EX-99.1 2 ea134102ex99-1_bankofchile.htm BANCO DE CHILE'S CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS WITH NOTES AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2020

Exhibit 99.1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Consolidated Financial Statements

for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BANCO DE CHILE AND SUBSIDIARIES

 

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

 

INDEX

 

I. Consolidated Statements of Financial Position 1
II. Consolidated Statements of Income 2
III. Consolidated Statements of Other Comprehensive Income 3
IV. Consolidated Statements of Changes in Equity 4
V. Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows 5
VI. Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements 6

 

MCh$ = Millions of Chilean pesos
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
IFRS = International Financial Reporting Standards
IAS = International Accounting Standards
RAN = Actualized Standards Compilation of the Chilean Commission for Financial Market (“CMF”)
IFRIC = International Financial Reporting Interpretations Committee
SIC = Standards Interpretation Committee

 

 

 

 

BANCO DE CHILE AND SUBSIDIARIES

 

INDEX

 

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Consolidated Statement of Financial Position 1
Consolidated Statements of Income 2
Consolidated Statements of Other Comprehensive Income 3
Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity 4
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows 5
1. Company information: 6
2. Summary of Significant Accounting Principles: 7
3. New Accounting Pronouncements: 47
4. Changes in Accounting Policies and Disclosures: 62
5. Relevant Events: 63
6. Business Segments: 68
7. Cash and Cash Equivalents: 71
8. Financial Assets Held-for-trading: 72
9. Investments under resale agreements and obligations under repurchase agreements: 73
10. Derivative Instruments and Accounting Hedges: 75
11. Loans and Advances to Banks, net: 81
12. Loans to Customers, net: 82
13. Investment Securities: 89
14. Investments in Other Companies: 91
15. Intangible Assets: 94
16. Fixed assets, leased assets and lease liabilities: 96
17. Current Taxes and Deferred Taxes: 101
18. Other Assets: 106
19. Current Accounts and Other Demand Deposits: 107
20. Savings Accounts and Time Deposits: 107
21. Borrowings from Financial Institutions: 108
22. Debt Issued: 109
23. Other Financial Obligations: 113
24. Provisions: 113
25. Other Liabilities: 117
26. Contingencies and Commitments: 118
27. Equity: 124
28. Interest Revenue and Expenses: 129
29. Income and Expenses from Fees and Commissions: 131
30. Net Financial Operating Income: 132
31. Foreign Exchange Transactions, Net: 132
32. Provisions for Loan Losses: 133
33. Personnel Expenses: 134
34. Administrative Expenses: 135
35. Depreciation, Amortization and Impairment: 136
36. Other Operating Income: 137
37. Other Operating Expenses: 138
38. Related Party Transactions: 139
39. Fair Value of Financial Assets and Liabilities: 144
40. Maturity of Assets and Liabilities: 157
41. Risk Management: 159
42. Subsequent Events: 193

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Consolidated Financial Statements

BANCO DE CHILE AND SUBSIDIARIES

As of December 31, 2020 and 2019

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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)

(Expressed in million of Chilean pesos)

 

     2020   2019 
   Notes  MCh$   MCh$ 
ASSETS           
Cash and due from banks  7   2,560,216    2,392,166 
Transactions in the course of collection  7   582,308    584,672 
Financial assets held-for-trading  8   4,666,156    1,872,355 
Investment under resale agreements  9   76,407    142,329 
Derivative instruments  10   2,618,004    2,786,215 
Loans and advances to banks  11   2,938,991    1,139,433 
Loans to customers, net  12   30,190,058    29,334,052 
Financial assets available-for-sale  13   1,060,523    1,357,846 
Financial assets held-to-maturity  13        
Investments in other companies  14   44,649    50,758 
Intangible assets  15   60,701    58,307 
Property and equipment  16   217,928    220,262 
Leased assets  16   118,829    150,665 
Current tax assets  17   22,949    357 
Deferred tax assets  17   357,945    320,948 
Other assets  18   579,467    862,968 
TOTAL ASSETS      46,095,131    41,273,333 
              
LIABILITIES             
Current accounts and other demand deposits  19   15,167,229    11,326,133 
Transactions in the course of payment  7   1,302,000    352,121 
Obligations under repurchase agreements  9   288,917    308,734 
Savings accounts and time deposits  20   8,899,541    10,856,618 
Derivative instruments  10   2,841,756    2,818,121 
Borrowings from financial institutions  21   3,669,753    1,563,277 
Debt issued  22   8,593,595    8,813,414 
Other financial obligations  23   191,713    156,229 
Lease liabilities  16   115,017    146,013 
Current tax liabilities  17   311    76,289 
Deferred tax liabilities  17        
Provisions  24   733,911    684,663 
Other liabilities  25   565,120    643,498 
TOTAL LIABILITIES      42,368,863    37,745,110 
              
EQUITY  27          
Attributable to Bank’s Owners:             
Capital      2,418,833    2,418,833 
Reserves      703,206    703,272 
Other comprehensive income      (51,250)   (56,601)
Retained earnings:             
Retained earnings from previous years      412,641    170,171 
Income for the year      463,108    593,008 
Less:             
Provision for minimum dividends      (220,271)   (300,461)
Subtotal      3,726,267    3,528,222 
Non-controlling interests      1    1 
TOTAL EQUITY      3,726,268    3,528,223 
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND EQUITY      46,095,131    41,273,333 

 

The accompanying notes 1 to 42 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)

(Expressed in million of Chilean pesos)

 

     2020   2019 
   Notes  MCh$   MCh$ 
            
Interest revenue  28   1,873,019    2,111,645 
Interest expense  28   (560,007)   (742,270)
Net interest income      1,313,012    1,369,375 
              
Income from fees and commissions  29   562,146    589,172 
Expenses from fees and commissions  29   (116,178)   (131,870)
Net fees and commission income      445,968    457,302 
              
Net financial operating income  30   (11,458)   116,409 
Foreign exchange transactions, net  31   156,662    30,886 
Other operating income  36   34,559    40,548 
Total operating revenues      1,938,743    2,014,520 
              
Provisions for loan losses  32   (462,680)   (347,274)
              
OPERATING REVENUES, NET OF PROVISIONS FOR LOAN LOSSES      1,476,063    1,667,246 
              
Personnel expenses  33   (457,176)   (475,599)
Administrative expenses  34   (318,881)   (329,705)
Depreciation and amortization  35   (73,357)   (70,541)
Impairment  35   (1,661)   (2,555)
Other operating expenses  37   (31,256)   (32,604)
              
TOTAL OPERATING EXPENSES      (882,331)   (911,004)
              
NET OPERATING INCOME      593,732    756,242 
              
Income attributable to associates  14   (4,661)   6,450 
Income before income tax      589,071    762,692 
              
Income tax  17   (125,962)   (169,683)
              
NET INCOME FOR THE YEAR      463,109    593,009 
Attributable to:             
Bank’s Owners  27   463,108    593,008 
Non-controlling interests      1    1 
              
       Ch$    Ch$ 
Net income per share attributable to Bank’s Owners:             
Basic net income per share  27   4.58    5.87 
Diluted net income per share  27   4.58    5.87 

 

The accompanying notes 1 to 42 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)

(Expressed in million of Chilean pesos)

 

 

      2020   2019 
   Notes  MCh$   MCh$ 
            
 NET INCOME FOR THE YEAR      463,109    593,009 
              
OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME THAT WILL BE RECLASSIFIED SUBSEQUENTLY TO PROFIT OR LOSS             
              
Net gains (losses) on available-for-sale instruments valuation  13   (3,026)   13,763 
Net gains (losses) on derivatives held as cash flow hedges  10   10,358    (37,546)
Subtotal Other comprehensive income before income taxes      7,332    (23,783)
              
Income tax relating to the components of other comprehensive income that are reclassified in income for the year      (1,981)   6,404 
Total other comprehensive income items that will be reclassified subsequently to profit or loss      5,351    (17,379)
              
OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME THAT WILL NOT BE RECLASSIFIED SUBSEQUENTLY TO PROFIT OR LOSS             
              
Adjustment for defined benefit plans  24   (91)   (247)
              
Subtotal other comprehensive income before income taxes      (91)   (247)
              
Income tax relating to the components of other comprehensive income that will not be reclassified to income for the year  17   25    66 
Total other comprehensive income items that will not be reclassified subsequently to profit or loss      (66)   (181)
              
CONSOLIDATED COMPREHENSIVE INCOME FOR THE YEAR      468,394    575,449 
              
Attributable to:             
Bank’s Owners      468,393    575,448 
Non-controlling interests      1    1 

 

The accompanying notes 1 to 42 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, 2020 and 2019

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

(Expressed in millions of Chilean pesos)

 

          Reserves   Other comprehensive income   Retained earnings     
   Notes  Paid-in
Capital
   Other
reserves
   Reserves
from
earnings
   Unrealized
gains (losses)
on available-
for-sale
   Derivatives
cash flow hedge
   Income
Tax
   Retained
earnings from
previous years
   Income
(losses) for
the year
   Provision for
minimum
dividends
   Attributable
to equity
holders of
the parent
   Non-
controlling
interest
   Total equity 
      MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$       MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$ 
                                                    
Balances as of December 31, 2018      2,418,833    31,961    585,636    (9,936)   (43,494)   14,208    17,481    594,872    (305,409)   3,304,152    1    3,304,153 
Retention of profits                              152,705    (152,705)                
Retention (release) of profits according to bylaws              85,856                    (85,856)                
Dividends distributions and paid  27                               (356,311)   305,409    (50,902)   (1)   (50,903)
Equity effect change in accounting policy                              (15)           (15)       (15)
Other comprehensive income:                                                               
Defined benefit plans adjustment, net          (181)                               (181)       (181)
Derivatives cash flow hedge  27                   (37,546)   10,138                (27,408)       (27,408)
Valuation adjustment on available-for-sale instruments  27
               13,763        (3,734)               10,029        10,029 
Income for the year 2019  27                               593,008        593,008    1    593,009 
Provision for minimum dividends  27                                   (300,461)   (300,461)       (300,461)
Balances as of December 31, 2019      2,418,833    31,780    671,492    3,827    (81,040)   20,612    170,171    593,008    (300,461)   3,528,222    1    3,528,223 
Retention of profits  27                           242,470    (242,470)                
Dividends distributions and paid  27                               (350,538)   300,461    (50,077)   (1)   (50,078)
Other comprehensive income:                                                               
Defined benefit plans adjustment, net          (66)                               (66)       (66)
Derivatives cash flow hedge, net  27
                   10,358    (2,797)               7,561        7,561 
Valuation adjustment on available-for-sale instruments  27               (3,026)       816                (2,210)       (2,210)
Income for the year 2020  27                               463,108        463,108    1    463,109 
Provision for minimum dividends  27                                   (220,271)   (220,271)       (220,271)

Balances as of December 31, 2020

      2,418,833    31,714    671,492    801    (70,682)   18,631    412,641    463,108    (220,271)   3,726,267    1    3,726,268 

 

The accompanying notes 1 to 42 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)

(Expressed in million of Chilean pesos)

 

      2020   2019 
   Notes  MCh$   MCh$ 
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:           
Net income for the year      463,109    593,009 
Charges (credits) to income that do not represent cash flows:             
Depreciation and amortization  35   73,357    70,541 
Impairment  35   1,661    2,555 
Provision for loans and accounts receivable from customers and owed by banks  32   378,290    393,737 
Provision of contingent loans  32   19,149    1,512 
Additional provisions  32   107,000     
Fair value adjustment of financial assets held-for-trading      (909)   294 
Changes in assets and liabilities by deferred taxes  17   (36,156)   (46,694)
(Gain) loss attributable to investments in companies with significant influence, net  14   5,099    (6,039)
(Gain) loss from sales of assets received in lieu of payment,net  36   (7,891)   (10,793)
(Gain) loss on sales of property and equipment, net  36   (30)   (90)
Charge-offs of assets received in lieu of payment  37   3,984    8,778 
Other charges (credits) to income that do not represent cash flows      28,599    8,882 
Net changes in exchange rate, interest and fees accrued on assets and liabilities      (7,117)   146,774 
              
Changes in assets and liabilities that affect operating cash flows:             
(Increase) decrease in loans and advances to banks, net      (1,800,134)   354,308 
(Increase) decrease in loans to customers      (1,137,533)   (2,343,162)
(Increase) decrease in financial assets held-for-trading, net      226,023    2,801 
(Increase) decrease in other assets and liabilities      272,887    103,135 
Increase (decrease) in current account and other demand deposits      3,843,145    1,738,840 
Increase (decrease) in transactions from reverse repurchase agreements      (33,488)   1,711 
Increase (decrease) in savings accounts and time deposits      (1,901,014)   184,946 
Sale of assets received in lieu of payment or adjudicated      21,618    30,795 
Total cash flows from operating activities      519,649    1,235,840 
              
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:             
(Increase) decrease in financial assets available-for-sale, net      284,691    (302,427)
Payments for lease agreements  16   (28,705)   (29,374)
Net changes in leased assets  16   (847)   (1,725)
Purchases of property and equipment  16   (28,471)   (43,512)
Sales of property and equipment      401    92 
Acquisition of intangible assets  15   (18,631)   (20,928)
Acquisition of investments in companies  14       (671)
Dividends received from investments in companies  14   1,439    963 
Total cash flows from investing activities      209,877    (397,582)
              
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:             
Redemption of letters of credit      (2,382)   (3,268)
Issuance of bonds  22   889,135    2,625,176 
Redemption of bonds      (1,221,026)   (1,546,572)
Dividends paid  27   (350,538)   (356,311)
Increase (decrease) in borrowings from foreign financial institutions      (999,925)   44,755 
Increase (decrease) in other financial obligations      52,683    42,664 
Increase (decrease) in other obligations with Central Bank of Chile      3,110,600     
Payment of other long-term borrowings      (16,963)   (4,005)
Total cash flows from financing activities      1,461,584    802,439 
              
TOTAL NET  POSITIVE CASH FLOWS FOR THE YEAR      2,191,110    1,640,697 
              
Effect of exchange rate changes      (34,366)   34,299 
              
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year      3,931,371    2,256,375 
              
Cash and cash equivalents at end of year  7   6,088,115    3,931,371 
              
       2020    2019 
       MCh$    MCh$ 
Operational Cash flow interest:             
Interest received      1,777,086    2,010,563 
Interest paid      (505,557)   (460,115)

   

The accompanying notes 1 to 42 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, 2020 and 2019

(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 Consolidated Financial Statements of Banco de Chile, for the year ended December 31, 2020 were approved by the Directors on January 28, 2021.

 

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, continued

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

 

 

 

2.Summary of Significant Accounting Principles:

 

(a)Basis of preparation:

 

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”.

 

In accordance with 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, in the 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 Financial Statements of Banco de Chile as of December 31, 2020 and 2019 have been consolidated with its Chilean subsidiaries and foreign subsidiary 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 of Banco de Chile.

 

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, continued

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

 

 

 

2.Summary of Significant Accounting Principles, continued:

 

(b)Basis of consolidation, continued:

 

(i)Subsidiaries

 

Consolidated Financial Statements as of December 31, 2020 and 2019 incorporate financial statements of the Bank and its subsidiaries. According IFRS 10 – “Consolidated Financial Statements”. Control requires exposure or rights to variable returns and the ability to affect those returns through power over an investee. Specifically the Bank have power over the investee when has existing rights that give it the ability to direct the relevant activities of the investee.

 

When the Bank has less than a majority of the voting rights of an investee, but these voting rights are enough to have the ability to direct the relevant activities unilaterally, then conclude the Bank has control. The Bank considers all factors and relevant circumstances to evaluate if their voting rights are enough to obtain the control, which it includes:

 

The amount of voting rights that the Bank has, related to the amount of voting rights of the others stakeholders;

 

Potential voting rights maintained by the Bank, other holders of voting rights or other parties;

 

Rights emanated from other contractual arrangements;

 

Any additional circumstance that indicate that the Bank have or have not the ability to manage the relevant activities when that decisions need to be taken, including behavior patterns of vote in previous shareholders meetings.

 

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, continued

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

 

 

 

2.Summary of Significant Accounting Principles, continued:

 

(b)Basis of consolidation, continued:

 

(i)Subsidiaries, continued:

 

The Bank reevaluates if it has or has not the control over an investee when the circumstances indicates that exists changes in one or more elements of control listed above.

 

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

 

         Functional  Interest Owned 
Rut  Subsidiaries  Country  Currency  Direct   Indirect   Total 
            2020   2019   2020   2019   2020   2019 
            %   %   %   %   %   % 
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 
96,932,010-K  Banchile Securitizadora S.A. (*)  Chile  Ch$   99.01    99.01    0.99    0.99    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 

 

(*)See Note No. 42

 

(ii)Associates and Joint Ventures

 

Associates

 

An associate is an entity over whose operating and financial management policy decisions the Bank has significant influence, without to have the control over the associate. Significant influence is generally presumed when the Bank holds between 20% and 50% of the voting rights. Other considered factors when determining whether the Bank has significant influence over another entity are the representation on the board of directors and the existence of material intercompany transactions. The existence of these factors could determine the existence of significant influence over an entity even though the Bank had participation less than 20% of the voting rights.

 

Investments in associates where exists significant influence, are accounted for using the equity method. In accordance with the equity method, the Bank’s investments are initially recorded at cost, and subsequently increased or decreased to reflect the proportional participation of the Bank in the net income or loss of the associate and other movements recognized in its shareholders’ equity. Goodwill arising from the acquisition of an associate is included in the net book value, net of any accumulated impairment loss.

 

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, continued

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

 

 

 

2.Summary of Significant Accounting Principles, continued:

 

(b)Basis of consolidation, continued:

 

(ii)Associates and Joint Ventures, continued:

 

Joint Ventures

 

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.

 

According to IFRS 11 “Joint Arrangements”, an entity will determine the type of joint arrangement in which it is involved, and may classify the agreement as a “Joint operation” or a “Joint venture”.

 

For investments defined like “Joint Operation”, their assets, liabilities, income and expenses are recognised by their participation in joint operation.

 

For investments defined like “Joint Venture”, they will be registered according equity method.

 

Investments in other companies that, for their characteristics, are defined like “Joint Ventures” are the following:

 

Artikos S.A.

 

Servipag Ltda.

 

(iii)Shares or rights in other companies

 

These are entities in which the Bank does not have significant influence. They are presented at acquisition value (historical cost) less any adjustment for impairment.

 

(iv)Special purpose entities

 

According to current regulation, the Bank must be analyzing periodically its consolidation area, considering that the principal criteria are the control that the Bank has in an entity and not its percentage of equity participation.

 

As of December 31, 2020 and 2019 the Bank does not control and has not created any SPEs.

 

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, continued

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

 

 

 

2.Summary of Significant Accounting Principles, continued:

 

(b)Basis of consolidation, continued:

 

(v)Fund management

 

The Bank and its subsidiaries manage and administer assets held in mutual funds and other investment products on behalf of investors, perceiving a paid according to the service provided and according to market conditions. Managed resources are owned by third parties and therefore not included in the Statement 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. This assessment should consider the following:

 

-The scope of their authority to make decisions about the investee.
-The rights held by third parties.
-The remuneration to which he is entitled in accordance with the remuneration arrangements.
-Exposure, decision maker, the variability of returns from other interests that keeps the investee.

 

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 rule, do not control these funds when they exercise their authority to make decisions. Therefore, as of December 31, 2020 and 2019 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 that the Bank does not control, neither directly or indirectly. It is presented as a separate item in the Consolidated Statement of Income and the Consolidated Statement 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:

 

1.Provision for loan losses (Notes No. 11. No. 12 and No. 32);
2.Useful life of intangible, property and equipment and leased assets and lease liabilities (Notes No.15 and No.16);
3.Income taxes and deferred taxes (Note No. 17);
4.Provisions (Note No. 24);
5.Contingencies and Commitments (Note No. 26);
6.Fair value of financial assets and liabilities (Note No. 39).

 

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, continued

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

 

 

 

2.Summary of Significant Accounting Principles, continued:

 

(d)Use of estimates and judgments, continued:

 

Estimates and relevant assumptions are regularly reviewed by the management of the Bank, according to quantify certain assets, liabilities, gains, loss and commitments. Estimates reviewed are registered in income in the year that the estimate is reviewed.

 

During the year ended December 31, 2020 there have been no significant changes in the estimates made other than those disclosed in Note No. 4 Changes in Accounting Policies and Disclosures.

 

(e)Financial asset and liability valuation criteria:

 

Measurement is the process of determining the monetary amounts at which the elements of the financial statements are to be recognized and carried in the Consolidated Statement of Financial Position and the Consolidated Statement of Other Comprehensive Income. This involves selecting the particular basis or method of measurement.

