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$ 
                                 
Balances as of January 1, 2023   139,315               —    1,790    33,609    1,048    264    176,026 
Provisions established   124,183            604    2,633    142        127,562 
Provisions used   (109,366)           (863)       (729)       (110,958)
Provisions released               (358)       (120)       (478)
Balances as of December 31, 2023   154,132            1,173    36,242    341    264    192,152 
Provisions established   118,002            1,038    4,379    836        124,255 
Provisions used   (120,501)           (482)       (157)       (121,140)
Provisions released               (137)       (113)   (264)   (514)
Balances as of December 31, 2024   151,633            1,592    40,621    907        194,753 

 

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24.Provisions for contingencies, continued:

 

(c)Provisions for employee benefit obligations:

 

   2024   2023 
   MCh$   MCh$ 
         
Provision of short-term employee benefits   143,305    144,455 
Provision of benefits to employees for contract termination   8,328    9,677 
Provisión of benefits to post-employment employees        
Provision of long-term employee benefits        
Provision of share-based employee benefits        
Provisión for obligations for defined contribution post-employment plans        
Provisión for obligations for post-employment defined benefit plans        
Provision for other employee obligations        
Total   151,633    154,132 

 

(d)Provision of short-term employee benefits:

 

(i)Compliance bonuses provision:

 

   2024   2023 
   MCh$   MCh$ 
         
Balances as of January 1   71,102    73,204 
Net provisions established   54,087    58,135 
Provisions used   (56,833)   (60,237)
Total   68,356    71,102 

 

(ii)Vacation provision:

 

   2024   2023 
   MCh$   MCh$ 
         
Balances as of January 1   43,257    41,257 
Net provisions established   8,433    10,250 
Provisions used   (8,866)   (8,250)
Total   42,824    43,257 

 

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24.Provisions for contingencies, continued;

 

(d)Provision of short-term employee benefits, continued:

 

(iii)Provision of other benefits to personnel:

 

   2024   2023 
   MCh$   MCh$ 
         
Balances as of January 1   30,096    14,119 
Net provisions established   54,571    54,366 
Provisions used   (52,542)   (38,389)
Total   32,125    30,096 

 

(e)Provision of benefits to employees for contract termination:

 

(i)Changes of the provision for employee benefits due to the termination of the employment contract:

 

   2024   2023 
   MCh$   MCh$ 
         
Present value of the obligations at the beginning of the year   9,677    10,735 
Increase in provision   586    1,357 
Benefit paid   (1,820)   (2,490)
Effect of change in actuarial factors   (115)   75 
Total   8,328    9,677 

  

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24.Provisions for contingencies, continued;

 

(e)Provision of benefits to employees for contract termination, continued:

 

(ii)Net benefits expenses:

 

   2024   2023 
   MCh$   MCh$ 
         
Increase (decrease) in provisions   137    881 
Interest cost of benefits obligations   449    476 
Effect of change in actuarial factors   (115)   75 
Net benefit expenses   471    1,432 

 

(iii)Factors used in the calculation of the provision:

 

The main assumptions used in the determination of severance indemnity obligations for the Bank’s plan are shown below:

 

  

December 31,
2024

   December 31,
2023
 
   %   % 
         
Discount rate   5.71    5.77 
Salary increase rate   4.50    5.60 
Payment probability   99.99    99.99 

  

The most recent actuarial valuation of the staff severance indemnities provision was carried out during the third quarter of 2024.

 

(f)Employee benefits share-based provision:

 

As of December 31, 2024 and 2023, the Bank and its subsidiaries do not have a stock-based compensation plan.

 

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25.Provision for dividends, interests and reappraisal of financial instruments of regulatory capital issued:

 

(a)The item detail is as follows:

 

   2024   2023 
   MCh$   MCh$ 
         
Provisions for dividends   597,228    611,949 
Provisions for payment of interest on bonds with no fixed maturity date        
Provision for revaluation of bonds without a fixed term of maturity        
Total   597,228    611,949 

  

(b)The changes at the end of each year are as follows:

 

   Provisions for dividends   Provisions for payment of interest on bonds with no fixed maturity date   Provision for revaluation of bonds without a fixed term of maturity   Total 
   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$ 
                 
Balances as of January 1, 2023   520,158            520,158 
Provisions established   611,949             —           —    611,949 
Provisions used   (520,158)           (520,158)
Provisions released                
Balances as of December 31, 2023   611,949            611,949 
Provisions established   597,228            597,228 
Provisions used   (611,949)           (611,949)
Provisions released                
Balances as of December 31, 2024   597,228            597,228 

  

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26.Special provisions for credit risk:

 

a)At the end of each year, this item is composed as follows:

 

   2024   2023 
   MCh$   MCh$ 
         
Additional loan provisions   700,252    700,252 
Provisions for credit risk for contingent loans (*)   67,537    61,227 
Provisions for country risk for transactions with debtors with residence abroad   6,395    7,668 
Special provisions for loans abroad        
Provisions for adjustments to the minimum provision required for normal portfolio with individual evaluation        
Provisions constituted by credit risk as a result of additional prudential requirements        
Total   774,184    769,147 

  

(*)The changes of provisions for credit risk for contingent loans is disclosed in Note No. 13 letter f).

 

b)The changes of provisions for special credit risk is as follows:

 

   Additional loan provisions   Provisions for credit risk for contingent loans   Provisions for country risk for transactions with debtors with residence abroad   Total 
   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$ 
Balances as of January 1, 2023   700,252    57,377    8,137    765,766 
Provisions established       3,725        3,725 
Provisions used                
Provisions released           (469)   (469)
Foreign exchange differences       125        125 
Balances as of December 31, 2023   700,252    61,227    7,668    769,147 
Provisions established       4,883        4,883 
Provisions used                
Provisions released           (1,273)   (1,273)
Foreign exchange differences       1,427        1,427 
Balances as of December 31, 2024   700,252    67,537    6,395    774,184 

  

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27.Other Liabilities:

 

At the end of each year, this item is composed as follows:

 

   2024   2023 
   MCh$   MCh$ 
         
Accounts payable to third parties   425,733    342,312 
Obligations for mortgage loans granted to be remit to other banks and/or real estate companies   362,021    343,546 
Creditors for intermediation of financial instruments   193,171    252,038 
Cash guarantees received for derivative financial transactions   176,520    172,634 
Liability for income from usual activities from contracts with customers   39,783    43,877 
Agreed dividends payable   13,467    12,075 
VAT debit   4,077    9,286 
Securities to be settled   3,633    10,347 
Outstanding transactions   1,532    1,644 
Other cash guarantees received   483    456 
Other liabilities   34,992    30,523 
Total   1,255,412    1,218,738 

  

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28.Equity:

 

(a)Capital:

 

(i)Authorized, subscribed and paid shares:

 

As of December 31, 2024, the paid-in capital of Banco de Chile is represented by 101,017,081,114 registered shares (101,017,081,114 shares as of December 31, 2023), with no par value, subscribed and fully paid.

 

   As of December 31, 2024 
Corporate Name or Shareholders’s name  Number of Shares   % of Equity Holding 
         
LQ Inversiones Financieras S.A.   46,815,289,329    46.344%
Banco de Chile on behalf of State Street   6,125,765,969    6.064%
Banchile Corredores de Bolsa S.A   5,123,539,720    5.072%
Banco Santander on behalf of foreign investors   5,080,833,862    5.030%
Inversiones LQ-SM Limitada   4,854,988,014    4.806%
JP Morgan Chase Bank   3,041,703,508    3.011%
Banco de Chile on behalf of non-resident third parties   2,666,777,747    2.640%
Banco Santander Chile   1,941,976,163    1.922%
Ever Chile SPA   1,888,369,814    1.869%
Ever 1 BAE SPA   1,166,584,950    1.155%
Larraín Vial S.A. Corredora de Bolsa   1,042,343,304    1.032%
Banco de Chile on behalf of Citibank New York   1,038,850,995    1.028%
BCI Corredores de Bolsa S.A.   989,711,426    0.980%
Inversiones Avenida Borgoño Limitada   728,439,279    0.721%
Santander Corredores de Bolsa Limitada   581,788,686    0.576%
A.F.P Habitat S.A. for A Fund   527,598,687    0.522%
Valores Security S.A. Corredores de Bolsa   516,192,449    0.511%
A.F.P Cuprum S.A. for A Fund   492,665,765    0.488%
Inversiones CDP SPA   487,744,912    0.483%
BTG Pactual Chile S.A. Corredores de Bolsa   463,503,644    0.459%
Subtotal   85,574,668,223    84.713%
Other shareholders   15,442,412,891    15.287%
Total   101,017,081,114    100.000%

 

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28.Equity, continued:

 

(a)Capital, continued:

 

(i)Authorized, subscribed and paid shares, continued:

 

   As of December 31, 2023 
Corporate Name or Shareholders’s name  Number of Shares   % of Equity Holding 
         
LQ Inversiones Financieras S.A.   46,815,289,329    46.344%
Banco de Chile on behalf of State Street   5,912,541,950    5.853%
Banco Santander on behalf of foreign investors   5,218,796,247    5.166%
Banchile Corredores de Bolsa S.A. on behalf of third parties   5,093,108,613    5.042%
Inversiones LQ-SM Limitada   4,854,988,014    4.806%
Banco de Chile on behalf of non-resident third parties   4,366,453,313    4.322%
Banco de Chile on behalf of Citibank New York   1,928,215,358    1.909%
Ever Chile SPA   1,888,369,814    1.869%
JP Morgan Chase Bank   1,540,646,308    1.525%
Inversiones Avenida Borgoño SPA   1,190,565,316    1.179%
Ever 1 BAE SPA   1,166,584,950    1.155%
Banco Santander Chile   1,036,254,726    1.026%
Larraín Vial S.A. Corredora de Bolsa   1,031,817,268    1.021%
A.F.P Habitat S.A. for A Fund   599,181,211    0.593%
BCI Corredores de Bolsa S.A.   560,782,315    0.555%
Valores Security S.A. Corredores de Bolsa   516,827,332    0.512%
Inversiones CDP SPA   487,744,912    0.483%
A.F.P Cuprum S.A. for A Fund   486,057,153    0.481%
Santander Corredores de Bolsa Limitada   477,871,060    0.473%
BTG Pactual Chile S.A. Corredores de Bolsa   456,328,957    0.452%
Subtotal   85,628,424,146    84.766%
Other shareholders   15,388,656,968    15.234%
Total   101,017,081,114    100.000%

  

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, continued

 

 

 

28.Equity, continued:

 

(a)Capital, continued:

 

(ii)Shares:

 

The following table shows the changes in shares from December 31, 2023 to December 31, 2024:

 

   Total 
  

Ordinary

Shares

 
     
Total shares as of December 31, 2023   101,017,081,114 
      
Total shares as of December 31, 2024   101,017,081,114 

  

(b)Approval and payment of dividends:

 

At the Bank Ordinary Shareholders’ Meeting held on March 28, 2024 it was approved the distribution and payment of dividend No. 212 of Ch$8.07716286860 per share of the Banco de Chile, with charge to the net distributable income for the year 2023. The dividends paid in the in the year 2024 amounted to Ch$815,932 million.

 

At the Bank Ordinary Shareholders’ Meeting held on March 23, 2023 it was approved the distribution and payment of dividend No. 211 of Ch$8.58200773490 per share of the Banco de Chile, with charge to the net distributable income for the year 2022. The dividends paid in the in the year 2023 amounted to Ch$866,929 million.

 

(c)Provision for minimum dividends:

 

The Board of Directors of Banco de Chile agreed for the purposes of minimum dividends, to establish a provision of 60% of the net income resulting from reducing or adding to the net income for the corresponding year, the value effect of the monetary unit of paid capital and reserves, as a result of any change in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) between the month prior to the current month and the month of November of the previous year. The amount to be reduced of the liquid income for the year ended as of December 31, 2024 amounted to Ch$212,012 million (Ch$223,720 million as of December 31, 2023).

 

As indicated, as of December 31, 2024, the amount of the net income determined in accordance with the preceding paragraph is equivalent to Ch$995,380 million (Ch$1,019,914 million as of December 31, 2023). Consequently, the Bank recorded a provision for minimum dividends under “Provision for dividends, interests and reappraisal of financial instruments of regulatory capital issued” as of December 31, for an amount of Ch$597,228 million (Ch$611,949 million in December 2023), which reflects as a counterpart an equity reduction for the same amount in the item “Retained earnings”.

 

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28.Equity, continued:

 

(d)Earnings per share:

 

(i)Basic earnings per share:

 

Basic earnings per share are determined by dividing the net income attributable to the Bank ordinary equity holders in a year between the weighted average number of shares outstanding during that year, excluding the average number of own shares held throughout the year.

 

(ii)Diluted earnings per share:

 

In order to calculate the diluted earnings per share, both the amount of income attributable to common shareholders and the weighted average number of shares outstanding, net of own shares, must be adjusted for all the inherent dilutive effects to the potential common shares (stock options, warrants and convertible debt).

 

Accordingly, the basic and diluted earnings per share as of December 31, 2024 and 2023 were determined as follows:

 

   2024   2023 
Basic earnings per share:        
Net profits attributable to ordinary equity holders of the bank (in million of Chilean pesos)   1,207,392    1,243,634 
Weighted average number of ordinary shares   101,017,081,114    101,017,081,114 
Earning per shares (in Chilean pesos)   11.95    12.31 
           
Diluted earnings per share:          
Net profits attributable to ordinary equity holders of the bank (in million of Chilean pesos)   1,207,392    1,243,634 
Weighted average number of ordinary shares   101,017,081,114    101,017,081,114 
Assumed conversion of convertible debt        
Adjusted number of shares   101,017,081,114    101,017,081,114 
Diluted earnings per share (in Chilean pesos)   11.95    12.31 

  

As of December 31, 2024 and 2023, the Bank does not have instruments that generate dilutive effects.

 

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28.Equity, continued:

 

(e)Other comprehensive income:

 

Below is the composition and changes of accumulated other comprehensive income as of December 31, 2024 and 2023:

 

   Elements that will not be reclassified in profit or loss   Elements that can be reclassified in profit or loss     
   New measurements of net defined benefit liability and actuarial results for other employee benefit plans   Fair value changes of equity instruments designated as at fair value through other comprehensive income   Income tax   Subtotal   Fair value changes of financial assets at fair value through other comprehensive income   Cash flow accounting hedge   Participation in other comprehensive income of entities registered under the equity method   Income tax   Subtotal   Total 
   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$ 
                                         
Opening balances as of January 1, 2023   (338)   3,790    (932)   2,520    268    (103,782)   (190)   31,382    (72,322)   (69,802)
Other comprehensive income for the year   (75)   5,878    (1,567)   4,236    8,874    113,183    116    (32,365)   89,808    94,044 
Balances as of December 31, 2023   (413)   9,668    (2,499)   6,756    9,142    9,401    (74)   (983)   17,486    24,242 
                                                   
Opening balances as of January 1, 2024   (413)   9,668    (2,499)   6,756    9,142    9,401    (74)   (983)   17,486    24,242 
Other comprehensive income for the year   115    (212)   893    796    (4,664)   (21,798)   26    5,175    (21,261)   (20,465)
Balances as of December 31, 2024   (298)   9,456    (1,606)   7,552    4,478    (12,397)   (48)   4,192    (3,775)   3,777 

 

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28.Equity, continued:

 

(f)Retained earnings from previous years:

 

During the year 2024, the Ordinary Shareholders Meeting of Banco de Chile agreed to deduct and withhold from the year 2023 liquid income, an amount equivalent to the value effect of the monetary unit of paid capital and reserves according to the variation in the Consumer Price Index, which occurred between November 2022 and November 2023, amounting to Ch$223,720 million. Additionally, the board determined to retain 20% of the distributable net profit, equivalent to Ch$203,983 million.

 

29.Contingencies and Commitments:

 

(a)The Bank and its subsidiaries have exposures associated with contingent loans and other liabilities according to the following detail:

 

(a.1)Contingent loans:

 

   2024   2023 
   MCh$   MCh$ 
Guarantees and sureties        
Guarantees and sureties in chilean currency        
Guarantees and sureties in foreign currency   336,737    351,531 
           
Letters of credit for goods circulation operations   442,216    350,604 
           
Debt purchase commitments in local currency abroad        
           
Transactions related to contingent events          
Transactions related to contingent events in chilean currency   2,544,288    2,209,109 
Transactions related to contingent events in foreign currency   580,338    431,188 
           
Undrawn credit lines with immediate termination          
Balance of lines of credit and agreed overdraft in current account – commercial loans   1,642,163    1,581,711 
Balance of lines of credit on credit card – commercial loans   359,638    317,560 
Balance of lines of credit and agreed overdraft in current account – consumer loans   1,497,076    1,476,241 
Balance of lines of credit on credit card – consumer loans   7,626,423    6,708,946 
Balance of lines of credit and agreed overdraft in current account – due from banks loans        
           
Undrawn credit lines        
           
Other commitments          
Credits for higher studies Law No. 20,027 (CAE)        
Other irrevocable credit commitments   51,889    120,545 
           
Other credit commitments        
           
Total   15,080,768    13,547,435 

  

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29.Contingencies and Commitments, continued:

 

(a.2)Responsibilities assumed to meet customer needs:

 

   2024   2023 
   MCh$   MCh$ 
Transactions on behalf of third parties        
Collections   214,446    176,146 
Placement or sale of financial instruments        
Transferred financial assets managed by the bank        
Third-party resources managed by the bank   1,147,660    921,105 
Subtotal   1,362,106    1,097,251 
           
Securities custody          
Securities safekept by a banking subsidiary   7,443,549    6,267,729 
Securities safekept by the Bank   3,318,810    3,133,770 
Securities safekept deposited in another entity   19,509,831    17,238,292 
Securities issued by the bank        
Subtotal   30,272,190    26,639,791 
           
Total   31,634,296    27,737,042 

  

(b)Lawsuits and legal proceedings:

 

(b.1)Normal judicial contingencies in the industry:

 

At the date of issuance of these Consolidated Financial Statements, there are legal actions filed against the Bank related with the ordinary course operations. As of December 31, 2024, the Bank maintain provisions for judicial contingencies amounting to Ch$1,592 million (Ch$1,173 million as of December 2023), which are part of the item “Provisions for contingencies” in the Statement of Financial Position.

 

The estimated end dates of the respective legal contingencies are as follows:

 

   As of December 31, 2024 
   2025   2026   2027   2028   2029   Total 
   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$ 
                               
Legal contingencies   1,101    491                1,592 

 

(b.2)Contingencies for significant lawsuits in courts:

 

As of December 31, 2024 and 2023, there are not significant lawsuits in court that affect or may affect these Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

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29.Contingencies and Commitments, continued:

 

(c)Guarantees granted by operations:

 

i.In subsidiary Banchile Administradora General de Fondos S.A.:

 

In compliance with Article No, 12 of Law No. 20,712, Banchile Administradora General de Fondos S.A., has designated Banco de Chile as the representative of the beneficiaries of the guarantees it has established, and in such role the Bank has issued bank guarantees totaling UF 3,445,900 maturing January 8, 2025 (UF 4,153,500, maturing on January 6, 2023). The subsidiary took a policy with Mapfre Seguros Generales S.A. for the Real State Funds by a guaranteed amount of UF 858,000.

 

As of December 31, 2024 and 2023, the Bank has not guaranteed mutual funds.

 

ii.In subsidiary Banchile Corredores de Bolsa S.A.:

 

For the purposes of ensuring correct and complete compliance with all of its obligations as broker-dealer entity, in conformity with the provisions from Article 30 and subsequent of Law No. 18,045 on Securities Markets, the subsidiary established a guarantee in an insurance policy for UF 20,000, insured by Mapfre Seguros Generales S.A., that matures April 22, 2026, whereby the Securities Exchange of the Santiago Stock Exchange was appointed as the subsidiary’s creditor representative.

 

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29.Contingencies and Commitments, continued:

 

(c)Guarantees granted by operations, continued:

 

   2024   2023 
Guarantees:  MCh$   MCh$ 
Shares received as collateral for simultaneous operations:        
Santiago Securities Exchange, Stock Exchange   9,171    17,070 
Electronic Chilean Securities Exchange, Stock Exchange   32,024    11,432 
           
Fixed income securities delivered to guarantee CCLV system:          
Santiago Securities Exchange, Stock Exchange   7,843    7,820 
           
Fixed income securities as collateral for the Santiago Stock Exchange   2,148    2,142 
           
Shares delivered to guarantee equity lending and short-selling:          
Santiago Securities Exchange, Stock Exchange   4,744    2,350 
           
Cash guarantees received for operations with derivatives   3,931    1,062 
Cash guarantees for operations with derivatives   4,043    6,142 
           
Equity securities received for operations with derivatives:          
Electronic Chilean Securities Exchange, Stock Exchange   101    189 
Depósito Central de Valores S.A.   2,227    276 
           
Total   66,232    48,483 

  

In conformity with the internal regulation of the stock exchanges in which it participates, and for the purpose of ensuring its proper performance, the subsidiary Corredores de Bolsa S.A maintains in favor of the Santiago Stock Exchange a guarantee in fixed income financial instruments equivalent to Ch$2,148 million. It also maintains a pledge in favor of the Electronic Stock Exchange for three hundred thousand shares of said institution.

 

Banchile Corredores de Bolsa S.A. keeps an insurance policy current with Chubb Seguros Chile S.A. that expires June 30, 2025, this considers matters of employee fidelity, physical losses, falsification or adulteration, and currency fraud with a coverage amount equivalent to US$20,000,000.

 

It also provided a bank guarantee in the amount of UF 317,900 for the benefits of investors in portfolio management contracts. This bank guarantee is revaluated in UF to fixed term, non-endorsable and has a maturity date of January 9, 2025.

 

It also provided a cash guarantee in the amount of US$122,494.32 for the purpose of complying with the obligations to Pershing, for any operations conducted through that broker, additionally, there are US$1,205,737.56 for variable income operations.

 

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29.Contingencies and Commitments, continued:

 

(c)Guarantees granted by operations, continued:

 

A guarantee corresponding to UF 10,000 has been constituted, to guarantee compliance with the investment portfolio management service contract. Said guarantee corresponds to a non-endorsable fixed-term readjustable bond in UF issued by Banco de Chile with validity until January 27, 2026.

 

iii.In subsidiary Banchile Corredores de Seguros Ltda.:

 

According to established in article 58, letter D of D.F.L. 251, as of December 31, 2024 the entity maintains two insurance policies with effect from April 15, 2024 to April 14, 2025 which protect it against of potential damages caused by infractions of the law, regulations and complementary rules that regulate insurance brokers, especially when the non-compliance comes from acts, errors or omissions of the broker, its representatives, agents or dependents that participate in the intermediation.

 

The policies contracted are:

 

Matter insured  Amount Insured (UF) 
     
Errors and omissions liability policy   500 
Civil liability policy   60,000 

 

(d)Exempt Resolution No. 270 dated October 30, 2014, the Superintendency of Securities and Insurance (current Commission for the Financial Market) imposed a fine of UF 50,000 to Banchile Corredores de Bolsa S.A. for violations of the second paragraph of article 53 of the Securities Market Law, said company filed a claim with the competent Civil Court requesting the annulment of the fine. On December 10, 2019, a judgement in the case was issued reducing the fine to the amount of UF 7,500, which was confirmed in the second instance by the Illustrious Court of Appeals of Santiago. The intervening parties filed cassation appeals in form and substance before the Supreme Court against the sentence in second instance. On August 13, 2024 the Supreme Court ordered the hearing of the case, which is pending as of this date.

 

The company has not made provisions considering that the Bank’s legal advisors in charge of the procedure estimate that there are solid grounds that the claim filed by Banchile Corredores de Bolsa S.A. can be accepted.

