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Cash and Cash Equivalents
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2025
Cash and Cash Equivalents [Abstract]  
Cash and Cash Equivalents
7.Cash and Cash Equivalents:

 

Details of cash and cash equivalents and its reconciliation to the Statement of Cash Flows at each year-end are as follows:

 

   2025   2024 
   MCh$   MCh$ 
Cash and deposits in banks:        
Cash (*)   900,264    879,130 
Deposit in Chilean Central Bank (*)   1,347,525    1,036,476 
Deposits in domestic banks   8,862    12,767 
Deposits in abroad banks   334,335    770,703 
Subtotal - Cash and deposits in banks   2,590,986    2,699,076 
           
Net transactions in the course of settlement (**)   (149,753)   88,851 
Cash equivalents (***)   492,943    476,610 
Total cash and cash equivalents   2,934,176    3,264,537 

 

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

 

   2025   2024 
   MCh$   MCh$ 
Assets        
Documents drawn on other banks (clearing)   115,967    109,635 
Funds receivable   298,452    262,821 
Subtotal transactions in the course of collection   414,419    372,456 
           
Liabilities          
Funds payable   (564,172)   (283,605)
Subtotal transactions in the course of payments   (564,172)   (283,605)
Net transactions in the course of settlement   (149,753)   88,851 

 

(*)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.

 

(**)Pending clearing operations with the Central Bank of Chile and foreign banks. Settlement for these transactions is normally finalized within 12 or 24 business hours since transactions took place.

 

(***)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.