 

In the Consolidated Financial Statements several measuring bases are used with different levels mixed among them. These bases or methods include the following:

 

(i)Initial recognition

 

The Bank and its subsidiaries recognize loans to customers, trading and investment securities, deposits, debt issued and subordinated liabilities and other assets o liabilities on the date of negotiation. Purchases and sales of financial assets performed on a regular basis are recognized as of the trade date on which the Bank committed to purchase or sell the asset.

 

(ii)Classification

 

Assets, liabilities and income accounts have been classified in conformity with standards issued by the CMF.

 

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, continued

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

 

 

 

2.Summary of Significant Accounting Principles, continued:

 

(e)Financial asset and liability valuation criteria, continued:

 

(iii)Derecognition of financial assets and financial liabilities

 

The Bank and its subsidiaries derecognize a financial asset (or where applicable part of a financial asset) from its Consolidated 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:

 

(a)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.

 

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

 

(c)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:

 

(i)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.

 

(ii)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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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, continued

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

 

 

 

2.Summary of Significant Accounting Principles, continued:

 

(e)Financial asset and liability valuation criteria, continued:

 

(iv)Offsetting

 

Financial assets and liabilities are offset and the net amount is reported in the Statement of Financial Position if, and only if, the Bank has the legally enforceable right to set off the recognized amounts and there is an intention to settle on a net basis or to realize an asset and settle the liability simultaneously.

 

Income and expenses are shown net only if accounting standards allow such treatment, or in the case of gains and losses arising from a group of similar transactions such as the Bank’s trading activities.

 

(v)Valuation at amortized cost

 

Amortized cost is the amount at which a financial asset or liability is measured at initial recognition minus principal repayments, plus or minus the cumulative amortization (calculated using the effective interest rate method) of any difference between that initial amount and the maturity amount and minus any reduction for impairment.

 

(vi)Fair value measurements

 

Fair value of a financial instrument is the price that would be received to sell an asset or would be paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between participants in a main market (or more advantageous) at the measurement date under current market conditions, regardless of whether that price is directly observable or estimated using another valuation technique. The most objective and common fair value is the price that you would pay on 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.

 

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 use the maximum observable market data, relies as little as possible on estimates performed by the Bank, incorporates factors that market participants would consider in setting a price and is consistent with accepted economic methodologies for pricing financial instruments. Inputs into the valuation technique reasonably represent market expectations and include risk and return factors that are inherent in 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 any available observable market data.

 

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, continued

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

 

 

 

2.Summary of Significant Accounting Principles, continued:

 

(e)Financial asset and liability valuation criteria, continued:

 

(vi)Fair value measurements, continued:

 

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. 39.

 

(f)Functional currency:

 

The items included in the financial statements of each of the entities 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 currency of Banco de Chile is the Chilean peso, which is also the currency used to present the entity’s Consolidated Financial Statements, that is the currency of the primary economic environment in which the Bank operates, as well as obeying to the currency that influences in the costs and income structure.

 

(g)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 Statement of Financial Position. All differences are recorded as a debit or credit to income.

 

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, continued

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

 

 

 

2.Summary of Significant Accounting Principles, continued:

 

(g)Transactions in foreign currency, continued:

 

As of December 31, 2020, the Bank applied the exchange rate of accounting representation according to the standards issued by the CMF, where assets expressed in dollars are shown to their equivalent value in Chilean pesos calculated using the following exchange rate of Ch$711.90 US$1 (Ch$751.88 to US$1 in 2019).

 

The gain of Ch$156,662 million for net foreign exchange transactions, net (Ch$30,886 million in 2019) shown in the Consolidated Statements of Income, includes recognition of the effects of exchange rate variations on assets and liabilities in foreign currency or indexed to exchange rates, and the result of foreign exchange transactions conducted by the Bank and its subsidiaries.

 

(h)Operating Segments:

 

The Bank discloses information by segment in accordance with IFRS 8. The Bank’s operating segments are determined based on its different business units, considering the following factors:

 

(i)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).

 

(ii)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

 

(iii)That separate financial information is available.

 

(i)Cash and cash equivalents:

 

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.

 

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, continued

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

 

 

 

2.Summary of Significant Accounting Principles, continued:

 

(i)Cash and cash equivalents, continued:

 

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

 

(i)Cash and cash equivalents correspond to “Cash and Bank Deposits”, plus (minus) the net balance of transactions in the course of collection that are shown in the Consolidated Statement of Financial Position, plus instruments held-for-trading and available-for-sale that are highly liquid and have an insignificant risk of change in value, maturing in less than three months from the date of acquisition, plus repurchase agreements that are in that situation. Also includes investments in fixed income mutual funds, according to instructions of the CMF, that are presented under “Trading Instruments” in the Consolidated Statement of Financial Position.

 

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

 

(iii)Investing activities: correspond to the acquisition, sale or disposition other forms, of long-term assets and other investments that not include in cash and cash equivalent.

 

(iv)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.

 

(j)Financial assets held-for-trading:

 

Financial assets held-for-trading consist of securities acquired with the intention of generating profits as a result of short-term prices fluctuation or as a result of brokerage activities, or are part of a portfolio on which a short-term profit-generating pattern exists.

 

Financial assets held-for-trading are stated at their fair value. Accrued interest, gains or losses from their fair value adjustments, as well as gains or losses from trading activities, are included in “Net financial operating income” in the Consolidated Statement of Income.

 

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, continued

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

 

 

 

2.Summary of Significant Accounting Principles, continued:

 

(k)Operations under resale and repurchase agreements:

 

The Bank carries out operations under resale agreements as a form of investment. The securities purchased under these agreements are recognized on the Bank’s Consolidated Statement of Financial Position under “Investments under resale agreements”, which is valued in accordance with the agreed-upon interest rate, through of method of amortized cost. According to rules, the Bank not register as own portfolio the instruments bought within resale agreements.

 

The Bank also carries out operations under repurchase agreements as a form of financing. The investments that are sold under repurchase obligation and that serve as collateral for borrowings are classified as “Financial Assets held-for-trading” or “Available-for-sale Instruments”. The obligation to repurchase the investment is classified in the liability as “Obligations under repurchase agreements”, which is valued in accordance with the agreed-upon interest rate.

 

As of December 31, 2020 and 2019 it not exist operations corresponding to securities lending.

 

(l)Derivative instruments:

 

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 “Profit (loss) net of financial operations”, in the Consolidated Statement of Income.

 

In addition, the Bank includes in the valorization of derivatives the “Credit Valuation Adjustment” (CVA), to reflect the counterparty risk in the determination of fair value and the Bank’s own credit risk, known as “Debit valuation adjustment” (DVA).

 

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.

 

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

 

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, continued

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

 

 

 

2.Summary of Significant Accounting Principles, continued:

 

(l)Derivative instruments, continued:

 

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

 

(1)A hedge of the fair value of existing assets or liabilities or firm commitments, or;

 

(2)A hedge of cash flows related to existing assets or liabilities or forecasted transactions.

 

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

 

(a)at its inception, the hedge relationship has been formally documented;

 

(b)it is expected that the hedge will be highly effective;

 

(c)the effectiveness of the hedge can be measured in a reasonable manner; and

 

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

 

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 hedged instruments derivative, designed like “fair value hedges”, are recognized in income under the line “Net interest income” and/or “Foreign exchange transactions, net”. Hedged item also is presented to fair value, related to the risk to be hedge. Gains or losses from hedged risk are recognized in income under the line “Net interest income” and adjust the book value of item hedged.

 

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, continued

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

 

 

 

2.Summary of Significant Accounting Principles, continued:

 

(l)Derivative instruments, continued:

 

Cash flow hedge: changes in the fair value of financial instruments derivative designated like “cash flow hedge” are recognised in “Other Comprehensive Income”, to the extent that hedge is effective and hedge is reclassified to income in the item “Net interest income” and/or “Foreign exchange transactions, net”, 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, changes in fair value are recognised directly in income in the item “Net financial operating income”.

 

If the hedged instruments does not comply with criteria of hedge accounting of cash flow, it expires or is sold, it suspend or executed, this hedge must be discontinued prospectively. Accumulated gains or losses recognised 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/or “Foreign exchange transactions, net”, 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/or “Foreign exchange transactions, net”, depend of the hedge).

 

(m)Loans to customers:

 

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

 

(i)Valuation method

 

Loans are initially measured at cost plus incremental transaction costs, and subsequently measured at amortized cost using the effective interest rate method minus any impairment, except when the Bank defined some loans as hedged items, which are measured at fair value, changes are recorded in the Consolidated Statement of Income, as described in letter (l) of this note.

 

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

 

 

 

2.Summary of Significant Accounting Principles, continued:

 

(m)Loans to customers, continued:

 

(ii)Lease contracts

 

Accounts receivable for leasing contracts, included under the caption “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.

 

(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.

 

(iv)Impairment of loans

 

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

 

a)In case of debtors subject to individual assessment, are considered in impaired portfolio “Non-complying loans” and the categories B3 y B4 of “Substandar loans” defined in letter m) v.i).

 

b)Debtors subject to assessment group evaluation, the impaired portfolio includes all credits of the “Non-complying loans” defined in letter m) v. v).

 

(v)Allowance for loan losses

 

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 loans and in the case of contingent loans, they are shown in liabilities under “Provisions”.

 

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. Said models, as well as modifications to their design and application, are approved by the Bank’s Board of Directors.

 

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, continued

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

 

 

 

2.Summary of Significant Accounting Principles, continued:

 

(m)Loans to customers, continued:

 

(v)Allowance for loan losses, continued:

 

(v.i) Allowance for individual evaluations:

 

An individual analysis of debtors is applied to individuals and 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 should focus on its credit quality related to the ability to payment, to have sufficient and reliable information, and to analyze in regard to guarantees, terms, interest rates, currency and revaluation, etc.

 

For purposes of establish the allowances, the banks must be asses 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.

 

v.i.1 Normal Loans and Substandard Loans:

 

Normal loans: correspond to borrowers who are up to date on their payment obligations and show no sign of deterioration in their credit quality. 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.

 

This category also includes all loans that have been non-performing for more than 30 days. Loans classified in this category are B1 through B4.

 

As a result of individual analysis of the debtors, the banks 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:

 

Classification  Category of
the debtors
  Probability of
default (%)
   Loss given
default (%)
   Expected
loss (%)
 
   A1   0.04    90.0    0.03600 
   A2   0.10    82.5    0.08250 
Normal Loans  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 
                   
   B1   15.00    92.5    13.87500 
   B2   22.00    92.5    20.35000 
Substandard Loans  B3   33.00    97.5    32.17500 
   B4   45.00    97.5    43.87500 

 

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, continued

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

 

 

 

2.Summary of Significant Accounting Principles, continued:

 

(m)Loans to customers, continued:

 

(v)Allowance for loan losses, continued:

 

(v.i) Allowance for individual evaluations, continued:

 

v.i.1 Normal Loans and Substandard Loans, continued:

 

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 (expressed in decimals), 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 Banking Accounting Standards Compendium.

 

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.

 

The banks must use the following equation:

 

Provision debtor = (ESA-GE) x (PD debtor /100)x(LGD debtor /100)+GE x(PD guarantor/100)x(LGD guarantor/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 contingents loans.

 

v.i.2 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.

 

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, continued

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

 

 

 

2.Summary of Significant Accounting Principles, continued:

 

(m)Loans to customers, continued:

 

(v)Allowance for loan losses, continued:

 

(v.i) Allowance for individual evaluations, continued:

 

v.i.2 Non-complying Loans, continued:

 

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 a 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.

 

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 Loan  Classification  Expected loss  Allowance (%) 
   C1  Up to 3 %   2 
   C2  More than 3% up to 20%   10 
Non-complying loans  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 these loans, the expected loss must be calculated in the following manner:

 

Expected loss = (TE – R) / TE

Allowance = TE x (AP/100)

 

Where:

TE = total exposure

R = recoverable amount based on estimates of collateral value and collection efforts

AP = allowance percentage (based on the category in which the expected loss should be classified).

 

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, continued

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

 

 

 

2.Summary of Significant Accounting Principles, continued:

 

(m)Loans to customers, continued:

 

(v)Allowance for loan losses, continued:

 

(v.i) Allowance for individual evaluations, continued:

 

v.i.2 Non-complying Loans, continued:

 

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 point (v.i) of this letter in order 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 have direct debts unpaid in the CMF recast information, except in the case of insignificant amounts.

 

(v.ii) Allowances for group evaluations

 

Group evaluations are relevant to address a large number of operations whose individual amounts are low or small companies. Such assessments, and the criteria for application, must be consistent with the transaction of give the credit. 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.

 

Banks may use two alternative methods for determining provisions for retail loans that are evaluated as a group.

 

Under first method, it will be used the experience to explain the payment behavior of each homogeneous group of debtors and recoveries through collateral and of collection process, when it correspond, with objective of to estimate directly a percentage of expected losses that will be apply to the amount of the loans of respective group.

 

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, continued

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

 

 

 

2.Summary of Significant Accounting Principles, continued:

 

(m)Loans to customers, continued:

 

(v)Allowance for loan losses, continued:

 

(v.ii) Allowances for group evaluations, continued:

 

Under second method, the banks will segment to debtors in 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.

 

In both methods, estimated loss must be related with type of portfolio and terms of operations.

 

The Bank to determine its provisions has opted for using second method.

 

In the case of consumer loans, collateral are not considered for the purpose of estimating the expected loss.

 

The Bank must discriminate 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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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, continued

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

 

 

 

2.Summary of Significant Accounting Principles, continued:

 

(m)Loans to customers, continued:

 

(v)Allowance for loan losses, continued:

 

(v.iii) Standard method of provisions for Mortgage Loans

 

According to the established by the CMF, 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 past due and CMG
      Past due days at the end-month 
CMG  Concept  0   1-29   30-59   60-89   Non – Complying Loans 
   PD (%)   1.0916    21.3407    46.0536    75.1614    100.0000 
CMG ≤ 40%  LGD (%)   0.0225    0.0441    0.0482    0.0482    0.0537 
   EAD (%)   0.0002    0.0094    0.0222    0.0362    0.0537 
   PD (%)   1.9158    27.4332    52.0824    78.9511    100.0000 
40% < CMG ≤ 80%  LGD (%)   2.1955    2.8233    2.9192    2.9192    3.0413 
   EAD (%)   0.0421    0.7745    1.5204    2.3047    3.0413 
   PD (%)   2.5150    27.9300    52.5800    79.6952    100.0000 
80% < CMG ≤ 90%  LGD (%)   21.5527    21.6600    21.9200    22.1331    22.2310 
   EAD (%)   0.5421    6.0496    11.5255    17.6390    22.2310 
   PD (%)   2.7400    28.4300    53.0800    80.3677    100.0000 
CMG > 90%  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

 

In the event that a single debtor maintains more than one home mortgage loan with the bank and one of them is 90 days or more behind, all such loans will be assigned to the defaulted portfolio, calculating the provisions for each one of them. They agree with their respective percentages of CMG.

 

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, continued

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

 

 

 

2.Summary of Significant Accounting Principles, continued:

 

(m)Loans to customers, continued:

 

(v)Allowance for loan losses, continued:

 

(v.iv) Commercial portfolio

 

To determine the allowances of the commercial portfolio, the Bank must consider 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.

 

a)Commercial Leasing Operations

 

The provision factor must be applied to the current value of commercial leasing operations (including the purchase option) and will depend 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 (%)
Days of default of the operation  Type of asset
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  18.2
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 will be 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.

 

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, continued

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

 

 

 

2.Summary of Significant Accounting Principles, continued:

 

(m)Loans to customers, continued:

 

(v)Allowance for loan losses, continued:

 

(v.iv) Commercial portfolio, continued:

 

b)Generic commercial placements and factoring

 

In the case of factoring operations and other commercial placements, other than those indicated above, the provision factor, applicable to the amount of the placement and the exposure of the contingent loan risk (as indicated in paragraph 3 of Chapter B-3 ), will depend 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 (%)
Days of default at the  With collateral   Without 
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 

 

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%   5.0    3.2 
   60% < PTVG≤ 75%   20.3    12.8 
   75% < PTVG ≤ 90%   32.2    20.3 
   90% < PTVG   43.0    27.1 
Without collateral       56.9    35.9 

 

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, continued

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

 

 

 

2.Summary of Significant Accounting Principles, continued:

 

(m)Loans to customers, continued:

 

(v)Allowance for loan losses, continued:

 

(v.iv) Commercial portfolio, continued:

 

b)Generic commercial placements and factoring, continued:

 

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 of Chapter B-1 Residential mortgage portfolio 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:

 

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.

 

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 Updated Collection of Standards 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.

 

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, continued

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

 

 

 

2.Summary of Significant Accounting Principles, continued:

 

(m)Loans to customers, continued:

 

(v)Allowance for loan losses, continued:

 

(v.v) Portfolio in default

 

The 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 point (vi) of this letter in order 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. This condition does not apply in the case of debtors who only have credits for financing higher education in accordance with Law No. 20,027.
-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.

 

(v.vi) 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 must be 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 Compendium of Accounting Standards. This procedure must be carried out in an aggregate manner, grouping all those operations to which the same deductible percentage is applicable.

 

The deductible will be 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.

 

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

 

 

 

2.Summary of Significant Accounting Principles, continued:

 

(m)Loans to customers, continued:

 

(vi)Charge-offs

 

Generally, 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 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.

 

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

 

(vi.i) Charge-offs of loans to customers

 

Charge-off loans to customers, other than leasing operations, shall be made in accordance to the following circumstances occurs:

 

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

 

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

 

c)At the time the term set by the statute of limitations runs out and as result legal actions are precluded in order to request payment through executive trial or upon rejection or abandonment of title execution issued by judicial and non-recourse resolution.

 

d)When past-due term of a transaction complies with the following:

 

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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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, continued

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

 

 

 

2.Summary of Significant Accounting Principles, continued:

 

(m)Loans to customers, continued:

 

(vi)Charge-offs, continued:

 

(vi.ii) Charge-offs of lease operations

 

Assets for leasing operations must be charge-offs against the following circumstances, whichever occurs first:

 

a)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 have 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.

 

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

 

c)When past-due term of a transaction complies with the following:

 

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) Loan loss recoveries

 

Cash recoveries on charge-off loans including loans that were reacquired from the Central Bank of Chile are recorded directly in income in the Consolidated Statement of Income, as a reduction of the “Provisions for Loan Losses” item.

 

In the event that there are recovery in assets, is recognized in income the revenues for the amount they are incorporated in the asset. The same criteria will be followed if the leased assets are recovered after the charge-off of a lease operation, to incorporate those to 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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(Free translation of Consolidated Financial Statements originally issued in Spanish)

 

 

 

2.Summary of Significant Accounting Principles, continued:

 

(n)Investment instruments:

 

Investment instruments are classified into two categories: Investments to maturity and Instruments available for sale. The category of Investments to maturity includes only those instruments in which it have the capacity and intention to hold them until their expiration date. The other investment instruments are considered as available-for-sale.

 

Financial assets held-to-maturity are recorded at their cost plus accrued interest and indexations less impairment provisions made when the carrying amount exceeds the estimated recoverable amount.

 

A financial asset classified as available-for-sale is initially recognized at its fair value plus transaction costs that are directly attributable to the acquisition of the financial asset, subsequently measured at their fair value based on market prices or valuation models. Unrealized gains or losses as a result of fair value adjustments are recorded in “Other comprehensive income” within Equity. When these investments are sold, the cumulative fair value adjustment existing within equity is recorded directly in income under “Net financial operating income”.

 

Interest and indexations of financial assets held-to-maturity and available-for-sale are included in the line item “Interest revenue”.

 

Investment securities, which are subject to hedge accounting, are adjusted according to the rules for hedge accounting as described in Note No. 2 letter (l).

 

As of December 31, 2020 and 2019, the Bank does not held to maturity instruments.

 

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

 

 

 

2.Summary of Significant Accounting Principles, continued:

 

(o)Intangible:

 

Intangible assets are identified as non-monetary assets (separately identifiable from other assets) without physical substance which arise as a result of a legal transaction or are developed internally by the consolidated entities. They are assets whose cost can be estimated reliably and from which the consolidated entities have control and consider it probable that future economic benefits will be generated. Intangible assets are recorded initially at acquisition cost and are subsequently measured at cost less any accumulated amortization or 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.

 

(p)Property and equipment:

 

Property and equipment 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 than 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.

 

Estimated useful lives for 2020 and 2019 are as follows:

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

 

 

2.Summary of Significant Accounting Principles, continued:

 

(q)Deferred taxes and income taxes:

 

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

 

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.

 

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 Statement of Financial Position according to IAS 12 “Income Tax”.

 

(r)Assets received in lieu of payment:

 

Assets received or awarded in lieu of payment of loans and accounts receivable from customers are recorded, in the case of assets received in lieu of payment, at the price agreed by the parties, or otherwise, when the parties do not reach an agreement, at the amount at which the Bank is awarded those assets at a judicial auction.