 

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30.Interest Revenue and Expenses:

 

(a)At the end of the year, the summary of interest is as follows:

 

   2024   2023 
   MCh$   MCh$ 
         
Interest revenue   2,919,967    3,181,624 
Interest expenses   (1,138,312)   (1,634,708)
Total net interest income   1,781,655    1,546,916 

  

(b)The composition of interest revenue is as follows:

 

   2024   2023 
   MCh$   MCh$ 
         
Financial assets at amortized cost:        
Rights from resale agreements and securities lending   4,601    5,984 
Debt financial instruments   50,831    21,605 
Loans and advances to Banks   73,707    169,594 
Commercial loans   1,353,441    1,474,060 
Residential mortgage loans   410,896    367,471 
Consumer Loans   819,026    784,325 
Other financial instruments   71,561    62,137 
Financial assets at fair value through other comprehensive income:          
Debt financial instruments   169,950    327,081 
Other financial instruments        
Income of accounting hedges of interest rate risk   (34,046)   (30,633)
Total   2,919,967    3,181,624 

  

(b.1)At the end of the year, the stock of interest not recognized in income is as follows:

 

   2024   2023 
   MCh$   MCh$ 
         
Commercial loans   38,326    35,667 
Residential mortgage loans   6,513    3,911 
Consumer Loans   3,673    4,473 
Total   48,512    44,051 

  

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30.Interest Revenue and Expenses, continued:

 

(c)The composition of interest expenses is as follows:

 

   2024   2023 
   MCh$   MCh$ 
Financial liabilities at amortized cost:        
Current accounts and other demand deposits   1,186    1,343 
Saving accounts and time deposits   810,799    1,308,575 
Obligations by repurchase agreements and securities lending   9,177    15,183 
Borrowings from financial institutions   71,727    64,603 
Debt financial instruments issued   260,203    249,438 
Other financial obligations        
Lease liabilities   2,381    1,980 
Financial instruments of regulatory capital issued   34,551    34,903 
Income of accounting hedges of interest rate risk   (51,712)   (41,317)
Total   1,138,312    1,634,708 

  

(d)As of December 31, 2024 and 2023, the Bank uses cross currency and interest rate swaps to hedge its position on changes on the fair value of corporate bonds and commercial loans and cross currency swaps to hedge the risk of variability of obligations flows with foreign banks and bonds issued in foreign currency

 

   2024   2023 
   Income   Expense   Total   Income   Expense   Total 
   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$ 
Gain from fair value accounting hedges                        
Loss from fair value accounting hedges                        
Gain from cash flow accounting hedges   186,951    266,878    453,829    274,897    338,551    613,448 
Loss from cash flow accounting hedges   (220,997)   (215,166)   (436,163)   (305,530)   (297,234)   (602,764)
Net gain on hedge items                        
Total   (34,046)   51,712    17,666    (30,633)   41,317    10,684 

 

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31.UF indexation revenue and expenses:

 

(a)At the end of the year, the summary of UF indexation is as follows:

 

   2024   2023 
   MCh$   MCh$ 
         
UF indexation revenue   829,188    832,909 
UF indexation expenses   (469,992)   (489,165)
Total net income from UF indexation   359,196    343,744 

  

(b)The composition of UF indexation revenue is as follows

 

   2024   2023 
   MCh$   MCh$ 
         
Financial assets at amortized cost:        
Rights from resale agreements and securities lending        
Debt financial instruments   26,333    27,392 
Loans and advances to Banks        
Commercial loans   318,858    320,175 
Residential mortgage loans   545,517    546,876 
Consumer Loans   1,322    1,897 
Other financial instruments   3,453    2,843 
Financial assets at fair value through other comprehensive income:          
Debt financial instruments   24,896    28,397 
Other financial instruments        
Income of accounting hedges of UF, IVP, IPC indexation risk   (91,191)   (94,671)
Total   829,188    832,909 

  

(b.1)At the end of the year, the stock of UF indexation not recognized in results is as follows:

 

   2024   2023 
   MCh$   MCh$ 
         
Commercial loans   4,397    4,771 
Residential mortgage loans   8,209    6,401 
Consumer Loans   10    15 
Total   12,616    11,187 

  

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31.UF indexation revenue and expenses, continued:

 

(c)The composition of UF indexation expenses is as follows:

 

   2024   2023 
   MCh$   MCh$ 
Financial liabilities at amortized cost:        
Current accounts and other demand deposits   19,956    16,677 
Saving accounts and time deposits   81,947    96,446 
Obligations by repurchase agreements and securities lending        
Borrowings from financial institutions        
Debt financial instruments issued   322,938    329,837 
Other financial obligations        
Financial instruments of regulatory capital issued   45,151    46,205 
Income of accounting hedges of UF, IVP, IPC indexation risk        
Total   469,992    489,165 

 

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31.UF indexation revenue and expenses, continued:

 

(d)As of December 31, 2024 and 2023, the Bank uses cross currency swaps to hedge the risk of variability of obligations flows with foreign banks and bonds issued in foreign currency.

 

   2024   2023 
   Income   Expense   Total   Income   Expense   Total 
   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$ 
                         
Gain from fair value accounting hedges                        
Loss from fair value accounting hedges                        
Gain from cash flow accounting hedges   3,087        3,087    2,308        2,308 
Loss from cash flow accounting hedges   (94,278)       (94,278)   (96,979)       (96,979)
Net gain on hedge items                        
Total   (91,191)       (91,191)   (94,671)       (94,671)

 

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32.Income and Expenses from commissions:

 

The income and expenses for commissions that are shown in the Consolidated Statement of Income for the year is as following:

 

   2024   2023 
   MCh$   MCh$ 
Income from commissions and services rendered        
Comissions from card services   231,343    238,523 
Remuneration from administration of mutual funds, investment funds or others   142,311    118,170 
Comissions from collections and payments   80,326    81,043 
Comissions from portfolio management   68,969    62,218 
Comissions from guarantees and letters of credit   41,923    37,399 
Brand use agreement   29,082    32,655 
Insurance not related to the granting of credits to natural persons   25,303    24,772 
Use of distribution channel   24,670    31,184 
Comissions from trading and securities management   19,653    17,287 
Comissions from credit prepayments   15,575    11,246 
Insurance related to the granting of credits to natural persons   11,942    15,428 
Insurance not related to the granting of credits to legal entities   5,144    7,317 
Comissions from lines of credit and current account overdrafts   4,978    4,958 
Financial advisory services   2,688    5,274 
Insurance related to the granting of credits to legal entities   2,007    2,098 
Comissions from factoring operations services   1,313    1,380 
Loan commissions with letters of credit   68    106 
Other commission earned   25,627    23,322 
Total   732,922    714,380 
           
Expenses from commissions and services received          
Commissions from card transactions   59,763    54,981 
Expenses from obligations of loyalty and merit card customers programs   39,518    39,731 
Interbank transactions   39,471    50,734 
Commissions from use of card brands license   8,529    9,115 
Comissions from securities transaction   5,293    4,995 
Collections and payments   4,120    4,279 
Other commissions from services received   4,345    4,615 
Total   161,039    168,450 

 

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33.Net Financial income (expense):

 

(a)The amount of net financial income (expense) shown in the Consolidated Income Statement for the year corresponds to the following concepts:

 

   2024   2023 
  MCh$   MCh$ 
Financial result from:        
Financial assets held for trading at fair value through profit or loss:        
Financial derivative contracts   3,646,894    4,861,431 
Debt Financial Instruments   128,401    315,119 
Other financial instruments   25,961    25,986 
           
Financial liabilities held for trading at fair value through profit or loss:          
Financial derivative contracts   (3,698,606)   (4,850,496)
Other financial instruments   (349)   (688)
Subtotal   102,301    351,352 
           
Non-trading financial assets mandatorily measured at fair value through profit or loss:          
Debt Financial Instruments        
Other financial instruments        
           
Financial assets designated as at fair value through profit or loss:          
Debt Financial Instruments        
Other financial instruments        
           
Financial liabilities designated as at fair value through profit or loss:          
Current accounts and other demand deposits  and savings accounts and other time deposits        
Debt instruments issued        
Others        
           
Derecognition of financial assets and liabilities at amortized cost and financial assets at fair value through other comprehensive income:          
Financial assets at amortized cost   239    342 
Financial assets at fair value through other comprehensive income   8,050    (4,522)
Financial liabilities at amortized cost       (1)
Financial instruments of regulatory capital issued        
Subtotal   8,289    (4,181)
           
Exchange, indexation and accounting hedging of foreign currency:          
Gain (loss) from foreign currency exchange   (29,561)   36,779 
Gain (loss) from indexation for exchange rate   20,067    4,148 
Net gain (loss) from derivatives in accounting hedges of foreign currency risk   174,091    79,667 
Subtotal   164,597    120,594 
           
Reclassification of financial assets for changes to business models:          
From financial assets at amortized cost to financial assets held for trading at fair value through profit or loss        
From financial assets at fair value through other comprehensive income to financial assets held for trading at fair value through profit or loss        
           
Modifications of financial assets and liabilities:          
Financial assets at amortized cost        
Financial assets at fair value through other comprehensive income        
Financial liabilities at amortized cost        
Lease liabilities        
Financial instruments of regulatory capital issued        
           
Ineffective accounting hedges:          
Gain (loss) from ineffective cash flow accounting hedges        
Gain (loss) from ineffective accounting hedges of net investment abroad        
           
Other type of accounting hedges:          
Hedges of other types of financial assets        
           
Total   275,187    467,765 

 

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33.Net Financial income (expense), continued:

 

(b)Below is a detail of the income (expense) associated with the changes of provisions constituted for credit risk related to loans and contingent loans denominated in foreign currency, which is reflected in “Exchange, indexation and accounting hedging of foreign currency”.

 

   2024   2023 
   MCh$   MCh$ 
         
Loans and advances to Banks   (114)   (13)
Commercial loans   (10,208)   (2,357)
Residential mortgage loans        
Consumer loans   (130)   (33)
Contingent loans   (1,427)   (125)
Total   (11,879)   (2,528)

 

34.Income attributable to investments in other companies:

 

The income obtained from investments in companies detailed in note No. 14 corresponds to the following:

 

Company  Shareholder  2024   2023 
    MCh$   MCh$ 
            
Income attributable to investments in other companies:           
            
Associates           
Transbank S.A.  Banco de Chile   2,575    7,014 
Centro de Compensación Automatizado S.A.  Banco de Chile   1,875    1,686 
Redbanc S.A.  Banco de Chile   663    288 
Administrador Financiero de Transantiago S.A.  Banco de Chile   610    723 
Sociedad Interbancaria de Depósitos de Valores S.A.  Banco de Chile   483    460 
Servicios de Infraestructura de Mercado OTC S.A.  Banco de Chile   151    131 
Sociedad Operadora de la Cámara de Compensación de Pagos de Alto Valor S.A.  Banco de Chile   145    86 
Subtotal Associates      6,502    10,388 
              
Joint Ventures             
Servipag Ltda.  Banco de Chile   1,676    2,201 
Artikos Chile S.A.(*)  Banco de Chile   552    820 
Subtotal Joint Ventures      2,228    3,021 
Subtotal      8,730    13,409 
              
Minority Investments             
Holding Bursátil Regional S.A. (**)  Banchile Corredores de Bolsa   242     
Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior S.A. (Bladex)  Banco de Chile   134    50 
Bolsa Electrónica de Chile, Bolsa de Valores  Banchile Corredores de Bolsa   18    19 
CCLV Contraparte Central S.A.  Banchile Corredores de Bolsa   3    9 
Sociedad de Infraestructuras de Mercado S.A. (**)  Banchile Corredores de Bolsa       895 
Bolsa de Comercio de Santiago, Bolsa de Valores (**)  Banchile Corredores de Bolsa       50 
Subtotal Minority Investments      397    1,023 
Total      9,127    14,432 
              
Income from disposal of shares in Companies:             
              
Joint Ventures             
Artikos Chile S.A. (***)  Banco de Chile   7,925     
              
Total Investments in other companies      17,052    14,432 

  

(*)See Note No. 5 Relevant Events, letter (n)
(**)See Note No. 14 Investments in other companies, letter (a).
(***)See Note No. 5 Relevant Events, letter (q).

 

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35.Result from non-current assets and disposal groups held for sale not admissible as discontinued operations:

 

The composition of the results of non-current assets and disposal groups not eligible as discontinued operations during the years 2024 and 2023 is as follows:

 

   2024   2023 
   MCh$   MCh$ 
         
Net income from assets received in payment or adjudicated in judicial auction        
Gain (loss) on sale of assets received in lieu of payment or foreclosed at judicial auction   8,698    5,284 
Other income from assets received in payment or foreclosed at judicial auction   57    53 
Provisions for adjustments to net realizable value of assets received in lieu of payment or foreclosed at judicial auction   (1,939)   (1,070)
Charge-off assets received in lieu of payment or foreclosed at judicial auction   (14,942)   (5,252)
Expenses to maintain assets received in lieu of payment or foreclosed at judicial auction   (1,382)   (1,165)
Non-current assets held for sale          
Investments in other companies        
Intangible assets        
Property and equipment   938    2,971 
Assets for recovery of assets transferred in financial leasing operations   2,105    2,325 
Other assets        
Disposal groups held for sale        
Total   (6,465)   3,146 

 

36.Other operating Income and Expenses:

  

a)During the years 2024 and 2023, the Bank and its subsidiaries present other operating income, according to the following:

 

   2024   2023 
   MCh$   MCh$ 
         
Expense recovery   26,179    26,310 
Revaluation of prepaid monthly payments   9,771    9,146 
Revaluation of tax refunds from previous years   8,451    6,905 
Income from investment properties   7,147    6,793 
Foreign trade income   102    98 
Release of provisions not related to credit risk       23,355 
Others income   127    332 
Total   51,777    72,939 

  

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36.Other operating Income and Expenses: continued:

 

b)During the years 2024 and 2023, the Bank and its subsidiaries present other operating expenses, according to the following:

 

   2024   2023 
   MCh$   MCh$ 
         
Write-offs for operating risks   29,407    30,473 
Expenses for credit operations of financial leasing   6,976    4,071 
Insurance premiums expense to cover operational risk events   6,275    5,779 
Legal expenses and trials   2,847    3,063 
Card administration   2,209    606 
(Release) expense of provisions for operational risk   558    (706)
Provisions for trials and litigation   419    (617)
Write-offs for commercial decisions   407    290 
Life insurance   343    275 
Valuation expense   256    250 
Renegotiated loan insurance premium   235    290 
Expenses for charge-off leased assets recoveries   195    493 
Provision for pending operations (90 days)   (124)   (117)
Expense recovery from operational risk events   (14,314)   (9,216)
Other expenses   350    1,156 
Total   36,039    36,090 

  

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37.Expenses from salaries and employee benefits:

 

The composition of the expense for employee benefit obligations during the years 2024 and 2023 is as follows:

 

   2024   2023 
   MCh$   MCh$ 
         
Expenses for short-term employee benefit   528,466    534,177 
Expenses for employee benefits due to termination of employment contract   42,125    35,391 
Training expenses   3,440    3,751 
Expenses for nursery and kindergarten   1,618    1,513 
Other personnel expenses   6,898    7,852 
Total   582,547    582,684 

  

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38.Administrative expenses:

 

This item is composed as follows:

 

   2024   2023 
   MCh$   MCh$ 
General administrative expenses        
Information technology and communications   157,216    142,731 
Maintenance and repair of property and equipment   51,606    49,699 
Surveillance and securities transport services   11,651    11,265 
External advisory services and professional services fees   11,252    10,326 
Office supplies   8,497    8,724 
External financial information and fraud prevention service   8,129    7,483 
Postal box, mail, postage and home delivery services   6,325    4,839 
Energy, heating and other utilities   6,132    5,513 
Legal and notary expenses   5,799    5,433 
External service of custody of documentation   4,664    3,943 
Other expenses of obligations for lease contracts   4,200    4,431 
Insurance premiums except to cover operational risk events   4,142    4,167 
Expenses for short-term leases   3,658    3,860 
Donations   3,249    3,251 
Representation and travel expenses   3,191    3,249 
Card embossing service   2,084    1,756 
Fees for other technical reports   1,063    1,034 
Fees for review and audit of the financial statements by the external auditor   873    750 
Expenses for leases low value   549    509 
Title classification fees   241    169 
Fines applied by other agencies   132    108 
Other general administrative expenses   9,393    9,354 
           
Outsource services          
Technological developments expenses, certification and technology testing   22,323    25,437 
Data processing   11,133    11,907 
External collection service   4,841    4,414 
External credit evaluation service   5,820    5,729 
Call Center service for sales, marketing, quality control customer service   1,695    2,192 
External human resources administration services and supply of external personnel   1,820    1,724 
Other outsource services   1,144    1,250 
External cleaning service, casino, custody of files and documents, storage of furniture and equipment   473    390 
           
Board expenses          
Board of Directors Compensation   3,500    3,347 
Other Board expenses   78    111 
           
Marketing   33,948    39,617 
           
Taxes, contributions and other legal charges          
Contribution to the banking regulator   15,248    14,785 
Property taxes   6,020    5,521 
Taxes other than income tax   2,803    2,530 
Municipal patents   1,752    1,647 
Other legal charges   52    60 
Total   416,696    403,255 

 

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39.Depreciation and Amortization:

 

The amounts corresponding to charges to results for depreciation and amortization during the years 2024 and 2023, are detailed as follows:

 

   2024   2023 
   MCh$   MCh$ 
         
Amortization of intangibles assets        
Other intangible assets arising from business combinations        
Other independently originated intangible assets   36,265    29,346 
Depreciation of property and equipment          
Buildings and land   9,725    9,295 
Other property and equipment   18,447    21,098 
Depreciation and impairment of leased assets          
Buildings and land   28,672    31,195 
Other property and equipment        
Depreciation for improvements in leased real estate as leased of right-to-use assets   1,135    1,017 
Amortization for the right-to-use other intangible assets under lease        
Depreciation of other assets for investment properties   357    357 
Amortization of other assets per activity income asset        
Total   94,601    92,308 

  

40.Impairment of non-financial assets:

 

As of December 31, 2024 and 2023, the composition of the item for impairment of non-financial assets is composed as follows:

 

   2024   2023 
   MCh$   MCh$ 
         
Impairment of intangible assets       25 
Impairment of property and equipment   1,121    1,754 
Impairment of assets from income from ordinary activities from contracts with customers   1,730    (17)
Total   2,851    1,762 

  

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41.Credit loss expense:

 

(a)The composition is as follows:

 

   2024   2023 
   MCh$   MCh$ 
         
Expense of provisions established for loan credit risk   452.448    423.015 
Expense of special provisions for credit risk   3.610    3.256 
Recovery of written-off credits   (65.313)   (62.266)
Impairments for credit risk from financial assets at fair value through other comprehensive income   1.009    (2.754)
Total   391.754    361.251 

 

(b)Summary of the expense of provisions constituted for credit risk and expense for credit losses:

 

   Expense of loans provisions constituted in the year 
   Normal Portfolio   Substandard Portfolio   Non-Complying Portfolio       Deductible
warranty
     
   Evaluation   Evaluation   Evaluation       Fogape     
As of December 31, 2024  Individual   Group   Individual   Individual   Group   Subtotal   Covid-19   Total 
   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$ 
Loans and advances to Banks                                
Provisions established   23                    23        23 
Provisions released                                
Subtotal   23                    23        23 
Commercial loans                                        
Provisions established   2,185    419        46,526    67,605    116,735        116,735 
Provisions released           (5,007)           (5,007)   (5,970)   (10,977)
Subtotal   2,185    419    (5,007)   46,526    67,605    111,728    (5,970)   105,758 
Residential mortgage loans                                        
Provisions established                   10,266    10,266        10,266 
Provisions released       (328)               (328)       (328)
Subtotal       (328)           10,266    9,938        9,938 
Consumer loans                                        
Provisions established                   351,670    351,670        351,670 
Provisions released       (14,941)               (14,941)       (14,941)
Subtotal       (14,941)           351,670    336,729        336,729 
Expense (release) of provisions for credit risk   2,208    (14,850)   (5,007)   46,526    429,541    458,418    (5,970)   452,448 
                                         
Recovery of written-off credits                                        
Loans and advances to Banks                                       
Commercial loans                                      (19,752)
Residential mortgage loans                                      (6,941)
Consumer loans                                      (38,620)
Subtotal                                      (65,313)
Loan credit loss expenses                                      387,135 

  

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41.Credit loss expense, continued:

 

(b)Summary of the expense of provisions constituted for credit risk and expense for credit losses, continued;

 

   Expense of loans provisions constituted in the year 
   Normal Portfolio   Substandard Portfolio   Non-Complying Portfolio       Deductible
warranty
     
   Evaluation   Evaluation   Evaluation       Fogape     
As of December 31, 2023  Individual   Group   Individual   Individual   Group   Subtotal   Covid-19   Total 
   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$ 
Loans and advances to Banks                                
Provisions established   60                    60        60 
Provisions released                                
Subtotal   60                    60        60 
Commercial loans                                        
Provisions established               24,791    71,609    96,400        96,400 
Provisions released   (5,682)   (5,468)   (11,570)           (22,720)   (23,613)   (46,333)
Subtotal   (5,682)   (5,468)   (11,570)   24,791    71,609    73,680    (23,613)   50,067 
Residential mortgage loans                                        
Provisions established       1,034            12,393    13,427        13,427 
Provisions released                                
Subtotal       1,034            12,393    13,427        13,427 
Consumer loans                                        
Provisions established       14,797            344,664    359,461        359,461 
Provisions released                                 
Subtotal       14,797            344,664    359,461        359,461 
Expense (release) of provisions for credit risk   (5,622)   10,363    (11,570)   24,791    428,666    446,628    (23,613)   423,015 
                                         
Recovery of written-off credits                                        
Loans and advances to Banks                                       
Commercial loans                                      (19,540)
Residential mortgage loans                                      (11,156)
Consumer loans                                      (31,570)
Subtotal                                      (62,266)
Loan credit loss expenses                                      360,749 

 

 

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41.Credit loss expense, continued:

 

(c)Summary of expense for special provisions for credit risk:

 

   2024   2023 
   MCh$   MCh$ 
Expenses of provisions for contingent loans:        
Loans and advances to Banks        
Commercial loans   5,592    5,585 
Consumer loans   (709)   (1,860)
Expenses form provisions for country risk for transactions with debtors with residence abroad   (1,273)   (469)
Expense of special provisions for loans abroad        
Expenses of additional loan provisions:          
Commercial loans        
Residential mortgage loans        
Consumer loans        
Expense of other special provisions established for credit risk   3,610    3,256 

 

42.Income from discontinued operations:

 

As of December 31, 2024 and 2023, the Bank does not maintain income from discontinued operations.

 

43.Related Party Disclosures:

 

Related parties are considered to be those persons or legal entities who are in positions to directly or indirectly have significant influence through their ownership or management of the Bank and its subsidiaries, as set out in the Compendium of Accounting Standards for Banks and Chapter 12-4 of the current Compilation of Standards issued by the CMF.

 

According to the above, the Bank has considered as related parties those persons or legal entities who have a direct participation or through third parties on Bank ownership, where such participation exceeds 5% of the shares, and also people who, regardless of ownership, have authority and responsibility for planning, management and control of the activities of the entity or its subsidiaries. There also are considered as related the companies in which the parties related by ownership or management of the Bank have a share which reaches or exceeds 5%, or has the position of director, general manager or equivalent.

 

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43.Related Party Disclosures, continued:

 

(a)Assets and liabilities with related parties:

 

   Related Party Type 

Type of current assets and liabilities with related parties 
As of December 31, 2024

  Parent Entity   Other Legal Entity   Key Personnel of the Consolidated Bank   Other Related Parties   Total 
  MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$ 
ASSETS                    
Financial assets held for trading at fair value through profit or loss:                    
Derivative Financial Instruments       273,492            273,492 
Debt financial instruments                    
Other financial instruments                    
Non-trading financial assets mandatorily measured at fair value through profit or loss                    
Financial assets designated as at fair value through profit or loss                    
Financial assets at fair value through other comprehensive income       5,388            5,388 
Derivative Financial Instruments for hedging purposes                    
Financial assets at amortized cost:                         
Rights from resale agreements and securities lending                    
Debt financial instruments                    
Commercial loans       266,912    1,291    9,967    278,170 
Residential mortgage loans           14,694    59,861    74,555 
Consumer Loans           1,656    11,482    13,138 
Allowances established – loans       (1,291)   (30)   (326)   (1,647)
Other assets   16    132,549    38    7    132,610 
Contingent loans       159,749    3,822    17,761    181,332 
                          
LIABILITIES                         
Financial liabilities held for trading at fair value through profit or loss:                         
Derivative Financial Instruments       300,756            300,756 
Financial liabilities designated as at fair value through profit or loss                    
Derivative Financial Instruments for hedging purposes       3,137            3,137 
Financial liabilities at amortized cost:                         
Current accounts and other demand deposits   170    141,497    2,860    6,844    151,371 
Saving accounts and time deposits   151,595    78,618    3,093    19,082    252,388 
Obligations by repurchase agreements and securities lending                    
Borrowings from financial institutions       3,175            3,175 
Debt financial instruments issued                    
Other financial obligations                    
Lease liabilities       9,200            9,200 
Other liabilities       140,479    532    5    141,016 

 

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43.Related Party Disclosures, continued:

 

(a)Assets and liabilities with related parties, continued:

 

   Related Party Type 

Type of current assets and liabilities with related parties 
As of December 31, 2023

  Parent Entity   Other Legal Entity   Key Personnel of the Consolidated Bank   Other Related Parties   Total 
  MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$ 
ASSETS                    
Financial assets held for trading at fair value through profit or loss:                    
Derivative Financial Instruments       212,147            212,147 
Debt financial instruments                    
Other financial instruments       1,410            1,410 
Non-trading financial assets mandatorily measured at fair value through profit or loss                    
Financial assets designated as at fair value through profit or loss                    
Financial assets at fair value through other comprehensive income       6,328            6,328 
Derivative Financial Instruments for hedging purposes                    
Financial assets at amortized cost:                         
Rights from resale agreements and securities lending                    
Debt financial instruments                    
Commercial loans       199,620    1,028    11,284    211,932 
Residential mortgage loans           17,975    60,153    78,128 
Consumer Loans           1,969    11,744    13,713 
Allowances established – loans       (1,709)   (19)   (312)   (2,040)
Other assets   10    169,124    13    16    169,163 
Contingent loans       119,555    4,058    17,669    141,282 
                          
LIABILITIES                         
Financial liabilities held for trading at fair value through profit or loss:                         
Derivative Financial Instruments       242,098            242,098 
Financial liabilities designated as at fair value through profit or loss                    
Derivative Financial Instruments for hedging purposes       5,674            5,674 
Financial liabilities at amortized cost:                         
Current accounts and other demand deposits   336    200,098    2,161    7,573    210,168 
Saving accounts and time deposits   85,904    160,760    4,392    24,265    275,321 
Obligations by repurchase agreements and securities lending       2,003            2,003 
Borrowings from financial institutions       86,642            86,642 
Debt financial instruments issued                    
Other financial obligations                    
Lease liabilities       10,845            10,845 
Other liabilities       152,457    493    53    153,003 

 

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43.Related Party Disclosures, continued:

 

(b)Income and expenses from related party transactions (*):

 

As of December 31, 2024  Parent Entity   Other Legal Entity   Key personnel of the consolidated Bank   Other Related parties   Total 
   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$ 
Interest revenue       18,841    454    3,059    22,354 
UF indexation revenue       1,819    605    2,905    5,329 
Income from commissions   146    92,827    43    71    93,087 
Net Financial income (expense)       35,318            35,318 
Other income                    
Total Income   146    148,805    1,102    6,035    156,088 
                          
Interest expense   8,420    7,166    249    1,351    17,186 
UF indexation expenses                    
Expenses from commissions       28,569            28,569 
Expenses credit losses (gains)       (1,233)   12    94    (1,127)
Expenses from salaries and employee benefits       312    37,918    81,818    120,048 
Administrative expenses       11,462    3,628    88    15,178 
Other expenses           1    11    12 
Total Expenses   8,420    46,276    41,808    83,362    179,866 

 

As of December 31, 2023  Parent Entity   Other Legal Entity   Key personnel of the consolidated Bank   Other Related parties   Total 
   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$ 
Interest revenue       25,439    499    2,768    28,706 
UF indexation revenue       3,993    799    3,266    8,058 
Income from commissions   165    103,906    24    84    104,179 
Net Financial income (expense)       (18,367)           (18,367)
Other income       215            215 
Total Income   165    115,186    1,322    6,118    122,791 
                          
Interest expense   1,998    7,329    538    2,504    12,369 
UF indexation expenses           8    1    9 
Expenses from commissions       29,508            29,508 
Expenses credit losses (gains)       (2,078)   (3)   (15)   (2,096)
Expenses from salaries and employee benefits       421    38,083    80,430    118,934 
Administrative expenses       11,776    3,786    229    15,791 
Other expenses           2    23    25 
Total Expenses   1,998    46,956    42,414    83,172    174,540 

 

(*)This does not constitute a Statement of Income from operations with related parties since the assets with these parties are not necessarily equal to the liabilities and in each of them the total income and expenses are reflected and not those corresponding to matched operations.

