Risk Management (Details) - Schedule of allowance and exposure at default (EAD) of the loans - CLP ($) $ in Millions	Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020
Schedule of allowance and exposure at default (EAD) of the loans [Abstract]
Loans and account receivable	$ 373,506	$ 224,087
Allowance for ECL	$ 87,418	$ 119,537

The amount of non-derivative financial assets with fixed or determinable payments that are not quoted in an active market, other than: (a) those that the entity intends to sell immediately or in the near term, which shall be classified as held for trading, and those that the entity, upon initial recognition, designates as at fair value through profit or loss; (b) those that the entity, upon initial recognition, designates as available for sale; or (c) those for which the holder may not recover substantially all of its initial investment, other than because of credit deterioration, which shall be classified as available for sale. An interest acquired in a pool of assets that are not loans or receivables (for example, an interest in a mutual fund or a similar fund) is not a loan or receivable. [Refer: Derivative financial assets]

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