 

Assets received in lieu of payment are classified under “Other Assets” and they are recorded at the lower of its carrying amount or net realizable value, less charge-off and presented net of a portfolio valuation allowance. The CMF requires regulatory charge-offs if the asset is not sold within a one year of foreclosure.

 

(s)Investment properties:

 

Investments properties are real estate assets held to earn rental income or for capital appreciation or both, but are not held-for-sale in the ordinary course of business or used for administrative purposes. Investment properties are measured at cost, less accumulated depreciation and impairment and are presented under “Other Assets”.

 

(t)Debt issued:

 

Financial instruments issued by the Bank are classified in the Statement of Financial Position under “Debt issued” items, where the substance of the contractual arrangement results in the Bank having an obligation either to deliver cash or another financial asset to the holder or to satisfy the obligation other than by the exchange of a fixed amount of cash.

 

Debt issued is subsequently measured at amortized cost using the effective interest rate. Amortized cost is calculated by taking into account any discount or premium on the issue and costs that are an integral part of the effective interest rate.

 

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

 

 

 

2.Summary of Significant Accounting Principles, continued:

 

(u)Provisions and contingent liabilities:

 

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

 

i)a present obligation has arisen from a past event;

 

ii)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

 

iii)the amount 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 the complementary information:

 

i.Guarantees and sureties: Comprises guarantees, sureties and standby letters of credit. In addition it includes payment guarantees for purchases in factoring transactions.

 

ii.Confirmed foreign letters of credit: Corresponds to letters of credit confirmed by the Bank.

 

iii.Documentary letters of credit: Includes documentary letters of credit issued by the Bank which have not yet been negotiated.

 

iv.Documented guarantee with promissory notes.

 

v.Undrawn credit lines: The unused amount of credit lines that allow customers to draw without prior approval by the Bank (for example, using credit cards or overdrafts in checking accounts).

 

vi.Other credit commitments: Amounts not yet lent under committed loans, which must be disbursed at an agreed future date when events contractually agreed upon with the customer occur, such as in the case of irrevocable lines of credit linked to the progress of projects, or credits for higher studies referred to in Law No. 20,027.

 

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, continued

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

 

 

 

2.Summary of Significant Accounting Principles, continued:

 

(u)Provisions and contingent liabilities, continued:

 

vii.Other contingent loans: Includes any other kind of commitment by the Bank which may exist and give rise to lending when certain future events occur. In general, this includes unusual transactions such as pledges made to secure the payment of loans among third parties or derivative contracts made by third parties that may result in a payment obligation and are not covered by deposits.

 

Exposure to credit risk on contingent loans:

 

In order to calculate provisions on contingent loans, as indicated in Chapter B-3 of the Accounting Standards Compendium of the CMF, the amount of exposure that must be considered shall be equivalent to the percentage of the amounts of contingent loans indicated below:

 

Type of contingent loan  Exposure 
a)  Guarantors and pledges   100%
b)  Confirmed foreign letters of credit   20%
c)  Documentary letters of credit issued   20%
d)  Guarantee deposits   50%
e)  Undrawn credit lines   35%
f)  Other loan commitments:     
- College education loans Law No. 20,027   15%
- Others   100%
g)  Other contingent loans   100%

 

Notwithstanding the above, when dealing with transactions performed with customers with overdue loans as indicated in Chapter B-1 of the Accounting Standards Compendium of the CMF, that exposure shall be equivalent to 100% of its contingent loans.

 

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

 

 

 

2.Summary of Significant Accounting Principles, continued:

 

(v)Provisions for minimum dividends:

 

According with the Accounting Standards Compendium 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.

 

Distributable net income is considered for the purpose of calculating a minimum dividends provision, which is defined as that which results from reducing or adding to net income the value of price-level restatement for the concept of restatement or adjustment of paid-in capital and reserves for the year.

 

(w)Employee benefits:

 

(i)Staff accrued vacations

 

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

 

(ii)Short-term benefits

 

The Bank has a yearly bonus plan for its employees based on their ability to meet objectives and their individual contribution to the company’s results, consisting of a given number or portion of monthly salaries. It is provisioned for based on the estimated amount to be distributed.

 

(iii)Staff severance indemnities

 

Banco de Chile has recorded a liability for long-term severance indemnities in accordance with employment contracts it has with certain employees. The liability, which is payable to specified retiring employees with 30 or 35 years of service, is recorded at the present value of the accrued benefits, which are calculated by applying a real discount rate to the benefit accrued as of year-end over the estimated average remaining service year.

 

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

 

 

 

2.Summary of Significant Accounting Principles, continued:

 

(w)Employee benefits, continued:

 

(iii)Staff severance indemnities, continued:

 

Obligations for this defined benefits plan are valued according to the projected unit credit actuarial valuation method, using inputs such as staff turnover rates, expected salary growth in wages and probability that this benefit will be used, discounted at current long-term rates (2.31% as of December 31, 2020 and 3.17% as of December 31, 2019).

 

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

 

Losses and gains caused by changes in actuarial variables are recognized in Other Comprehensive Income. There are no other additional costs that must be recognized by the Bank.

 

(x)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. As of December 31, 2020 and 2019 there are no concepts to adjust.

 

(y)Interest revenue and expense:

 

Interest income and expenses are recognized in the income statement 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 a shorter period) where appropriate, 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.

 

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

 

 

 

2.Summary of Significant Accounting Principles, continued:

 

(y)Interest revenue and expense, continued:

 

For its impaired portfolio and high risk loans and accounts receivables from clients, the Bank has applied a conservative position of discontinuing accrual-basis recognition of interest revenue in the income statement; they are only recorded once received. In accordance with the above, suspension occurs in the following cases:

 

Loans with individual evaluation:

 

Loans classified in categories C5 and C6: Accrual is suspended by the sole fact of being in the impaired portfolio.

 

Loans classified in categories C3 and C4: The accrual is suspended after have fulfilled three months in the impaired portfolio.

 

Group evaluation loans:

 

Any credit, with the exception of those that have real guarantees that reach at least 80%: The accrual is suspended when the credit or one of its installments has reached six months of delay in its payment.

 

Notwithstanding the above, in the case of loans subject to individual evaluation, recognition of income from accrual of interest and readjustments can be maintained for loans that are being paid normally and which correspond to obligations whose cash flows are independent, as can occur in the case of project financing.

 

The suspension of recognition of revenue on an accrual basis means that, while the credits are kept in the impaired portfolio, the related assets included in the Consolidated Statement of Financial Position will increase with no interest, or fees and adjustments in the Consolidated Statements of Income, and income will not be recognized for these items, unless they are actually received.

 

(z)Fees and commissions:

 

Revenue and expenses from fees 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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(Free translation of Consolidated Financial Statements originally issued in Spanish)

 

 

 

2.Summary of Significant Accounting Principles, continued:

 

(z)Fees and commissions, continued:

 

The fees registered by the Bank correspond mainly to:

 

Commissions for lines of credit and overdrafts: they are accrued in the period related to the granting of lines of credit and overdrafts in current account.

Commissions for guarantees and letters of credit: they are accrued in the period related to the granting of payment guarantees for real or contingent obligations of third parties.

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

Commissions for account management: includes commissions for the maintenance of current accounts and other deposit accounts.

Commissions for collections, collections and payments: correspond to collection, collection and payments 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 insurance commercialization: Income generated by the sale of insurance is included.

Commissions for investments in mutual funds and others: corresponds to commissions originated in the administration of mutual funds.

Other commissions earned: Income generated by currency changes, financial advice, use of distribution channels, use of trademark agreement and placement of financial products and cash transfers and recognition of payments associated with commercial alliances, among others, are included.

 

Fees for commissions include:

 

Remuneration for card operations: commissions paid for the operation of credit and debit cards are included.

Inter-bank transactions: Corresponds to commissions paid to the automatic clearing house for transactions carried out.

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

Other commissions: commissions for collection, payments and other online services are included.

 

(aa)Identifying and measuring impairment:

 

Financial assets, different to loans to customers

 

Financial assets are reviewed throughout each year, and especially at each reporting date, to determine whether there is objective evidence of impairment as a result of a loss event that occurred after the initial recognition of the asset and the loss event had an impact on the estimated future cash flows of the financial asset that can be reliably calculated.

 

An impairment loss for financial assets (different to loans to customers) recorded at amortized cost is calculated as the difference between the asset’s carrying amount and the present value of the estimated future cash flows, discounted using the effective interest rate original.

 

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

 

 

 

2.Summary of Significant Accounting Principles, continued:

 

(aa)Identifying and measuring impairment, continued:

 

An impairment loss on a financial asset available-for-sale is calculated based on its fair value. In this case, the objective evidence includes a significant and prolonged decline, under the original investment cost in the fair value of the investment.

 

If there is evidence of impairment, any amount previously recognized in equity, net gains (losses) not recognized in the income statement, are removed from equity and recognized in the income statement for the year, presenting as net gains (losses) related to financial assets available-for-sale. This amount is determined as the difference between the acquisition cost (net of any repayment and amortization) and the current fair value of the asset, less any impairment loss on that investment that has been previously recognized in the Income Statement.

 

When the fair value of the available-for-sale debt security recovers to, at least, amortized cost, it is no longer considered impaired and subsequent changes in fair value are reported in equity.

 

All impairment losses are recognized in the incomes statement. Any cumulative loss related to available-for-sale financial assets recognized previously in equity is transferred to the incomes statement.

 

An impairment loss can only be reversed if it can be related objectively to an event occurring after the impairment loss was recognized. The amount of the reversal is recognized in profit or loss up to the amount previously recognized as impairment. An impairment loss is reversed if, in a subsequent period, the fair value of the debt instrument classified as available-for-sale increases and the increase can be objectively related to an event occurring after the impairment loss was recognized in profit or loss.

 

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

 

 

 

2.Summary of Significant Accounting Principles, continued:

 

(aa)Identifying and measuring impairment, continued:

 

Non-financial assets

 

The carrying amounts of the non-financial assets of the Bank and its subsidiaries, excluding investment properties and deferred tax assets, 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.

 

Impairment losses recognized in prior years are assessed at each reporting date in search of any indication that the loss has decreased or disappeared. An impairment loss is reversed if there has been a change in the estimations used to determine the recoverable amount. An impairment loss is reverted only to the extent that the book value of the asset does not exceed the carrying.

 

The Bank assesses at each reporting date and on an ongoing basis whether there is an indication that an asset may be impaired. If any indication exists, the Bank estimates the asset’s recoverable amount. An asset’s recoverable amount is the major value between fair value (less costs to sell) and its value in use. Where the carrying amount of an asset exceeds its recoverable amount, the asset is considered impaired and is written down to its recoverable amount. In assessing value in use, the estimated cash flows are discounted to their present value using a discount rate that reflects the current market assessments of the time value of money and risks specific to the asset. In determining fair value less costs to sell, an appropriate valuation model is used. These calculations are corroborated by valuation multiples, share prices and other available fair value indicators.

 

Impairment losses related to goodwill cannot be reversed in future years.

 

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

 

 

 

2.Summary of Significant Accounting Principles, continued:

 

(ab)Lease transactions:

 

(i) 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 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.

 

(ii) 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.

 

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 Income Statement based on the linear depreciation method from the start date and until the end of the lease term.

 

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.

 

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

 

 

 

2.Summary of Significant Accounting Principles, continued:

  

(ac)Fiduciary activities:

 

The Bank provides trust and other fiduciary services that result in the holding or investing of assets on behalf of the clients. Assets held in a fiduciary capacity are not reported in the financial statements, as they are not the assets of the Bank. Contingencies and commitments arising from this activity are disclosed in Note No. 26 letter (a).

 

(ad)Customer loyalty program:

 

The Bank maintains a loyalty program to provide incentives to its customers, which allows to acquire goods and/or services, based on the exchange of prize points (“Dolares-Premio”), which are granted based on the purchases made with Bank’s credit cards and the compliance of certain conditions established in said program. The consideration for the prizes is made by a third party. In accordance with IFRS 15, these associated benefit plans have the necessary provisions to meet the delivery of committed future performance obligations.

 

(ae)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.

 

As of December 31, 2020 the additional provisions amounted Ch$320,252 million (Ch$213,252 million in December 2019), which are presents in the item “Provisions” of the liability in the Consolidated Statement of Financial Position. See Notes Relevant Events and Note Provisions.

 

(af)Reclassifications:

 

There have not been significant reclassifications at the end of the year 2020.

 

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

 

 

 

3.New Accounting Pronouncements:

 

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

 

3.1.1 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 International Accounting Standards Board and the CMF, which have been adopted by the Bank and its subsidiaries, are detailed below:

 

Accounting standards issued by IASB.

 

IAS 1 Presentation of Financial Statements and IAS 8 Accounting Policies, Changes in Accounting Estimates and Errors. Definition of materiality or relative importance.

 

The IASB issued changes to IAS 1, Presentation of Financial Statements, and IAS 8, Accounting Policies, Changes in Accounting Estimates and Errors, to clarify the definition of materiality and align these standards with the Revised Conceptual Framework issued in March 2018, to facilitate companies to make materiality judgments.

 

Under the old definition omissions or misrepresentations of elements are important if they could, individually or collectively, influence the economic decisions that users make on the basis of Financial Statements (IAS 1 Presentation of Financial Statements).

 

The new definition states that information is material if the omission, distortion or concealment of the information can reasonably be expected to influence decisions that primary users of financial statements of general purpose make on the basis of those financial statements, which provide financial information about a specific reporting entity.

 

This amendment had no impact on the Consolidated Financial Statements of Banco de Chile and its subsidiaries.

 

IFRS 9 Financial Instruments, IFRS 7 Financial Instruments: Disclosures and IAS 39 Financial Instruments: Recognition and Measurement. Interest rate benchmark reform.

 

In September 2019, the IASB issued amendments to IFRS 9, IFRS 7 and IAS 39, as a result of the IBOR (Interbank Offered Rate) reform, which results in the replacement of existing reference interest rates, by alternative interest rates.

 

The amendments provide temporary application exceptions that allow hedge accounting to continue during the uncertainty period, prior to the replacement of existing reference interest rates.

 

This amendment had no impact on the Consolidated Financial Statements of Banco de Chile and its subsidiaries.

 

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

 

 

 

3.New Accounting Pronouncements, continued:

 

Amendment to IFRS 16 Leases, for facilities granted to lessees related to COVID-19.

 

During May 2020, the IASB issued the amendment to IFRS 16 Leases, to make it easier for lessees to account for changes in leases, due to the pandemic declared by COVID-19.

 

The amendment adds a practical simplification that deviates from the requirements in IFRS 16, and is provided only to give lessees practical relief during COVID-19. Therefore, it is not mandatory and empowers the lessee to choose whether or not to use practical simplification.

 

A lessee making this election must recognize in the accounting the changes resulting from the reductions in the rental payment, directly related to the COVID-19, consistent with the treatment that currently exists in the standard, to reflect a modification that does not mean a change in the lease contract.

 

Lessees are required to retrospectively apply the amendment, recognizing any differences that arise from initial application in the opening balance of retained earnings at the beginning of the annual reporting period from which the lessee first applies the amendment.

 

The amendment is applicable to the annual fiscal years beginning on or after June 1, 2020.

 

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

 

Accounting Standards issued by the CMF.

 

Circular No. 2,247. Foreclosed assets or received in lieu of payment. The sale period is extended.

 

On March 25, 2020, the CMF published this circular, which incorporated modifications to Chapter 10-1 “Assets received or awarded in payment of obligations” of the RAN. This circular is part of the work being done by the CMF in face of the worldwide outbreak of COVID-19 virus.

 

The transitory standard establishes an additional term of up to 18 months to dispose of the assets, in the case of assets that have been received or awarded lieu of payment from March 1, 2019 to September 30, 2020.

 

The standard also authorizes banks to make use of this additional period, so that the charge-offs that they must currently carry out at 12 months is carried out in installments, at least a proportion of the value of the property must be charge-off, equivalent to the relationship between the number of months elapsed from the date of receipt and the number of months between that date and that the bank sets for its disposal under the additional term granted.

 

The Bank used the additional term for those assets that meet the requirements required for the application of this standard, not generating a material impact on the results of the year.

 

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

 

 

 

3.New Accounting Pronouncements, continued:

 

Circular No. 2,248. Equity for legal and regulatory purposes. Treatment of guarantees in favor of third parties in bilateral compensation agreements.

 

Regarding the minimum ratios that Effective Equity must meet with respect to its risk-weighted assets defined in Chapter 12-1 of the Actualized Standards Compilation (“RAN”), dated March 30, 2020, the CMF issued instructions for the treatment of Guarantees constituted in favor of third parties for bilateral compensation contracts, allowing banks may deduct from them, the net fair value of negative offset positions, to determine the asset subject to risk weighting, to the extent that certain conditions relating to the legal basis that protects them and the controls that they maintain over them are met.

 

These instructions are consistent with the rules of the Basel III Framework, regarding the determination of the net exposures of assets and liabilities covered by legally recognized compensation contracts in the jurisdictions to which the parties are entitled.

 

The new rules were implemented at the end of March 2020, without generating a significant impact on the indicators of capital adequacy.

 

Circular No. 2,250. Equity for legal and regulatory purposes. It allows adding to the additional provisions a proportion of the State guarantees.

 

In response to the situation faced by financial markets and audited entities as a result of the health crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, on April 20 the CMF published Circular No. 2,250, through which Banks may add to the additional provisions, within the limit of 1.25%, an amount of up to 15% of the guarantees that cover the risk-weighted assets, the guarantees that correspond to endorsements or refinancing granted by the Chilean Treasury, CORFO and FOGAPE.

 

The new rules were implemented at the end of April 2020, without generating a significant impact on the indicators of capital adequacy on the date of implementation; however, this standard was subsequently repealed on August 21, 2020 (See Circular No. 2,265).

 

Circular No. 2,252. Aspects related to the Guarantee Lines COVID-19 of the Guarantee Fund for Small and Medium Entrepreneurs (“FOGAPE” by its Spanish initials), regarding provisions and other matters.

 

On April 30, 2020, the CMF published this circular that regulates aspects related to the FOGAPE Guarantee Lines COVID-19, addressing the following matters:

 

1)Exceptional measures for the treatment of loan provisions in installments of the commercial portfolio;

 

2)The classification of the debtors and the calculation of the default;

 

3)The establishment of procedures to control the eligibility conditions of the debtors;

 

4)The destination of the financing and;

 

5)Sending periodic information to the CMF incorporating news regulatory files.

 

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

 

 

 

3.New Accounting Pronouncements, continued:

 

Among the main aspects of the regulations, it stands out that for those credits that are granted under the FOGAPE COVID-19 program, the provisions of the credits in debtor installments that are rescheduled, and that comply with the established conditions, may to be held constant during the grace or rescheduling period granted by the financial institution. This is for a period of up to six months.

 

With this measure, the conditions for granting these financing are facilitated and, at the same time, prudential aspects of credit risk that must be observed by financial institutions that participate in the FOGAPE COVID-19 credit lines are protected.

 

These modifications are effective until October 31, 2021.

 

Circular No. 2,257. It allows the recognition of the mortgage guarantee surplus for the housing in the standard provisions model as a risk mitigator of the groupal commercial portfolio.

 

On May 22, 2020, the CMF published Circular No. 2,257 which introduces modifications to Chapter B-1 “Provisions for credit risk” of the Compendium of Accounting Standards for Banks.

 

Due to the effects that the health crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic will have on banking activity and credit risk, the modification allowed the recognition of the mortgage guarantee surplus associated with mortgage loans in the standard model as a mitigator in the standard provisioning model for the groupal commercial portfolio. This is a temporary relaxation, once the new Basel III capital framework has been implemented, the standard provisions models will be reviewed to make them consistent with those used to calculate credit risk-weighted assets.

 

The application of this modification did not generate a material impact on the results of the year.

 

Circula Circular No. 2,265. Modifies RAN chapter 12-1 (Risk-Weighted Assets (RWA) of bank loans guaranteed by the Chilean Treasury, CORFO and FOGAPE).

 

On August 21, 2020, the CMF modified chapter 12-1 of the updated compilation of standards (RAN) that corresponds to the Equity for legal and regulatory purposes, with this new treatment, they are incorporated into category 2 of the classification of risk-weighted assets, the amounts of the credits that are guaranteed by the Chilean Treasury, CORFO and FOGAPE, which consequently go from having a weighting for credit risk of 100% to 10%. Consequently, the regulations in Circular No. 2,250 dated April 20 were modified.

 

The adoption of this standard meant an increase in the solvency ratio of approximately 0.4%.

 

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

 

 

 

3.New Accounting Pronouncements, continued:

 

Circular No. 2,267. Factoring operations.

 

On August 31, 2020, the CMF published Circular No. 2,267, in which it gives instructions regarding the discount of invoices by banks and their factoring subsidiaries, which is currently limited to the assignment of credits originated in the sales of goods or provision of non-financial services, carried out by the natural or legal persons with whom the factoring operation is agreed, or on behalf of whose buyers the payment commitment is assumed, the CMF resolved to allow the discount of invoices from assignees other than their originator , given the safeguards provided by Law No. 19,983 in force today.