 

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43.Related Party Disclosures, continued:

 

(c)Transactions with related parties: Below are the individual transactions in the year with related parties that are legal entities, which do not correspond to the usual operations of the line of business carried out with customers in general and when said individual transactions consider a transfer of resources, services or obligations greater than UF 2,000.

 

As of December 31, 2024

 

      Description of the transaction        

Effect on

Income

  

Effect on

Financial position

 
Company name  Nature of the relationship with the Bank  Type of service  Term  Renewal conditions  Transactions under equivalent conditions to those transactions with mutual independence between the parties 

Amount

MCh$

  

Income

MCh$

  

Expenses

MCh$

  

 

Accounts receivable

MCh$

  

Accounts payable

MCh$

 
                                    
Ionix SPA  Other related parties  IT support services  30 days  Contract  Yes   141        141         
Servipag Ltda.  Joint venture  IT support services  30 days  Contract  Yes   367        367         
      Collection services  30 days  Contract  Yes   4,235        4,235        387 
Bolsa de Comercio de Santiago, Bolsa de Valores  Minority investments  Service of financial information  30 days  Contract  Yes   356        356        25 
      Brokerage commission  30 days  Contract  Yes   423        423         
      IT support services  30 days  Contract  Yes   256        256         
Enex S.A.  Other related parties  Rent spaces for ATM  30 days  Contract  Yes   1,740        1,740        498 
Universidad del Desarrollo  Other related parties  Advertising service  30 days  Contract  Yes   126        126         
Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez  Other related parties  Training  30 days  Contract  Yes   272        272         
Bolsa Electrónica de Chile S.A.  Minority investments  Brokerage commission  30 days  Contract  Yes   203        203        1 
      Service of financial information  30 days  Contract  Yes   117        117         
DCV Registros S.A.  Other related parties  IT services  30 days  Contract  Yes   294        294         
Redbanc S.A.  Associates  Electronic transaction management services  30 days  Contract  Yes   17,658        17,658        1,707 
      IT proyect services  30 days  Contract  Yes   132        132         
      Installation services  30 days  Contract  Yes   81        81         
      Fraud prevention services  30 days  Contract  Yes   108        108         
      IT services  30 days  Contract  Yes   442        442         
Depósito Central de Valores S.A.  Other related parties  Quality control and custodial services  30 days  Contract  Yes   833        833        90 
      Custodial services  30 days  Contract  Yes   1,357        1,357         
CCLV Contraparte Central S.A.  Minority investments  Brokerage commission  30 days  Contract  Yes   352        352        22 
Manantial S.A.  Other related parties  General expenses  30 days  Contract  Yes   379        379         
Sociedad Operadora de la Cámara de Compensación de Pagos de Alto Valor S.A.  Associates  Collection services  30 days  Contract  Yes   881        881        91 
Comder Contraparte Central S.A.  Other related parties  Securities clearing services  30 days  Contract  Yes   529        529         
Citigroup Global Markets INC  Other related parties  Brokerage commission  30 days  Contract  Yes   387        387        29 
Transbank S.A.  Associates  Card processing  30 days  Contract  Yes   498        498        97 
      Project consultation  30 days  Contract  Yes   114        114         
      Fraud prevention services  30 days  Contract  Yes   87        87         
      Exchange commission  30 days  Contract  Yes   79,025    79,025             
Centro de Compensación Automatizado S.A.  Associates  Fraud prevention services  30 days  Contract  Yes   657        657        333 
      Collection services  30 days  Contract  Yes   187        187         
      Transfer services  30 days  Contract  Yes   2,803        2,803         
Artikos Chile S.A.  Joint venture  IT support services  30 days  Contract  Yes   422        422        2 
      IT services  30 days  Contract  Yes   465        465         
Citibank N.A.  Other related parties  Connectivity business commissions  Quarterly  Contract  Yes   8,065    8,065        3,272     
Fundación Teletón  Other related parties  Advertising services  30 days  Contract  Yes   449        449        121 
      Donations  30 days  Contract  Yes   1,599        1,599         
Canal 13  Other related parties  Advertising service  30 days  Contract  Yes   202        202        73 
Inmobiliaria e Inversiones Capitolio S.A.  Other related parties  Leases  30 days  Contract  Yes   84        84         
Nuevos Desarrollos S.A.  Other related parties  Financial lease agreements  30 days  Contract  Yes   180                496 
Plaza Vespucio SPA  Other related parties  Financial lease agreements  30 days  Contract  Yes   127                154 
Plaza Oeste SPA  Other related parties  Financial lease agreements  30 days  Contract  Yes   254                810 
Plaza del Trebol SPA  Other related parties  Financial lease agreements  30 days  Contract  Yes   270                73 
Plaza Tobalaba SPA  Other related parties  Financial lease agreements  30 days  Contract  Yes   135                113 
Plaza La Serena SPA  Other related parties  Financial lease agreements  30 days  Contract  Yes   223                543 
Inmobiliaria Mall Calama S.A.  Other related parties  Financial lease agreements  30 days  Contract  Yes   141                137 

 

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43.Related Party Disclosures, continued:

 

(c)Transactions with related parties, continued:

 

As of December 31, 2023

 

      Description of the transaction        

Effect on

Income

  

Effect on

Financial position

 
Company name  Nature of the relationship with the Bank  Type of service  Term  Renewal conditions  Transactions under equivalent conditions to those transactions with mutual independence between the parties 

Amount

MCh$

  

Income

MCh$

  

Expenses

MCh$

  

 

Accounts receivable

MCh$

  

Accounts payable

MCh$

 
Ionix SPA  Other related parties  IT license services  30 days  Contract  Yes   637        637        61 
      IT support services  30 days  Contract  Yes   349        349         
Servipag Ltda.  Joint venture  IT support services  30 days  Contract  Yes   386        386         
      Collection services  30 days  Contract  Yes   4,358        4,358        432 
      Software services  30 days  Contract  Yes   220        220         
Bolsa de Comercio de Santiago, Bolsa de Valores  Minority investments  Service of financial information  30 days  Contract  Yes   362        362        1 
      Brokerage commission  30 days  Contract  Yes   344        344         
      IT support services  30 days  Contract  Yes   289        289         
Enex S.A.  Other related parties  Rent spaces for ATM  30 days  Contract  Yes   1,381        1,381        221 
DCV Registros S.A.  Other related parties  IT services  30 days  Contract  Yes   319        319         
CCLV Contraparte Central S.A.  Minority investments  Brokerage commission  30 days  Contract  Yes   272        272         
Redbanc S.A.  Associates  Electronic transaction management services  30 days  Contract  Yes   15,570        15,570        1,589 
      IT proyect services  30 days  Contract  Yes   542        542         
      IT services  30 days  Contract  Yes   330        330         
      Fraud prevention services  30 days  Contract  Yes   82        82         
Sistemas Oracle de Chile Ltda.  Other related parties  IT services  30 days  Contract  Yes   91        91         
      IT support services  30 days  Contract  Yes   1,326        1,326         
Depósito Central de Valores S.A.  Other related parties  Quality control and custodial services  30 days  Contract  Yes   1,026        1,026        42 
      Custodial services  30 days  Contract  Yes   1,042        1,042         
Manantial S.A.  Other related parties  General expenses  30 days  Contract  Yes   366        366         
Universidad del Desarrollo  Other related parties  Loyalty  30 days  Contract  Yes   115        115        7 
Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez  Other related parties  Training  30 days  Contract  Yes   334        334         
Canal 13 S.A.  Other related parties  Advertising service  30 days  Monthly  Yes   92        92        36 
Nexus S.A.  Other related parties  General income  30 days  Contract  Yes   148    148             
      Card processing  30 days  Contract  Yes   3,487        3,487         
      IT services  30 days  Contract  Yes   405        405         
      Embossing services  30 days  Contract  Yes   235        235         
      Customer product delivery services  30 days  Contract  Yes   273        273         
      Fraud prevention services  30 days  Contract  Yes   380        380         
Sociedad Operadora de la Cámara de Compensación de Pagos de Alto Valor S.A.  Associates  Collection services  30 days  Contract  Yes   669        669        61 
Comder Contraparte Central S.A.  Other related parties  Securities clearing services  30 days  Contract  Yes   703        703         
Bolsa Electrónica de Chile S.A.  Minority investments  Brokerage commission  30 days  Contract  Yes   141        141         
      Service of financial information  30 days  Contract  Yes   84        84         
Citigroup Global Markets INC  Other related parties  Brokerage commission  30 days  Contract  Yes   363        363         
Transbank S.A.  Associates  Card processing  30 days  Contract  Yes   580        580        51 
      Project consultation  30 days  Contract  Yes   153        153         
      Exchange commission  30 days  Contract  Yes   93,168    93,168        9     
Centro de Compensación Automatizado S.A.  Associates  Fraud prevention services  30 days  Contract  Yes   553        553        300 
      Transfer services  30 days  Contract  Yes   2,581        2,581         
      Collection services  30 days  Contract  Yes   180        180         
Artikos Chile S.A.  Joint venture  IT support services  30 days  Contract  Yes   457        457        19 
      IT services  30 days  Contract  Yes   383        383         
Citibank N.A.  Other related parties  Connectivity business commissions  Quarterly  Contract  Yes   5,867    5,867        2,517     
Nuevos Desarrollos S.A.  Other related parties  Financial lease agreements  30 days  Contract  Yes   335                129 
Plaza Vespucio SPA  Other related parties  Financial lease agreements  30 days  Contract  Yes   82                261 
Plaza Oeste SPA  Other related parties  Financial lease agreements  30 days  Contract  Yes   243                963 
Plaza del Trébol SPA  Other related parties  Financial lease agreements  30 days  Contract  Yes   292                373 
Plaza Tobalaba SPA  Other related parties  Financial lease agreements  30 days  Contract  Yes   128                229 
Plaza la Serena SPA  Other related parties  Financial lease agreements  30 days  Contract  Yes   246                714 
Inmobiliaria Mall Calama S.A.  Other related parties  Financial lease agreements  30 days  Contract  Yes   162                306 
Plaza Antofagasta SPA  Other related parties  Financial lease agreements  30 days  Contract  Yes   87                 

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(d)Payments to the Board of Directors and to key personnel of the management of the Bank and its subsidiaries:

 

   2024   2023 
   MCh$   MCh$ 
Directory:        
Payment of remuneration and attendance fees of the Board of Directors - Bank and its subsidiaries   3,500    3,347 
Other Board expenses   78    111 
           
Key Personnel of the Management of the Bank and its Subsidiaries:          
Payment for benefits to short-term employees   33,779    36,535 
Payment for benefits to employees for termination of employment contract   4,139    1,548 
Payment for benefits to post-employment employees        
Payment for benefits to long-term employees        
Payment to employees based on shares or equity instruments        
Payment for obligations for defined contribution post-employment plans        
Payment for obligations for post-employment defined benefit plans        
Payment for other staff obligations        
Subtotal   37,918    38,083 
Total   41,496    41,541 

 

(e)Composition of the Board of Directors and key personnel of the Management of the Bank and its subsidiaries:

 

   2024   2023 
   No. Executives 
Directory:   17    16 
Directors – Bank and its subsidiaries          
           
Key Personnel of the Management of the Bank and its Subsidiaries:          
CEO – Bank   1    1 
CEOs –  Subsidiaries   5    5 
Division Managers / Area – Bank   74    90 
Division Managers / Area – Subsidiaries   27    30 
Subtotal   107    126 
Total   124    142 

 

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44.Fair Value of Financial Assets and Liabilities:

 

Banco de Chile and its subsidiaries have defined a corporate framework for valuation and control related with the process to the fair value measurement.

 

Within the established framework includes the Product Control Unit, which is independent of the business areas and reports to the Financial Management Control and Division Manager. This function befall to the Financial Control, Treasury and Capital Manager, through the Financial Risk Information and Control Section, is responsible for independent verification of price and results of trading (including derivatives) and investment operations and all fair value measurements.

 

To achieve the appropriate measurements and controls, the Bank and its subsidiaries, take into account at least the following aspects:

 

(i)Industry standard valuation.

 

To value financial instruments, Banco de Chile uses industry standard modeling; quota value, share price, discounted cash flows and valuation of options through Black-Scholes-Merton, according to the case.

 

The input parameters for the valuation of fixed income instruments and options correspond to rates, prices and volatility levels for different terms and market factors that are traded in the national and international market and that are provided by the main sources of the market.

 

In the case of the valuation of derivatives under a CSA (Credit Support Annex Discounting) agreement, the rates used to discount the flows correspond to the CSA Discounting methodology, where the discount factors used depend on the collateral agreement that exists with each counterparty.

 

(ii)Quoted prices in active markets.

 

The fair value for instruments with quoted prices in active markets is determined using daily quotes from electronic systems information (such as Bolsa de Comercio de Santiago, Bloomberg, LVA and Risk America, etc). This quote represents the price at which these instruments are regularly traded in the financial markets.

 

(iii)Valuation techniques.

 

If no specific quotes are available for the instrument to be valued, valuation techniques will be used to determine the fair value.

 

Due to, in general, the valuation models require a set of market parameters as inputs, the aim is to maximize information based on observable or price-related quotations for similar instruments in active markets. To the extent there is no information in direct from the markets, data from external suppliers of information, prices of similar instruments and historical information are used to validate the valuation parameters.

 

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44.Fair Value of Financial Assets and Liabilities, continued:

 

(iv)Fair value adjustments.

 

Part of the fair value process considers four adjustments to the market value, calculated based on the market parameters, including; a liquidity adjustment, a Bid/Offer adjustment, an adjustment for derivative credit risk (CVA and DVA), and an adjustment for the funding of the derivative cash flows (FVA). Likewise, for certain fixed income instruments held in investment portfolios measured at fair value through other comprehensive income or at amortized cost, the portion of the fair value adjustment explained by impairment due to counterparty credit risk is determined.

 

The calculation of the liquidity adjustment considers the size of the position in each factor, the particular liquidity of each factor, the relative size of Banco de Chile with respect to the market, and the liquidity observed in transactions recently carried out in the market. In turn, the Bid/Offer adjustment, represents the impact on the valuation of an instrument depending on whether the position corresponds to a long (bought) or a short (sold). To calculate this adjustment is used the direct quotes from active markets or indicative prices or derivatives of similar assets depending on the instrument, considering the Bid, Mid and Offer, respectively. Finally, the adjustment made for CVA and DVA for derivatives corresponds to the credit risk recognition of the issuer, either of the counterparty (CVA) or of Banco de Chile (DVA). Similarly, the determination of credit risk impairment is determined based on the counterparty risk implicit in the instrument’s market rate. Finally, the FVA adjustment for derivatives corresponds to a value adjustment that reflects the expected cost (or benefit) of financing (reinvesting) the cash flows of the derivative, with respect to a reference discount rate, when there are no collaterals or this one is imperfect.

 

Liquidity value adjustments are made to trading instruments (including derivatives) only, while Bid/Offer adjustments are made for trading instruments and Financial instrument at fair value through Other Comprehensive Income. Adjustments for CVA / DVA/FVA/COLVA are carried out only for derivatives. For its part, credit risk impairment is computed only for fixed income instruments measured at fair value through other comprehensive income and fixed income instruments measured at amortized cost.

 

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44.Fair Value of Financial Assets and Liabilities, continued:

 

(v)Fair value control.

 

A process of independent verification of prices and interest rates is executed daily, in order to control that the market parameters used by Banco de Chile in the valuation of the financial instruments relating to the current state of the market and from them the best estimate derived of the fair value. The objective of this process is to control that the official market parameters provided by the respective business areas, before being entered into the valuation, are within acceptable ranges of differences when compared to the same set of parameters prepared independently by the Financial Risk Information and Control Section. As a result, value differences are obtained at the level of currency, product and portfolio. In the event significant differences exist, these differences are scaled according to the amount of individual materiality of each market factor and aggregated at the portfolio level, according to the grouping levels within previously defined ranges. These ranges are approved by the Finance, International and Financial Risk Committee.

 

Complementary and in parallel, the Financial Risk Information and Control Section generates and reports on a daily basis Profit and Loss (“P&L”) and Exposure to Market Risks, which allow for proper control and consistency of the parameters used in the valuation.

 

(vi)Judgmental analysis and information to Management.

 

In particular cases, where there are no market quotations for the instrument to be valued and there are no prices for similar transactions instruments or indicative parameters, a specific control and a reasoned analysis must be carried out in order to estimate the fair value of the operation. Within the valuation framework described in the Reasonable Value Policy (and its procedure) approved by the Board of Directors of Banco de Chile, a required level of approval is set in order to carry out transactions where market information is not available or it is not possible to infer prices or rates from it.

 

(a)Hierarchy of instruments valued at Fair value:

 

Banco de Chile and its subsidiaries, classify all the financial instruments among the following levels:

 

Level 1:These are financial instruments whose fair value is calculated at quoted prices (unadjusted) in extracted from liquid and deep markets. For these instruments there are quotes or prices (return internal rates, quote value, price) the observable market, so that assumptions are not required to determine the value.

 

In this level, the following instruments are considered: currency futures, debt instruments issued by the Treasury and the Central Bank of Chile, which belong to benchmarks, mutual fund investments and equity shares.

 

For the instruments of the Central Bank of Chile and the General Treasury of the Republic, all those mnemonics belonging to a Benchmark, in other words corresponding to one of the following categories published by the Santiago Stock Exchange, will be considered as Level 1: Pesos-02, Pesos-03, Pesos-04, Pesos-05, Pesos-07, Pesos-10, UF-02, UF-04, UF-05, UF-07, UF-10, UF-20, UF-30.

 

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44.Fair Value of Financial Assets and Liabilities, continued:

 

A Benchmark corresponds to a group of mnemonics that are similar in duration and are traded in an equivalent way, i.e., the price (return internal rates in this case) obtained is the same for all the instruments that make up a Benchmark. This feature defines a greater depth of market, with daily quotations that allow classifying these instruments as Level 1.

 

In the case of debt issued by the Chilean Government, the internal rate of return of the market is used to discount all flows to present value. In the case of mutual funds and equity shares, the current market price per share, which multiplied by the number of instruments results in the fair value.

 

The preceding described valuation methodology is equivalent to the one used by the Bolsa de Comercio de Santiago (Santiago Stock Exchange) and correspond to the standard methodology used in the market.

 

Level 2:They are financial instruments whose fair value is calculated based on prices other than in quoted in Level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability, directly (that is, as prices or internal rates of return) or indirectly (that is, derived from prices or internal rates of return from similar instruments). These categories include:

 

a)Quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets.

 

b)Quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active.

 

c)Inputs data other than quoted prices that are observable for the asset or liability.

 

d)Inputs data corroborated by the market.

 

At this level there are mainly derivatives instruments, debt issued by banks, debt issues of Chilean and foreign companies, issued in Chile or abroad, mortgage claims, financial brokerage instruments and some issuances by the Central Bank of Chile and the General Treasury of the Republic, which do not belong to benchmarks.

 

To value derivatives, depends on whether they are impacted by volatility as a relevant market factor in standard valuation methodologies; for options the Black-Scholes-Merton formula is used; for the rest of the derivatives, forwards and swaps, discounted cash flows method is used.

 

For the remaining instruments at this level, as for debt issues of level 1, the valuation is done through cash flows model by using an internal rate of return that can be derived or estimated from internal rates of return of similar securities as mentioned above.

 

In the event that there is no observable price for an instrument in a specific term, the price will be inferred from the interpolation between periods that have observable quoted price in active markets. These models incorporate various market variables, including the credit quality of counterparties, exchange rates and interest rate curves.

 

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44.Fair Value of Financial Assets and Liabilities, continued:

 

Valuation Techniques and Inputs for Level 2 Instrument:

 

Type of
Financial
Instrument

Valuation
Method
Description: Inputs and Sources

Local Bank and

Corporate Bonds

Discounted cash

flows model

 

Prices (internal rates of return) are provided by third party price providers that are widely used in the Chilean market.

 

Model is based on a Base Yield (Central Bank Bonds) and issuer spread.

 

The model is based on daily prices and risk/maturity similarities between

Instruments.

Offshore Bank and

Corporate Bonds

Prices are provided by third party price providers that are widely used in the Chilean market.

 

Model is based on daily prices.

Local Central Bank

and Treasury Bonds

Prices (internal rates of return) are provided by third party price providers that are widely used in the Chilean market.

 

Model is based on daily prices.

Mortgage

Notes

Prices (internal rates of return) are provided by third party price providers that are widely used in the Chilean market.

 

Model is based on a Base Yield (Central Bank Bonds) and issuer spread.

 

The model takes into consideration daily prices and risk/maturity similarities between instruments.

Time

Deposits

Prices (internal rates of return) are provided by third party price providers that are widely used in the Chilean market.

 

Model is based on daily prices and considers risk/maturity similarities between instruments.

Cross Currency Swaps,

Interest Rate Swaps,

FX Forwards, Inflation

Forwards

Forward Points, Inflation forecast and local swap rates are provided by market brokers that are widely used in the Chilean market.

 

Offshore rates and spreads are obtained from third party price providers that are widely used in the Chilean market.

 

Zero Coupon rates are calculated by using the bootstrapping method over swap rates.

 

FX Options

Black-Scholes

Model

Prices for volatility surface estimates are obtained from market brokers that are widely used in the Chilean market.

 

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44.Fair Value of Financial Assets and Liabilities, continued:

 

Level 3:These are financial instruments whose fair value is determined using non-observable inputs data neither for the assets or liabilities under analysis nor for similar instruments. An adjustment to an input that is significant to the entire measurement can result in a fair value measurement classified within Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy, if the adjustment uses significant non-observable data entry.

 

The instruments likely to be classified as level 3 are mainly Corporate Debt by Chilean and foreign companies, issued both in Chile and abroad.

 

Valuation Techniques and Inputs for Level 3 Instrument:

 

Type of
Financial
Instrument
Valuation
Method
Description: Inputs and Sources

Local Bank and

Corporate Bonds

Discounted cash

flows model

 

Since inputs for these types of securities are not observable by the market, we model interest rate of returns for them based on a Base Yield (Central Bank Bonds) and issuer spread. These inputs (base yield and issuer spread) are provided on a daily basis by third party price providers that are widely used in the Chilean market.
Offshore Bank and Corporate Bonds

Discounted cash

flows model

 

Since inputs for these types of securities are not observable by the market, we model interest rate of returns for them based on a Base Yield (US-Libor) and issuer spread. These inputs (base yield and issuer spread) are provided on a weekly basis by third party price providers that are widely used in the Chilean market. 