 

The Bank and its subsidiaries had no impact due to the implementation of this standard since they have not carried out factoring operations by discounting invoices from assignees other than the originator.

 

Other instructions issued by the CMF – Management Letters.

 

On April 2, 2020, in the context of the circumstances faced the country due to the COVID-19 pandemic and in order to facilitate the implementation by banks of payment flexibilities for its debtors, the CMF by Management Letter temporarily authorized and under certain conditions, exceptional measures to the treatment of the provisions of the credit operations for the credit portfolios evaluated as a group (mortgage, commercial and consumer) that were subject to rescheduling.

 

The validity of the exceptional period for the treatment of provisions for group portfolios begins on March 18, 2020 and ends on July 31, 2020, both dates inclusive. As a necessary condition to use the relaxations in provisions, the banks must fully evaluate the financial and credit condition of the debtors who will be eligible for the granting of the relaxations conditions. In no case may the treatment include debtors in default in accordance with the provisions regulations. Additionally, the debtors eligible for the special treatment of provisions were those that are up to date or had a default of no more than 30 days in the month in which the rescheduling is performed, during the period of validity.

 

The exceptional treatment allowed entities to maintain the associated provisions in the standard provision matrix that corresponded to the time of rescheduling. On the other hand, in the case of consumer portfolios, the parameters of Expected Credit Loss (PI and PDI) could be maintained, in accordance with the specific provisions models used by each institution.

 

In this same area, on July 31, 2020, the CMF extended the transitional measures indicated above until August 31, 2020. The special treatment for the calculation of provisions was extended to the extent that certain conditions will be observed, such as: i) evaluation of the financial and credit situation of eligible debtors, ii) debtors up-to-date in the payment of their obligations or with a default no more than 30 days in the month in which the rescheduling is carried out, iii) a maximum extension period of 3 months for mortgage and commercial loans, iv) in the case of loans with prior rescheduling, the total sum of the extension period cannot exceed 6 months.

 

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

 

 

 

3.New Accounting Pronouncements, continued:

 

On July 17, 2020, the CMF instructed through a Management Letter how institutions should calculate and implement the calculation of provisions for COVID-19 loans, and the conditions under which they are can substitute the credit risk of the direct debtor for the credit quality of the FOGAPE. Said instructions established as a maximum term the end of the year 2020, to constitute all the provisions for this concept. In this context, Banco de Chile recognized the total effect of these provisions at the end of September, recording an accumulated charge to income for the year for Ch$57,866 million before taxes, of which Ch$27,700 million corresponded to the effect of constitution of provisions for deductible.

 

Other regulations adopted.

 

Law No. 21,167

 

On January 1, 2020, Law No. 21,167 entered into force, which regulates the forms of payment of the lines of credit associated with bank current accounts. This law established the automatic payment of the overdraft line associated with the current account, which operates by default, unless the client instructs his bank to operate a different payment method that is more comfortable for them.

 

The implementation of this new law generates a decrease in interest earned and loan volumes.

 

Law No. 21,210

 

On February 24, 2020, Law No. 21,210 was published in the Official Journal, which modernizes the tax legislation, incorporating modifications to different legal texts, mainly the Tax Code, the Law on Income Tax and the Law on Sales and Services Tax (VAT).

 

In relation to the tax regime of income tax, the regime with partial credit imputation is maintained.

 

In terms of expenses necessary to produce the income of companies, a new definition is established, linking it to the interest, development or maintenance of the business, of the sole tax established in article 21 of the Income Law.

 

In relation to the VAT Law, one of the changes corresponded to the incorporation of certain services related to entertainment, intermediation, software and other items that are carried out through digital platforms.

 

Another modification was the establishment of a land tax surcharge incorporated in Law No. 17,235, which taxes all the real estate that is registered in the taxpayer’s name, incorporating the real estate delivered in leasing with purchase option (Leasing).

 

The implementation of these legal changes did not have a significant impact on the Consolidated Financial Statements of Banco de Chile and its subsidiaries.

 

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3.New Accounting Pronouncements, continued:

 

Law No. 21,234

 

On May 29, 2020, Law No. 21,234 was published in the Official Journal, effective as of the same date, which modifies and replaces Law No. 20,009, limiting the liability of payment card holders or users and electronic transactions in the event of loss, theft, robbery or fraud.

 

This new law applies to users or holders of “Payment Methods” defined as all payment cards (debit, credit and pre-payment cards), whether or not they are issued by entities subject to the supervision of the CMF and electronic transactions, giving it a fairly broad definition, which includes all operations carried out by electronic means that cause charges, credits or money orders in different types of account.

 

Users or holders of Payment Methods are obliged to send a notice to the respective issuer, as soon as they become aware of a loss, theft, robbery or fraud that affects their payment methods. Immediately after receiving this notice, the issuer must proceed to block it.

 

In the case of operations subsequent to the notice, the user or owner will be exempt from liability, and the respective issuer must answer for them.

 

For operations prior to the notice, the user or owner will have a period of 30 business days following the notice, to claim them, being able to refer to operations carried out up to 120 calendar days prior to the date of the notice.

 

The burden of proof for operations that the user does not know to have authorized will always fall on the issuer, who is also prevented from offering users the purchase of insurance whose coverage corresponds to risks or claims that the issuer must assume in accordance with this law.

 

The implementation of this new law did not have significant impacts on the Consolidated Financial Statements of Banco de Chile and its subsidiaries.

 

Law No. 21,236

 

On June 3, 2020 Law No. 21,236 was published that regulates Financial Portability, which aims to facilitate people, micro and small businesses to change from one financial service provider to another, or from a financial product or service valid to another new one contracted with the same provider, for deeming it convenient.

 

This new law came into force on September 8, 2020. Banco Chile and its subsidiaries implemented the necessary measures to comply with the portability law.

 

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3.New Accounting Pronouncements, continued:

 

3.1.2 New standards and interpretations that have been issued but its date of application have not yet come into force:

 

The following is a summary of new standards, interpretations and improvements to the International Financial Reporting Standards issued by IASB that are not yet effective as of December 31, 2020, are detailed below:

 

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 should 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 should 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.

 

Limited Scope Amendments and Annual Improvements 2018-2020.

 

In May 2020, the IASB published a package of amendments of limited scope, as well as the 2018-2020 Annual Improvements, whose changes clarify the wording or correct minor consequences, omissions or conflicts between the requirements of the Standards.

 

Among other modifications, it contains amendments to IAS 37 Provisions, Contingent Liabilities and Contingent Assets which specify the costs that an entity should include when evaluating whether a contract will cause losses.

 

These amendments will be effective as of January 1, 2022 and it is estimated that Banco de Chile and its subsidiaries will not have significant impacts on the Consolidated Financial Statements as a result of the application of these amendments.

 

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3.New Accounting Pronouncements, continued:

 

IFRS 9 Financial Instruments, IFRS 7 Financial Instruments: Disclosures and IAS 39 Financial Instruments: Recognition and Measurement IFRS 4 Insurance Contracts and IFRS 16 Leases. Interest Rate Benchmark Reform.

 

In August 2020, the IASB issued a set of amendments related to phase two of the Interest Rate Benchmark Reform which modifies IFRS 9, IAS 39, IFRS 7, IFRS 4 and IFRS 16.

 

The amendments complement the changes issued during 2019 and focus on the effects on the financial statements when a company replaces the old interest rate benchmark with an alternative benchmark rate. The amendments in phase two refer to changes that affect the contractual cash flows. A company does not need to write off / adjust the book value of financial instruments for changes, but rather update the effective interest rate to reflect the change to an alternative benchmark. In the case of hedge accounting, a company does not need to discontinue hedge accounting because it makes the changes required by the reform if the hedge meets other hedge accounting criteria. Regarding disclosures, the company must disclose information about the new risks arising from the reform and how it manages the transition to the alternative benchmark rates.

 

The amendments are effective for annual reporting periods beginning on or after January 1, 2021. Early adoption of modifications is also allowed.

 

Banco de Chile and its subsidiaries will have no a significant impact on the Financial Statements resulting from the application of this amendment.

 

Accounting standards issued by the CMF.

 

Circular No. 2,243. Amends Compendium of Accounting Standards for Banks.

 

On December 20, 2019, the CMF published Circular No. 2,243, which updates the instructions of the Accounting Standards Compendium (CNC) for Banks.

 

The changes tend to further convergence with IFRS, as well as an improvement in the quality of financial information, to contribute to the financial stability and transparency of the banking system.

 

The main changes introduced to the CNC correspond to:

 

1)Incorporation of IFRS 9 with the exception of the Chapter 5.5 on impairment of loans classified as “financial assets at amortized cost”. This exception is mainly due to prudential criteria set by the CMF. These criteria have given rise, over time, to the establishment of standard models that the banking institutions must apply to determine the impairment of the loan portfolio (Chapter B-1 of the CNC, for provisions).

 

2)Changes in the presentation formats of the Statement of Financial Position and Income Statement, when adopting IFRS 9 in replacement of IAS 39.

 

3)Incorporation of new presentation formats for the Statement of Other Comprehensive Income and the Statement of Changes in Equity and guidelines on financing and investment activities for the Statement of Cash Flows.

 

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3.New Accounting Pronouncements, continued:

 

4)Incorporation of a financial report “Management Comments” (according to the IASB Practice Document No. 1), which will complement the information provided by the interim and annual financial statements.

 

5)Modifications of some notes of the financial statements, among which are: Financial assets at amortized cost and Risk management, in order to better comply with the disclosure criteria contained in the IFRS 7. In addition, disclosures about related parties are aligned according to IAS 24.

 

6)Changes in the accounting plan of Chapter C-3 of the CNC, both in the accounts coding as well as in their description. The foregoing corresponds to the detailed information of the formats for the Statement of Financial Position, the Income Statement and the Statement of Other Comprehensive Income.

 

7)Modification of the criteria for the suspension of the recognition of interest income and UF indexation on an accrual basis, for any credit with a default equal to or greater than 90 days (Chapter B-2 of the CNC). Currently, the suspension of the recognition of interests and UF indexation occurs after 180 days.

 

8)Adaptation of the limitations and precisions to the use of IFRS contained in Chapter A-2 of the CNC.

 

In accordance with that established under the Circular No. 2,249 dated April 20, 2020, the new standard will be applicable from January 1, 2022, with a transition date of January 1, 2021, for purposes of the comparative Financial Statements that must be published from March 2022.

 

Nevertheless, the change in criteria for the suspension of the recognition of interest income and UF indexation on an accrual basis as provided in Chapter B-2, shall be adopted no later than January 1, 2022.

 

The Bank and its subsidiaries have structured an implementation project and have established various Committees to ensure its implementation. All this in order to comply with the new standards required for the preparation and presentation of the Financial Statements. The application of the rule of suspension of the recognition of interest and UF indexation on an accrual basis after 90 days of default will not have a significant impact on the consolidated financial statements.

 

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3.New Accounting Pronouncements, continued:

 

3.1.3 Standards related to the implementation of Basel III.

 

During 2019, the CMF began the regulatory process for the implementation of Basel III standards in Chile, in accordance with the established on Law No. 21,130 that modernizes banking legislation. The new Law adopts the highest international standards in banking regulation and supervision, strengthening international competitiveness and contributing to the financial stability of the country.

 

On March 30, 2020, the CMF reported that, in coordination with the Central Bank of Chile, it resolved to postpone the implementation of the Basel III requirements for one year and maintain the general regulatory framework in force for banking capital requirements until December 2021.

 

On December 1, 2020, the CMF finalized the process of issuing the necessary regulations for the implementation of the capital framework of the Basel III standards. The culmination of this regulatory process, which began with the first standard in public consultation in August 2019, represents a relevant step in strengthening the solvency and stability of the financial system. The new capital framework will allow for a more solid and robust banking system, a fundamental condition to face the impacts of the economic downturn with better tools.

 

The new standards, in addition to increasing the capitalization levels of Chilean banks; facilitate access to new and better sources of financing; harmonize the requirements between subsidiaries of foreign banks and local banks; and they contribute to the internationalization process of Chilean banking.

 

The new regulatory body issued by the CMF for the full implementation of the new capital requirements corresponds to the following:

 

-Equity for legal and regulatory purposes.

-Additional Capital Instruments Level 1 for the constitution of effective equity: preferred shares and bonds without fixed maturity term of article 55 bis of the General Banking Act.

-Level 2 capital instruments for the constitution of effective equity: subordinated bonds of article 55 of the General Banking Act.

-Determination of weighted assets by credit risk.

-Determination of weighted assets by market risk.

-Standardized methodology for calculating weighted assets by operational risk.

-Factors and methodology for Banks or group of banks rated as systemically important and requirements that may be imposed as a result of this rating.

-Additional Basic Capital, Articles 66 Bis and 66 Ter of the General Banking Act.

-Evaluation of the Sufficiency of the Banks’ Cash Equity.

-Market discipline and transparency.

-Relation between basic capital and total assets.

 

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3.New Accounting Pronouncements, continued:

 

Circular 2,270. Updates Chapter 1-13 “Classification of management and solvency” and introduces to the RAN a new Chapter 21-13 “Evaluation of the adequacy of effective equity of banks”.

 

On September 11, 2020, the CMF issued the standard that sets the general criteria and guidelines for the determination of additional equity requirements as a result of the supervision process, called Pillar 2. The new Chapter 21-13, which distinguishes 2 processes (1) The capital self-assessment process, in which the banks themselves will determine their internal objective of effective equity, necessary to cover their risks in a horizon of at least three years and (2) The CMF’s assessment of the adequacy of banks’ effective equity to support their risk profile, as determined in the annual supervisory review process. This regulation will be effective immediately. The effective equity self-assessment report to be submitted by banks in 2021 will be based only on credit risk, and the one for 2022 will incorporate market and operational risks. Both reports will have a simplified format. As of 2023, the report with all its sections will be required, considering all the material risks of the institution, including those for which there is no measurement standard.

 

Circular No. 2,272, incorporates Chapter 21-12 “Additional basic capital, articles 66 bis and 66 ter of the general banking law” into the RAN.

 

On September 25, 2020, the CMF published the regulations that define the operating procedures for the calculation, implementation and supervision of additional capital charges, known as capital buffers (Conservation Buffer and a Countercyclical Buffer). Both buffers must be constituted with Common Equity Tier 1 (“CET1”), and its fulfillment will be a requirement to qualify with note A of solvency.

 

The Conservation Buffer is a fixed charge equal to 2.5% of the APR net of required provisions. The Cyclical Buffer is a variable charge that ranges between 0% and 2.5% of the RWA net of required provisions.

 

As of December 1, 2021, the requirement of the Conservation Buffer will be 0.625%, increasing by the same percentage each year, until reaching the regime on December 1, 2024. The same transitory requirement will apply to the maximum value of the Countercyclical Buffer that can be defined by the Chile Central Bank.

 

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3.New Accounting Pronouncements, continued:

 

Circular No. 2,273. Incorporates Chapter 21-30 “Relationship between basic capital and total assets” in the RAN.

 

On October 5, 2020, the CMF issued the rule that regulates the calculation of the relationship between basic capital and total assets (leverage ratio). The standard introduces improvements both in the measurement of basic capital (numerator) and of the bank’s total assets (denominator). The lower limit of 3% for the leverage ratio was introduced in Chilean banking regulation in the 1997 LGB reform (Article 66). The regulation is effective as of December 1, 2020, without prejudice to the transitory measures for the calculation of regulatory capital, contemplated in Title V of Chapter 21-1 “Equity for legal and regulatory purposes” of the RAN. The first discount must be made on December 1, 2022, corresponding to 15% of the discounts. This amount will increase to 30% on December 1, 2023 and 65% on December 1, 2024, until full implementation is reached as of December 1, 2025.

 

Circular No. 2,274. Incorporates Chapter 21-1 “Equity for legal and regulatory purposes” into the RAN, replacing Chapter 12-1 “Equity for legal and regulatory purposes”.

 

On October 8, 2020, the CMF established the guidelines for calculating equity for legal and regulatory purposes, debugging items of low quality or whose value is uncertain in a settlement scenario and sets prudential rules for concentration, in accordance with the current legal framework. The standard considers the definition of three levels of capital, for which the terminology used by the Basel Committee is used, that is: Common Equity Tier 1 (“CET1”), Additional Tier 1 Capital (“AT1”) and Equity Tier 2 capital (“T2”). The first adjustment must be made on December 1, 2022, corresponding to 15% of the discounts. This amount will increase to 30% on December 1, 2023 and 65% on December 1, 2024, until reaching full implementation as of December 1, 2025.

 

Circular No. 2,276. Incorporates to the RAN Chapter 21-11 “Factors and methodology for banks or group of banks rated as systemically important and requirements that may be imposed as a result of this rating”.

 

On November 2, 2020, the CMF, with the prior favorable agreement of the Central Bank of Chile, established the dispositions that have as a reference framework the evaluation methodology established by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision and international practice, considered for the identification and treatment of systemically important banks at the local level. Also, in line with the methodology used to classify systemic banks at the global level and the factors established in the General Banking Act, the identification is based on an index or measure of systemic importance per bank, constructed from variables that reflect the local impact of its financial impairment or eventual insolvency. Depending on the value of this index, a range of additional capital requirements is established.

 

The results of the process of identifying banks of systemic importance, and their additional requirements, will be reported through a founded resolution, with the prior agreement of the Central Bank of Chile, as of March 2021.

 

The requirements derived from the first application may be gradually established. The initial charge in December 2021 will be 0% and will increase by 25% each year until reaching the regime in December 2025.

 

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3.New Accounting Pronouncements, continued:

 

Circular No. 2,279. Incorporates to the RAN Chapters 21-2 “Additional Capital Instruments Level 1 for the constitution of effective equity: preferred shares and bonds without fixed maturity term of article 55 bis of the General Banking Act” and 21-3 “Level 2 capital instruments for the constitution of effective equity: subordinated bonds of article 55 of the General Banking Act”.

 

On November 24, 2020, the CMF incorporated Chapter 21-2 into the RAN, which contains the minimum requirements and conditions that preference shares and bonds with no fixed maturity term must satisfy in article 55 bis of the General Banking Act and Chapter 21-3 of the RAN which contains the minimum requirements and conditions that subordinate bonds must satisfy in article 55 of the General Banking Act, this chapter repeals and replaces chapter 9-6 of the RAN.

 

These regulations came into effect on December 1, 2020, the date on which banks must determine the level of capital AT1 and T2 that is applicable, in accordance with the provisions of the regulations.

 

During the first year of application, subordinated bonds and voluntary provisions may be computed as equivalent to AT1 instruments, with a limit of 1.5% of the RWA net of required provisions. From the second year on, the substitution limit will progressively decrease (by 0.5%) to reach 0% in 4 years.

 

Circular No. 2,280. Standardized methodology for calculating Operational risk weighted assets (“ORWA”). Incorporates to the RAN Chapter 21-8.

 

On December 1, 2020. The CMF published the definitive norm related to the standardized methodology for computing ORWAs, incorporating chapter 21-8 to the RAN. The dispositions of this new Chapter consider the methodology established by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision as a reference framework.

 

For the computation of operational risk, a single standard method is established, in accordance with the recommendations of the aforementioned Committee, not allowing the use of proprietary methodologies referred to in the second paragraph of article 67 for this type of risk.

 

The regulations entered into force on December 1, 2020. Also, it was established that until December 1, 2021, assets weighted by operational risk are equal to 0.

 

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3.New Accounting Pronouncements, continued:

 

Circular No. 2,281. Determination of Credit Risk Weighted Assets (“CRWA”). Incorporates to the RAN Chapter 21-6.

 

On December 1, 2020, the CMF published the definitive regulations related to the determination of CRWAs, incorporating chapter 21-6 to the RAN. As set out in the Article 67 of the General Banking Act, it is up to the CMF to establish standardized methodologies to cover the relevant risks of banking companies, among which is credit risk, with a prior favorable agreement from the Central Bank of Chile.

 

This new standard includes a transitory provision, which establishes that the computation of assets weighted by credit risk is carried out in accordance with the current dispositions of Title II of Chapter 12-1 of the RAN, until November 30, 2021; The new methodology must be applied as of December 1, 2021.

 

Circular No. 2,282. Incorporates to the RAN the new Chapter 21-7 on the determination of Market Risk Weighted Assets (“MRWA”).

 

On December 1, 2020, the CMF incorporated the new Chapter 21-7 on the determination of MRWA into the RAN.

 

For the application of the provisions of this new Chapter, which will be in force as of December 1, 2020, a transitional disposition is contemplated that considers a market risk weight equal to zero until December 1, 2021.