 

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44.Fair Value of Financial Assets and Liabilities, continued:

 

(b)Level chart:

 

The following table shows the classification by levels, for financial instruments registered at fair value.

 

   Level 1   Level 2   Level 3   Total 
   2024   2023   2024   2023   2024   2023   2024   2023 
   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$ 
Financial Assets                                
Financial Assets held for trading at fair value through profit or loss                                
Financial Derivative contracts:                                
Forwards           227,670    212,475            227,670    212,475 
Swaps           2,070,481    1,818,155            2,070,481    1,818,155 
Call Options           4,949    3,435            4,949    3,435 
Put Options           253    1,311            253    1,311 
Futures                                
Subtotal           2,303,353    2,035,376            2,303,353    2,035,376 
Debt Financial Instruments:                                        
From the Chilean Government and Central Bank   210,418    181,702    1,285,039    2,845,611            1,495,457    3,027,313 
Other debt financial instruments issued in Chile           206,675    301,948    11,273    34,363    217,948    336,311 
Financial debt instruments issued Abroad           976                976     
Subtotal   210,418    181,702    1,492,690    3,147,559    11,273    34,363    1,714,381    3,363,624 
                                         
Others   411,689    409,328                    411,689    409,328 
                                         
Financial Assets at fair value through Other Comprehensive Income                                        
Debt Financial Instruments: (1)                                        
From the Chilean Government and Central Bank   550,418    532,203    110,359    1,305,449            660,777    1,837,652 
Other debt financial instruments issued in Chile           1,303,708    1,653,182    71,922    88,483    1,375,630    1,741,665 
Financial debt instruments issued Abroad           51,938    207,208            51,938    207,208 
Subtotal   550,418    532,203    1,466,005    3,165,839    71,922    88,483    2,088,345    3,786,525 
                                         
Financial Derivative contracts for hedging purposes                                        
Forwards                                
Swaps           73,959    49,065            73,959    49,065 
Call Options                                
Put Options                                
Futures                                
Subtotal           73,959    49,065            73,959    49,065 
Total   1,172,525    1,123,233    5,336,007    8,397,839    83,195    122,846    6,591,727    9,643,918 
                                         
Financial Liabilities                                        
Financial liabilities held for trading at fair value through profit or loss:                                        
Financial Derivative contracts:                                        
Forwards           241,632    221,965            241,632    221,965 
Swaps           2,198,068    1,970,024            2,198,068    1,970,024 
Call Options           4,151    1,061            4,151    1,061 
Put Options           955    3,871            955    3,871 
Futures                                
Subtotal           2,444,806    2,196,921            2,444,806    2,196,921 
                                         
Others           990    2,305            990    2,305 
                                         
Financial derivative contracts for hedging purposes                                        
Forwards                                
Swaps           141,040    160,602            141,040    160,602 
Call Options                                
Put Options                                
Futures                                
Subtotal           141,040    160,602            141,040    160,602 
Total           2,586,836    2,359,828            2,586,836    2,359,828 

 

(1)As of December 31, 2024, 100% of instruments of Level 3 have denomination “Investment Grade”. Also, 100% of total of these financial instruments correspond to domestic issuers.

 

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44.Fair Value of Financial Assets and Liabilities, continued:

 

(c)Level 3 reconciliation:

 

The following table shows the reconciliation between the balances at the beginning and at the end of year for those instruments classified in Level 3, whose fair value is reflected in the Consolidated Financial Statements:

 

   December 2024 
   Balance
as of
January 1,
2024
   Gain (Loss)
Recognized in
Income (1)
   Gain (Loss)
Recognized in
Equity (2)
   Purchases   Sales   Transfer from
Level 1 and 2
   Transfer to
Level 1 and 2
   Balance
as of
December 31,
2024
 
   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$ 
Financial Assets held for trading at fair value through profit or loss                                
Debt Financial Instruments:                                
Other debt financial instruments issued in Chile   34,363    1,409        25,279    (56,736)   6,958        11,273 
Subtotal   34,363    1,409        25,279    (56,736)   6,958        11,273 
                                         
Financial Assets at fair value through Other Comprehensive Income                                        
Debt Financial Instruments:                                        
Other debt financial instruments issued in Chile   88,483    586    1,682    58,608    (27,961)   11,268    (60,744)   71,922 
Subtotal   88,483    586    1,682    58,608    (27,961)   11,268    (60,744)   71,922 
Total   122,846    1,995    1,682    83,887    (84,697)   18,226    (60,744)   83,195 

 

   December 2023 
   Balance
as of January 1,
2023
   Gain (Loss)
Recognized in
Income (1)
   Gain (Loss)
Recognized in
Equity (2)
   Purchases   Sales   Transfer from
Level 1 and 2
   Transfer to Level
1 and 2
   Balance
as of
December 31,
2023
 
   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$ 
Financial Assets held for trading at fair value through profit or loss                                
Debt Financial Instruments:                                
Other debt financial instruments issued in Chile   100,519    767        18,085    (62,179)   15,190    (38,019)   34,363 
Subtotal   100,519    767        18,085    (62,179)   15,190    (38,019)   34,363 
                                         
Financial Assets at fair value through Other Comprehensive Income                                        
Debt Financial Instruments:                                        
Other debt financial instruments issued in Chile   41,283    4,093    (7,355)   63,930    (1,695)   3,951    (15,724)   88,483 
Subtotal   41,283    4,093    (7,355)   63,930    (1,695)   3,951    (15,724)   88,483 
Total   141,802    4,860    (7,355)   82,015    (63,874)   19,141    (53,743)   122,846 

 

(1)Recorded in income under item “Net Financial income (expense)”.
(2)Recorded in equity under item “Accumulated other comprehensive income”.

 

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44.Fair Value of Financial Assets and Liabilities, continued:

 

(d)Sensitivity of instruments classified in Level 3 to changes in key assumptions of models:

 

The following table shows the sensitivity, by type of instrument, of those instruments classified in Level 3 using alternative in key valuation assumptions:

 

   As of December 31, 2024   As of December 31, 2023 
   Level 3   Sensitivity
to changes
in key
assumptions
of models
   Level 3   Sensitivity
to changes
in key
assumptions
of models
 
   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$ 
                 
Financial Assets held for trading at fair value through profit or loss                
Debt Financial Instruments:                
Other debt financial instruments issued in Chile   11,273    (255)   34,363    (696)
Subtotal   11,273    (255)   34,363    (696)
                     
Financial Assets at fair value through Other Comprehensive Income                    
Debt Financial Instruments:                    
Other debt financial instruments issued in Chile   71,922    (2,320)   88,483    (2,721)
Subtotal   71,922    (2,320)   88,483    (2,721)
Total   83,195    (2,575)   122,846    (3,417)

 

With the purpose of determining the sensitivity of the financial investments to changes in significant market factors, the Bank has made alternative calculations at fair value, changing those key parameters for the valuation and which are not directly observable in screens. In the case of the financial assets listed in the table above, which correspond to Bank Bonds and Corporate Bonds, it was considered that, since there are no current observables prices, the input prices will be based on brokers’ quotes. The prices are usually calculated as a base rate plus a spread. For Local Bonds it was determined to apply a 10% impact on the price. The 10% impact is considered reasonable, taking into account the market performance of these instruments and comparing it against the bid/offer adjustment that is provisioned by these instruments.


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44.Fair Value of Financial Assets and Liabilities, continued:

 

(e)Other assets and liabilities:

 

The following table summarizes the fair values of the Bank’s main financial assets and liabilities that are not recorded at fair value in the Consolidated Statement of Financial Position. The values shown in this note are not attempt to estimate the value of the Bank’s income-generating assets, nor forecast their future behavior. The estimated fair value is as follows:

 

   Book Value   Estimated Fair Value 
   2024   2023   2024   2023 
   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$ 
                 
Assets                
Cash and due from banks   2,699,076    2,464,648    2,699,076    2,464,648 
Transactions in the course of collection   372,456    415,505    372,456    415,505 
Subtotal   3,071,532    2,880,153    3,071,532    2,880,153 
Financial assets at amortized cost:                    
Rights from resale agreements and securities lending   87,291    71,822    87,291    71,822 
Debt financial instruments   944,074    1,431,083    892,550    1,368,416 
Loans and advances to Banks:                    
Domestic banks   299,888        299,888     
Central Bank of Chile       2,100,933        2,100,933 
Foreign banks   366,927    418,247    366,245    412,662 
Subtotal   1,698,180    4,022,085    1,645,974    3,953,833 
Loans to customers, net:                    
Commercial loans   19,724,933    19,624,909    19,561,279    19,193,778 
Residential mortgage loans   13,180,186    12,269,148    13,000,178    11,656,071 
Consumer loans   5,183,917    4,937,679    5,247,985    5,025,163 
Subtotal   38,089,036    36,831,736    37,809,442    35,875,012 
Total   42,858,748    43,733,974    42,526,948    42,708,998 
                     
Liabilities                    
Transactions in the course of payment   283,605    356,871    283,605    356,871 
Financial liabilities at amortized cost:                    
Current accounts and other demand deposits   14,263,303    13,321,660    14,263,303    13,321,660 
Saving accounts and time deposits   14,168,703    15,365,562    14,170,156    15,363,772 
Obligations by repurchase agreements and securities lending   109,794    157,173    109,794    157,173 
Borrowings from financial institutions   1,103,468    5,360,715    1,071,097    5,152,776 
Debt financial instruments issued:                    
Letters of credit for residential purposes   849    1,433    946    1,533 
Letters of credit for general purposes   1    11    1    12 
Bonds   9,689,219    9,358,621    9,596,699    9,090,188 
Other financial obligations   284,479    339,305    284,479    339,327 
Subtotal   39,619,816    43,904,480    39,496,475    43,426,441 
Financial instruments of regulatory capital issued:                    
Subordinate bonds   1,068,879    1,039,814    1,057,509    1,035,801 
Total   40,972,300    45,301,165    40,837,589    44,819,113 

 

Other financial assets and liabilities not measured at their fair value, but for which a fair value is estimated, even if not managed based on such value, include assets and liabilities such as placements, deposits and other time deposits, debt issued, and other financial assets and obligations with different maturities and characteristics. The fair value of these assets and liabilities is calculated using the Discounted Cash Flow model and the use of various data sources such as yield curves, credit risk spreads, etc. In addition, due to some of these assets and liabilities are not traded on the market, periodic reviews and analyzes are required to determine the suitability of the inputs and determined fair values.

 

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44.Fair Value of Financial Assets and Liabilities, continued:

 

(f)Levels of other assets and liabilities:

 

The following table shows the estimated fair value of financial assets and liabilities not valued at their fair value, as of December 31, 2024 and 2023:

 

  

Level 1

Estimated Fair Value

  

Level 2

Estimated Fair Value

  

Level 3

Estimated Fair Value

  

Total

Estimated Fair Value

 
   2024   2023   2024   2023   2024   2023   2024   2023 
   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$ 
                                 
Assets                                
Cash and due from banks   2,699,076    2,464,648                    2,699,076    2,464,648 
Transactions in the course of collection   372,456    415,505                    372,456    415,505 
Subtotal   3,071,532    2,880,153                    3,071,532    2,880,153 
Financial assets at amortized cost:                                        
Rights from resale agreements and securities lending   87,291    71,822                    87,291    71,822 
Debt financial instruments   892,550    1,368,416                    892,550    1,368,416 
Loans and advances to Banks:                                        
Domestic banks   299,888                        299,888     
Central Bank of Chile       2,100,933                        2,100,933 
Foreign banks                   366,245    412,662    366,245    412,662 
Subtotal   1,279,729    3,541,171            366,245    412,662    1,645,974    3,953,833 
Loans to customers, net:                                        
Commercial loans                   19,561,279    19,193,778    19,561,279    19,193,778 
Residential mortgage loans                   13,000,178    11,656,071    13,000,178    11,656,071 
Consumer loans                   5,247,985    5,025,163    5,247,985    5,025,163 
Subtotal                   37,809,442    35,875,012    37,809,442    35,875,012 
Total   4,351,261    6,421,324            38,175,687    36,287,674    42,526,948    42,708,998 
                                         
Liabilities                                        
Transactions in the course of payment   283,605    356,871                    283,605    356,871 
Financial liabilities at amortized cost:                                        
Current accounts and other demand deposits   14,263,303    13,321,660                    14,263,303    13,321,660 
Saving accounts and time deposits                   14,170,156    15,363,772    14,170,156    15,363,772 
Obligations by repurchase agreements and securities lending   109,794    157,173                    109,794    157,173 
Borrowings from financial institutions                   1,071,097    5,152,776    1,071,097    5,152,776 
Debt financial instruments issued:                                        
Letters of credit for residential purposes           946    1,533            946    1,533 
Letters of credit for general purposes           1    12            1    12 
Bonds           9,596,699    9,090,188            9,596,699    9,090,188 
Other financial obligations                   284,479    339,327    284,479    339,327 
Subtotal   14,373,097    13,478,833    9,597,646    ,091,733    15,525,732    20,855,875    39,496,475    43,426,441 
Financial instruments of regulatory capital issued:                                        
Subordinate bonds                   1,057,509    1,035,801    1,057,509    1,035,801 
Total   14,656,702    13,835,704    9,597,646    9,091,733    16,583,241    21,891,676    40,837,589    44,819,113 

 

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44.Fair Value of Financial Assets and Liabilities, continued:

 

(f)Levels of other assets and liabilities, continued:

 

The Bank determines the fair value of these assets and liabilities according to the following:

 

·Short-term assets and liabilities: For assets and liabilities with short-term maturity, it is assumed that the book values approximate to their fair value. This assumption is applied to the following assets and liabilities:

 

  Assets:   Liabilities:
       
  - Cash and deposits in banks   - Current accounts and other demand deposits
  - Transactions in the course of collection   - Transactions in the course of payments
  - Investment under resale agreements and securities loans   - Obligations under repurchase agreements and securities loans
  - Loans and advance to domestic banks (including the Central Bank of Chile)      

 

·Loans to Customers and Advances to foreign banks: Fair value is determined by using the discounted cash flow model and internally generated discount rates, based on internal transfer rates derived from our internal transfer price process. Once the present value is determined, we deduct the related loan loss allowances in order to incorporate the credit risk associated with each contract or loan. As we use internally generated parameters for valuation purposes, we categorize these instruments in Level 3.

 

·Debt financial instruments at amortized cost: The fair value is calculated with the methodology of the Stock Exchange, using the IRR observed in the market. Because the instruments that are in this category correspond to Treasury Bonds that are Benchmark, they are classified in Level 1.

 

·Letters of Credit and Bonds: In order to determine the present value of contractual cash flows, we apply the discounted cash flow model by using market interest rates that are available in the market, either for the instruments under valuation or instruments with similar features that fit valuation needs in terms of currency, maturities and liquidity. The market interest rates are obtained from third party price providers widely used by the market. As a result of the valuation technique and the quality of inputs (observable) used for valuation, we categorize these financial liabilities in Level 2.

 

·Saving Accounts, Time Deposits, Borrowings from Financial Institutions (including the Central Bank of Chile), Subordinated Bonds and Other borrowings financial: The discounted cash flow model is used to obtain the present value of committed cash flows by applying a bucket approach and average adjusted discount rates that derived from both market rates for instruments with similar features and our internal transfer price process. As we use internally generated parameters and/or apply significant judgmental analysis for valuation purposes, we categorize these financial liabilities in Level 3.

 

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45.Maturity according to their remaining Terms of Financial Assets and Liabilities:

 

The table below details the main financial assets and liabilities grouped in accordance with their remaining maturity, including capitals and accrued interest as of December 31, 2024 and 2023. As these are for trading and Financial instrument at fair value through other comprehensive income are included at their fair value:

 

   December 2024 
   Demand   Up to 1 month   Over 1 month and
up to 3 months
   Over 3 month and
up to 12 months
   Subtotal up to
1 year
   Over 1 year and
up to 3 years
   Over 3 year and
up to 5 years
  

Over

5 years

   Subtotal over
1 year
   Total 
  MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$ 
Assets                                        
Cash and due from banks   2,699,076                2,699,076                    2,699,076 
Transactions in the course of collection       372,456            372,456                    372,456 
Financial assets held for trading at fair value through profit or loss:                                                  
Derivative contracts financial       87,403    120,813    465,718    673,934    540,872    405,243    683,304    1,629,419    2,303,353 
Debt financial instruments       1,714,381            1,714,381                    1,714,381 
Others       411,689            411,689                    411,689 
Financial assets at fair value through other comprehensive income       123,164    250,542    683,008    1,056,714    196,319    590,462    244,850    1,031,631    2,088,345 
Derivative contracts financial for hedging purposes               4,783    4,783    25,936    15,741    27,499    69,176    73,959 
Financial assets at amortized cost:                                                  
Rights from resale agreements and securities lending       55,295    31,242    754    87,291                    87,291 
Debt financial instruments (*)           16,833        16,833    477,895    131,070    318,311    927,276    944,109 
Loans and advances to Banks (**)       398,512    57,306    211,885    667,703                    667,703 
Loans to customers, net (**)       5,344,299    2,853,497    7,464,859    15,662,655    6,849,850    4,175,945    12,186,670    23,212,465    38,875,120 
Total financial assets   2,699,076    8,507,199    3,330,233    8,831,007    23,367,515    8,090,872    5,318,461    13,460,634    26,869,967    50,237,482 

 

   December 2024 
   Demand   Up to 1 month   Over 1 month and
up to 3 months
   Over 3 month and
up to 12 months
   Subtotal up to
1 year
   Over 1 year and
up to 3 years
   Over 3 year and
up to 5 years
  

Over

5 years

   Subtotal over
1 year
   Total 
  MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$ 
Liabilities                                        
Transactions in the course of payment       283,605            283,605                    283,605 
Financial liabilities held for trading at fair value through profit or loss:                                                  
Derivative contracts financial       80,209    103,327    450,350    633,886    674,660    475,577    660,683    1,810,920    2,444,806 
Others       580            580    410            410    990 
Derivative contracts financial for hedging purposes               10,741    10,741    241    28,906    101,152    130,299    141,040 
Financial liabilities at amortized cost:                                                  
Current accounts and other demand deposits   14,263,303                14,263,303                    14,263,303 
Saving accounts and time deposits (***)       9,029,159    2,636,427    2,073,931    13,739,517    53,594    452    547    54,593    13,794,110 
Obligations by repurchase agreements and securities lending       109,214    65    515    109,794                    109,794 
Borrowings from financial institutions       7,945    161,196    783,552    952,693    150,775            150,775    1,103,468 
Debt financial instruments issued:                                                  
Letters of credit       138    140    161    439    40    86    285    411    850 
Bonds       4,451    134,852    1,033,995    1,173,298    2,577,932    2,043,457    3,894,532    8,515,921    9,689,219 
Other financial obligations       284,479            284,479                    284,479 
Lease liabilities       2,252    4,728    19,046    26,026    36,552    18,746    10,105    65,403    91,429 
Financial instruments of regulatory capital issued       1,815        112,095    113,910    13,514    11,365    930,090    954,969    1,068,879 
Total financial liabilities   14,263,303    9,803,847    3,040,735    4,484,386    31,592,271    3,507,718    2,578,589    5,597,394    11,683,701    43,275,972 
                                                   
Mismatch   (11,564,227)   (1,296,648)   289,498    4,346,621    (8,224,756)   4,583,154    2,739,872    7,863,240    15,186,266    6,961,510 

 

(*)These balances are presented without deduction of impairment, wich amount to Ch$35 million.
(**)These balances are presented without deduction of their respective provisions, which amount to Ch$786,084 million for loans to customers and Ch$888 million for borrowings from financial institutions.
(***)Excludes term saving accounts, which amount to Ch$374,593 million.

 

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45.Maturity according to their remaining Terms of Financial Assets and Liabilities, continued:

 

   December 2023 
   Demand   Up to 1 month   Over 1 month and
up to 3 months
   Over 3 month and
up to 12 months
   Subtotal up to
1 year
   Over 1 year and
up to 3 years
   Over 3 year and
up to 5 years
  

Over

5 years

   Subtotal over
1 year
   Total 
  MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$ 
Assets                                        
Cash and due from banks  2,464,648            2,464,648               2,464,648 
Transactions in the course of collection       415,505            415,505                    415,505 
Financial assets held for trading at fair value through profit or loss:                                                  
Derivative contracts financial       56,847    130,507    309,218    496,572    560,641    314,649    663,514    1,538,804    2,035,376 
Debt financial instruments       3,363,624            3,363,624                    3,363,624 
Others       409,328            409,328                    409,328 
Financial assets at fair value through other comprehensive income       180,968    721,297    1,790,913    2,693,178    257,310    478,175    357,862    1,093,347    3,786,525 
Derivative contracts financial for hedging purposes               14,321    14,321    1,530    21,062    12,152    34,744    49,065 
Financial assets at amortized cost:                                                  
Rights from resale agreements and securities lending       61,005    10,322    495    71,822                    71,822 
Debt financial instruments (*)               507,261    507,261    478,818    128,728    316,334    923,880    1,431,141 
Loans and advances to Banks (**)       2,216,942    73,506    229,483    2,519,931                    2,519,931 
Loans to customers, net (**)       5,428,312    2,587,416    6,993,529    15,009,257    7,092,458    3,965,966    11,533,023    22,591,447    37,600,704 
Total financial assets   2,464,648    12,132,531    3,523,048    9,845,220    27,965,447    8,390,757    4,908,580    12,882,885    26,182,222    54,147,669 

 

   December 2023 
   Demand   Up to 1 month   Over 1 month and
up to 3 months
   Over 3 month and
up to 12 months
   Subtotal up to
1 year
   Over 1 year and
up to 3 years
   Over 3 year and
up to 5 years
  

Over

5 years

   Subtotal over
1 year
   Total 
  MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$ 
Liabilities                                        
Transactions in the course of payment       356,871            356,871                    356,871 
Financial liabilities held for trading at fair value through profit or loss:                                                  
Derivative contracts financial       57,324    141,764    319,273    518,361    566,762    431,076    680,722    1,678,560    2,196,921 
Others       2,160    126        2,286    19            19    2,305 
Derivative contracts financial for hedging purposes                       20,505    3,189    136,908    160,602    160,602 
Financial liabilities at amortized cost:                                                  
Current accounts and other demand deposits   13,321,660                13,321,660                    13,321,660 
Saving accounts and time deposits (***)       10,037,240    3,459,981    1,450,857    14,948,078    60,622    595    542    61,759    15,009,837 
Obligations by repurchase agreements and securities lending       157,015    158        157,173                    157,173 
Borrowings from financial institutions       44,387    65,902    5,091,283    5,201,572    159,143            159,143    5,360,715 
Debt financial instruments issued                                                  
Letters of credit       175    282    416    873    171    80    320    571    1,444 
Bonds       52,443    186,629    956,608    1,195,680    2,138,820    2,075,249    3,948,872    8,162,941    9,358,621 
Other financial obligations       339,293        12    339,305                    339,305 
Lease liabilities       2,181    4,314    16,655    23,150    35,619    27,835    14,876    78,330    101,480 
Financial instruments of regulatory capital issued       1,472        113,256    114,728    18,826    10,216    896,044    925,086    1,039,814 
Total financial liabilities   13,321,660    11,050,561    3,859,156    7,948,360    36,179,737    3,000,487    2,548,240    5,678,284    11,227,011    47,406,748 
                                                   
Mismatch   (10,857,012)   1,081,970    (336,108)   1,896,860    (8,214,290)   5,390,270    2,360,340    7,204,601    14,955,211    6,740,921 

 

(*)These balances are presented without deduction of impairment, wich amount to Ch$58 million.
(**)These balances are presented without deduction of their respective provisions, which amount to Ch$768,968 million for loans to customers and Ch$751 million for borrowings from financial institutions.
(***)Excludes term saving accounts, which amount to Ch$355,725 million.

 

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46.Financial and Non-Financial Assets and Liabilities by Currency:

 

As of December 31, 2024  CLP   CLF   FX Indexation   USD   COP   GBP   EUR   CHF   JPY   CNY   Others   TOTAL 
   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$ 
Assets                                                
Financial assets   21,227,721    22,318,337    171,396    5,307,621        35,762    280,162    62,903    18,750    5,462    22,361    49,450,475 
Non-Financial assets   2,153,271    49,318    11,699    429,341            1,273                64    2,644,966 
Total Assets   23,380,992    22,367,655    183,095    5,736,962        35,762    281,435    62,903    18,750    5,462    22,425    52,095,441 
                                                             
Liabilities                                                            
Financial liabilities   25,758,304    10,716,291    176    5,624,828        6,837    297,367    170,907    230,051        845,804    43,650,565 
Non-Financial liabilities   2,143,825    373,949    1,252    299,241        26    3,375    2    34        171    2,821,875 
Total Liabilities   27,902,129    11,090,240    1,428    5,924,069        6,863    300,742    170,909    230,085        845,975    46,472,440 
                                                             
Mismatch of Financial Assets and Liabilities (*)   (4,530,583)   11,602,046    171,220    (317,207)       28,925    (17,205)   (108,004)   (211,301)   5,462    (823,443)   5,799,910 

 

(*)This value does not consider non-financial assets and liabilities and the notional values of derivative instruments, which are disclosed at fair value.

 

As of December 31, 2023  CLP   CLF   FX Indexation   USD   COP   GBP   EUR   CHF   JPY   CNY   Others   TOTAL 
   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$ 
Assets                                                
Financial assets   26,148,436    21,213,688    145,584    5,593,508        42,300    176,380    3,988    18,085    16,225    19,698    53,377,892 
Non-Financial assets   2,024,900    30,487    13,710    344,211        23    1,290    1            38    2,414,660 
Total Assets   28,173,336    21,244,175    159,294    5,937,719        42,323    177,670    3,989    18,085    16,225    19,736    55,792,552 
                                                             
Liabilities                                                            
Financial liabilities   29,851,084    10,433,590    278    6,018,902        9,951    195,818    291,397    226,389    5,716    729,348    47,762,473 
Non-Financial liabilities   2,184,491    350,671    721    252,956        47    3,811    6    12    5    74    2,792,794 
Total Liabilities   32,035,575    10,784,261    999    6,271,858        9,998    199,629    291,403    226,401    5,721    729,422    50,555,267 
                                                             
Mismatch of Financial Assets and Liabilities (*)   (3,702,648)   10,780,098    145,306    (425,394)       32,349    (19,438)   (287,409)   (208,304)   10,509    (709,650)   5,615,419 

 

(*)This value does not consider non-financial assets and liabilities and the notional values of derivative instruments, which are disclosed at fair value.

 

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47.Risk Management and Report:

 

(1)Introduction:

 

Banco de Chile seeks to maintain a risk profile that ensures the sustainable growth that is aligned with its strategic objectives, maximizing value creation and guarantee its long-term solvency. Global risk management takes into consideration the different business segments served by the Bank, being approached from a comprehensive and differentiated perspective.

 

Our risk management policies are established in order to identify and analyze the risks faced by the Bank, set appropriate risk limits, alerts and controls, monitor risks and compliance with limits and alerts in order to carry out the necessary action plans. Through its administration policies and procedures, the Bank develops a disciplined and constructive control environment. Policies as well as risk management standards, procedures and systems are regularly reviewed, and with strict adherence to compliance with the current regulatory framework.

 

For this, the Bank has teams with extensive experience and knowledge in each area associated with risks, ensuring comprehensive and consolidated management of the same, including the Bank and its subsidiaries.

 

(a)Risk Management Structure

 

Credit, Market and Operational Risk Management are at all levels of the Organization, with a Corporate Governance structure that recognizes the relevance of the different risk areas that exist.

 

The Bank’s Board of Directors as the maximum authority is responsible for establishing risk policies, the Risk Appetite Framework, and the guidelines for the measurement criteria and follow up of risks. Also, it approves the risk limits and contingency plans for each of the risks. Moreover, it approves the following policies: Credit risk policy, policy for complex products and services, operational risk policy, business continuation policy, outsourcing policy, market risk policy and liquidity risk policy.

 

Likewise, it approves the provision models, Additional Provisions Policy and pronounces annually on the sufficient provisions. Additionally, approves the policy of capital management for the monitoring, control, administration and the management of the bank´s capital. Also, it ratifies the strategies, functional structure and comprehensive management model of Operational Risk and guarantees the consistency of this model with the Bank’s strategy and proper implementation of the model in the organization. Along with this, it has approved the risk management policy of the model together with the development framework, validation and follow up of the models. Furthermore it establishes the Subsidiary Risk Control Policy, describing the supervision scheme that the Bank applies to the relevant subsidiaries to control the risks that affect them. For its part, the Administration is responsible both for the establishment of standards and associated procedures as well as for the control and compliance with the disposed by the Board of Directors, ensuring that there is consistency between the criteria applied by the Bank and its subsidiaries, maintaining strict coordination at the corporate level and informing the Board of Directors in the defined instances.

 

The Bank’s Corporate Governance considers the active participation of the Board, acting directly or through different committees made up of Directors and Senior Management. It is permanently informed and becomes aware of the evolution of the different risk management areas, participating through its Finance, International and Financial Risk, Credit, Portfolio Risk Committee, Higher Committee of Operational Risk and Capital Management, in which the status of credit, market and operational risks and the Bank’s capital management are reviewed.

 

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In addition to the Directors’ Committees, the Bank’s Administration has the Technical Committee for the Supervision of Internal Models, the Model Risk Management Committee and the Operational Risk Committee, related to specific matters.

 

The following sections describe the different committees of Directors and Administration mentioned.

 

Risk Management is developed by the Corporate Risk Division, which by having highly experienced and specialized teams, together with a solid regulatory framework, allows for optimal and effective management of the matters they address.

 

It should be noted that in August 2024, the Corporate Risk Division was established, which consolidates the previous risk divisions that existed in the bank. The division contributes to providing effective governance to the Corporation’s main risks, with a focus on optimizing the risk-return relationship, ensuring business continuity and generating a robust risk culture, identifying potential losses derived from the non-compliance of counterparties, movements in market factors or the lack of adequacy of processes, people or systems, contributing comprehensively to capital management.

 

Likewise, it continually manages risk knowledge from a comprehensive approach, in order to contribute to the business anticipating threats that may damage the solvency and quality of the portfolio, promoting a unique risk culture towards the Corporation through training and permanent education.

 

Within this Division, the Bank’s risk functions are integrated as follows, ensuring, at the same time, the correct segregation of functions and independence:

 

-Market Risk: Is responsible for developing the function of measuring, limiting, controlling and reporting market risk, along with defining valuation standards and managing the Bank’s assets and liabilities. Moreover, this management is responsible for taking care of the compliance of market risk management policies, liquidity management, investment in debt instruments approved by the board and to communicate promptly the status of market risks in detail accordingly.

 

-Wholesale Credit Risk Admission: is responsible for managing, resolving and controlling the approval process of businesses related to the Wholesale segment portfolio, including specific sectors and products for this portfolio, ensuring coherence, compliance and consistency of policies. of credit risk both in the bank and in its subsidiaries.

 

-Retail Admission, Regulations and Risk Transformation: Responsible for defining the credit risk management framework, both for reactive and proactive retail origination, within the defined regulatory scope and risk appetite established by the Bank. Also, the maintenance and implementation of all credit risk strategies associated with the automatic evaluation.

 

Manages the regulatory body, policies, standards and procedures of credit risk, adapting the established requirements and processes, for all segments transversally in the Bank. Likewise, it carries out reviews of the quality of the credit process applied to retail banks and the continuous training of executives.

 

-Special Asset Management: is responsible for the collection of credits from all of the Bank’s customer segments, with differentiated management in accordance with institutional policies.

 

In addition, it is responsible for managing the sale of assets recovered by the Bank, coming from credit recovery processes.

 

-Risk Management Monitoring, Reporting and Control: is responsible for managing and controlling Credit Risk, especially through monitoring the main portfolio indicators and in-depth analysis of situations and scenarios of special attention, timely detecting problems that may affect certain products, debtors or sectors, with the aim of minimizing the risk assumed and anticipating situations that could lead to credit losses.

 

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Likewise, it manages risk information and provides it to the different government bodies and interested areas for decision-making and contributes to providing effective governance to the Corporate Risk Division projects, ensuring regulatory compliance and the correct execution of the projects. themselves, as well as being responsible for the management control of the Corporate Risk Division.

 

-Risk Models: is responsible for developing, maintaining and updating credit risk models, whether for regulatory or management uses, in accordance with local and international regulations, determining the functional specifications and the most appropriate statistical techniques for the development of the required models. These models are immersed in the measurement and management of model risk carried out by the Model Risk and Internal Control Management, and presented to the corresponding government bodies, such as the Technical Committee for the Supervision of Internal Models, the Portfolio Risk Committee or the Board of Directors, as appropriate.

 

Additionally, this Area is responsible for managing the process of calculating provisions for credit risk, ensuring the correct execution of the processes and analysis of the results obtained.

 

-Model Risk and Internal Control: Its purpose is to manage the risks associated with models and processes, for this it is supported by the functions of model validation and monitoring, model risk management, and internal control.

 

Conducts an independent review, evaluating the quality of the data, modeling techniques, compliance with regulatory provisions, its insertion within the institution and existing documentation. It monitors the performance of the models and monitors each stage of the life cycle of the models within its scope, with the final purpose of generating mechanisms that allow it to measure and manage the level of model risk to which the Bank is exposed.

 

Finally, the internal control function has the responsibility of carrying out an evaluation of the design and operational effectiveness of controls, to comply with regulatory requirements.

 

-Global Control: Address the operational risk environment and continuity of the business. This management is responsible for managing and supervising the application of policies, standards and procedures in each of the areas within the Bank and Subsidiaries. In relation to the area of Operational Risk, it is in charge for guaranteeing the identification and efficient management of operational risks and promoting a risk culture to prevent financial losses and improve the quality of processes, proposing continuous improvements to risk management, aligned with regulatory requirements of Basel III and business objectives.

 

As part of the Global Control Management, there is the Business Continuity Management, which is responsible for managing, controlling and administering recovery strategies in the event of contingency situations, and is also responsible for maintaining the crisis governance model, sustains the continuity of services and related critical operations to the Bank’s payment chain, through a comprehensive and resilient model that includes plans and controlled tests in order to reduce the impact of disruptive events that may affect the bank. Additionally, there is the role and responsibilities of the Information Security Officer (ISO), with an independent function in charge of designing and implementing through monitoring of realized tasks of the organizational units responsible for the information security, cybersecurity and technological risks.

 

Additionally, the Bank has the Cybersecurity Division, which is responsible for defining, implementing and reporting the progress of the Strategic Cybersecurity Plan in line with the Bank’s business strategy, with one of its main focuses being to protect internal information, of its clients and collaborators.

 

This Division is made up of the Cybersecurity Engineering and Architecture Management, the Cyber Defense Management and the Technological Risk and Cyber Intelligence Management. The Cybersecurity Management and Subsidiaries Control Department is also part of the division, as a control unit. Section 5 of this Note describes the responsibilities of the indicated Managements.

 

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47.Risk Management and Report, continued:

 

Committees of Directors and Bank Administration

 

(i) Finance, International and Financial Risk Committee

 

In general terms, the objectives of this committee are to monitor and continuously review the liquidity status and, trends in the most important financial positions, as well as the their associated results, and and their price and liquidity risks that will be generated. Some of its specific functions include, the review of the proposal to the Board of Directors of the Risk Appetite Framework (RAF), the Financing Plan and the structure of limits and alerts for price and liquidity risks, reviewing and approving the Comprehensive Risk Measurement (CRM) for subsequent due review in the Capital Management Committee and later approval by the Board of Directors, the design of policies and procedures related to the establishment of limits and alerts for price risk and liquidity risk; reviewing the evolution of financial positions and market risks; monitoring limit excesses and alert activations; ensuring adequate identification of risk factors in financial positions; ensuring that the price and liquidity risk management guidelines in the Bank’s subsidiaries are consistent with those of the latter, and that these are reflected in their own policies and procedures.

 

(ii) Credit Committees

 

The credit approval process is done mainly through various credit committees, which are composed of qualified professionals and with the sufficient attributions to take decisions required.

 

Each committee defines the terms and conditions under which the Bank accepts counterparty risks and the Corporate Risk Division participate independently and autonomously of the commercial areas. They are constituted according to the commercial segments and the amounts to approve and have different meeting periodicities.

 

Within the risk management structure of the Bank, the maximum approval instance is the Credit Committee of Directors. Its functions are to resolve all credit transactions associated with customers and economic groups with approved lines of credit in excess of UF750,000, and to approve all credit transactions where the bank’s internal regulations require approval from this Committee, except for any special powers delegated by the board to management.

 

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(iii) Portfolio Risk Committee

 

The Portfolio Risk Committee must understand the composition, concentration and risks attached to the bank’s loan portfolio, from a global, sectoral and business unit perspective, review and approve the comprehensive risk measurement (CRM) and the Credit Risk Appetite Framework (RAF) in the area of credit risk; It must review the main debtors, their delinquency, past-due portfolio and impairment indicators, together with the write-offs and loan portfolio provisions for each segment. It must propose differentiated management strategies, as well as analyzing and agreeing on the and analyze credit policy proposals that will be approved by theto be approved by the board of directors. This committee also reviews and ratifies the approvals of management models and methodologies Also, this committee is responsible for reviewing and ratifying the approvals of management models and methodologies previously carried out by the Technical Committee for the Supervision of Internal Models, as well as proposing the regulatory models and methodologies for final approval by the Board of Directors.

 

(iv) Senior Operational Risk

 

The Senior Operational Risk Committee makes any necessary changes to the processes, controls and information systems that support the bank’s transactions, in order to mitigate operational risks, and assure that areas can appropriately manage and control these risks.

 

This committee has many functions dedicated to supervising appropriate operational risk management at the bank and its subsidiaries, and for implementing the policies, standards and methods associated with the bank’s comprehensive operational risk management model. It plans initiatives to develop it and publishes them throughout the bank. It promotes a culture of operational risk management within the bank and its subsidiaries; review and approve the comprehensive risk measurement regarding Operational Risk. It approves the bank’s operational risk appetite framework; ensures compliance with the current regulatory framework, in matters that are limited to Operational Risk; become aware of the main frauds, incidents, events and their root causes, impacts and corrective measures accordingly; ensure the long-term solvency of the organization (business continuity plans, informations security and cybersecurity, controls, among others), avoiding risk factors that may jeopardize the continuity of the Bank. To decide about new products and services, and to verify the consistency of the operational risk management policies, business continuation, information security and cyber security across the bank’s subsidiaries, monitors their compliance, and reviews operational risk management at subsidiaries; become aware of the level of risk to which the bank is exposed in its outsourced services, sanction the selection of the model to carry out stress tests and scenario selection methodologies and evaluate the results, among others.

 

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(v) Capital Management Committee

 

The main purpose of this committee is to assess, monitor and review capital adequacy in accordance with the principles in the bank’s capital management policy and its risk framework, to ensure that capital resources are adequately managed, the CMF’s principles are respected, and the bank’s medium-term sustainability.

 

(vi) Technical Committee for the Supervision of Internal Models

 

Among other functions, this committee must ensure compliance with the main guidelines to be used for the construction of models; analyze the adopted criteria and review and approve methodologies associated with non-regulatory models, which must be submitted to the Portfolio Risk Committee for consideration, for final ratification; In the case of regulatory models, this Committee is limited to its review, leaving approval in the hands of the Portfolio Risk Committee and subsequently the Board of Directors. He is also in charge of ensuring compliance with the model monitoring guidelines, which are also approved by the board of directors.

 

(vii) Model Risk Management Committee

 

Its main function is to establish and supervise the model risk management framework the corresponding at the institutional level. Among other matters, this committee reviews and discusses the identification and evaluation of model risk based on aggregate results, ensures the updating of the institutional inventory of institutional models and methodologies, and submits the Model Risk Management Policy to the Board of Directors for review and approval.

 

(viii) Operational Risk Committee

 

The committee is empowered to trigger the necessary changes in the processes, procedures, controls and information systems that support the operation of Banco de Chile, in order to mitigate its operational risks, ensuring that the different areas properly manage and control these risks.

 

Among the main functions of the Operational Risk Committee are: the development of the comprehensive operational risk management model, including the items regarding the security of the information, continuation of the business and the suppliers where it needs to ensure the implementation and/or updating the regulatory framework related to Policies and Statutes, plans and initiatives for the development of the model and its dissemination in the organization; promote a culture of operational risk management at all levels of the Bank; become aware of the results obtained in the comprehensive measurement of operational risk; review the operational risk appetite framework; ensure the current regulatory framework in matters that are limited to operational risk; review the level of exposure to operational risk of the Bank and the main risks to which it is exposed; become aware of the main frauds, incidents, operational events and their root causes, impacts and corrective measures as appropriate, as well as operational risk assessments; propose, agree on and/or prioritize strategies to mitigate the main operational risks; ensure the long-term solvency of the organization; (plans of continuation of the business, security of the information, controles, etc.),avoiding those factors that could endanger the continuation of the bank. ensure that Operational Risk policies are aligned with the Bank’s objectives and strategies; become aware of the level of risk to which the bank is exposed in its outsourced services, among others.

 

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(b)Internal Audit

 

The risk management processes of the entire Bank are permanently audited by the Internal Audit Area, which examines the sufficiency of the procedures and their compliance. Internal Audit discusses the results of all evaluations with the administration and reports its findings and recommendations to the Board of Directors through the Audit Committee.

 

(c)Measurement Methodology

 

Regarding to Credit Risk, provision levels and portfolio expenses are the basic measures for determining the credit quality of our portfolio.

 

Banco de Chile permanently evaluates its loan portfolio, timely recognizing the associated level of risk of the loan portfolio. To this end, there are guidelines for the generation of credit risk models, covering management models (reactive and proactive admission models and collection models), provision models (both under local regulations in accordance with the instructions issued by the CMF, as well as under IFRS criteria) and stress tests that are part of the Bank’s effective equity self-assessment process. The Board of Directors approves these guidelines and the models developed.

 

For the purposes of covering losses in the event of customers payment default, the Bank determines the level of provisions that must be established based on the following:

 

-Individual evaluation: mainly applies to the Bank’s portfolio of legal persons that, due to their size, complexity or indebtedness, requires a more detailed level of knowledge and a case-by-case analysis. Each debtor is assigned one of the 16 risk categories defined by the CMF, in order to establish the provisions in a timely and appropriate manner. The review of the portfolio risk classifications is carried out permanently considering the financial situation, payment behavior and the environment of each client.

 

-Group evaluation: mainly applies to the portfolio of natural persons and smaller companies. These assessments are carried out monthly through statistical models that allow estimating the level of provisions necessary to cover the portfolio risk; in the case of commercial and mortgage portfolios, these results are contrasted with the standard models provided by the regulator, with the resulting provision being the largest between both methods. The consistency analysis of the models is carried out through an independent validation of the unit that develops them and, subsequently, through the analysis of retrospective tests that allow to compare the real losses with the expected ones. In March 2024, the CMF issued the regulations that establish the Standardized Methodology for computing Provisions for Consumer Loans, whose provisions will come into force as of the accounting close of January 2025.

 

In order to validate the quality and robustness of the risk assessment processes, the Bank annually performs a test of the sufficiency of provisions for the total loan portfolio, thus verifying that the provisions established are sufficient to cover the losses that could derive from the credit operations granted. The result of this analysis is presented to the Board of Directors, who manifests itself on the sufficiency of the provisions in each fiscal year.

 

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Banco de Chile establishes additional provisions with the objective of protecting itself from the risk of unpredictable economic fluctuations that may affect the macroeconomic environment or the situation of a specific economic sector. At least once a year, the amount of additional provisions to be constituted or released is annually proposed to the Portfolio Risk Committee and subsequently to the Board of Directors for approval.

 

During the 2024, the Bank maintained without modifications the amount of additional provisions established.

 

The monitoring and control of risks are carried out mainly based on limits established by the Board of Directors. These limits reflect the Bank’s business and market strategy, as well as the level of risk that it is willing to accept, with additional emphasis on the selected industries.

 

The Bank develops its capital planning process in an integrated manner with its strategic planning, in line with the risks inherent to its activity, the economic and competitive environment, its business strategy, corporate values, as well as its governance, management and risk control. As part of the capital planning process and, in line with what is required by the regulator, Risk-Weighted Assets and stress tests are obtained in the dimensions of credit, market and operational risk, as well as the Comprehensive Measurement of financial and non-financial risks.

 

The Bank annually reviews and updates its Risk Appetite Framework, approved by the Board of Directors, that makes possible to identify, evaluate, measure, mitigate and control proactively and in advance all relevant risks that could materialize in the normal course of their business. To this end, the Bank uses different management tools and defines an adequate structure of alerts and limits, which are part of said Framework allowing it to constantly monitor the performance of different indicators and to implement timely corrective actions, in case those are needed. The result of these activities is part of the annual self-assessment report of effective equity approved by the Board of Directors and reported to the CMF

 

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(2)Credit Risk:

 

Credit risk considers the likelihood that the counterparty in the credit operation will not be able to fulfill its contractual obligation due to incapacity or financial insolvency, and this leads to a potential credit loss.

 

The Bank seeks an adequate risk-return relation and an appropriate balance of the risks assumed, through a permanent credit risk management considering the processes of admission, monitoring and recovery of the loans granted. Establishes the risk management framework for the different business segments it serves, responding to regulatory demands and commercial dynamism, being part of the digital transformation and contributing from a risk perspective to the various businesses addressed, through a vision of the portfolio that allows managing, resolving and controlling the business approval and monitoring process in an efficient and proactive manner.

 

In the business segments, the application of additional management processes is taken into consideration, to the extent required, for those financing requests that that will have a greater exposure to environmental and/or social risks.

 

The Bank integrates the socio-environmental criteria in its evaluations for the granting of financing destined to the development of projects, whether national or regional and that can generate an impact of this type, where they are executed. For the financing of projects, they must have the corresponding permits, authorizations, patents and studies, according to the impact they generate. In addition, the Bank has specialized units for serving large clients, through which the financing of project development is concentrated, including those of Public Works concessions that contemplate the construction of infrastructure, mining, electrical, real estate developments that can generate an environmental impact.

 

During 2024, progress was made in identifying the risks associated with climate change, generating heat maps for the individual portfolio, associated with exposure to Physical and Transition Risks. Likewise, within the framework of the development of the first National Taxonomy commanded by the Ministry of Finance, the Bank has advanced in the construction of a Classification Framework for Sustainable Financial Products and Services, with the objective of classifying the economic activities associated with said loans, using predefined selection criteria.

 

Credit policies and processes materialize in the following management principles, which are addressed with a specialized approach according to the characteristics of the different markets and segments served, recognizing the singularities of each one of them:

 

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1.Apply a rigorous evaluation in the admission process, based on established credit policies, standards and procedures, together with the availability of sufficient and accurate information. Thus, it corresponds to analyze the generation of flows and solvency of the client to meet their payment commitments and, when the characteristics of the operation merit it, must constitute adequate collateral that allow mitigating the risk incurred with the client.

 

2.Have permanent and robust portfolio tracking processes, through procedures and systems that alert both the potential signs of impairment of clients, with respect to the conditions of origin, and also the possible business opportunities with those that present a better payments quality and behavior.

 

3.To develop credit risk modeling guidelines, in regulatory aspects and management, for efficient decision-making at different stages of the credit process.

 

4.Have a collection structure with timely, agile and effective processes that allow management to be carried out in accordance with the different types of clients and the types of breaches that arise, always in strict adherence to the regulatory framework and the Bank’s reputational definitions.

 

5.Maintain an efficient administration in work teams organization, tools and availability of information that allow an optimal credit risk management.

 

Based on these management principles, the Corporate Risk Division contributes to the business and anticipates threats that may affect the solvency and quality of the portfolio, delivering timely responses to clients, maintaining the solid fundamentals that characterize the Bank’s portfolio in its different segments. and products.

 

The credit risk management process consists of the stages of Admission, Monitoring and Recovery or Collection for the retail and wholesale business segments served by the Bank.

 

(a)Admission:

 

In the retail segments, admission management is carried out mainly through a risk evaluation that uses scoring tools and an appropriate credit attribution model to approve each operation. These evaluations, for natural persons without a business line and clients in the SME segment, take into consideration the level of indebtedness, the payment capacity and the maximum acceptable exposure for the client, through information on payment behavior, indebtedness in the financial system and business and financial information, as applicable.

 

Additionally, the bank has proactive admission processes for a diverse portfolio of clients. These consist of mass evalution of clients through statistical models of eligibility and payment capacity, generating credit offers aligned with the strategies defined. This makes possible to have preapproved credit offers available through multiple channels taking into consideration the business plan and the relation between risk and return.

 

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While in the Wholesale segments, the management of admission is carried out through an individual analysis of the client and also the relationship with the rest of the entities of the same group that corresponds the client (if aplicable) is considered. This individual analysis or if aplicable analysis of the group, takes into consideration among other factors the capacity to generate cash, the financial situation with emphasize on the equity solvency, the levels of exposure, variables of the industry, evaluation of the shareholders and the management, the specific aspects of the operations like the structure and term of the financing, products and guarantees. The mentioned evaluation is supported by a rating model that permits greater homogeneity in the client analysis and their group.

 

There are also specialized areas of segments that by their nature need the knowledge of an expert, such as real estate, construction, agriculture, finance, international, among others. These experts support the preparation of the operations having certain tools designed to meet the needs of the specific characteristics of the businesses and their respective risks.

 

(b)Follow Up:

 

From granting a credit until it expires, it is necessary to have a follow up of the behaviour and financial situation of the debtor with emphasis on its payment capacity, as the situation of the client and associated risk change over time. The follow up is an action within the credit process that permits that the bank acts in a proactive way if any signs of impairment in the portfolio at global level are detected or if the capacity of the debtor to comply with its obligations is affected.

 

In order to properly follow up, methodologies and tools for diverse segments that the bank participates, have been developed, those then permit a proper management of its credit portfolio.