 

Circular No. 2,283. Promotion of market discipline and transparency through the disclosure of information requirements from banking entities (Pillar 3). Incorporates Chapter 21-20 into the RAN.

 

On December 1, 2020, the CMF published the definitive regulation related to the promotion of market discipline and transparency through the disclosure of information requirements from banking entities (Pillar 3) Incorporating Chapter 21-20 into the Updated Compilation of Standards (RAN).

 

This new chapter contains the dispositions to promote market discipline and financial transparency through the disclosure of meaningful and timely information from banking entities to market agents, based on the international standards proposed by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision in 2017. The established conditions operate as a complement to the requirements of Pillar 1 and 2 in coherence with the local implementation of each of these standards, in addition to being consistent with the dispositions of the General Banking Act.

 

The information referred to in this new Chapter is effective as of December 1, 2022 and must be published for the first time in 2023 with information regarding the January-March quarter of said year.

 

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4.Changes in Accounting Policies and Disclosures:

 

In March 2020, COVID-19 was declared a global pandemic by the World Health Organization. The greater uncertainty associated with the effects of this pandemic introduces greater complexity in the development of reliable estimates.

 

By virtue of the foregoing, during the year the Bank’s Management has reviewed the relevant estimates and assumptions related to the credit risk provision models of the group portfolio, performing a recalibration of the probability of Default, giving a greater weight to recessive periods in accordance with the guidelines that the regulator has defined for these purposes, in accordance with IAS 8 Accounting policies and changes in accounting estimates, the impact of this change in the estimate meant a charge to income for the month of September for Ch$71,051 million before taxes.

 

During the year ended December 31, 2020, there have been no accounting changes other than the one mentioned above.

 

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5.Relevant Events:

 

a)On January 20, 2020, the subsidiary Banchile Administradora General de Fondos S.A. informed that during the Ordinary Session held that day, the Board of Directors appointed Mr. José Luis Vizcarra Villalobos as director, replacing Mr. Joaquín Contardo Silva, who presented resignation to the director position.

 

b)On January 30, 2020, the Board of Directors of Banco de Chile agreed to convene an Ordinary Shareholders Meeting on March 26, 2020 in order to propose, among other matters, the following distribution of profits for the year ended on December 31, 2019:

 

i.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 2018 and November 2019, amounting to Ch$92,239,840,420, which will be added to retained earnings from previous periods.

 

ii.From the resulting balance, distribute in the form of a dividend 70% of the remaining liquid profit, corresponding to a dividend of Ch$3.47008338564 to each of the 101,017,081,114 shares of the Bank, retaining the remaining 30%.

 

Consequently, it was proposed a distribution as dividend of 59.1% of the profits for the year ended December 31, 2019.

 

c)On February 21, 2020, Banco de Chile informed that in accordance with the disposed in the articles 19 and the following of Law No. 19,913, the Financial Analysis Unit imposed a written admonishment and a fine amounting to UF 800, for not having promptly reported suspicious transactions in accordance with the disposed under numeral 1 of Chapter I of the UAF Circular No. 49 of 2012.

 

d)On March 12, 2020, in the Ordinary session celebrated that day, the Board of Directors of Banco de Chile agreed to establish a provision for minimum dividends of the net distributable profit that results from reducing or adding to the net income of the corresponding period, 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. It was also agreed to maintain the monthly provision at 60% of the income balance thus calculated.

 

e)On March 26, 2020, at the Bank’s Ordinary Shareholders’ Meeting, our shareholders approved the distribution of the dividend No. 208 of $3.47008338564 per share, to be charged to the income obtained during the fiscal year 2019.

 

Additionally, the shareholders proceeded to the complete renewal of the Board of Directors, due to the end of the legal and statutory three-year term with respect to the Board of Directors that has ceased in its functions.

 

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5.Relevant Events, continued:

 

After the corresponding voting at the aforesaid meeting, the following persons were appointed as the Bank’s Directors for a new three-year term:

 

Directors: Hernán Büchi Buc  
  Andrés Ergas Heymann  
  Alfredo Cutiel Ergas Segal (Independent)
  Jaime Estévez Valencia (Independent)
  Julio Santiago Figueroa  
  Pablo Granito Lavín  
  Álvaro Jaramillo Escallon  
  Samuel Libnic  
  Andrónico Luksic Craig  
  Jean Paul Luksic Fontbona  
  Francisco Pérez Mackenna  
     
First Alternate Director: Paul Fürst Gwinner (Independent)
Second Alternate Director: Sandra Marta Guazzotti  

 

Moreover, on March 26, 2020, in its Ordinary Session, the Board of Directors of the Bank agreed to the following officer nominations and appointments:

 

Chairman: Pablo Granifo Lavín
Vice Chairman: Andrónico Luksic Craig  
Vice Chairman: Julio Santiago Figueroa  

 

f)On April 20, 2020, the subsidiary Banchile Administradora General de Fondos S.A. reported that in Ordinary Session held that day, the Board was given notice of and accepted the resignation presented by Mr. Francisco Javier Brancoli Bravo to his position as Director of the company. On the occasion of the aforementioned resignation, the Board of Directors agreed to appoint Mr. Paul Javier Fürst Gwinner as the new Director.

 

g)On June 19, 2020, the subsidiary Banchile Corredores de Bolsa S.A. reported that in an Ordinary Session held that day, the Board of Directors appointed Mr. Jorge Antonio Carrasco De Groote as Director, replacing Mr. Fuad Jorge Muvdi Arenas, who presented his resignation from the position of director.

 

h)On September 24, 2020, in Ordinary Session, the Board of Directors accepted the resignation presented by the Principal Director Mr. Alvaro Jaramillo Escallon.

 

Likewise, the Board of Directors appointed Mr. Raúl Anaya Elizalde as Principal Director until the next Ordinary Shareholders’ Meeting.

 

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5.Relevant Events, continued:

 

i)On October 16, 2020, the subsidiary Banchile Administradora General de Fondos S.A. informed that as of October 19, 2020, its new registered office will be Enrique Foster Sur No 20, 10th Floor, Las Condes, Santiago.

 

j)On October 16, 2020, the subsidiary Banchile Corredores de Bolsa S.A. informed that as of October 19, 2020, its new registered office will be Enrique Foster Sur No 20, 6th Floor, Las Condes, Santiago.

 

k)On November 26, 2020, the subsidiary Banchile Administradora General de Fondos S.A. (“Banchile AGF”) reported as an essential fact that on that date it signed with BlackRock Chile Asesorias Limitada (“BlackRock”) a Memorandum of Understanding that establishes the basic terms and conditions of the collaboration agreements that will be entered into between BlackRock and its related parties with Banchile AGF in various matters, such as: investment strategies and solutions; knowledge transfer (know-how and experience); and support in the distribution and marketing of products.

 

By virtue of the foregoing, on that same date, Banchile AGF signed a trademark license agreement with entities related to BlackRock and a contract called “Model Portfolio Services Agreement” by virtue of which BlackRock will provide Banchile AGF with investment recommendations in foreign securities, for funds under their administration.

 

l)On November 26, 2020, the subsidiary Banchile Corredores de Bolsa S.A. (“Banchile Inversiones”) reported as an essential fact that on that date it signed with BlackRock Chile Asesorias Limitada (“BlackRock”) a Memorandum of Understanding that establishes the basic terms and conditions of the collaboration agreements to be entered into between BlackRock and its related parties with Banchile Inversiones in various matters, such as: investment strategies and solutions; knowledge transfer (know-how and experience); and support in the distribution and marketing of products.

 

By virtue of the foregoing, on that same date, Banchile Inversiones entered into a trademark license agreement with companies related to BlackRock, which will allow Banchile Inversiones to use the trademarks “iShares” and “BlackRock” in the offer of BlackRock ETFs.

 

m)During March 2020, the World Health Organization (“WHO”) described the outbreak of the new strain of coronavirus (“COVID-19”) as a pandemic. The global spread of this disease forced the authorities to take drastic sanitary and financial measures to contain and mitigate its effects on global health and economic activity.

 

On this basis, on March 18, 2020 the Government decreed a Constitutional State of Exception defined as State of Catastrophe due to “State of Public Calamity” for the entire national territory, as well as adopted various sanitary measures such as isolation or quarantine of general populations, localities and people determined; sanitary cords; sanitary customs and other protection measures.

 

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5.Relevant Events, continued:

 

For their part, the Government and the Central Bank of Chile implemented a set of fiscal and financial measures aimed to mitigate COVID-19’s impact on the economy, and to ensure the proper functioning of the financial system. Among the measures implemented by the Central Bank to deliver liquidity to the economy and support the flow of credit, the establishment of the Conditional Credit Facility to Increase Placements (FCIC by its Spanish initials), as a special financial line for banking companies complemented by the activation of a “Liquidity Credit Line” (LCL) for which a limit equivalent to the Average Reserve Requirement in national currency of each entity was defined. The FCIC is available to banking companies that have commercial and consumer loans, subject to the granting by them of sufficient collateral guarantees in favor of the Central Bank. The limit for the FCIC line is up to 15% of the base portfolio (sum of commercial and consumer loans), which was expanded with the establishment of a second program announced during the month of June called FCIC2 with similar financial conditions to the first, aimed at deepening and extending commercial credit to respond to the prolongation of the health emergency caused by COVID-19. As of December 31, the Bank has made use of these financing facilities for an amount of Ch$3,110,600 million. To access the FCIC, the Bank has established guarantees in favor of the Central Bank of Chile for a total amount of approximately Ch$2,371,842 million, corresponding to commercial loans of the individual portfolio of high credit quality for Ch$2,021,688 million, and fixed income securities for an approximate amount of Ch$350,154 million. In the case of the LCL, the guarantee provided corresponds to the legal banking reserve held by the Bank.

 

As of March, the Bank proactively offered its clients that, complying with the parameters and commercial and credit risk conditions previously defined by the Bank itself, including having maintained a good payment behavior prior to the current situation, the possibility of opting for financial relief plans, in response to the extraordinary prevailing economic and financial situation. For its part, the CMF subsequently adopted measures tending to temporary flexibility for the treatment of provisions for credit risk of group portfolios for the period between March 18, 2020 and July 31, 2020. This exceptional treatment allowed the operations granted as part of the relief plan in the payment of installments to certain clients who met the eligibility requirements determined by the Bank, to maintain the associated allowances in the standard matrix (mortgage and commercial) that corresponded at the time of reprogramming. In the case of consumer portfolios, the Expected Credit Loss parameters were maintained, in accordance with the internal provisions models used.

 

On July 31, the CMF resolved to extend until August 31, 2020 the special treatment of provisions for credit risk of the group portfolios mentioned above, as long as the following conditions were observed: i) evaluation of the financial and credit situation of the debtors, ii) debtors up-to-date in the payment of their obligations or with a default no more than 30 days in the month in which the rescheduling is carried out, iii) a maximum extension period of 3 months for mortgage and commercial loans, iv) in the case of loans with prior rescheduling, the total sum of the extension period cannot exceed 6 months.

 

By virtue of the foregoing, the Bank has granted credit facilities to its clients under the conditions and requirements mentioned above for an approximate amount of Ch$560,128 million as of December 31, 2020.

 

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5.Relevant Events, continued:

 

During April 2020, the Guarantee Fund for Small Entrepreneurs (FOGAPE), announced the increase of its capital by up to US$3,000 million, in order to guarantee financing of up to US$25,000 million. The objective of this initiative was to facilitate access to working capital loans for individuals and legal entities with annual sales of less than UF 1,000,000 affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. The guarantee coverage of these loans - differentiated according to sales tranche - is between 60% and 85% of financing, after applying a deductible that does not exceed 5% of the guaranteed amount. From the beginning of the program and until December 31, 2020, the Bank has carried out 39,245 operations for an aggregate amount of Ch$1,875,298 million. For such purposes, the Bank established the parameters, requirements, and conditions, in addition to those provided in the respective Fogape COVID-19 regulations, to resolve the requests made to it, and the financing amounts that would be granted based on the above, taking into consideration, among other aspects, the levels of sale and the circumstance indicated below. Additionally, the Administration Regulation applicable to the COVID-19 guarantee lines considered the option of refinancing any principal amortization of preexisting commercial loans that mature in the 6 months following the moment of granting the financing with the COVID-19 Guarantee.

 

Within this context, our Bank adopted several measures, along with executing contingency plans, in order to: (i) safeguard the health of clients and employees, including the temporary suspension of operation of some branches, (ii) ensure the operational continuity of services and mitigate potential operational risks, and (iii) strengthen service remote channels and the implementation of remote working for a large group of employees.

 

Although as of the date of issuance of these Financial Statements, the impact of the pandemic on our operating results is difficult to quantify, it is possible to anticipate certain factors such as: (i) uncertainty in certain economic sectors, (ii) low interest rates for a long period of time, (iii) low level of internal demand, (iv) high levels of unemployment, (v) total or partial quarantines affecting commercial activities, and (vi) mobility restrictions that will have an adverse effect on our operating revenues, loan loss provisions and operating expenses. Although these effects have been significant and will persist even over time, its magnitude will depend on the duration and depth of the effects of the pandemic.

 

As a result of the prospective analysis of the economic and financial effects associated with the spread of COVID-19, both domestically and internationally, the Bank proceeded to recalibrate its provision models for the group assessment portfolios in September in a manner consistent with the evolution of economic activity. Said recalibration generated a higher expense in the results of the year for Ch$71,051 million before tax as indicated in Note No. 4. Additionally, in accordance with current policy on the matter, the Bank has established additional incremental provisions for Ch$107,000 million during this fiscal year, thus totaling Ch$320,252 million as of December 31, 2020.

 

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

 

 

 

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 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:

 

  Entity  
  - Banchile Administradora General de Fondos S.A.
  - Banchile Asesoría Financiera S.A.
  - Banchile Corredores de Seguros Ltda.
  - Banchile Corredores de Bolsa S.A.
  - Banchile Securitizadora S.A.
  - Socofin S.A.

 

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

 

 

 

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 for: 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 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, 2020 and 2019, 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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(Free translation of Consolidated Financial Statements originally issued in Spanish)

 

 

 

6.Business Segments, continued:

 

The following table presents the income by segment for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019 for each of the segments defined above:

 

   Retail   Wholesale   Treasury   Subsidiaries   Subtotal  

Consolidation

adjustment

   Total 
   2020   2019   2020   2019   2020   2019   2020   2019   2020   2019   2020   2019   2020   2019 
   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$ 
                                                         
Net interest income   940,088    1,020,346    377,301    366,638    (3,603)   (13,511)   (1,923)   (7,650)   1,311,863    1,365,823    1,149    3,552    1,313,012    1,369,375 
Net commissions income (loss)   265,233    268,345    55,704    49,492    (1,969)   (2,917)   143,863    153,330    462,831    468,250    (16,863)   (10,948)   445,968    457,302 
Financial and exchange operations results   2,650    10,069    36,005    46,946    74,119    42,087    33,440    51,624    146,214    150,726    (1,010)   (3,431)   145,204    147,295 
Other operating income   23,583    27,156    13,181    15,207            2,551    2,307    39,315    44,670    (4,756)   (4,122)   34,559    40,548 
Total operating revenue   1,231,554    1,325,916    482,191    478,283    68,547    25,659    177,931    199,611    1,960,223    2,029,469    (21,480)   (14,949)   1,938,743    2,014,520 
Provision for loan losses   (325,852)   (332,833)   (136,448)   (14,375)           (380)   (66)   (462,680)   (347,274)           (462,680)   (347,274)
Depreciation and amortization   (59,933)   (57,826)   (7,155)   (6,605)   (271)   (264)   (5,998)   (5,846)   (73,357)   (70,541)           (73,357)   (70,541)
Other operating expenses   (569,247)   (588,997)   (151,367)   (151,949)   (3,249)   (2,967)   (106,591)   (111,499)   (830,454)   (855,412)   21,480    14,949    (808,974)   (840,463)
Income attributable to associates   (5,139)   4,826    97    1,020    (91)   111    472    493    (4,661)   6,450            (4,661)   6,450 
Income before income taxes   271,383    351,086    187,318    306,374    64,936    22,539    65,434    82,693    589,071    762,692            589,071    762,692 
Income taxes                                                               (125,962)   (169,683)
Income after income taxes                                                               463,109    593,009 

 

The following table presents assets and liabilities of the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019 by each segment defined above:

 

   Retail   Wholesale   Treasury   Subsidiaries   Subtotal   Consolidation adjustment   Total 
   2020   2019   2020   2019   2020   2019   2020   2019   2020   2019   2020   2019   2020   2019 
   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$ 
                                                         
Assets   18,800,897    18,215,859    10,811,021    10,765,728    15,400,139    11,351,141    830,910    964,695    45,842,967    41,297,423    (128,730)   (345,395)   45,714,237    40,952,028 
Current and deferred taxes                                                               380,894    321,305 
Total assets                                                               46,095,131    41,273,333 
                                                                       
Liabilities   13,647,952    10,735,252    9,980,003    9,160,441    18,208,458    17,337,471    660,869    781,052    42,497,282    38,014,216    (128,730)   (345,395)   42,368,552    37,668,821 
Current and deferred taxes                                                               311    76,289 
Total liabilities                                                               42,368,863    37,745,110 

  

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

 

 

 

7.Cash and Cash Equivalents:

 

(a)The detail of the balances included under cash and cash equivalents and their reconciliation with the Statement of Cash Flows at the year-end are detailed as follows:

 

   2020   2019 
   MCh$   MCh$ 
         
Cash and due from banks:        
Cash (*)   615,842    889,911 
Deposit in Chilean Central Bank (*)   641,890    178,429 
Deposits in other domestic banks   14,506    75,651 
Deposits abroad   1,287,978    1,248,175 
Subtotal - Cash and due from banks   2,560,216    2,392,166 
           
Net transactions in the course of collection   (719,692)   232,551 
Highly liquid financial instruments (**)   4,212,719    1,192,188 
Repurchase agreements (**)   34,872    114,466 
Total cash and cash equivalents   6,088,115    3,931,371 

 

(*)Amounts in cash funds and in Central Bank are regulatory reserve deposits that the Bank must maintain as a monthly average.

 

(**)It corresponds to negotiation instruments and repurchases contracts that meet the definition of cash and cash equivalents.

 

(b)Transactions in course of settlement:

 

Transactions in course of settlement are transactions for which the only remaining step is settlement, which will increase or decrease the funds in the Central Bank or in foreign banks, normally occurring within 24 to 48 business hours, and are detailed as follows:

 

   2020   2019 
   MCh$   MCh$ 
Assets        
Documents drawn on other banks (clearing)   123,267    222,261 
Funds receivable   459,041    362,411 
Subtotal - assets   582,308    584,672 
           
Liabilities          
Funds payable   (1,302,000)   (352,121)
Subtotal - liabilities   (1,302,000)   (352,121)
Net transactions in the course of settlement   (719,692)   232,551 

 

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

 

 

 

8.Financial Assets Held-for-trading:

 

The detail of financial instruments classified as held-for-trading is as follows:

 

   2020   2019 
   MCh$   MCh$ 
Instruments issued by the Chilean Government and Central Bank of Chile        
Central Bank of Chile bonds   3,186    16,490 
Central Bank of Chile promissory notes   4,006,490    1,008,035 
Other instruments issued by the Chilean Government and Central Bank   149,616    99,164 
           
Other instruments issued in Chile          
Bonds from other domestic companies   5,396    1,556 
Bonds from domestic banks   5,494    55,094 
Deposits in domestic banks   93,905    315,415 
Other instruments issued in Chile   1,003    3,272 
           
Instruments issued Abroad          
Instruments from foreign governments or central banks        
Other instruments issued abroad   164     
           
Mutual fund investments          
Funds managed by related companies   400,902    373,329 
Funds managed by third-party        
Total   4,666,156    1,872,355 

 

Under “Instruments issued by the Chilean Government and Central Bank of Chile” are classified instruments sold under repurchase agreements to customers and financial instruments, by an amount of Ch$217,614 million as of December 31, 2020 (Ch$15,243 million as of December 31, 2019). Repurchase agreements had a 4 days average expiration at the year 2020 (3 days in December 2019). Additionally, under this line are maintained instruments to comply with the requirements for the constitution of the technical reserve for an amount equivalent to Ch$2,986,000 million (Ch$699,400 million in December 2019).

 

Moreover, under this same item, other financial instruments are maintained as collateral guaranteeing the derivative transactions executed through Comder Contraparte Central S.A. for an amount of Ch$57,639 as of December 31, 2019. As of December 31, 2020 there is no amount for this concept.

 

“Other instruments issued in Chile” include instruments sold under repurchase agreements with customers and financial instruments amounting to Ch$52,809 million as of December 31, 2020 (Ch$251,158 million as of December 31, 2019). The repurchase agreements have an average expiration of 9 days at the end of the year 2020 (7 days in December 2019).