 

In the retails segments, the control and follow up concentrate on monitoring the main indicators of the portfolio and analysis of the groups, reported in the management reports, generating relevant information for the decisión making in different occasions defined. At the same time special follow ups are generated according to the relevants facts of the environment.

 

While in the wholesale segments, in a centralized way, a permanent follow up is carried out through management tools at individual level taking into consideration the business segments, economical sectors, based on the periodically updated client and industry information. Through this process the alarms are generated that guarantee the correct and prompt recognition of the risk in the portfolio of individuals. The specific conditions established in the admission at the moment of approval like the financial covenants, coverage of certain guarantees and others, are monitored.

 

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Additionally, in the admission area, simultaneous follow up tasks are carried out that permit the monitoring of the development of the operations from the beginning until recovering the capital, having as the objective to make sure that the portfolio´s risks are correctly and promptly identified, at the same time managing proactively the cases with higher risks.

 

(c)Recovery and collection:

 

The Bank has specific regulations related to customer collection and normalization, which ensure the quality of the portfolio in accordance with credit policies, and the desired risk appetite framework and strict adherence to the current regulatory framework. Through collection management, the clients with temporary cash flow problems are favored, debt normalization plans are proposed for viable clients, so that it is possible to maintain the relationship in the long term once their situation is regularized. The recovery of assets at risk is maximized and the necessary collection actions are carried out, in a timely manner, to ensure the recovery of debts or reduce the potential loss.

 

In the retail segments, the Bank defines refinancing criteria through the establishment of predefined renegotiation guidelines to resolve the debt issues of viable clients with payment intentions, maintaining an adequate risk-return relationship, along with the incorporation of robust tools to differentiated collection management, in accordance with institutional policies and with strict adherence to the current regulatory framework.

 

In the wholesale segments, when detecting clients that show signs of deterioration or non-compliance with any condition, the commercial area to which the client belongs, together with the Corporate Risk Division, establish action plans for their regularization. In those cases of greater complexity where specialized management is required, the Special Asset Management area, belonging to the Corporate Risk Division, is directly in charge of collection management, establishing action plans and negotiations based on the particular characteristics of each customer.

 

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(d)Portfolio Concentration:

 

The maximum exposure to credit risk, by client or counterparty, without taking into account guarantees or other credit enhancements as of December 31, 2024 and 2023, does not exceed 10% of the Bank’s effective equity.

 

The following tables show credit risk exposure per balance sheet item, including derivatives, detailed by both geographic region and industry sector as of December 31, 2024:

 

   Chile   United States   England   Brazil   Others   Total 
   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$ 
Financial Assets                        
                         
Cash and Due from Banks   1,928,373    652,953    20,508    8    97,234    2,699,076 
                               
Financial assets held for trading at fair value through profit or loss:                              
                               
Derivative contracts financial                              
Forwards (*)   161,046    4,215    30,380        32,029    227,670 
Swaps (**)   927,824    57,428    917,837        167,392    2,070,481 
Call Options   3,937        1,012            4,949 
Put Options   250        3            253 
Futures                        
Subtotal   1,093,057    61,643    949,232        199,421    2,303,353 
                               
Debt Financial Instruments                              
From the Chilean Government and Central Bank   1,495,457                    1,495,457 
Other debt financial instruments issued in Chile   217,948                    217,948 
Financial debt instruments issued Abroad       976                976 
Subtotal   1,713,405    976                1,714,381 
                               
Others Financial Instruments                              
Investments in mutual funds   408,121                    408,121 
Equity instruments   1,039                    1,039 
Others   1,930    599                2,529 
Subtotal   411,090    599                411,689 
                               
Financial Assets at fair value through other comprehensive income:                              
                               
Debt Financial Instruments                              
From the Chilean Government and Central Bank   660,777                    660,777 
Other debt financial instruments issued in Chile   1,375,630                    1,375,630 
Financial debt instruments issued Abroad       51,938                51,938 
Subtotal   2,036,407    51,938                2,088,345 
                               
Derivative contracts financial for hedging purposes                              
Forwards                        
Swaps       28,599    40,794        4,566    73,959 
Call Options                        
Put Options                        
Futures                        
Subtotal       28,599    40,794        4,566    73,959 
                               
Financial assets at amortized cost:                              
Rights from resale agreements and securities lending   87,291                    87,291 
                               
Debt Financial Instruments                              
From the Chilean Government and Central Bank   944,109                    944,109 
Subtotal   944,109                    944,109 
                               
Loans and advances to Banks                              
Central Bank of Chile                        
Domestic banks   300,042                    300,042 
Foreign Banks (***)               269,191    98,470    367,661 
Subtotal   300,042            269,191    98,470    667,703 
                               
Loans to Customers, Net                              
Commercial loans   19,985,358                119,870    20,105,228 
Residential mortgage loans   13,218,586                    13,218,586 
Consumer loans   5,551,306                    5,551,306 
Subtotal   38,755,250                119,870    38,875,120 

 

(*)Others includes: France Ch$28,892 million and Spain Ch$2,313 million.

 

(**)Others includes: France Ch$43,194 million, Spain Ch$31,437 million and Canada Ch$92,761 million.

 

(***)Others includes: China Ch$32,260 million and Netherlands Ch$26,931 million.

 

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   Central
Bank of Chile
   Government   Retail (Individuals)   Financial
Services
   Trade   Manufacturing   Mining   Electricity,
Gas and
Water
   Agriculture and
Livestock
   Fishing  

Transportation

and Telecom

   Construction   Services   Others   Total 
   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$ 
Cash and Due from Banks  1,036,476         1,662,600                                 2,699,076 
                                                             
Financial Assets held for trading at fair value through profit or loss:                                                            
Derivative contracts Financial                                                            
Forwards               199,429    3,890    13,094    200    2,394    5,024    315    1,183    638    1,503        227,670 
Swaps               1,972,003    1,079    7,970        13,947    23,613    1,756    37,459    7,758    4,896        2,070,481 
Call Options               1,182    1,036    1,159            1,483        76        13        4,949 
Put Options               90    137    26                                    253 
Futures                                                            
Subtotal               2,172,704    6,142    22,249    200    16,341    30,120    2,071    38,718    8,396    6,412        2,303,353 
                                                                            
Debt Financial Instruments                                                                           
From the Chilean Government and Central Bank   1,217,317    278,140                                                    1,495,457 
Other debt financial instruments issued in Chile               217,948                                            217,948 
Financial debt instruments issued Abroad               976                                            976 
Subtotal   1,217,317    278,140        218,924                                            1,714,381 
                                                                            
Others Financial Instruments                                                                           
Investments in mutual funds               408,121                                            408,121 
Equity instruments               1,039                                            1,039 
Others               2,529                                            2,529 
Subtotal               411,689                                            411,689 
                                                                            
Financial Assets at fair value through Other Comprehensive Income                                                                           
Debt Financial Instruments                                                                           
From the Chilean Government and Central Bank       660,777                                                    660,777 
Other debt financial instruments issued in Chile               1,342,558    5,202            11,315    11,503        5,052                1,375,630 
Financial debt instruments issued Abroad               51,938                                            51,938 
Subtotal       660,777        1,394,496    5,202            11,315    11,503        5,052                2,088,345 
                                                                            
Financial Derivative contracts for hedging purposes                                                                           
Forwards                                                            
Swaps               73,959                                            73,959 
Call Options                                                            
Put Options                                                            
Futures                                                            
Subtotal               73,959                                            73,959 
                                                                            
Financial assets at amortized cost (*)                                                                           
Rights from resale agreements               82,505                                    4,786        87,291 
                                                                            
Debt financial instruments                                                                           
From the Chilean Government and Central Bank       944,109                                                    944,109 
Subtotal       944,109                                                    944,109 
                                                                            
Loans and advances to Banks                                                                           
Central Bank of Chile                                                            
Domestic banks               300,042                                            300,042 
Foreign banks               367,661                                            367,661 
Subtotal               667,703                                            667,703 

 

(*)Economic activity of Loans and accounts receivable from customers disclosed in Note No. 13 g).

 

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47.Risk Management and Report, continued:

 

The following tables show credit risk exposure per balance sheet item, including derivatives, detailed by both geographic region and industry sector as of December 31, 2023:

 

   Chile   United States   England   Brazil   Others   Total 
   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$ 
Financial Assets                        
                         
Cash and Due from Banks   1,536,512    811,198    27,492    9    89,437    2,464,648 
                               
Financial assets held for trading at fair value through profit or loss:                              
                               
Derivative contracts financial                              
Forwards (*)   129,596    13,712    27,450        41,717    212,475 
Swaps (**)   739,444    59,478    856,718        162,515    1,818,155 
Call Options   1,939    248    955        293    3,435 
Put Options   542    70    654        45    1,311 
Futures                        
Subtotal   871,521    73,508    885,777        204,570    2,035,376 
                               
Debt Financial Instruments                              
From the Chilean Government and Central Bank   3,027,313                    3,027,313 
Other debt financial instruments issued in Chile   336,311                    336,311 
Financial debt instruments issued Abroad                        
Subtotal   3,363,624                    3,363,624 
                               
Others Financial Instruments                              
Investments in mutual funds   405,752                    405,752 
Equity instruments   2,058    485                2,543 
Others   844    145            44    1,033 
Subtotal   408,654    630            44    409,328 
                               
Financial Assets at fair value through other comprehensive income:                              
                               
Debt Financial Instruments                              
From the Chilean Government and Central Bank   1,837,652                    1,837,652 
Other debt financial instruments issued in Chile   1,741,665                    1,741,665 
Financial debt instruments issued Abroad       207,208                207,208 
Subtotal   3,579,317    207,208                3,786,525 
                               
Derivative contracts financial for hedging purposes                              
Forwards                        
Swaps       11,975    18,712        18,378    49,065 
Call Options                        
Put Options                        
Futures                        
Subtotal       11,975    18,712        18,378    49,065 
                               
Financial assets at amortized cost:                              
Rights from resale agreements and securities lending   71,822                    71,822 
                               
Debt Financial Instruments                              
From the Chilean Government and Central Bank   1,431,141                    1,431,141 
Subtotal   1,431,141                    1,431,141 
                               
Loans and advances to Banks                              
Central Bank of Chile   2,100,933                    2,100,933 
Domestic banks                        
Foreign Banks (***)           436    205,362    213,200    418,998 
Subtotal   2,100,933        436    205,362    213,200    2,519,931 
                               
Loans to Customers, Net                              
Commercial loans   19,969,857                21,257    19,991,114 
Residential mortgage loans   12,303,154                    12,303,154 
Consumer loans   5,306,436                    5,306,436 
Subtotal   37,579,447                21,257    37,600,704 

 

(*)Others includes: France Ch$33,034 million and Spain Ch$7 million.
(**)Others includes: France Ch$38,199 million and Spain Ch$31,881 million.
(***)Others includes: China Ch$109,229 million.

 

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47.Risk Management and Report, continued:

 

   Central Bank of Chile   Government   Retail (Individuals)   Financial Services   Trade   Manufacturing   Mining   Electricity, Gas and Water   Agriculture and Livestock   Fishing  

Transportation

and Telecom

   Construction   Services   Others   Total 
   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$ 
Cash and Due from Banks   590,426            1,874,222                                            2,464,648 
                                                                            
Financial Assets held for trading at fair value through profit or loss:                                                                           
Derivative contracts financial                                                                           
Forwards               124,644    15,853    6,396    132    1,834    3,529    3    1,074    1,589    57,421        212,475 
Swaps           243    1,739,380    2,610    10,797        15,664    3,848    2,609    24,116    14,914    3,974        1,818,155 
Call Options               1,899    422    252            834                28        3,435 
Put Options               809    277    212                            13        1,311 
Futures                                                            
Subtotal           243    1,866,732    19,162    17,657    132    17,498    8,211    2,612    25,190    16,503    61,436        2,035,376 
                                                                            
Debt Financial Instruments                                                                           
From the Chilean Government and Central Bank   2,799,442    227,871                                                    3,027,313 
Other debt financial instruments issued in Chile               336,311                                            336,311 
Financial debt instruments issued Abroad                                                            
Subtotal   2,799,442    227,871        336,311                                            3,363,624 
                                                                            
Others Financial Instruments                                                                           
Investments in mutual funds               405,752                                            405,752 
Equity instruments               2,543                                            2,543 
Others               1,033                                            1,033 
Subtotal               409,328                                            409,328 
                                                                            
Financial Assets at fair value through Other Comprehensive Income                                                                           
Debt Financial Instruments                                                                           
From the Chilean Government and Central Bank   473,642    1,364,010                                                    1,837,652 
Other debt financial instruments issued in Chile               1,457,305    17,791            12,507    7,277        4,837            241,948    1,741,665 
Financial debt instruments issued Abroad               207,208                                            207,208 
Subtotal   473,642    1,364,010        1,664,513    17,791            12,507    7,277        4,837            241,948    3,786,525 
                                                                            
Derivative contracts financial for hedging purposes                                                                           
Forwards                                                            
Swaps               49,065                                            49,065 
Call Options                                                            
Put Options                                                            
Futures                                                            
Subtotal               49,065                                            49,065 
                                                                            
Financial assets at amortized cost (*)                                                                           
Rights from resale agreements               71,420                                    402        71,822 
                                                                            
Debt financial instruments                                                                           
From the Chilean Government and Central Bank   507,261    923,880                                                    1,431,141 
Subtotal   507,261    923,880                                                    1,431,141 
                                                                            
Loans and advances to Banks                                                                           
Central Bank of Chile   2,100,933                                                        2,100,933 
Domestic banks                                                            
Foreign banks               418,998                                            418,998 
Subtotal   2,100,933            418,998                                            2,519,931 

 

(*)Economic activity of Loans and accounts receivable from customers disclosed in Note No. 13 g).

 

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47.Risk Management and Report, continued:

 

(e)Collaterals and Other Credit Enhancements:

 

The amount and type of collateral required depends on the counterparty’s credit risk assessment.

 

The Bank has guidelines regarding the acceptability of types of collateral and valuation parameters.

 

The main types of collateral obtained are:

 

For commercial loans: Residential and non-residential real estate, liens and inventory.

 

For retail loans: Mortgages loans on residential property.

 

The Bank also obtains collateral from parent companies for loans granted to their subsidiaries.

 

Management makes sure its collateral is acceptable according to both external standards and internal policies guidelines and parameters. The Bank has approximately 248,807 collateral assets as of December 31, 2024 (246,063 in December 2023), the majority of which consist of real estate. The following table contains guarantees value:

 

   Guarantee 
December 2024  Loans   Mortgages   Pledges   Securities   Warrants   Total 
   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$ 
Corporate Lending   15,278,242    3,985,392    137,504    559,132    1,345    4,683,373 
Small Business Lending   4,826,986    3,465,474    14,464    10,240        3,490,178 
Consumer Lending   5,551,306    387,195    552    2,500        390,247 
Mortgage Lending   13,218,586    12,711,594    120            12,711,714 
Total   38,875,120    20,549,655    152,640    571,872    1,345    21,275,512 

 

   Guarantee 
December 2023  Loans   Mortgages   Pledges   Securities   Warrants   Total 
   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$ 
Corporate Lending   15,149,334    4,157,394    204,423    610,957    3,503    4,976,277 
Small Business Lending   4,841,780    3,330,145    16,097    10,464        3,356,706 
Consumer Lending   5,306,436    363,923    607    2,633        367,163 
Mortgage Lending   12,303,154    11,743,317    114            11,743,431 
Total   37,600,704    19,594,779    221,241    624,054    3,503    20,443,577 

 

The Bank also uses mitigating tactics for credit risk on derivative transactions. To date, the following mitigating tactics are used:

 

Accelerating transactions and net payment using market values at the date of default of one of the parties.

 

Option for both parties to terminate early any transactions with a counterparty at a given date, using market values as of the respective date.

 

Margins established with time deposits by customers who have FX forwards with subsidiary Banchile Corredores de Bolsa S.A.

 

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47.Risk Management and Report, continued:

 

(e)Collaterals and Other Credit Enhancements, continued:

 

The value of the guarantees that the Bank maintains related to the loans individually classified as impaired as of December 31, 2024 and 2023 amounted Ch$183,021 million and Ch$140,371 million, respectively.

 

The value guarantees related to past due loans but no impaired as of December 31, 2024 and 2023 amounted Ch$521,142 million and Ch$459,858 million respectively.

 

(f)Credit Quality by Asset Class:

 

The Bank determines the credit quality of financial assets using internal credit ratings. The rating process is linked to the Bank’s approval and monitoring processes and is carried out in accordance with risk categories established by current standards. Credit quality is continuously updated based on any favorable or unfavorable developments to customers or their environments, considering aspects such as commercial and payment behavior as well as financial information.

 

The Bank also carries out reviews focused on companies that participate in specific economic sectors, which are affected either by macroeconomic variables or variables of the sector. In this way, it is possible to timely establish the necessary and sufficient level of provisions to cover the losses due to the eventual non-recoverability of the credits granted.

 

The credit quality by asset class for Consolidated Statements of Financial Position sheet items, based on the Bank’s credit rating system, is presented in Note No. 13 letter (d).

 

Below is the detail of the default but not impaired portfolio:

 

   Past due but no impaired (*) 
   1 to 29
days
   30 to 59 days   60 to 89 days   90 or more days 
   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$ 
                 
December 2024   837,159    207,787    62,454     
December 2023   729,515    201,364    65,003     

 

(*)These amounts include the overdue portion and the remaining balance of loans in default.

 

(g)Assets Received in Lieu of Payment:

 

The Bank has received assets in lieu of payment totaling Ch$32,929 million and Ch$21,396 million as of December 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively, the majority of which are properties. All of these assets are managed for sale.

 

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47.Risk Management and Report, continued:

 

(h)Renegotiated Assets:

 

The loans are presented as renegotiated in the balance sheet correspond to those in which the corresponding financial commitments have been restructured and the Bank assesses the probability of recovery as sufficiently high.

 

The following table details the book value of loans with renegotiated terms per financial asset class:

 

   2024   2023 
  MCh$   MCh$ 
Financial Assets        
Loans and advances to banks        
Central Bank of Chile        
Domestic banks        
Foreign banks        
Subtotal        
           
Loans to customers, net          
Commercial loans   484,156    445,462 
Residential mortgage loans   299,599    266,920 
Consumer loans   369,183    306,632 
Subtotal   1,152,938    1,019,014 
Total renegotiated financial assets   1,152,938    1,019,014 

 

(i)Compliance with credit limit granted to related debtors:

 

Below are detailed the figures for compliance with the credit limit granted to debtors related to the ownership or management of the Bank and subsidiaries, in accordance with the Article 84 No. 2 of the General Banking Law, which establishes that in no case the total of these credits may exceed the amount of its Total or Regulatory Capital:

 

   December
2024
   December
2023
 
   MCh$   MCh$ 
         
Total related debt   579,923    476,459 
Consolidated Total or Regulatory Capital   6,955,292    6,578,584 
Limit used %   8.34%   7.24%

 

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47.Risk Management and Report, continued:

 

(3)Market Risk:

 

Market Risk refers to the loss that the Bank could face due to a liquidity shortage to honor the payments, or to close financial transactions in a timely manner (Liquidity Risk), or due to adverse movements in the values of market variables (Risk Price). For its correct management, the guidelines of the Liquidity Risk Management Policy and the Market Risk Management Policy are considered, both are subject to review, at least annually, by the Market Risk Manager and approval by the Bank’s Board of Directors, at least annually.

 

a)Liquidity Risk:

 

Liquidity Risk Measurement and Limits

 

The Bank manages the Liquidity Risk in accordance with the established on the Liquidity Risk Management Policy, managing separately for each sub-category thereof; this is for Trading Liquidity Risk and Funding Liquidity Risk.

 

Trading Liquidity Risk is the inability to close, at current market prices, the financial positions opened mainly from the Trading Book (which is daily valued at market prices and the value differences instantly reflected in the Income Statement). This risk is controlled by establishing limits on the positions amounts of the Trading Book in accordance with what is estimated to be closed in a short time period. Additionally, the Bank incorporates a negative impact on the Income Statement whenever it considers that the size of a certain position in the Trading Book exceeds the reasonable amount, negotiated in the secondary markets, which would allow the exposure to be offset without altering market prices.

 

Funding Liquidity Risk refers to the Bank’s inability to obtain sufficient cash to meet its immediate obligations. This risk is managed by a minimum amount of highly liquid assets called liquidity buffer, and establishing limits and controls of internal metrics, among which the Market Access Report (“MAR”) stands out, which estimates the amount of funding that the Bank would need from wholesale financial counterparties, for the next 30 and 90 days in each of the relevant currencies of the balance sheet, to face a cash need as a result of the operation under business as usual conditions.

 

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47.Risk Management and Report, continued:

 

(3)Market Risk, continued:

 

(a)Liquidity Risk, continued:

 

The use as of December within 2024 is illustrated below (LCCY = local currency; FCCY = foreign currency):

 

  

MAR LCCY + FCCY

BCh$

  

MAR FCCY

MUS$

   1 - 30 days   1 - 90 days      1 - 30 days 
Maximum   2,776    4,487   Maximum   842 
Minimum   567    2,826   Minimum   (358)
Average   1,602    3,771   Average   191 

 

The Bank also monitors the amount of assets denominated in local currency that is funded by liabilities denominated in foreign currency, including all tenors and the cash flows generated by full delivery derivatives payments. This metric is referred to as Cross Currency Funding. The bank oversees and limits this amount in order to take precautions against not only Banco de Chile’s event but also against a systemic adverse environment generated by a country risk event that might trigger lack of foreign currency funding.

 

The use of Cross Currency Funding within the year 2024 is illustrated below:

 

  

Cross Currency Funding
MUS$

 
Maximum   1,471 
Minimum   112 
Average   737 

  

The Bank establishes thresholds that alert behaviors outside the expected ranges at a normal or prudent level of operation, in order to protect other dimensions of liquidity risk such as, for example, maturities concentration of fund providers, the diversification of sources of funds either by type of counterparty or type of product, among others.

 

The evolution over time of the statement of financial ratios of the Bank is monitored in order to detect structural changes in the characteristics of the balance sheet, such as those presented in the following table and whose relevant values of use during the year 2024 are shown below:

 

   Funding Financial Counterparties / Assets  

Deposits/

Loans

 
         
Maximum   35%   65%
Minimum   31%   60%
Average   33%   63%

 

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47.Risk Management and Report, continued:

 

(3)Market Risk, continued:

 

(a)Liquidity Risk, continued:

 

Additionally, some market index, prices and monetary decisions taken by the Central Bank of Chile are monitored to detect structural changes in market conditions that can trigger a liquidity shortage or even a financial crisis.

 

Furthermore, the Liquidity Risk Management Policy enforces to perform stress tests periodically which are controlled against potentially accessible action plans in each modeled scenario, according with the guidelines established in the Liquidity Contingency Plan. This process is essential in determining the liquidity risk appetite framework of the institution.

 

The Bank measures and controls the mismatch of cash flows under regulatory standards with the C46 index report, which represents the net cash flows expected over time as a result of the contractual maturity of almost all assets and liabilities. Additionally, the Commission for the Financial Market (hereinafter, “CMF”) authorized Banco de Chile, among others, to report the adjusted C46 index. This allows the Bank to report, in addition to the regular C46 index, outflow behavior assumptions of certain specific elements of the liability, such as demand deposits and time deposits. In addition, the regulator also requires some rollover assumptions for the loan portfolio.

 

To date, the CMF establish the following dispositions for the C46 index:

 

Foreign Currency balance sheet items: 1-30 days, Regulatory Limit C46 index < 1 x Tier-1 Capital

 

The levels of use of this index during the year 2024 is illustrated below:

 

  

Adjusted C46 CCY and FCCY

as part of Basic Capital

  

Adjusted C46 FCCY

as part of Basic Capital

 
   1 - 30 days   1 - 90 days   1 - 30 days 
             
Maximum   0.28    0.19    0.17 
Minimum   (0.12)   (0.15)   0.05 
Average   0.09    0.04    0.11 
Regulatory Limit   N/A    N/A    1.0 

 

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47.Risk Management and Report, continued:

 

(3)Market Risk, continued:

 

(a)Liquidity Risk, continued:

 

The individual and consolidated term liquidity gap are presented below:

 

QUARTERLY STATEMENT OF INDIVIDUAL LIQUIDITY SITUATION
AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2024 CONTRACTUAL BASIS
Values in MCh$

 

CONSOLIDATED CURRENCY  From 0 to 7
days
   From 0 to 15
days
   From 0 to 30
days
   From 0 to 90
days
 
                 
Cash flow receivable (assets) and income   7,290,736    9,752,494    10,718,420    14,322,153 
Cash flow payable (liabilities) and expenses   18,893,992    21,207,713    24,766,475    28,547,005 
Liquidity Gap   11,603,256    11,455,219    14,048,055    14,224,852 

 

FOREIGN CURRENCY  From 0 to 7
days
   From 0 to 15
days
   From 0 to 30
days
   From 0 to 90
days
 
                 
Cash flow receivable (assets) and income   1,242,712    1,583,584    1,498,776    2,131,992 
Cash flow payable (liabilities) and expenses   2,560,748    2,817,984    3,299,602    3,820,926 
Liquidity Gap   1,318,036    1,234,400    1,800,826    1,688,934 
                     
Limits:                    
One time capital             5,511,914      
AVAILABLE MARGIN             3,711,088      

 

*In the limit up to 30 days, in consolidated currency, the Bank has a liquidity situation of Ch$4,272,394,620,745.

 

QUARTERLY STATEMENT OF INDIVIDUAL LIQUIDITY SITUATION

AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2024 ADJUSTED BASIS

Values in MCh$

 

CONSOLIDATED CURRENCY  From 0 to 7
days
   From 0 to 15
days
   From 0 to 30
days
   From 0 to 90
days
 
                 
Cash flow receivable (assets) and income   7,043,117    9,088,648    9,541,175    11,898,750 
Cash flow payable (liabilities) and expenses   8,785,409    9,593,756    10,977,748    13,128,996 
Liquidity Gap   1,742,292    505,108    1,436,573    1,230,246 

 

FOREIGN CURRENCY  From 0 to 7
days
   From 0 to 15
days
   From 0 to 30
days
   From 0 to 90
days
 
                 
Cash flow receivable (assets) and income   1,179,186    1,361,969    1,131,049    1,314,079 
Cash flow payable (liabilities) and expenses   1,534,143    1,691,583    2,013,567    2,441,066 
Liquidity Gap   354,957    329,614    882,518    1,126,987 
                     
Limits:                    
One time capital             5,511,914      
AVAILABLE MARGIN             4,629,396      

 

*In the limit up to 30 days, in consolidated currency, the Bank has a liquidity situation of Ch$4,969,011,204,151.

 

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47.Risk Management and Report, continued:

 

(3)Market Risk, continued:

 

(a)Liquidity Risk, continued:

 

QUARTERLY STATEMENT OF CONSOLIDATED LIQUIDITY SITUATION

AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2024 CONTRACTUAL BASIS

Values in MCh$

 

CONSOLIDATED CURRENCY  From 0 to 7
days
   From 0 to 15
days
   From 0 to 30
days
   From 0 to 90
days
 
                 
Cash flow receivable (assets) and income   7,979,272    10,473,524    11,457,478    15,093,148 
Cash flow payable (liabilities) and expenses   19,404,673    21,718,394    25,279,940    29,060,535 
Liquidity Gap   11,425,401    11,244,870    13,822,462    13,967,387 

 

FOREIGN CURRENCY  From 0 to 7
days
   From 0 to
15 days
   From 0 to
30 days
   From 0 to
90 days
 
                 
Cash flow receivable (assets) and income   1,242,777    1,583,650    1,498,841    2,132,057 
Cash flow payable (liabilities) and expenses   2,560,748    2,817,984    3,299,602    3,820,992 
Liquidity Gap   1,317,971    1,234,334    1,800,761    1,688,935 
                     
Limits:                    
One time capital             5,511,914      
AVAILABLE MARGIN             3,711,153      

 

*In the limit up to 30 days, in consolidated currency, the Bank has a liquidity situation of Ch$4,272,436,457,280,

 

QUARTERLY STATEMENT OF CONSOLIDATED LIQUIDITY SITUATION

AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2024 ADJUSTED BASIS

Values in MCh$

 

CONSOLIDATED CURRENCY  From 0 to 7 days   From 0 to 15 days   From 0 to 30 days   From 0 to 90 days 
                 
Cash flow receivable (assets) and income   7,731,653    9,809,678    10,280,233    12,669,745 
Cash flow payable (liabilities) and expenses   9,296,090    10,104,437    11,491,213    13,642,526 
Liquidity Gap   1,564,437    294,759    1,210,980    972,781 

 

FOREIGN CURRENCY  From 0 to 7 days   From 0 to 15 days   From 0 to 30 days   From 0 to 90 days 
                 
Cash flow receivable (assets) and income   1,179,252    1,362,035    1,131,114    1,314,144 
Cash flow payable (liabilities) and expenses   1,534,143    1,691,583    2,013,567    2,441,132 
Liquidity Gap   354,891    329,548    882,453    1,126,988 
                     
Limits:                    
One time capital             5,511,914      
AVAILABLE MARGIN             4,629,461      

 

*In the limit up to 30 days, in consolidated currency, the Bank has a liquidity situation of Ch$4,969,053,040,687.

 

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47.Risk Management and Report, continued:

 

(3)Market Risk, continued:

 

(a)Liquidity Risk, continued:

 

Liquid Assets Consolidated Balance Statement as of December 31, 2024, values in BCh$

 

 

 

Source: Financial Statements Banco de Chile as of December 31, 2024

 

Additionally, the regulatory entities have introduced other metrics that the Bank uses in its management, such as the Liquidity Coverage Ratio (“LCR”) and Net Stable Financing Ratio (“NSFR”), using assumptions similar to those used in the international banking. For the first, the minimum level required is 1 time (100%) of the LCR indicator, while for the second the limit requirement is 0.8 times (80%) of the NSFR indicator. The evolution of the LCR and NSFR metrics during the year 2024 are shown below:

 

   LCR   NSFR 
         
Maximum   2.56    1.25 
Minimum   1.94    1.20 
Average   2.25    1.22 
Regulatory Limit   1.0    0.8(*)

 

(*)By transitory disposition of the Central Bank of Chile, in Chapter III.B.2.1 of the Compendium of Accounting Standards for Banks, this limit will gradually increase until reaching 1.0 in January 2026.

 

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47.Risk Management and Report, continued:

 

(3)Market Risk, continued:

 

(a)Liquidity Risk, continued:

 

The contractual maturity profile of the financial liabilities of Banco de Chile and its subsidiaries (consolidated basis), to December 2024 and 2023, is as follows:

 

    Up to 1
month
    1 to 3
months
    3 to 12
months
    1 to 3
years
    3 to 5
years
    Over 5
years
    Total  
    MCh$     MCh$     MCh$     MCh$     MCh$     MCh$     MCh$  
Liabilities as of December 31, 2024                                          
Transactions in the course of payment     283,605                                     283,605  
Full delivery derivative transactions     728,329       328,138       972,304       1,202,183       861,833       1,490,511       5,583,298  
Financial liabilities at amortized cost:                                                        
Current accounts and other demand deposits     14,263,303                                     14,263,303  
Saving accounts and time deposits     9,437,781       2,670,440       2,138,233       56,593       450       562       14,304,059  
Obligations by repurchase agreements and securities lending     109,280       66       527                         109,873  
Borrowings from financial institutions     22,207       159,438       921,822                         1,103,467  
Debt financial instruments issued (all currencies)     13,893       158,375       1,178,285       2,983,446       2,328,034       4,472,111       11,134,144  
Other financial obligations     284,479                                     284,479  
Financial instruments of regulatory capital issued (subordinated bonds)     3,140             48,654       92,974       89,437       1,153,294       1,387,499  
Total (excluding non-delivery derivative transactions)     25,146,017       3,316,457       5,259,825       4,335,196       3,279,754       7,116,478       48,453,727  
                                                         
Non-delivery derivative transactions     153,172       399,612       1,201,809       1,385,711       894,295       1,912,040       5,946,639  

 

    Up to 1
month
    1 to 3
months
    3 to 12
months
    1 to 3
years
    3 to 5
years
    Over
5 years
    Total  
    MCh$     MCh$     MCh$     MCh$     MCh$     MCh$     MCh$  
Liabilities as of December 31, 2023                                          
Transactions in the course of payment     356,871                                     356,871  
Full delivery derivative transactions     449,301       883,862       946,696       1,138,243       738,806       1,481,105       5,638,013  
Financial liabilities at amortized cost:                                                        
Current accounts and other demand deposits     13,321,660                                     13,321,660  
Saving accounts and time deposits     10,432,630       3,515,344       1,517,789       66,062       595       542       15,532,962  
Obligations by repurchase agreements and securities lending     156,846       158                               157,004  
Borrowings from financial institutions     44,475       65,210       5,079,495       157,383                   5,346,563  
Debt financial instruments issued (all currencies)     55,897       196,986       1,097,658       2,537,939       2,351,864       4,422,665       10,663,009  
Other financial obligations     338,891             24                         338,915  
Financial instruments of regulatory capital issued (subordinated bonds)     3,006             46,575       95,774       85,615       1,146,822       1,377,792  
Total (excluding non-delivery derivative transactions)     25,159,577       4,661,560       8,688,237       3,995,401       3,176,880       7,051,134       52,732,789  
                                                         
Non-delivery derivative transactions     339,148       339,427       1,033,954       1,245,586       964,056       1,879,807       5,801,978  

 

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47.Risk Management and Report, continued:

 

(3)Market Risk, continued:

 

(b)Price Risk:

 

The Price Risk measurement and management processes are carried out in accordance with the established on the Market Risk Management Policy, by using internal metrics developed by the Bank, both for the Trading Book and for the Banking Book (the Banking Book includes all balance sheet items, including those in the Trading Book but in such case these are reported at an interest rate adjustment term of one day, thus not generating accrual interest rate risk). In addition, the portfolio recorded under the Fair Value Through Other Comprehensive Income (hereinafter FVOCI) is considered, which is a sub-set of the Banking Book, which given its nature is relevant to measure it independently. In addition, the Bank reports metrics to regulatory entities according to the models defined by them.

 

The Bank has established internal limits for the exposures of the Trading Book. In fact, FX positions (FX delta), interest rate sensitivities generated by the derivatives and debt securities portfolios (DV01 or also referred as to rho) and the FX options volatility sensitivity (vega) are measured, reported and controlled against their limits. Limits are established on an aggregate basis but also for some specific tenor points. The use of these limits is daily monitored, controlled and reported by independent control functions to the senior management of the bank. The internal governance framework also establishes that these limits must be approved by the board and reviewed at least annually.

 

The Bank measures and controls the risk for the Trading Book portfolios using the Value-at-Risk (VaR). The model uses a 99% confidence level and the most recent one-year observed rates, prices and yields data.

 

The use of VaR within the year 2024 is illustrated below:

 

    Value-at-Risk
99% one-day
confidence
level
MCh$
 
       
Maximum     2,605  
Minimum     334  
Average     1,078  

 

Additionally, the Bank performs measuring, limiting, controlling and reporting interest rate exposures and risks for the Banking Book using internally developed methodologies based on the differences in the amounts of assets and liabilities considering the interest rate repricing dates. Exposures are measured according to the Interest Rate Exposure or IRE metric and their corresponding risks using the Earnings-at-Risk or EaR metric. Within these metrics, Prepayment Risk is considered, which corresponds to the customer’s ability to pay, totally or partially, their debt before maturity. For this, a loan flow allocation model is generated with exposure to interest rate fluctuations, according to their prepayment behavior, finally reflecting a decrease in their average maturity term.

 

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47.Risk Management and Report, continued:

 

(3)Market Risk, continued:

 

(b)Price Risk, continued:

 

The use of EaR within the year 2024 is illustrated below:

 

    12- months
Earnings-at-Risk

99% confidence
level 3 months
closing period
MCh$
 
       
Maximum     260,728  
Minimum     175,971  
Average     242,263  

 

The regulatory risk measurement for the Trading Book (Market Risk Weighted Assets report or mRWA) is produced by utilizing guidelines provided by the Central Bank of Chile (hereinafter, “BCCh”) and the CMF. The referred methodologies estimate the potential loss that the bank may incur considering standardized fluctuations of the value of market factors such as FX rates, interest rates and volatilities that may adversely impact the value of FX spot positions, interest rate exposures, and volatility exposures, respectively. Interest rates changes are provided by the regulatory entity; moreover, correlation factors and very conservative term are included to explain non-parallel changes in the yield curve.

 

The risk measurement for the Banking Book, according to regulatory guidelines (RMLB report by its Spanish initials), as a result of interest rate fluctuations is carried out through the use of standardized methodologies provided by regulatory entities (BCCh and CMF). The report includes models for reporting interest rate gaps and how their value varies, according to rate fluctuations that are defined by the scenarios provided by the regulations. In addition to this, the regulatory entity has requested banks to establish internal limits, separately for short-term and long-term balances, NII and EVE respectively, for these regulatory measurements.

 

The results effectively realized during the month for trading activities are controlled against defined loss levels and if these levels are exceeded, senior management is notified in order to evaluate potential corrective actions.

 

Finally, the Market Risk Management Policy of Banco de Chile enforces to perform daily stress tests for the Trading Book and monthly for the Banking Book. Additionally, the stress test for the FVOCI portfolio is included, which is reported daily. The output of the stress testing process is monitored against corresponding alert levels; in the case those triggers are breached, the senior management is notified in order to implement further actions, if necessary. Additionally, these book tests are a fundamental part of establishing the Bank’s price risk appetite framework.

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47.Risk Management and Report, continued:

 

(3)Market Risk, continued:

 

(b)Price Risk, continued:

 

 

    Up to 1
month
    1 to 3
months
    3 to 12
months
    1 to 3
years
    3 to 5
years
    Over
5 years
    Total  
    MCh$     MCh$     MCh$     MCh$     MCh$     MCh$     MCh$  
Assets as of December 31, 2024                                          
Cash and due from banks     2,677,676                                     2,677,676  
Transactions in the course of collection     382,677                                     382,677  
Financial assets at fair value through other comprehensive income:                                                        
Debt financial instruments     143,990       272,612       867,605       490,101       217,174       96,808       2,088,290  
Derivative financial instruments for hedging purposes     747       8,544       311,890       442,555       337,594       893,516       1,994,846  
Financial assets at amortized cost:                                                        
Rights from resale agreements and securities lending                                          
Debt financial instruments           25,951       11,478       500,385       159,001       306,586       1,003,401  
Loans and advances to Banks     398,595       58,098       216,769                         673,462  
Loans to customers, net     5,417,405       3,126,005       8,684,037       8,875,282       5,369,386       15,070,223       46,542,338  
Total Assets     9,021,090       3,491,210       10,091,779       10,308,323       6,083,155       16,367,133       55,362,690  

 

    Up to 1
month
    1 to 3
months
    3 to 12
months
    1 to 3
years
    3 to 5
years
    Over
5 years
    Total  
    MCh$     MCh$     MCh$     MCh$     MCh$     MCh$     MCh$  
Assets as of December 31, 2023                                          
Cash and due from banks     2,441,580                                     2,441,580  
Transactions in the course of collection     403,734                                     403,734  
Financial assets at fair value through other comprehensive income:                                                        
Debt financial instruments     282,697       748,488       1,864,717       461,590       270,129       157,313       3,784,934  
Derivative financial instruments for hedging purposes     773       5,738       208,234       328,274       531,229       929,754       2,004,002  
Financial assets at amortized cost:                                                        
Rights from resale agreements and securities lending     74,796                                     74,796  
Debt financial instruments           9,012       530,044       503,956       159,932       312,570       1,515,514  
Loans and advances to Banks     2,216,985       74,312       233,533                         2,524,830  
Loans to customers, net     5,464,339       2,859,489       8,212,594       9,064,150       5,082,957       14,106,472       44,790,001  
Total Assets     10,884,904       3,697,039       11,049,122       10,357,970       6,044,247       15,506,109       57,539,391  

 

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47.Risk Management and Report, continued:

 

(3)Market Risk, continued:

 

(b)Price Risk, continued:

 

    Up to 1
month
    1 to 3
months
    3 to 12
months
    1 to 3
years
    3 to 5
years
    Over
5 years
    Total  
    MCh$     MCh$     MCh$     MCh$     MCh$     MCh$     MCh$  
Liabilities as of December 31, 2024                                          
Transactions in the course of payment     297,983                                     297,983  
Derivative Financial Instruments for hedging purposes     1,588       2,755       303,336       381,790       343,096       1,133,338       2,165,903  
Financial liabilities at amortized cost:                                                        
Current accounts and other demand deposits     14,287,507                                     14,287,507  
Saving accounts and time deposits     9,437,781       2,670,440       2,138,233       56,593       450       562       14,304,059  
Obligations by repurchase agreements and securities lending     9,984                                     9,984  
Borrowings from financial institutions     21,222       159,438       921,822                         1,102,482  
Debt financial instruments issued (*)     13,893       158,375       1,178,285       2,983,446       2,328,034       4,472,111       11,134,144  
Other financial obligation     284,479                                     284,479  
Financial instruments of regulatory capital issued (subordinated bonds)     3,140             48,654       92,974       89,437       1,153,294       1,387,499  
Total liabilities     24,357,577       2,991,008       4,590,330       3,514,803       2,761,017       6,759,305       44,974,040  

 

    Up to 1
month
    1 to 3
months
    3 to 12
months
    1 to 3
years
    3 to 5
years
    Over
5 years
    Total  
    MCh$     MCh$     MCh$     MCh$     MCh$     MCh$     MCh$  
Liabilities as of December 31, 2023                                          
Transactions in the course of payment     317,056                                     317,056  
Derivative Financial Instruments for hedging purposes     1,508       1,777       179,604       319,178       498,973       1,245,545       2,246,585  
Financial liabilities at amortized cost:                                                        
Current accounts and other demand deposits     13,352,234                                     13,352,234  
Saving accounts and time deposits     10,432,630       3,515,344       1,517,789       66,062       595       542       15,532,962  
Obligations by repurchase agreements and securities lending     10,450                                     10,450  
Borrowings from financial institutions     44,475       65,210       5,079,495       157,383                   5,346,563  
Debt financial instruments issued (*)     55,897       196,986       1,097,658       2,537,939       2,351,864       4,422,665       10,663,009  
Other financial obligation     338,891             24                         338,915  
Financial instruments of regulatory capital issued (subordinated bonds)     3,006             46,575       95,774       85,615       1,146,822       1,377,792  
Total liabilities     24,556,147       3,779,317       7,921,145       3,176,336       2,937,047       6,815,574       49,185,566  

 

(*)Amounts shown here are different from those reported in the liabilities report which is part of the liquidity analysis, due to differences in the treatment of mortgage bonds issued by the Bank in both reports.

 

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(3)Market Risk, continued:

 

(b)Price Risk, continued:

 

Price Risk Sensitivity Analysis

 

The Bank uses stress tests as the main sensitivity analysis tool for Price Risk. The analysis is implemented for the Trading Book, Banking Book and the FVOCI portfolio separately. The Bank has adopted this tool as it is considered more useful than fluctuations in business as usual scenario, such as VaR or EaR, given that:

 

(i)The financial crisis show market factors fluctuations that are materially larger than those used in the VaR with 99% of confidence level or EaR with 99% of confidence level.

 

(ii)The financial crisis also show that correlations between these fluctuations are materially different from those used in the VaR computation, since a crisis precisely indicates severe disconnections between the behaviors of market factors fluctuations respect to the patterns observed under normal conditions.

 

(iii)Trading liquidity dramatically diminishes during financial distress and especially in emerging markets. Therefore, the overnight VaR number might not be representative of the loss for trading portfolios in such environment since closing exposures period may exceed one business day. This may also happen when calculating EaR, even considering three months as the closing period.

 

The impacts are determined by mathematical simulations of fluctuations in the values of market factors, and also, estimating the changes of the economic and /or accounting value of the financial positions.

 

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47.Risk Management and Report, continued:

 

(3)Market Risk, continued:

 

(b)Price Risk, continued:

 

In order to comply with IFRS 9, the following exercise was included illustrating an estimation of the impact of extreme but reasonable fluctuations of interest rates, swaps yields, FX rates and exchange volatility, which are used for valuing Trading Book, Banking Book and the FVOCI portfolio. Given that the Bank’s portfolio includes positions denominated in nominal and real interest rates, these fluctuations must be aligned with extreme but realistic Chilean inflation changes forecasts.

 

For the Trading Book, the exercise is implemented by multiplying the sensitivities by the fluctuations obtained as the results of mathematical simulations over a two-week time horizon and using the maximum historical volatility, within a significant period of time, in each of the market factor present. In the case of the FVOCI portfolio a four-week time horizon is used due to liquidity constrains; Banking Book impacts are estimated by multiplying cumulative gaps by forward interest rates fluctuations modeled over a three-month time horizon and using the maximum historical volatility of interest fluctuations but limited by maximum fluctuations and / or levels observed within a significant period of time. It is relevant to note that the methodology might ignore some portion of the interest rates convexity, since it is not captured properly when large fluctuations are modeled. In any case, given the magnitude of the changes, the methodology may be reasonable enough for the purposes and scope of the analysis.

 

The following table illustrates the fluctuations resulting from the main market factors in the maximum stress test exercise, or more adverse, for the Trading Book.

 

The directions or signs of these fluctuations are those that correspond to those that generate the most adverse impact at the aggregate level.

 

Average Fluctuations of Market Factors for Maximum Stress Scenario
Trading Book
   CLP
Derivatives
(bps)
   CLP
Bonds
(bps)
   CLF
Derivatives
(bps)
   CLF
Bonds
(bps)
   USD
Offshore
SOFR
Derivatives
(bps)
   Spread USD
On/Off
Derivatives
(bps)
 
Less than 1 year   0    238    133    253    (6)   (18)
Greater than 1 year   (15)   133    (18)   125    9    14 

 

bps = basis points.

 

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(3)Market Risk, continued:

 

(b)Price Risk, continued:

 

The worst impact on the Bank’s Trading Book as of December 31, 2024, as a result of the simulation process described above, is as follows:

 

Most Adverse Stress Scenario P&L Impact

Trading Book

(MCh$)

CLP Interest Rate        (12,529)
Derivatives   (602)     
Debt instruments   (11,927)   
CLF Interest Rate        (3,051)
Derivatives   105      
Debt instruments   (3,156)    
Interest rate USD offshore        33 
Domestic/offshore interest rate spread USD        (123)
           
Total Interest rates        (15,670)
Banking spread        (58)
Total FX and FX Options        (80)
Total        (15,808)

 

The modeled scenario would generate losses in the Trading Book for Ch$15,808 million. In any case, such fluctuations would not result in material losses compared to Basic Capital or to the P&L estimate for the next 12-months.

 

The impact on the Banking Book as of December 31, 2024, which does not necessarily mean a net loss(gain) but a lower (greater) net income from funds generation (resulting net interest rate generation), is illustrated below:

 

Most Adverse Stress Scenario 12-Month Revenue

Banking Book

(MCh$)

Impact by Base Interest Rate shocks   (220,830)
Impact due to Spreads Shocks   (44,335)
Higher / (Lower) Net revenues   (265,165)

 

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47.Risk Management and Report, continued:

 

(3)Market Risk, continued:

 

(b)Price Risk, continued:

 

The impact on the FVOCI portfolio it is show in the followings tables. First are the main fluctuation in the market factors, due to the scenarios provided for the stress test meltdown (more adverse), for this portfolio.

 

The sign of the fluctuation below, correspond to the ones that generate the most adverse impact.

 

Average Fluctuations of Market Factors for Maximum Stress Scenario
FVOCI Portfolio
   CLP Bonds
(bps)
   CLF Bonds
(bps)
   USD Offshore
SOFR
Derivatives
(bps)
   Spread USD
On/Off
Derivatives
(bps)
 
Less than 1 year   318    366    (8)   10 
Greater than 1 year   158    215    (9)   0 

 

bps = basis points

 

The worst impact on the Bank’s FVOCI portfolio as of December 31, 2024, as a result of the simulation process described above, is as follows:

 

Most Adverse Stress Scenario P&L Impact

FVOCI portfolio

(MCh$)

CLP Debt Instrument   (32,904)
CLF Debt Instrument   (60,179)
Interest rate USD offshore   13 
Banking spread   (5,027)
Corporative spread   (839)
Total   (98,936)

 

The modeled for the FVTOCI Portfolio would generate potential impacts on equity accounts for Ch$98,936 million.

 

The main negative impact on the Trading Book would occur as a result of an increase in rates on debt instruments in CLP over 1 year, followed by an increase in CLF debt instruments over 1 year, while in the case of the FVTOCI portfolio the main impact comes from upward fluctuations in interest rates of debt instruments in CLF and CLP greater than 1 year. For its part, the lowest potential income in the next 12 months in the Banking Book would occur in a scenario of a sharp drop in nominal interest rates and inflation.

 

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(4)Other Information related to Financial Risks:

 

Offsetting of financial assets and liabilities:

 

The Bank trades financial derivatives with foreign counterparties using ISDA Master Agreement (International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc.), under legal jurisdiction of the City of New York – USA or London – United Kingdom. Legal framework in these jurisdictions, along with documentation mentioned, it allows Banco de Chile the right to anticipate the maturity of the transaction and then, offset the net value of those transactions in case of default of counterparty. Additionally, the Bank has negotiated with these counterparties an additional annex (CSA Credit Support Annex), that includes other credit mitigating, such as entering margins on a certain amount of net value of transactions, early termination (optional or mandatory) of transactions at certain dates in the future, coupon adjustment of transaction in exchange for payment of the debtor counterpart over a certain threshold amount, etc.