 

Additionally, the Bank holds financial investments in mortgage finance bonds issued by itself in the amount of Ch$5,156 million as of December 31, 2020 (Ch$8,029 million as of December 31, 2019), which are presented as a reduction of the liability line item “Debt issued”.

 

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9.Investments under resale agreements and obligations under repurchase agreements:

 

(a)Rights arising from resale repurchase agreements: The Bank provides financing to its customers through repurchase agreements and securities lending, in which the financial instrument serves as collateral. As of December 31, 2020 and 2019, the detail is as follows:

 

   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 
   2020   2019   2020   2019   2020   2019   2020   2019   2020   2019   2020   2019   2020   2019 
   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$ 
Instruments issued by the Chilean Governments and Central Bank of Chile                                                        
Central Bank bonds       11,184                                                11,184 
Central Bank promissory notes                                                        
Other instruments issued by the Chilean Government and Central Bank of Chile   10,006    18,459                                            10,006    18,459 
Subtotal   10,006    29,643                                            10,006    29,643 
Other Instruments issued in Chile                                                                      
Deposit promissory notes from domestic banks                                                        
Mortgage bonds from domestic banks                                                        
Bonds from domestic banks       15,407                                                15,407 
Deposits in domestic banks                                                        
Bonds from other Chilean companies                                                        
Other instruments issued in Chile   29,089    57,007    20,591    29,393    16,721    10,879                            66,401    97,279 
Subtotal   29,089    72,414    20,591    29,393    16,721    10,879                            66,401    112,686 
Instruments issued by foreign institutions                                                                      
Instruments from foreign governments or Central Bank                                                        
Other instruments                                                        
Subtotal                                                        
Mutual fund investments                                                                      
Funds managed by related companies                                                        
Funds managed by third-party                                                        
Subtotal                                                        
Total   39,095    102,057    20,591    29,393    16,721    10,879                            76,407    142,329 

 

Securities received:

 

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, 2020, the fair value of the instruments received amounts to Ch$82,585 million (Ch$142,370 million as of December, 2019).

 

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9.Investments under resale agreements and obligations under repurchase agreements, continued:

 

(b)Obligations arising from repurchase agreements: 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, 2020 and 2019, the repurchase agreements are the following:

 

   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 
   2020   2019   2020   2019   2020   2019   2020   2019   2020   2019   2020   2019   2020   2019 
   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$ 
Instruments issued by the Chilean Governments and Central Bank of Chile                                                        
Central Bank bonds       7,301                                                7,301 
Central Bank promissory notes   183,083    9,067                                            183,083    9,067 
Other instruments issued by the Chilean Government and Central Bank of Chile   47,763                                                47,763     
Subtotal   230,846    16,368                                            230,846    16,368 
Other Instruments issued in Chile                                                                      
Deposit promissory notes from domestic banks                                                        
Mortgage bonds from domestic banks                                                        
Bonds from domestic banks                                                        
Deposits in domestic banks   57,648    280,696    43    8,583                                    57,691    289,279 
Bonds from other Chilean companies                                                        
Other instruments issued in Chile   380    1,647                1,440                            380    3,087 
Subtotal   58,028    282,343    43    8,583        1,440                            58,071    292,366 
Instruments issued by foreign institutions                                                                      
Instruments from foreign governments or central bank                                                        
Other instruments issued by foreing                                                        
Subtotal                                                        
Mutual fund investments                                                                      
Funds managed by related companies                                                        
Funds managed by third-party                                                        
Subtotal                                                        
Total   288,874    298,711    43    8,583        1,440                            288,917    308,734 

  

Securities sold:

 

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, 2020 amounts to Ch$288,523 million (Ch$305,593 million in December 2019). 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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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, continued

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

 

 

 

10.Derivative Instruments and Accounting Hedges:

 

(a)As of December 31, 2020 and 2019, the Bank’s portfolio of derivative instruments is detailed as follows:

 

   Notional amount of contract with final expiration date in   Fair Value 
  

 

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  

 

Assets

  

 

Liabilities

 
As of December 31, 2020  MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$ 
Derivatives held for hedging purposes                                    
Interest rate swap and cross currency swap               5,031            5,031        1,646 
Interest rate swap                       29,508    29,508        4,873 
Total derivatives held for hedging purposes               5,031        29,508    34,539        6,519 
                                              
Derivatives held as cash flow hedges                                             
Interest rate swap and cross currency swap           164,330    171,925    213,811    667,391    1,217,457    51,062    65,172 
Total derivatives held as cash flow hedges           164,330    171,925    213,811    667,391    1,217,457    51,062    65,172 
                                              
Trading derivatives                                             
Currency forward   7,320,775    5,754,021    7,753,967    823,355    60,193    26,340    21,738,651    551,964    637,186 
Interest rate swap   1,516,969    2,797,327    10,330,399    12,705,904    6,658,095    10,180,750    44,189,444    1,167,416    1,189,828 
Interest rate swap and cross currency swap   439,244    809,124    3,459,603    5,892,574    3,442,030    4,850,644    18,893,219    845,831    940,646 
Call currency options   10,581    25,382    34,294    1,657            71,914    269    306 
Put currency options   9,605    20,470    26,893    427            57,395    1,462    2,099 
Total trading derivatives   9,297,174    9,406,324    21,605,156    19,423,917    10,160,318    15,057,734    84,950,623    2,566,942    2,770,065 
                                              
Total   9,297,174    9,406,324    21,769,486    19,600,873    10,374,129    15,754,633    86,202,619    2,618,004    2,841,756 

 

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, continued

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

 

 

 

10.Derivative Instruments and Accounting Hedges, continued:

 

(a)Portfolio of derivative instruments, continued:

 

   Notional amount of contract with final expiration date in   Fair Value 
  

 

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

  

Assets

  

 

Liabilities

 
As of December 31, 2019  MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$ 
Derivatives held for hedging purposes                                    
Interest rate swap and cross currency swap               8,166            8,166        2,547 
Interest rate swap               6,806        79,511    86,317    32    6,739 
Total derivatives held for hedging purposes               14,972        79,511    94,483    32    9,286 
                                              
Derivatives held as cash flow hedges                                             
Interest rate swap and cross currency swap       33,182        192,647    134,812    821,241    1,181,882    61,562    34,443 
Total derivatives held as cash flow hedges       33,182        192,647    134,812    821,241    1,181,882    61,562    34,443 
                                              
Trading derivatives                                             
Currency forward   8,770,180    8,736,613    14,803,058    2,067,618    65,321    38,346    34,481,136    956,632    673,630 
Interest rate swap   1,790,715    5,806,453    19,749,389    16,219,325    7,021,586    10,823,786    61,411,254    888,581    886,963 
Interest rate swap and cross currency swap   414,717    858,732    3,849,108    5,679,500    3,569,635    4,204,064    18,575,756    873,371    1,210,061 
Call currency options   22,620    47,513    96,988    11,293            178,414    4,961    1,529 
Put currency options   19,583    36,024    92,524    10,541            158,672    1,076    2,209 
Total trading derivatives   11,017,815    15,485,335    38,591,067    23,988,277    10,656,542    15,066,196    114,805,232    2,724,621    2,774,392 
                                              
Total   11,017,815    15,518,517    38,591,067    24,195,896    10,791,354    15,966,948    116,081,597    2,786,215    2,818,121 

 

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, continued

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

 

 

 

10.Derivative Instruments and Accounting Hedges, continued:

 

(b)Fair value Hedges:

 

The Bank uses cross-currency swaps and interest rate swaps to hedge its exposure to changes in the fair value of the hedged elements attributable to interest rates in financial instruments or loans. The aforementioned hedge instruments change the effective cost of long-term assets from a fixed interest rate to a floating rate, decreasing the duration and modifying the sensitivity to the shortest segments of the curve.

 

Below is a detail of the hedged elements and instruments under fair value hedges as of December 31, 2020 and 2019:

 

   2020   2019 
   MCh$   MCh$ 
Hedge element        
Commercial loans   5,031    8,166 
Corporate bonds   29,508    86,317 
           
Hedge instrument          
Cross currency swap   5,031    8,166 
Interest rate swap   29,508    86,317 

 

(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 and Norwegian kroner. 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 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 daily impact the item “Interest Revenue” of the Income Financial Statements.

 

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, continued

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

 

 

 

10.Derivative Instruments and Accounting Hedges, 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:

 

   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 
   2020   2019   2020   2019   2020   2019   2020   2019   2020   2019   2020   2019   2020   2019 
   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$ 
                                                         
Hedge element                                                        
Outflows:                                                        
Corporate Bond EUR                   (1,473)   (1,421)   (2,946)   (2,842)   (44,037)   (2,842)   (51,871)   (91,089)   (100,327)   (98,194)
Corporate Bond HKD                   (13,352)   (12,829)   (90,988)   (25,627)   (78,369)   (91,034)   (269,894)   (320,604)   (452,603)   (450,094)
Corporate Bond PEN           (775)   (894)   (775)   (894)   (3,098)   (3,575)   (3,098)   (3,575)   (41,484)   (49,651)   (49,230)   (58,589)
Corporate Bond CHF                   (829)   (798)   (94,332)   (1,597)   (121,182)   (90,095)       (116,765)   (216,343)   (209,255)
Corporate Bond USD                   (1,515)   (1,600)   (3,030)   (3,200)   (3,030)   (3,200)   (40,140)   (43,994)   (47,715)   (51,994)
Obligation USD   (202)   (216)   (76)   (336)   (157,455)   (884)       (166,592)                   (157,733)   (168,028)
Corporate Bond JPY               (34,638)   (2,115)   (2,121)   (38,110)   (38,596)   (3,472)   (3,482)   (191,351)   (193,625)   (235,048)   (272,462)
Corporate Bond AUD           (970)   (428)   (3,928)   (3,274)   (9,796)   (7,399)   (9,799)   (7,401)   (206,991)   (156,499)   (231,484)   (175,001)
Corporate Bond NOK                   (2,275)   (2,341)   (4,550)   (4,682)   (4,550)   (4,682)   (71,491)   (75,919)   (82,866)   (87,624)
                                                                       
Hedge instrument                                                                      
Inflows:                                                                      
Cross Currency Swap EUR                   1,473    1,421    2,946    2,842    44,037    2,842    51,871    91,089    100,327    98,194 
Cross Currency Swap HKD                   13,352    12,829    90,988    25,627    78,369    91,034    269,894    320,604    452,603    450,094 
Cross Currency Swap PEN           775    894    775    894    3,098    3,575    3,098    3,575    41,484    49,651    49,230    58,589 
Cross Currency Swap CHF                   829    798    94,332    1,597    121,182    90,095        116,765    216,343    209,255 
Cross Currency Swap USD                   1,515    1,600    3,030    3,200    3,030    3,200    40,140    43,994    47,715    51,994 
Cross Currency Swap USD   202    216    76    336    157,455    884        166,592                    157,733    168,028 
Cross Currency Swap JPY               34,638    2,115    2,121    38,110    38,596    3,472    3,482    191,351    193,625    235,048    272,462 
Cross Currency Swap AUD           970    428    3,928    3,274    9,796    7,399    9,799    7,401    206,991    156,499    231,484    175,001 
Cross Currency Swap NOK                   2,275    2,341    4,550    4,682    4,550    4,682    71,491    75,919    82,866    87,624 
                                                                       
Net cash flows                                                        

 

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

 

 

 

10.Derivative Instruments and Accounting Hedges, continued:

 

(c)Cash flow Hedges, continued:

 

(c.2)Below are the cash flows from underlying assets and the cash flows of the liability part of the derivative instrument:

 

   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 
   2020   2019   2020   2019   2020   2019   2020   2019   2020   2019   2020   2019   2020   2019 
   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$ 
                                                         
Hedge element                                                        
Inflows:                                                        
Cash flows in CLF   160    156    280    33,648    186,116    21,062    213,673    234,065    246,244    280,074    741,654    795,068    1,388,127    1,364,073 
                                                                       
Hedge instrument                                                                      
Outflows:                                                                      
Cross Currency Swap HKD   (160)   (156)           (9,035)   (8,798)   (72,728)   (17,906)   (76,073)   (69,035)   (206,514)   (268,034)   (364,510)   (363,929)
Cross Currency Swap PEN           (48)   (47)   (49)   (48)   (194)   (188)   (194)   (189)   (31,965)   (31,223)   (32,450)   (31,695)
Cross Currency Swap JPY               (33,570)   (4,195)   (4,096)   (40,526)   (40,344)   (6,596)   (6,424)   (201,852)   (199,778)   (253,169)   (284,212)
Cross Currency Swap USD                   (165,634)   (1,275)   (1,311)   (161,941)   (1,317)   (1,281)   (37,584)   (37,242)   (205,846)   (201,739)
Cross Currency Swap CHF                   (3,929)   (3,858)   (91,923)   (7,653)   (114,409)   (197,107)           (210,261)   (208,618)
Cross Currency Swap EUR                   (1,912)   (1,857)   (3,805)   (3,715)   (44,464)   (3,718)   (45,439)   (85,686)   (95,620)   (94,976)
Cross Currency Swap AUD           (232)   (31)   (738)   (521)   (1,939)   (1,103)   (1,942)   (1,104)   (152,709)   (108,622)   (157,560)   (111,381)
Cross Currency Swap NOK                   (624)   (609)   (1,247)   (1,215)   (1,249)   (1,216)   (65,591)   (64,483)   (68,711)   (67,523)
                                                                       
Net cash flows                                                        

  

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, continued

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

 

 

 

10.Derivative Instruments and Accounting Hedges, continued:

 

(c)Cash flow Hedges, continued:

 

With respect to CLF 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.3)The unrealized results generated during the year 2020 by those derivative contracts that conform the hedging instruments in this cash flow hedging strategy, have been recorded with credit to equity amounting to Ch$10,358 million (charge to equity of Ch$37,546 million in December 31, 2019). The net effect of taxes credit to equity amounts to Ch$7,561 million (net charge to equity of Ch$27,408 million equity during the year 2019).

 

The accumulated balance for this concept as of December 31, 2020 corresponds to a charge in equity amounted to Ch$70,682 million (charge to equity of Ch$81,040 million as of December 2019).

 

(c.4)The effect of the cash flow hedging derivatives that offset the result of the hedged instruments corresponds to a charge to income of Ch$39,449 million during the year 2020 (credit to results for Ch$84,684 million during the year 2019).

 

(c.5)As of December 31, 2020 and 2019, it not exist inefficiency in cash flow hedge, because both, hedge 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.6)As of December 31, 2020 and 2019, the Bank does not have hedges of net investments in foreign business.

 

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

 

 

 

11.Loans and Advances to Banks, net:

 

(a)As of December 31, 2020 and 2019, the balances presented in the item “Loans and advances to Banks” are as follows:

 

   2020   2019 
   MCh$   MCh$ 
Domestic Banks        
Interbank loans of liquidity   260,002    150,007 
Provisions for loans to domestic banks   (140)   (54)
Subtotal   259,862    149,953 
Foreign Banks          
Interbank loans commercial   185,858    289,337 
Credits with third countries   167    8,934 
Chilean exports trade loans   113,596    61,860 
Provisions for loans to foreign banks   (525)   (704)
Subtotal   299,096    359,427 
Central Bank of Chile          
Central Bank deposits   2,380,033    630,053 
Other Central Bank credits        
Subtotal   2,380,033    630,053 
Total   2,938,991    1,139,433 

 

(b)The changes in provisions of the credits owed by the banks, during the years 2020 and 2019, are summarized as follows:

 

   Bank’s Location     
  Chile   Abroad   Total 
   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$ 
Detail            
Balance as of January 1, 2019   83    1,006    1,089 
Provisions established            
Provisions released   (29)   (302)   (331)
Balance as of December 31, 2019   54    704    758 
Provisions established   86        86 
Provisions released       (179)   (179)
Balance as of December 31, 2020   140    525    665 

 

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

 

 

 

12.Loans to Customers, net:

  

(a.i)Loans to Customers:

 

As of December 31, 2020 and 2019, the portfolio of loans is composed as follows:

 

   As of December 31, 2020 
   Assets before allowances   Allowances established     
   Normal Portfolio   Substandard
Portfolio
   Non-Complying
Portfolio
   Total   Individual
Provisions
   Group
Provisions
   Total   Net assets 
   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$ 
Commercial loans                                
Commercial loans   13,818,088    136,072    438,535    14,392,695    (197,777)   (139,718)   (337,495)   14,055,200 
Foreign trade loans   941,825    7,347    17,791    966,963    (33,441)   (2,374)   (35,815)   931,148 
Current account debtors   111,888    3,617    4,973    120,478    (2,789)   (6,762)   (9,551)   110,927 
Factoring transactions   369,656    3,617    601    373,874    (8,512)   (837)   (9,349)   364,525 
Student loans   55,058        2,449    57,507        (4,201)   (4,201)   53,306 
Commercial lease transactions (1)   1,513,776    44,968    33,348    1,592,092    (7,504)   (6,169)   (13,673)   1,578,419 
Other loans and accounts receivable   72,769    455    16,206    89,430    (6,892)   (6,319)   (13,211)   76,219 
Subtotal   16,883,060    196,076    513,903    17,593,039    (256,915)   (166,380)   (423,295)   17,169,744 
Mortgage loans                                        
Letters of credit   8,646        692    9,338        (44)   (44)   9,294 
Endorsable mortgage loans   22,885        1,220    24,105        (81)   (81)   24,024 
Other residential lending   8,894,326        305,815    9,200,141        (32,427)   (32,427)   9,167,714 
Credit from ANAP   2            2                2 
Residential lease transactions                                
Other loans and accounts receivable   146,174        8,894    155,068        (1,212)   (1,212)   153,856 
Subtotal   9,072,033        316,621    9,388,654        (33,764)   (33,764)   9,354,890 
Consumer loans                                        
Consumer loans in installments   2,418,658        299,469    2,718,127        (236,408)   (236,408)   2,481,719 
Current account debtors   153,855        4,869    158,724        (10,186)   (10,186)   148,538 
Credit card debtors   1,052,342        25,103    1,077,445        (42,789)   (42,789)   1,034,656 
Consumer lease transactions (1)   302            302        (3)   (3)   299 
Other loans and accounts receivable   10        667    677        (465)   (465)   212 
Subtotal   3,625,167        330,108    3,955,275        (289,851)   (289,851)   3,665,424 
Total   29,580,260    196,076    1,160,632    30,936,968    (256,915)   (489,995)   (746,910)   30,190,058 

 

(1)In this item, the Bank finances its clients the acquisition of real estate and chattels through financial lease agreements. As of December 31, 2020 Ch$802,828 million correspond to finance leases on real estate and Ch$789,566 million correspond to finance leases on chattels.

  

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

 

 

 

12.Loans to Customers net, continued:

 

(a.i)Loans to Customers, continued:

 

   As of December 31, 2019 
   Assets before allowances   Allowances established     
   Normal Portfolio   Substandard
Portfolio
   Non-Complying
Portfolio
   Total   Individual
Provisions
   Group
Provisions
  

 

Total

   Net assets 
   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$ 
Commercial loans                                
Commercial loans   11,740,263    45,346    351,425    12,137,034    (118,440)   (125,082)   (243,522)   11,893,512 
Foreign trade loans   1,407,782    4,111    19,312    1,431,205    (35,995)   (3,321)   (39,316)   1,391,889 
Current account debtors   258,195    4,020    3,479    265,694    (3,683)   (4,181)   (7,864)   257,830 
Factoring transactions   683,602    2,950    1,533    688,085    (10,642)   (1,171)   (11,813)   676,272 
Student loans   54,203        1,993    56,196        (4,056)   (4,056)   52,140 
Commercial lease transactions (1)   1,580,443    14,944    23,764    1,619,151    (5,770)   (7,825)   (13,595)   1,605,556 
Other loans and accounts receivable   76,287    347    10,110    86,744    (2,412)   (5,195)   (7,607)   79,137 
Subtotal   15,800,775    71,718    411,616    16,284,109    (176,942)   (150,831)   (327,773)   15,956,336 
Mortgage loans                                        
Letters of credit   13,720        1,034    14,754        (12)   (12)   14,742 
Endorsable mortgage loans   31,469        882    32,351        (15)   (15)   32,336 
Other residential lending   8,975,754        169,482    9,145,236        (27,795)   (27,795)   9,117,441 
Credit from ANAP   4            4                4 
Residential lease transactions                                
Other loans and accounts receivable   10,650        66    10,716        (225)   (225)   10,491 
Subtotal   9,031,597        171,464    9,203,061        (28,047)   (28,047)   9,175,014 
Consumer loans                                        
Consumer loans in installments   2,778,721        260,839    3,039,560        (262,832)   (262,832)   2,776,728 
Current account debtors   293,863        2,478    296,341        (14,740)   (14,740)   281,601 
Credit card debtors   1,169,820        25,794    1,195,614        (51,581)   (51,581)   1,144,033 
Consumer lease transactions (1)   69            69        (1)   (1)   68 
Other loans and accounts receivable   13        703    716        (444)   (444)   272 
Subtotal   4,242,486        289,814    4,532,300        (329,598)   (329,598)   4,202,702 
Total   29,074,858    71,718    872,894    30,019,470    (176,942)   (508,476)   (685,418)   29,334,052 

 

(1)In this item, the Bank finances its clients the acquisition of real estate and chattels through financial lease agreements. As of December 31, 2019 Ch$779,383 million correspond to finance leases on real estate and Ch$839,837 million correspond to finance leases on chattels.

 

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12.Loans to Customers, net, continued:

 

(a.ii)Impaired Portfolio:

 

As of December 31, 2020 and 2019, the Bank presents the following details of normal and impaired portfolio:

 

   Assets before Allowances   Allowances established     
   Normal Portfolio   Impaired Portfolio   Total   Individual Provisions   Group Provisions   Total   Net assets 
   2020   2019   2020   2019   2020   2019   2020   2019   2020   2019   2020   2019   2020   2019 
   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$ 
Commercial loans   17,039,307    15,859,496    553,732    424,613    17,593,039    16,284,109    (256,915)   (176,942)   (166,380)   (150,831)   (423,295)   (327,773)   17,169,744    15,956,336 
Mortgage loans   9,072,033    9,031,597    316,621    171,464    9,388,654    9,203,061            (33,764)   (28,047)   (33,764)   (28,047)   9,354,890    9,175,014 
Consumer loans   3,625,167    4,242,486    330,108    289,814    3,955,275    4,532,300            (289,851)   (329,598)   (289,851)   (329,598)   3,665,424    4,202,702 
Total   29,736,507    29,133,579    1,200,461    885,891    30,936,968    30,019,470    (256,915)   (176,942)   (489,995)   (508,476)   (746,910)   (685,418)   30,190,058    29,334,052 

 

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12.Loans to Customers, continued:

 

(b)Credit risk provisions:

 

The changes in credits risk provisions, during the years 2020 and 2019, are summarized as follows:

 

   Commercial   Mortgage   Consumer     
   Individual   Group   Group   Group   Total 
   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$ 
                     
Balance as of January 1, 2019   163,204    126,755    26,446    290,694    607,099 
Charge-offs   (8,699)   (46,999)   (7,790)   (249,712)   (313,200)
Sales or transfers of credits   (2,549)               (2,549)
Allowances established   24,986    71,075    9,391    288,616    394,068 
Allowances released                    
Balance as of December 31, 2019   176,942    150,831    28,047    329,598    685,418 
                          
Balance as of January 1, 2020   176,942    150,831    28,047    329,598    685,418 
Charge-offs   (10,829)   (53,317)   (8,878)   (243,536)   (316,560)
Sales or transfers of credits   (331)               (331)
Allowances established   91,133    68,866    14,595    203,789    378,383 
Allowances released                    
Balance as of December 31, 2020   256,915    166,380    33,764    289,851    746,910 

 

In addition to these credit risk provisions, also provisions are maintained for country risk to cover foreign operations and additional loan provisions agreed upon by the Board of Directors, which are presented in liabilities under the item Provisions (see Note No. 24).

 

Other disclosures:

 

1.As of December 31, 2020 and 2019, the Bank and its subsidiaries have made sales of loan portfolios. The effect in income is no more than 5% of net income before taxes, as described in Note No. 12 letter (f).

 

2.As of December 31, 2020 and 2019, the Bank and its subsidiaries derecognized 100% of its portfolio of loans sold and on which all or substantially all of the risks and benefits associated to these financial assets have been transferred (see Note No. 12 letter (f)).

 

3.As of December 31, 2020, 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$2,021,688 million (see Note No. 5 letter (m)).

 

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12.Loans to Customers, continued:

 

(c)Finance lease contracts:

 

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

 

   Total receivable   Unearned income   Net balance receivable (*) 
   2020   2019   2020   2019   2020   2019 
   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$ 
                         
Within one year   521,445    544,067    (52,438)   (58,871)   469,007    485,196 
From 1 to 2 years   373,304    392,832    (37,958)   (42,302)   335,346    350,530 
From 2 to 3 years   245,667    258,331    (25,084)   (27,329)   220,583    231,002 
From 3 to 4 years   161,492    163,847    (17,433)   (18,361)   144,059    145,486 
From 4 to 5 years   110,743    108,192    (12,841)   (13,242)   97,902    94,950 
After 5 years   350,679    335,695    (28,994)   (30,313)   321,685    305,382 
Total   1,763,330    1,802,964    (174,748)   (190,418)   1,588,582    1,612,546 

 

(*)The net balance receivable does not include past-due portfolio totaling Ch$3,812 million as of December 31, 2020 (Ch$6,674 million as of December 2019).

 

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

  

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12.Loans to Customers, continued:

 

(d)Loans by industry sector:

 

The following table details the Bank’s loan portfolio (before allowances for loans losses) as of December 31, 2020 and 2019 by the customer’s industry sector:

 

   Location                 
   Chile   Abroad   Total 
   2020   2019   2020   2018   2020       2019     
   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   %   MCh$   % 
Commercial loans:                                
Services   3,049,345    2,264,966    1,681    436    3,051,026    9.86    2,265,402    7.55 
Commerce   2,536,445    2,052,853    7,341    11,189    2,543,786    8.22    2,064,042    6.88 
Construction   2,452,388    2,141,500            2,452,388    7.93    2,141,500    7.13 
Financial Services   2,349,360    2,584,212    1,448    3,060    2,350,808    7.60    2,587,272    8.62 
Agriculture and livestock   1,646,103    1,622,206            1,646,103    5.32    1,622,206    5.40 
Transportation and telecommunication   1,453,727    1,233,433            1,453,727    4.70    1,233,433    4.11 
Manufacturing   1,346,601    1,624,099            1,346,601    4.35    1,624,099    5.41 
Mining   470,293    604,411            470,293    1.52    604,411    2.01 
Electricity, gas and water   395,593    325,139            395,593    1.28    325,139    1.08 
Fishing   135,401    140,647            135,401    0.44    140,647    0.47 
Others   1,747,313    1,675,958            1,747,313    5.65    1,675,958    5.58 
Subtotal   17,582,569    16,269,424    10,470    14,685    17,593,039    56.87    16,284,109    54.24 
Residential mortgage loans   9,388,654    9,203,061            9,388,654    30.35    9,203,061    30.66 
Consumer loans   3,955,275    4,532,300            3,955,275    12.78    4,532,300    15.10 
Total   30,926,498    30,004,785    10,470    14,685    30,936,968    100.00    30,019,470    100.00 

 

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

 

 

 

12.Loans to Customers, continued:

 

(e)Purchase of loan portfolio:

 

During the year ended December 31, 2020 and 2019 no portfolio purchases were made.

 

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

 

During the years 2020 and 2019 there have been operations of sale or transfer of the loan portfolio according to the following:

 

   2020 
   Carrying
amount
   Allowances   Sale price  

Effect on income

(loss) gain (*)

 
   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$ 
                 
Sale of current loans   43,957    (331)   43,889    263 
Sale of written – off loans                
Total   43,957    (331)   43,889    263 

 

   2019 
   Carrying
amount
   Allowances   Sale price  

Effect on income

(loss) gain (*)

 
   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$ 
                 
Sale of current loans   12,420    (2,549)   12,420    2,549 
Sale of written – off loans                
Total   12,420    (2,549)   12,420    2,549 

 

(*)See Note No. 30.

 

(g)Securitization of own assets:

 

During the years 2020 and 2019, there is no securitization transactions executed involving its own assets.

  

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13.Investment Securities:

 

As of December 31, 2020 and 2019, investment securities classified as available-for-sale and held-to-maturity are detailed as follows:

 

   2020   2019 
   Available-
for-sale
   Held-to-
maturity
   Total   Available-
for -sale
   Held-to-
maturity
   Total 
   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$ 
                         
Instruments issued by the Chilean Government and Central Bank of Chile                        
Bonds issued by the Central Bank of Chile   109        109    76,358        76,358 
Promissory notes issued by the Central Bank of Chile               16,466        16,466 
Other instruments of the Chilean Government and the Central Bank of Chile   163,491        163,491    16,238        16,238 
                               
Other instruments issued in Chile                              
Deposit promissory notes from domestics banks                        
Mortgage bonds from domestic banks   128,763        128,763    122,291        122,291 
Bonds from domestic banks   15,887        15,887    15,927        15,927 
Deposits from domestic banks   685,392        685,392    1,020,842        1,020,842 
Bonds from other Chilean companies   34,539        34,539    1,395        1,395 
Promissory notes issued by other Chilean companies                        
Other instruments issued in Chile   32,342        32,342    68,476        68,476 
                               
Instruments issued Abroad                              
Instruments from foreign governments or Central Banks                        
Other instruments               19,853        19,853 
                               
Total   1,060,523        1,060,523    1,357,846        1,357,846 

  

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13.Investment Securities, continued:

 

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$13,268 million in December 2020. The repurchase agreements have an average maturity of 5 days in December 2020. As of December 31, 2019 there is no amount for this concept.

 

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$36,146 million as of December 31, 2020. As of December 31, 2019 there is no amount for this concept.

 

Instruments given as collateral as part of the Conditional Credit Facility to Increase Placements (FCIC by its Spanish initials) granted by the Central Bank of Chile in the amount of Ch$350,154 million as of December 31, 2020 are classified under Instruments of Other National Institutions (see Note No. 5 letter (m)).

 

Under the instruments issued abroad mainly include bonds of local companies issued abroad.

 

As of December 31, 2020, the portfolio of financial assets available-for-sale includes an accumulated unrealized gain of Ch$801 million (accumulated unrealized gain of Ch$3,827 million in December 2019), recorded as an equity valuation adjustment.

 

During the years 2020 and 2019, there is no evidence of impairment of financial assets available-for-sale.

 

Gross profits and losses realized on the sale of available-for-sale investments as of December 31, 2020 and 2019 are shown in Note No. 30 “Net Financial Operating Income”. The changes on results at the end of each year are as fallow:

 

   2020   2019 
   MCh$   MCh$ 
         
Unrealized gains   19,709    18,479 
Realized gains reclassified to income   (22,735)   (4,716)
Subtotal   (3,026)   13,763 
Income tax on other comprehensive income   816    (3,734)
Net effect in equity   (2,210)   10,029 

 

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14.Investments in Other Companies:

 

(a)Investments in other companies include investments of Ch$44,649 million as of December 31, 2020 (Ch$50,758 million as of December 31, 2019), as follows:

 

      Ownership      Investment 
      Interest  Equity   Assets   Income 
      2020  2019  2020   2019   2020   2019   2020   2019 
Company  Shareholder  %  %  MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$ 
Associates                                 
Transbank S.A.  Banco de Chile  26.16  26.16   67,337    82,667    17,613    21,973    (4,360)   3,505 
Administrador Financiero del Transantiago S.A.  Banco de Chile  20.00  20.00   19,171    19,174    3,951    3,985    389    390 
Redbanc S.A.  Banco de Chile  38.13  38.13   8,663    9,221    3,307    3,549    (242)   330 
Centro de Compensación Automatizado S.A.  Banco de Chile  33.33  33.33   8,182    6,464    2,787    2,184    603    294 
Soc. Operadora de Tarjetas de Crédito Nexus S.A.  Banco de Chile  29.63  29.63   8,626    17,675    2,556    5,238    (2,682)   5 
Sociedad Interbancaria de Depósitos de Valores S.A.  Banco de Chile  26.81  26.81   5,526    4,811    1,564    1,359    276    231 
Sociedad Imerc OTC S.A.  Banco de Chile  12.33  12.33   12,248    12,470    1,510    1,538    (24)   59 
Sociedad Operadora de la Cámara de Compensación de Pagos de Alto Valor S.A.  Banco de Chile  15.00  15.00   6,436    6,290    980    958    29    29 
Subtotal Associates            136,189    158,772    34,268    40,784    (6,011)   4,843 
                                        
Joint Ventures                                       
Servipag Ltda.  Banco de Chile  50.00  50.00   13,268    12,292    6,631    6,271    359    572 
Artikos Chile S.A.  Banco de Chile  50.00  50.00   2,547    2,399    1,439    1,387    553    624 
Subtotal Joint Ventures            15,815    14,691    8,070    7,658    912    1,196 
Subtotal            152,004    173,463    42,338    48,442    (5,099)   6,039 
                                        
Investments valued at cost (1)                                       
Bolsa de Comercio de Santiago S.A.  Banchile Corredores de Bolsa                   1,646    1,646    374    353 
Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior S.A. (Bladex)  Banco de Chile                   309    309    54    48 
Bolsa Electrónica de Chile S.A.  Banchile Corredores de Bolsa                   257    257    9    9 
CCLV Contraparte Central S.A.  Banchile Corredores de Bolsa                   8    8    1    1 
Sociedad de Telecomunicaciones Financieras Interbancarias Mundiales (Swift)  Banco de Chile                   91    96         
Subtotal                      2,311    2,316    438    411 
Total                      44,649    50,758    (4,661)   6,450 

 

(1)Income from investments valorized at cost, corresponds to income recognized on cash basis (dividends).

 

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14.Investments in Other Companies, continued:

 

(a)Associates:

 

   2020 
   Centro de
Compensación
Automatizado S.A.
   Sociedad Operadora
de la
Cámara de
Compensación
de Pagos de Alto
Valor S.A.
   Sociedad
Operadora de
Tarjetas de
Crédito
Nexus S.A.
   Sociedad
Interbancaria de
Depósitos de
Valores S.A.
   Redbanc S.A.   Transbank S.A.   Administrador
Financiero del
Transantiago S.A.
   Sociedad Imerc OTC
S.A.
   Total 
   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$ 
                                     
Current assets   7,438    5,190    10,687    140    7,123    893,293    49,239    22,796    995,906 
Non-current assets   3,696    1,968    8,523    5,700    18,361    112,844    602    5,391    157,085 
Total Assets   11,134    7,158    19,210    5,840    25,484    1,006,137    49,841    28,187    1,152,991 
                                              
Current liabilities   2,534    516    6,957    314    6,997    937,137    30,670    13,843    998,968 
Non-current liabilities   418    206    3,627        9,824    1,663        2,088    17,826 
Total Liabilities   2,952    722    10,584    314    16,821    938,800    30,670    15,931    1,016,794 
Equity   8,182    6,436    8,626    5,526    8,663    67,337    19,171    12,248    136,189 
Minority interest                               8    8 
Total Liabilities and Equity   11,134    7,158    19,210    5,840    25,484    1,006,137    49,841    28,187    1,152,991 
                                              
Operating income   4,519    3,623    45,137    10    36,111    463,087    3,836    6,044    562,367 
Operating expenses   (2,066)   (3,495)   (44,326)   (41)   (36,683)   (417,401)   (2,195)   (6,268)   (512,475)
Other income (expenses)   (42)   68    (13,339)   1,060    (364)   (68,833)   809    91    (80,550)
Gain before tax   2,411    196    (12,528)   1,029    (936)   (23,147)   2,450    (133)   (30,658)
Income tax   (601)   (6)   3,477    1    292    6,477    (506)   (59)   9,075 
Gain for the year   1,810    190    (9,051)   1,030    (644)   (16,670)   1,944    (192)   (21,583)

 

   2019 
   Centro de
Compensación
Automatizado S.A.
   Sociedad Operadora
de la
Cámara de
Compensación
de Pagos de Alto
Valor S.A.
   Sociedad
Operadora de
Tarjetas de
Crédito
Nexus S.A.
   Sociedad
Interbancaria de
Depósitos de
Valores S.A.
   Redbanc S.A.   Transbank S.A.   Administrador
Financiero del
Transantiago S.A.
   Sociedad Imerc
OTC S.A.
   Total 
   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$ 
                                     
Current assets   5,087    6,019    9,586    113    7,047    1,118,388    54,120    2,504    1,202,864 
Non-current assets   3,463    1,353    21,561    4,961    16,366    99,060    592    12,648    160,004 
Total Assets   8,550    7,372    31,147    5,074    23,413    1,217,448    54,712    15,152    1,362,868 
                                              
Current liabilities   1,947    769    7,951    263    7,688    1,130,800    34,234    2,659    1,186,311 
Non-current liabilities   139    313    5,521        6,504    3,981    1,304    23    17,785 
Total Liabilities   2,086    1,082    13,472    263    14,192    1,134,781    35,538    2,682    1,204,096 
Equity   6,464    6,290    17,675    4,811    9,221    82,667    19,174    12,470    158,772 
Minority interest                                    
Total Liabilities and Equity   8,550    7,372    31,147    5,074    23,413    1,217,448    54,712    15,152    1,362,868 
                                              
Operating income   3,384    3,386    49,944    15    38,024    222,912    3,707    46    321,418 
Operating expenses   (2,229)   (3,348)   (49,699)   (57)   (36,693)   (133,128)   (2,224)   (616)   (227,994)
Other income (expenses)   (13)   159    (304)   903    (195)   (72,143)   979    1,067    (69,547)
Gain before tax   1,142    197    (59)   861    1,136    17,641    2,462    497    23,877 
Income tax   (261)   (4)   75        (270)   (4,239)   (514)   (20)   (5,233)
Gain for the year   881    193    16    861    866    13,402    1,948    477    18,644 

 

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14.Investments in Other Companies, continued:

 

(c)Joint Ventures:

 

The Bank has a 50% interest in the jointly controlled entities Artikos S.A. and Servipag Ltda. Bank’s interest of both entities is accounted for using the equity method in the consolidated financial statements.

 

Below the summary financial information of the jointly controlled companies:

 

   Artikos S.A.   Servipag Ltda. 
   2020   2019   2020   2019 
   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$ 
Current assets   1,856    1,701    71,711    74,748 
Non-current assets   1,799    1,944    16,102    18,005 
Total Assets   3,655    3,645    87,813    92,753 
                     
Current liabilities   1,108    1,083    70,887    74,745 
Non-current liabilities       163    3,658    5,716 
Total Liabilities   1,108    1,246    74,545    80,461 
Equity   2,547    2,399    13,268    12,292 
Total Liabilities and Equity   3,655    3,645    87,813    92,753 
                     
Operating income   3,632    3,643    40,138    43,259 
Operating expenses   (2,534)   (2,452)   (38,841)   (41,708)
Other income (expenses)   4    11    (31)   (315)
Gain before tax   1,102    1,202    1,266    1,236 
Income tax   3    46    (290)   (343)
Gain for the year   1,105    1,248    976    893 

 

(d)The change of investments in companies registered under the equity method in the years of 2020 and 2019, are as follows:

 

   2020   2019 
   MCh$   MCh$ 
         
Initial book value   48,442    42,252 
Acquisition of investments in companies       671 
Participation on income in companies with significant influence and joint control   (5,099)   6,039 
Dividends received   (1,001)   (552)
Others   (4)   32 
Total   42,338    48,442 

 

(e)During the year ended as of December 31, 2020 and 2019 no impairment has incurred in these investments.

  

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

 

 

 

15.Intangible Assets:

 

(a)As of December 31, 2020 and 2019 intangible assets are composed as follows:

 

   Useful Life  Average remaining
amortization
  Gross balance   Accumulated Amortization   Net balance 
   2020  2019  2020  2019  2020   2019   2020   2019   2020   2019 
   Years  Years  Years  Years  MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$ 
                                     
Other Intangible Assets:                                    
Software or computer programs  6  6  4  5   180,669    163,485    (119,968)   (105,178)   60,701    58,307 
Total               180,669    163,485    (119,968)   (105,178)   60,701    58,307 

  

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15.Intangible Assets, continued:

 

(b)The change of intangible assets as of December 31, 2020 and 2019 are as follows:

 

   Software or computer programs 
   2020   2019 
   MCh$   MCh$ 
Gross Balance        
Balance as of January 1,   163,485    144,942 
Acquisition   18,631    20,928 
Disposals/ write-downs   (387)   (1,759)
Reclassification   (16)   (276)
Impairment (*)   (1,044)   (350)
Total   180,669    163,485 
           
Accumulated Amortization          
Balance as of January 1,   (105,178)   (92,881)
Amortization for the year (*)   (15,865)   (12,875)
Disposals/ write-downs   660    316 
Reclassification       262 
Impairment (*)   415     
Total   (119,968)   (105,178)
           
Balance Net   60,701    58,307 

 

(*)See Note No. 35 Depreciation, amortization and impairment.