 

Below are detail the contracts susceptible to offset:

  

   Fair Value   Negative Fair Value of contracts with right to offset   Positive Fair Value of contracts with right to offset   Financial Collateral   Net Fair Value 
   2024   2023   2024   2023   2024   2023   2024   2023   2024   2023 
   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$ 
                                         
Derivative financial assets   2,377,312    2,084,441    (817,430)   (929,094)   (1,103,430)   (816,453)   (169,344)   (160,125)   287,108    178,769 
                                                   
Derivative financial liabilities   2,585,846    2,357,523    (817,430)   (929,094)   (1,103,430)   (816,453)   (334,897)   (294,410)   330,089    317,566 

 

 

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(5)Operational risk:

 

One of the Bank’s objectives is to monitor, control and maintain at adequate levels, the risk of losses resulting from a lack of adequacy or a failure of processes, personnel and/or internal systems, or due to external events. This definition includes legal risk and excludes strategic and reputational risk.

 

Operational risk is inherent in all activities, products and systems, and cuts across the entire organization in its strategic, business and support processes. It is the responsibility of all the Bank’s collaborators to manage and control the risks generated within their scope of action, since their materialization may lead to direct or indirect financial losses.

 

To face this risk, the Bank has defined a Regulatory Framework and a governance structure according to the volume and complexity of its activities. The Corporate Risk Division administer the management of this risk, through the establishment of a Global Control Management. Likewise, the “Superior Committee for Operational Risk” and the “Committee for Operational Risk” supervise it.

 

The Operational Risk Policy defines a comprehensive management model based on four main processes that ensure an adequate control environment in the organization.

 

These processes are implemented in the different areas of Operational Risk action:

 

 

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The aforementioned processes correspond to:

 

1. Identification and Evaluation: At Banco de Chile, this process considers internal and external factors, which allows us to better understand operational risk, and thus allocate resources and define strategies efficiently and effectively.

 

The Bank promotes the use of methodologies and procedures with the objective of guaranteeing an adequate identification and evaluation of these risks, both inherent and residual. These are executed with a frequency that allows knowing the operational risks in a timely manner.

 

2. Control and Mitigation: Determination of acceptable risk levels and mitigation actions to be applied in case of deviation from these levels. This process aims to maintain risk at adequate levels.

 

Banco de Chile will execute a set of control and mitigation tools in the different areas of management, which will make it possible to alert deviations in exposure to operational risk, where mitigation measures will be evaluated to solve them.

 

3. Monitoring and Reporting: This process aims to guarantee the monitoring of the main risks and inform the different interested parties.

 

At Banco de Chile, monitoring and reporting will consider information related to the different areas of management. If necessary, the results of the monitoring activities will be included in the relevant government instances.

 

4. Operational Risk Culture: The Global Control Management plans operational risk culture programs, aimed at raising awareness and training Bank employees in risk identification, control effectiveness, and event detection in their normal operating activities, so that each collaborator contributes to reduce the occurrence of risk events and mitigate their impact on the business.

 

Additionally, the comprehensive management of Operational Risk considers the following areas:

 

Fraud Management
Process Assessment
Testing of Controls
Event Management
Loss Base Management
Profile and Risk Appetite Framework
Generation of stress test models for Operational Risk
Supplier Management
Management Self-Assessment Matrix
Operational Risk Assessment for Projects
Subsidiary Control

 

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(5)Operational risk, continued:

 

All areas previously mentioned, together with the corresponding regulatory framework and governance structure, constitute the overall management of Operational Risk. In this way, Banco de Chile and its Subsidiaries ensure an adequate environment for the management of operational risk.

 

Below is the exposure to net loss, gross loss and recoveries due to operational risk events as of December 31, 2024 and 2023:

 

   December 2024   December 2023 
Category 

Lost

Gross

MCh$

  

Recoveries

MCh$

  

Lost

Net

MCh$

  

Lost

Gross

MCh$

  

Recoveries

MCh$

  

Lost

Net

MCh$

 
Internal fraud   61        61    222    (14)   208 
External fraud   26,185    (12,738)   13,447    26,969    (8,918)   18,051 
Work practices and safety in the business position   1,707    (17)   1,690    3,034        3,034 
Customers, products and business practices   673        673    1,169        1,169 
Damage to physical assets   1,170    (152)   1,018    1,208    (161)   1,047 
Business interruption and system failures   2,451    (1,549)   902    951        951 
Execution, delivery and process management   4,175    (24)   4,151    3,182    (609)   2,573 
Total   36,422    (14,480)   21,942    36,735    (9,702)   27,033 

 

Cybersecurity

 

The Cybersecurity Engineering and Architecture Management is in charge of defining, implementing and maximizing existing cyber threat protection technologies, and defining and maintaining the security architecture. The Cyber Defense Management is responsible for safeguarding information assets by proactively detecting, responding and containing threats. Likewise, this department is responsible for managing cybersecurity incidents in an assertive and timely manner, minimizing the impact and improving response times, with the aim of protecting the Bank’s operations.

 

On the other hand, the Technological Risk and Cyber Intelligence Management aims to ensure security and the integration of information security and cybersecurity risks, preventing attacks perpetuated by different threat agents. Manage and respond to cyber intelligence requirements that allow strengthening strategic decision-making within the organization through analytical models, in order to provide support to processes and mechanisms that seek to achieve greater security, protection and resilience against the current threat landscape.

 

Finally, the Cybersecurity Management and Subsidiary Control Management is in charge of defining, managing and carrying out the strategic plan of the cybersecurity division. Their responsibilities include ensuring optimal and efficient use of resources, as well as providing and supervising cybersecurity policies to suppliers, among other matters. Likewise, management must guarantee the implementation of guidelines and controls that establish cybersecurity regulations, in addition to managing the regulatory framework of the Division’s processes. Also, he is responsible for strengthening the cybersecurity culture within the organization and supporting the management of cross-functional functions and initiatives related to cybersecurity. Finally, it has the task of establishing and controlling cybersecurity management in the bank’s subsidiaries.

 

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The Bank in the management for the compliance with the objectives related to the delivery of the service of attention to its clients, has the Management of Business Continuity that through its policy and norm establishes the guidelines to manage, control and administrate the strategies for recovering from contingency situations, maintains the crisis governance model, sustain the continuity of services and critical operations related to the payment chain, through a comprehensive resilient model that includes plans and controlled tests to reduce the impact of disruptive events that may affect the Bank. Additionally, there is the role and responsibilities of the Information Security Officer (ISO), with an independent function in charge of designing and implementing controls, by monitoring the tasks carried out by the organizational units responsible for information security, cybersecurity and technological risk.

 

That is why Business Continuity has methodologies and controls that contribute to the application of the comprehensive model within the corporation, mainly represented in the following management areas:

 

Document Management: It consists of carrying out methodological processes of updating the documentation that supports Business Continuity in operational and technological areas, with the aim of keeping the strategy implemented in the Bank up to date and in accordance with the guidelines of Business Continuity Management (BCM).

 

Business Continuity Tests: It refers to annually scheduled contingency simulations that address the 5 risk scenarios defined for the Bank (Failure in Technology Infrastructure, Failure in Physical Infrastructure, Massive Absence of Personnel, Failure in Critical Supplier Service and Cybersecurity), allowing to maintain constant training and integration of critical personnel operating the payment chain, under the defined contingency procedures that support the Bank’s critical products and services.

 

Crisis Management: Internal process of the Bank that maintains and trains the key executive roles associated with the Crisis Groups in conjunction with the main recovery strategies and structures defined in the BCM model. In this way, it constantly strengthens the different areas necessary for preparation, execution and monitoring, that will allow facing crisis events in the Bank.

 

Critical Supplier Management: This involves the management, control and testing of Business Continuity Plans implemented by the suppliers involved in the processing of critical products and services for the Bank, associated with the risk scenarios established in direct relation to the contracted service.

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Business Continuity, continued:

 

Alternative Site Management: It includes the continuous management and control of secondary physical locations for the Bank’s critical units, to keep the operation active in case of failure in the main work location. The objective is to protect and maintain the technological and operational functionalities of the alternative sites, to reduce recovery times in case of crisis and that activation is effective when its use is required.

 

Relations with subsidiaries and External Entities: It consists of the permanent control, management and leveling on the compliance of Subsidiaries under the methodology and strategic lines established by the Bank in crisis environments and Business Continuity Management. It also includes the global management with the requirements of internal and external regulators.

 

Continuous Improvement: considers the application of processes, automation and the adaptation of resources used in the internal processes of the business continuity model, with the objective of improving response in the delivery and analysis of information in contingencies, complementing the managed processes of the BCM.

 

Training: It includes the development and implementation of processes and instances prepared under different learning methodologies to strengthen and empower employees on the areas of the business continuity model.

 

Cybersecurity Control: Design and implement independent controls by monitoring the tasks carried out by the organizational units responsible for the Bank’s information security, cybersecurity and technological risk.

 

The management and unification of the described areas, together with the compliance of the implemented regulations and the structured governability, constitute the Business Continuity Model of the Bank of Chile.

 

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48.Information on Regulatory Capital and Capital Adequacy Ratios:

 

Requirements and Capital Management:

 

The main objectives of the Bank’s capital management are to ensure the adequacy and quality of its capital, at a consolidated level, based on the adequate management of the risks it faces in its operations, establishing sufficient capital levels, through the definition of internal objectives, that supports both the business strategy in both normal and stress scenarios in the short and medium term, thus ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements, coverage of its material risks, a solid credit classification and the generation of adequate capital clearances. During 2024, the Bank has met the required capital requirements and its internal sufficiency objectives.

 

As part of its Capital Management Policy, the Bank has established capital sufficiency alerts and limits approved by the Board of Directors, which are monitored by the governance structures that the Bank has established for these purposes, including the Capital Management Committee. During 2024, none of the internal alerts defined by the Bank were activated as part of the Capital Risk Appetite Framework. In this sense, the Bank manages capital based on its strategic objectives, its risk profile and its ability to generate cash flows, as well as the economic and business context in which it operates. If it requires strengthening its capital structure, the Bank may, among other options, propose to its shareholders meeting modifications to the dividend payment ratio, as well as issue basic capital, additional tier 1 capital or tier 2 capital instruments.

  

Capital Requirements

 

In accordance with the General Banking Law, the effective equity of a bank may not be less than 8% of its risk-weighted assets (RWA), net of required provisions. Additionally, it establishes that the Basic Capital may not be less than 4.5% of its APR or 3% of its total assets, net of required provisions. Regarding Tier 1 capital, corresponding to the sum of Basic Capital and Additional Tier 1 Capital, the latter in the form of bonds with no maturity date and preferred shares, it is established that it may not be less than 6% of their RWAs, net of required provisions. Likewise, banking entities must comply, as established by current regulations or regulators, with buffers and capital charges, such as the conservation buffer, the countercyclical buffer and capital charges by the systemically important buffer and/or Pillar 2.

 

Adoption of the Basel III standard

 

In 2019, the CMF began the regulatory process for the implementation of Basel III standards in Chile, as established in Law No. 21,130 that modernizes banking legislation. During the years 2020 and 2021, the CMF promulgated the different regulations for the adoption of the Basel III standard for local banking, which are applicable as of December 1, 2021. The regulation includes the standard methodologies to determine, among others, Credit, Operational and Market Risk-Weighted Assets, regulatory capital, leverage ratio and systemically important banks. Additionally, the regulations describe requirements and conditions applicable to: (i) the application of internal models for the calculation of certain risk-weighted assets, (ii) the issuance of additional tier 1 and tier 2 capital hybrid instruments, (iii) market disclosure requirements (Pillar 3), (iv) the principles for determining capital buffers (countercyclical and conservation), (v) additional requirements to which banks defined as systemically important and (vi) the criteria by which banks can be defined as atypical and subject to more exhaustive supervision, as well as additional capital requirements (Pillar 2) among others.

 

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48.Information on Regulatory Capital and Capital Adequacy Ratios, continued:

 

On May, 2023, the Central Bank reported that its board agreed to activate the counter-cyclical core capital requirement for banks, at a local banking industry level, equivalent to 0.5% of the risk-weighted assets of banking institutions, required starting from the month of May 2024. In the monetary policy meeting of November 2024, the central bank agreed to maintain the same level of 0,5% requirement.

 

On January 16, 2024, the Financial Market Commission (CMF) reported that, as a result of the supervision process, it resolved to apply additional capital requirements of Pillar 2 of 0.5% for Banco de Chile within an implementation period of four years. This requirement must be constituted in a ratio of 25% no later than June 30, 2024. Likewise, this requirement must be recognized at least 56.3% with basic capital in proportion to the minimum legal requirements. On January 17, 2025 the CMF communicated the resolution adopted by its board regarding the charge for Pillar 2, maintaining the current requirement for Banco de Chile on that date, equivalent to 0.13%, which must be constituted 100% as of 30 June 2025.

 

On April 1, 2024, the CMF reported the result of the annual review of the banks’ systemic importance rating, maintaining an additional basic capital charge of 1.25% of the APR for Banco de Chile, payable in accordance to the gradualness defined by the regulations, so the capital charge required as of December 2024 is equivalent to 75% of said percentage. As of the date of these financial statements CMF has not reported additional requirements or any changes linked to Banco de Chile’s status as a systemic bank.

 

It should be noted that the Basel III banking solvency standards still consider a series of transitory regulations. These measures include: i) the gradual adoption of requirements for systemic banks, ii) the gradual application of adjustments to regulatory capital, iii) gradualness to continue recognizing subordinated bonds issued by banking subsidiaries as effective equity, among other matters. It is important to mention that on December 1, 2024 the gradual adaption of the conservation buffer, reaching 2.5% of risk-weighted assets, which is fully constituted by Banco de Chile.

 

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Information on regulatory capital and capital adequacy indicators is presented below:

 

  

Total assets, risk-weighted assets and components of the

effective equity according to Basel III

    

Local and Overall

consolidated

  

Local and Overall
consolidated

 
        December -2024   Dec-2023 
Item No.  Item description  Note  MCh$   MCh$ 
               
1  Total assets according to the statement of financial position      52,095,441    55,792,552 
2  Non-consolidated investment in subsidiaries  a        
3  Assets discounted from regulatory capital, other than item 2  b   2,544,175    2,253,206 
4  Derivative credit equivalents  c   1,056,941    886,789 
5  Contingent loans  d   3,104,187    2,827,120 
6  Assets generated by the intermediation of financial instruments  e        
7   = (1-2-3+4+5-6) Total assets for regulatory purposes      53,712,394    57,253,255 
8.a  Credit risk weighted assets, estimated according to the standard methodology (CRWA)  f   32,704,910    31,887,173 
8.b  Credit risk weighted assets, estimated according to internal methodologies (CRWA)  f        
9  Market risk weighted assets (MRWA)  h   1,309,590    1,693,317 
10  Operational risk weighted assets (ORWA)  g   4,339,979    4,110,324 
11.a   = (8.a/8.b+9+10) Risk-weighted assets (RWA)      38,354,479    37,690,814 
11.b   = (8.a/8.b+9+10) Risk-weighted assets, after application of the output floor (RWA)      38,354,479    37,690,814 
12  Owner’s equity      5,622,999    5,237,283 
13  Non-controlling interest  i   2    2 
14  Goodwill  j        
15  Excess minority investments  k        
16   = (12+13-14-15) Core Tier 1 Capital (CET1)      5,623,001    5,237,285 
17  Additional deductions to core tier 1 capital, other than item 2  l   111,087    60,992 
18   = (16-17-2) Core Tier 1 Capital (CET1)      5,511,914    5,176,293 
19  Voluntary provisions (additional) imputed as additional Tier 1 capital (AT1)  m        
20  Subordinated bonds imputed as additional tier 1 capital (AT1)  m        
21  Preferred shares allocated to additional tier 1 capital (AT1)           
22  Bonds without a fixed term of maturity imputed to additional tier 1 capital (AT1)           
23  Discounts applied to AT1  l        
24   = (19+20+21+22-23) Additional Tier 1 Capital (AT1)           
25   = (18+24) Tier 1 Capital      5,511,914    5,176,293 
26  Voluntary provisions (additional) imputed as Tier 2 capital (T2)  n   408,811    398,590 
27  Subordinated bonds imputed as Tier 2 capital (T2)  n   1,034,567    1,003,701 
28   = (26+27) Equivalent tier 2 capital (T2)      1,443,378    1,402,291 
29  Discounts applied to T2           
30   = (28-29) Tier 2 capital (T2)      1,443,378    1,402,291 
31   = (25+30) Effective equity      6,955,292    6,578,584 
32  Additional basic capital required for the constitution of the conservation buffer  o   958,862    706,706 
33  Additional basic capital required to set up the countercyclical buffer  p   191,772     
34  Additional basic capital required for banks qualified as systemic  q   359,573    235,569 
35  Additional capital required for the evaluation of the adequacy of effective equity (Pillar 2)  r   47,943     

 

 

a)Corresponds the value of the investment in subsidiaries that are not consolidated. Applies only in the local consolidation when the bank has foreign subsidiaries, subtracting totally its value in assets and CET1.
b)Corresponds the value of the asset items that are subtracted from the regulatory capital, in accordance with the paragraph(a) of title N°3 of chapter 21-30 of the RAN.
c)Corresponds the credit equivalents of the derivative instruments, in accordance with the paragraph (b) of title N°3 of chapter 21-30 of the RAN.

 

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48.Information on Regulatory Capital and Capital Adequacy Ratios, continued:

 

d)Corresponds the contingent exposure according to the paragraph c) of the title N°3 of chapter 21-30 of the RAN.
e)Corresponds the intermediation of financial instrument assets in the name of the bank on behalf of third parties that are consolidated as established in the paragraph d) of the title N°3 of chapter 21-30 of the RAN.
f)Corresponds the estimated credit risk weighted assets according to the chapter 21-6 of RAN. If the bank does not have the authorization to apply internal methodologies, needs to inform the field 8.b as zero.
g)Corresponds the estimated market risk weighted assets according to the chapter 21-7 of the RAN.
h)Corresponds the estimated operational risk weighted assets according to the chapter 21-8 of the RAN.
i)Corresponds to the non-controlling interest, depending on the level of consolidation, up to 20% of the owners’ assets.
j)Assets that correspond to goodwill.
k)Corresponds to the balances of investment assets in non-business support companies that do not participate in the consolidation, above 5% of the owners’ equity.
l)In the case of CET1 and T2, banks must estimate the equivalent value for each tier of capital, as well as that obtained by fully applying Chapter 21-1 of the RAN. Then, the difference between the equivalent value and the fully applied value must be weighted by the discount factor in force on the reporting date according to the transitional provisions of Chapter 21-1 of the RAN, and reported in this row. In the case of the AT1, the discounts apply directly if they exist
m)Provisions and subordinated bonds allocated to additional capital tier 1 (AT1), as established in Chapter 21-2 of the RAN.
n)Provisions and subordinated bonds attributed to the equivalent definition of tier 2 capital (T2), as established in Chapter 21-1 of the RAN.
o)Corresponds to the additional basic capital (CET1) for the constitution of the conservation buffer, as established in Chapter 21-12 of the RAN.
p)Corresponds to the additional basic capital (CET1) for the constitution of the counter-cyclical buffer, as established in Chapter 21-12 of the RAN.
q)Corresponds to the additional basic capital (CET1) for banks qualified as systemic, as established in Chapter 21-11 of the RAN.
r)Corresponds to the additional capital for the evaluation of the sufficiency of the effective equity (Pillar 2) of the bank, as established in Chapter 21-13 of the RAN.

 

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48.Information on Regulatory Capital and Capital Adequacy Ratios, continued:

 

         Local and Overall
consolidated
   Local and Overall
consolidated
 
         December -2024   Dec -2023 
No. Item  Capital Adequacy Ratios and Regulatory Compliance according to Basel III  Note  %   % 
1  Leverage Ratio (T1 I18/T1 I7)      10.26%   9.04%
1.a  Leverage Ratio that the bank must meet, considering the minimum requirements  a   3%   3%
2  CET 1 Capital Ratio (T1 I18/T1 I11.b)      14.37%   13.73%
2.a  CET 1 Capital Ratio that the bank must meet, considering the minimum requirements  a   5.51%   5.13%
2.b  Capital buffer shortfall  b        
3  Tier 1 Capital Ratio (T1 I25/T1 I11.b)      14.37%   13.73%
3.a  Tier 1 Capital Ratio that the bank must meet, considering the minimum requirements  a   7.03%   6.63%
4  Regulatory Capital Ratio (T1 I31/T1 I11.b)      18.13%   17.45%
4.a  Regulatory Capital Ratio that the bank must meet, considering the minimum requirements  a   9.06%   8.63%
4.b  Regulatory Capital Ratio that the bank must meet, considering the charge for article 35 bis  c   N/A    N/A 
4.c  Regulatory Capital Ratio that the bank must meet, considering the minimum requirements, conservation buffer and countercyclical buffer  b   12.06%   10.94%
5  Credit rating  d   A    A 
   Regulatory compliance for Capital Adequacy             
6  Additional provisions computed in Tier 2 capital (T2) in relation to CRWA (T1 I26/T1 I8.a)  e   1.25%   1.25%
7  Subordinated bonds computed as Tier 2 capital (T2) in relation to CET 1 Capital  f   18.40%   19.16%
8  Additional Tier 1 Capital (AT1) in relation to CET 1 Capital (T1 I24/T1 I18)  g        
9  Voluntary (additional) provisions and subordinated bonds computed as AT1 in relation to RWAs ((T1 I19+T1 I20)/T1 I11.b)  h   N/A    N/A 

 

(*)T1 Ix: corresponds to item x of the previous table.
a)In the case of the leverage indicator, the requirement is 3% without prejudice to the additional requirements for systemic banks that could be set according to the provisions of Chapter 21-30 of the RAN.In the case of core capital, the bank considers a charge of 4.5% of risk-weighted assets (RWA) plus the systemic charge and Pillar 2 requirements. In Tier 1 capital, a value of 6% plus the systemic bank charge and Pillar 2 charge is considered the minimum requirement.
For effective equity, 8% of the RWA is considered, adding to this value the additional charges for systemic bank and Pillar 2. The systemic bank and Pillar 2 requirements for Banco de Chile are equivalent to 1.25% and 0.5%, respectively (1.25% and 0% as of December 31, 2023). The transitional provisions require 75% of the capital charge per systemic bank as of December 31, 2024 (50% as of December 31, 2023) and 25% of the charge for Pillar 2, which is covered by 56, 3% with basic capital (there is no requirement for Pillar 2 as of December 31, 2023).
b)The capital buffer deficit must be estimated according to the provisions of Chapter 21-12 of the RAN. This value defines the restriction on the distribution of dividends, as provided in the Chapter mentioned above. In the case of effective equity, the requirement of 100% of the conservation buffer of 2.5% (75% as of December 31, 2023) and a counter-cyclical capital charge are added to the value reported in note 4.a). of 0.5% as of December 31, 2024 (0% as of December 31, 2023).
c)It corresponds to the effective equity requirement in force by article 35 bis of the General Banking Law.
d)It corresponds to the solvency classification as established in article 61 of the general banking law.
e)Limit is equivalent to 1.25% when using standard methodology for determining CRWAs.
f)Limit is equivalent to 50% of the basic capital, considering the discounts applied to these instruments according to Chapter 21-1 of the RAN.
g)Additional Tier 1 capital cannot exceed 1/3 of core capital.
h)Additional provisions and subordinated bonds could be temporarily allocated until November 2023 to AT 1 for up to 1% of the RWA as of December 1, 2021. This value decreased annually by 0.5% in accordance with the transitional provisions of Chapter 21-2 of the RAN.

 

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49.Subsequent Events:

 

(a)On January 17, 2025, Banco de Chile reported that the Financial Market Commission informed the Bank that it resolved to maintain as a capital requirement for Pillar II risk, the charge already constituted corresponding to 0.13% of the risk-weighted assets net of required provisions, in accordance with article 66 quinquies of the General Banking Law.

 

(b)On January 23, 2025, the subsidiary Banchile Corredores de Bolsa reported that the Board of Directors agreed to appoint Mr. José Antonio Díaz Orellana as General Manager of Banchile Corredores de Bolsa S.A., who until that date served as Interim General Manager.

 

  (c) On February 11, 2025, the Board of Directors of Banco de Chile agreed to convene an Ordinary Shareholders' Meeting for March 27, 2025 in order to propose, among other matters, the following distribution of profits for the year ended on December 31, 2024:

 

  a) Deduct and withhold from the net income of the year, an amount equivalent to the effect of inflation of the paid capital and reserves according to the variation of the Consumer Price Index that occurred between November 2023 and November 2024, amounting to Ch$212,012,307,434 which will be added to retained earnings from previous periods.

 

  b) Distribute in the form of dividend the remaining profit, corresponding to a dividend of Ch$9.85357420889 to each of the 101,017,081,114 shares of the Bank.

 

Consequently, it will be proposed a distribution as dividend of 82.4% of the profits for the year ended December 31, 2024.

 

The Consolidated Financial Statements of Banco de Chile for the year ended December 31, 2024 were approved by the Directors on February 11, 2025.

 

In Management’s opinion, there are no other significant subsequent events that affect or could affect the Consolidated Financial Statements of Banco de Chile and its subsidiaries between December 31, 2024 and the date of issuance of these Consolidated Financial Statements.

  

 

 

 

Héctor Hernández G.

General Accounting Manager

 

Eduardo Ebensperger O.

Chief Executive Officer

 

 

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