 

(c)As of December 31, 2020 and 2019, the Bank maintains the following amounts with technological developments:

 

  Commitment Amount 
   2020   2019 
Detail  MCh$   MCh$ 
Software and licenses   3,830    7,151 

 

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16.Fixed assets, leased assets and lease liabilities:

 

(a)The properties and equipment as of December 31, 2020 and 2019 are composed as follows:

 

   Useful Life  Average remaining
depreciation
  Gross balance   Accumulated
Depreciation
   Net balance 
   2020  2019  2020  2019  2020   2019   2020   2019   2020   2019 
   Years  Years  Years  Years  MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$ 

Type of property and equipment:

                                    
Land and Buildings  26  26  20  21   304,951    301,619    (142,543)   (136,394)   162,408    165,225 
Equipment  5  5  4  4   222,624    207,605    (175,141)   (162,560)   47,483    45,045 
Others  7  7  4  4   55,898    55,519    (47,861)   (45,527)   8,037    9,992 
Total               583,473    564,743    (365,545)   (344,481)   217,928    220,262 

 

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16.Fixed assets, leased assets and lease liabilities, continued:

 

(b)The changes in properties and equipment as of December 31, 2020 and 2019 are as follows:

 

   2020 
   Land and Buildings   Equipment   Others   Total 
   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$ 
Gross Balance                
Balance as of January 1, 2020   301,619    207,605    55,519    564,743 
Additions   6,303    20,658    1,510    28,471 
Write-downs and sales of the year   (2,903)   (5,606)   (1,105)   (9,614)
Impairment (*) (***)   (68)   (33)   (26)   (127)
Total   304,951    222,624    55,898    583,473 
                     
Accumulated Depreciation                    
Balance as of January 1, 2020   (136,394)   (162,560)   (45,527)   (344,481)
Depreciation charges of the year (*) (**)   (8,844)   (17,273)   (3,371)   (29,488)
Write-downs and sales of the year   2,695    4,692    1,025    8,412 
Impairment (*) (***)           12    12 
Total   (142,543)   (175,141)   (47,861)   (365,545)
                     
Balance as of December 31, 2020   162,408    47,483    8,037    217,928 

 

   2019 
   Land and Buildings   Equipment   Others   Total 
   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$ 
Gross Balance                
Balance as of January 1, 2019   320,585    183,220    53,500    557,305 
Reclassification   (25,654)   (37)       (25,691)
Additions   12,555    28,118    2,839    43,512 
Write-downs and sales of the year   (5,437)   (3,115)   (762)   (9,314)
Impairment (*) (***)   (430)   (581)   (58)   (1,069)
Total   301,619    207,605    55,519    564,743 
                     
Accumulated Depreciation                    
Balance as of January 1, 2019   (150,099)   (148,455)   (42,879)   (341,433)
Reclassification   21,278    37        21,315 
Depreciation charges of the year (*) (**)   (8,613)   (16,819)   (3,403)   (28,835)
Write-downs and sales of the year   1,040    2,692    740    4,472 
Transfers       (15)   15     
Total   (136,394)   (162,560)   (45,527)   (344,481)
                     
Balance as of December 31, 2019   165,225    45,045    9,992    220,262 

 

(*)See Note No.35 Depreciation, Amortization and Impairment.

 

(**)This amount does not include the depreciation of the year of the Investment Properties, amount is included in “Other Assets” for Ch$357 million (Ch$359 million as of December 2019).

 

(***)This amount does not include charge-offs of Property and Equipment of Ch$916 million (Ch$949 million as of December 2019).

 

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16.Fixed assets, leased assets and lease liabilities, continued:

 

(c)The composition of the rights over leased assets as of December 31, 2020 and 2019 is as follows:

 

  

Gross

Balance

   Accumulated
Depreciation
  

Net

Balance

 
   2020   2019   2020   2019   2020   2019 
   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$ 
Categories                        
Buildings   123,215    130,853    (33,560)   (18,722)   89,655    112,131 
Floor space for ATMs   40,445    41,960    (16,496)   (9,091)   23,949    32,869 
Improvements to leased properties   26,579    27,254    (21,354)   (21,589)   5,225    5,665 
Total   190,239    200,067    (71,410)   (49,402)   118,829    150,665 

 

(d)The changes of the rights over leased assets as of December 31, 2020 and 2019 is as follows:

 

   2020 
   Buildings  

Floor space
for ATMs

   Improvements to
leased properties
   Total 
   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$ 
                 
Gross Balance                
Balance as of January 1, 2020   130,853    41,960    27,254    200,067 
Additions   7,907    1,319    847    10,073 
Write-downs (*)   (15,538)   (1,197)   (1,522)   (18,257)
Remeasurement   (7)   (1,637)       (1,644)
Total   123,215    40,445    26,579    190,239 
                     
Accumulated Depreciation                    
Balance as of January 1, 2020   (18,722)   (9,091)   (21,589)   (49,402)
Depreciation of the year (*)   (18,867)   (7,774)   (1,006)   (27,647)
Write-downs (*)   4,029    369    1,241    5,639 
Total   (33,560)   (16,496)   (21,354)   (71,410)
                     
Balance as of  December 31, 2020   89,655    23,949    5,225    118,829 

 

(*)See Note No.35 Depreciation, Amortization and Impairment. Does not include provision for impairment of Ch$1 million

 

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16.Fixed assets, leased assets and lease liabilities, continued:

 

   2019 
   Buildings   Floor space
for ATMs
   Improvements to
leased properties
   Total 
   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$ 
                 
Gross Balance                
Balance as of January 1, 2019   116,577    27,920        144,497 
Reclassification           26,332    26,332 
Additions   14,276    14,040    1,725    30,041 
Write-downs (*)           (803)   (803)
Total   130,853    41,960    27,254    200,067 
                     
Accumulated Depreciation                    
Balance as of January 1, 2019                
Reclassification           (21,546)   (21,546)
Depreciation of the year (*)   (18,722)   (9,091)   (659)   (28,472)
Write-downs (*)           616    616 
Total   (18,722)   (9,091)   (21,589)   (49,402)
                     
Balance as of  December 31, 2019   112,131    32,869    5,665    150,665 

 

(e)The following are the future maturities of the lease liabilities as of December 31, 2020 and 2019:

 

   2020 
  

 

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$ 
Lease associated to:                         
Buildings   1,646    3,371    14,501    28,663    20,869    30,865    99,915 
ATMs   824    1,644    7,229    14,467    419    483    25,066 
Total   2,470    5,015    21,730    43,130    21,288    31,348    124,981 

 

   2019 
  

 

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$ 
Lease associated to:                         
Buildings   1,726    3,519    15,286    37,063    24,899    38,526    121,019 
ATMs   809    1,618    7,131    18,125    5,403    679    33,765 
Total   2,535    5,137    22,417    55,188    30,302    39,205    154,784 

 

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16.Fixed assets, leased 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.

 

The changes of the obligations for lease liabilities and the flows for the years 2020 and 2019 are as follows:

 

  

Total cash flow

for the year

 
Lease liability  MCh$ 
     
Balances as of January 1, 2019   144,497 
Liabilities for new lease agreements   24,431 
Interest expenses   2,574 
Payments of capital and interests   (29,374)
Others   3,885 
Balances as of December 31, 2019   146,013 
      
Balances as of January 1, 2020   146,013 
Liabilities for new lease agreements   5,768 
Interest expenses   2,532 
Payments of capital and interests   (28,705)
Remeasurement   (1,644)
Derecognized contracts   (12,337)
Others   3,390 
Balances as of December 31, 2020   115,017 

 

(f)The future cash flows related to short-term lease agreements in effect as of December 31, 2020 correspond to Ch$6,814 million (Ch$8,611 as of December 31, 2019).

 

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17.Current Taxes and Deferred Taxes:

 

(a)Current Taxes:

 

The Bank and its subsidiaries at the end of each period, 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, 2020 and 2019, according to the following detail:

 

   2020   2019 
   MCh$   MCh$ 
         
Income tax   153,084    222,266 
Less:          
Monthly prepaid taxes   (172,683)   (143,200)
Credit for training expenses   (1,900)   (1,900)
Others   (1,139)   (1,234)
Total   (22,638)   75,932 
           
Tax rate   27%   27%

 

   2020   2019 
   MCh$   MCh$ 
         
Current tax assets   22,949    357 
Current tax liabilities   (311)   (76,289)
Total tax receivable (payable), net   22,638    (75,932)

 

(b)Income Tax:

 

The effect of the tax expense during the years between January 1 and December 31, 2020 and 2019, are broken down as follows:

 

   2020   2019 
   MCh$   MCh$ 
Income tax expense:        
Current year tax   161,869    232,404 
Tax Previous year   813    (16,348)
Subtotal   162,682    216,056 
(Credit) Charge for deferred taxes:          
Origin and reversal of temporary differences   (36,156)   (46,694)
Subtotal   (36,156)   (46,694)
Others   (564)   321 
Net charge to income for income taxes   125,962    169,683 

 

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17.Current and Deferred 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, 2020 and 2019:

 

   2020   2019 
   Tax rate   Tax rate     
   %   MCh$   %   MCh$ 
                 
Income tax calculated on net income before tax   27.00    159,049    27.00    205,927 
Additions or deductions   (0.99)   (5,848)   (1.27)   (9,650)
Price-level restatement   (5.66)   (33,347)   (3.93)   (29,962)
Others   1.04    6,108    0.44    3,368 
Effective rate and income tax expense   21.39    125,962    22.24    169,683 

 

The effective rate for income tax for the year 2020 is 21.39% (22.24% in December 2019).

 

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17.Current and Deferred Taxes, continued:

 

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

 

The Bank and its subsidiaries have recorded the effects of deferred taxes in their Financial Statements. The effects of deferred taxes on assets, liabilities and income accounts as of December 31, 2020 are detailed as follows:

 

       Effect on     
  

Balances

as of

December 31,
2019

   Income   Equity  

Balances

as of

December 31,
2020

 
   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$ 
Debit Differences:                
Allowances for loan losses   221,079    47,403        268,482 
Personnel provisions   16,714    (481)       16,233 
Staff vacations provisions   7,444    1,720        9,164 
Accrued interests adjustments from impaired loans   3,674    896        4,570 
Staff severance indemnities provision   607    (95)   25    537 
Provision of credit cards expenses   8,221    (262)       7,959 
Provision of accrued expenses   10,564    3,519        14,083 
Leasing   41,792    (12,957)       28,835 
Incomes received in advance   32,170    (16,082)       16,088 
Other adjustments   15,485    11,420        26,905 
Total Debit Differences   357,750    35,081    25    392,856 
                     
Credit Differences:                    
Depreciation and price-level restatement of property and equipment   15,524    1,732        17,256 
Adjustment for valuation of financial assets available-for-sale   1,039        (816)   223 
Transitory assets   7,174    (1,796)       5,378 
Loans accrued to effective rate   1,386    1,393        2,779 
Prepaid expenses   3,334    (1,100)       2,234 
Other adjustments   8,345    (1,304)       7,041 
Total Credit Differences   36,802    (1,075)   (816)   34,911 
                     
Deferred, Net   320,948    36,156    841    357,945 

 

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17.Current and Deferred 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.

 

(e.1)  Loans to customers as of December 31, 2020

 

   2020 
 

 

       Tax value assets 
  

 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   2,938,991    2,939,656             
Commercial loans   15,199,426    16,053,548    46,808    72,440    119,248 
Consumer loans   3,665,125    4,885,119    166    12,626    12,792 
Residential mortgage loans   9,354,890    9,386,654    11,030    122    11,152 
Total   31,158,432    33,264,977    58,004    85,188    143,192 

 

(e.1)  Loans to customers as of December 31, 2019

 

   2019 
        Tax value assets 
   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   1,139,433    1,140,190             
Commercial loans   13,725,346    14,308,651    47,451    76,814    124,265 
Consumer loans   4,202,634    5,016,666    820    29,643    30,463 
Residential mortgage loans   9,175,014    9,200,565    10,041    155    10,196 
Total   28,242,427    29,666,072    58,312    106,612    164,924 

 

(*)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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17.Current and Deferred Taxes, continued:

 

(e.2)  Provisions on past-due loans

 

   2020 
  

 

Balance as of

January 1, 2020

   Charge-offs against provisions   Provisions established  

 

Provisions released

   Balance as of December 31, 2020 
    MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$ 
                     
Commercial loans   76,814    (47,122)   176,452    (133,704)   72,440 
Consumer loans   29,643    (239,883)   248,045    (25,179)   12,626 
Residential mortgage loans   155    (2,931)   25,656    (22,758)   122 
Total   106,612    (289,936)   450,153    (181,641)   85,188 

 

(e.2)  Provisions on past-due loans

 

   2019 
  

 

Balance as of

January 1, 2019

   Charge-offs against provisions   Provisions established  

 

Provisions released

   Balance as of December 31, 2019 
   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$ 
                     
Commercial loans   59,773    (44,925)   165,500    (103,534)   76,814 
Consumer loans   24,424    (247,314)   274,262    (21,729)   29,643 
Residential mortgage loans   210    (4,078)   30,251    (26,228)   155 
Total   84,407   (296,317)   470,013    (151,491)   106,612 

 

(e.3)  Charge-offs and recoveries

 

   2020   2019 
   MCh$   MCh$ 
         
Charge-offs Art. 31 No. 4 second subparagraph   19,111    11,432 
Write-offs resulting in provisions released   1,985    314 
Recovery or renegotiation of written-off loans   41,758    47,975 

 

(e.4)  Application of Art. 31 No. 4 first & third subsections of the income tax law

 

   2020   2019 
   MCh$   MCh$ 
         
Charge-offs in accordance with first subsection        
Write-offs in accordance with third subsection   1,985    314 

 

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18.Other Assets:

 

(a)Item composition:

 

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

 

   2020   2019 
   MCh$   MCh$ 
         
Assets held for leasing (*)   85,626    139,389 
           
Assets received or awarded as payment (**)          
Assets awarded at judicial sale   5,571    10,967 
Assets received in lieu of payment   99    1,556 
Provision for assets received in lieu of payment or awarded   (52)   (188)
Subtotal   5,618    12,335 
           
Other Assets          
Deposits by derivatives margin   232,732    475,852 
Trading and brokerage (***)   84,993    40,911 
Other accounts and notes receivable   63,796    44,727 
Prepaid expenses   29,654    34,934 
Investment properties   12,833    13,190 
Commissions receivable   11,810    14,191 
Servipag available funds   11,385    17,923 
VAT receivable   10,777    11,831 
Recoverable income taxes   8,691    33,136 
Accounts receivable for sale of assets received in lieu of payment   2,469    2,184 
Rental guarantees   2,014    1,957 
Pending transactions   1,825    2,021 
Materials and supplies   784    672 
Assets recovered from leasing for sale   715    871 
Others   13,745    16,844 
Subtotal   488,223    711,244 
Total   579,467    862,968 

 

(*)These correspond to property and equipment to be given under finance lease.

 

(**)Assets received in lieu of payment are assets received as payment of customers’ past-due debts. The assets acquired must not exceed the aggregate 20% of the Bank’s effective equity. These assets currently represent 0.0024% % (0.0341% as of December 31, 2019) of the Bank’s effective equity.

 

The provision for assets received in lieu of payment or awarded is recorded as indicated in the Compendium of Accounting Standards, Chapter B-5 No.3, which indicates to recognize a provision for the difference between the initial value plus any additions and its realizable value, when the initial is greater.

 

(***)This item mainly includes simultaneous operations carried out by the subsidiary Banchile Corredores de Bolsa S.A.

 

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18.Other Assets, continued:

 

(b)The changes of the provision  for assets received in lieu of payment during the year 2020 and 2019 are as follows:

 

Provision for assets received in lieu of payment  MCh$ 
     
Balance as of January 1, 2019   806 
Provisions used   (2,159)
Provisions established   1,541 
Provisions released    
Balance as of December 31, 2019   188 
Provisions used   (1,088)
Provisions established   952 
Provisions released    
Balance as of December 31, 2020   52 

 

19.Current Accounts and Other Demand Deposits:

 

As of December 31, 2020 and 2019, this item is composed as follows:

 

   2020   2019 
   MCh$   MCh$ 
         
Current accounts   12,477,719    8,951,527 
Other demand deposits   1,431,904    1,662,950 
Other deposits and sight accounts   1,257,606    711,656 
Total   15,167,229    11,326,133 

 

20.Savings Accounts and Time Deposits:

 

As of December 31, 2020 and 2019, this item is composed as follows:

 

   2020   2019 
   MCh$   MCh$ 
         
Time deposits   8,442,536    10,537,614 
Term savings accounts   342,550    239,850 
Other term balances payable   114,455    79,154 
Total   8,899,541    10,856,618 

 

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21.Borrowings from Financial Institutions:

 

As of December 31, 2020 and 2019, borrowings from financial institutions are detailed as follows:

 

   2020   2019 
   MCh$   MCh$ 
         
Domestic banks        
Banco do Brasil   7,100    3,900 
Banco Scotiabank   1,257     
Banco  Santander       2,314 
Subtotal domestic banks   8,357    6,214 
           
Foreign banks          
  Foreign trade financing          
The Bank of Nova Scotia   121,085    133,539 
Citibank N.A. United State   114,525    285,974 
Wells Fargo Bank   85,734    139,845 
Zürcher Kantonalbank   39,116    78,872 
Commerzbank AG   21,687    2,201 
Bank of New York Mellon   21,389    224,812 
Bank of America   20,475    194,704 
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking   11,394    213,534 
Standard Chartered Bank   715    70,128 
Toronto Dominion Bank       22,556 
JP Morgan Chase Bank       60,150 
ING Bank       10,987 
Others   40    89 
           
  Borrowings and other obligations          
Wells Fargo Bank   106,965    113,377 
Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas   7,333    6 
Citibank N.A. United State       5,183 
Citibank N.A. United Kingdom   233    1,015 
Others   105    91 
Subtotal foreign banks   550,796    1,557,063 
           
Chilean Central Bank (*)   3,110,600     
           
Total   3,669,753    1,563,277 

 

(*)Financing provided by the Central Bank to deliver liquidity to the economy and support the flow of credit to households and companies, among which are the Conditional Credit Facility to Increase Placements (FCIC by its Spanish initials) and the Liquidity Credit Line (LCL). See Note No. 5 letter (m).

 

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22.Debt Issued:

 

As of December 31, 2020 and 2019, this item is composed as follows:

 

   2020   2019 
   MCh$   MCh$ 
         
Mortgage bonds   6,786    10,898 
Bonds   7,700,402    7,912,621 
Subordinated bonds   886,407    889,895 
Total   8,593,595    8,813,414 

 

During the year ended as of December 31, 2020, Banco de Chile issued bonds by an amount of Ch$889,135 million, from which corresponds to Short-Term Bonds and Current Bonds by an amount of Ch$634,952 million and Ch$254,183 million respectively, according to the following details:

 

Short-term Bonds

 

 

Counterparty

  Currency   Amount MCh$   Annual interest rate %   Issued date  Maturity date
Citibank N.A.   USD    23,078    2.00   07/01/2020  07/07/2020
Citibank N.A.   USD    38,371    1.95   09/01/2020  09/04/2020
Citibank N.A.   USD    34,886    1.91   13/01/2020  13/04/2020
Citibank N.A.   USD    11,629    1.87   14/01/2020  14/04/2020
Citibank N.A.   USD    31,667    1.91   29/01/2020  31/07/2020
Citibank N.A.   USD    7,917    1.91   29/01/2020  31/07/2020
Citibank N.A.   USD    27,709    1.86   29/01/2020  29/05/2020
Citibank N.A.   USD    10,350    1.85   30/01/2020  01/06/2020
Citibank N.A.   USD    19,720    1.85   03/02/2020  03/06/2020
Citibank N.A.   USD    31,391    1.55   08/04/2020  05/06/2020
Citibank N.A.   USD    21,262    1.30   13/04/2020  12/05/2020
Citibank N.A.   USD    12,758    1.30   13/04/2020  13/05/2020
Citibank N.A.   USD    34,020    1.30   13/04/2020  13/05/2020
Citibank N.A.   USD    25,593    1.55   16/04/2020  16/06/2020
Citibank N.A.   USD    25,593    1.55   16/04/2020  18/06/2020
Citibank N.A.   USD    34,158    1.61   17/04/2020  21/08/2020
Wells Fargo Bank   USD    42,697    1.60   17/04/2020  21/08/2020
Wells Fargo Bank   USD    42,858    1.50   22/04/2020  14/08/2020
Wells Fargo Bank   USD    42,943    1.45   24/04/2020  29/01/2021
Wells Fargo Bank   USD    4,175    1.30   29/04/2020  29/10/2020
Citibank N.A.   USD    32,834    0.45   18/05/2020  20/07/2020
Citibank N.A.   USD    5,089    0.45   18/05/2020  20/07/2020
Wells Fargo Bank   USD    74,254    0.45   07/12/2020  06/12/2021
Total as of December 31, 2020        634,952            

 

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22.Debt Issued, continued:

 

Current Bonds Long-Term

 

 

Serie

  Currency  

Amount

MCh$

  

Terms

Years

  

 

Annual
issue rate
%

   Issue date  Maturity date
                       
BCHIEM0817    UF    93,096    7    0.80   06/01/2020  06/01/2027
BCHIEL0717    UF    123,957    8    0.72   04/02/2020  04/02/2028
Subtotal UF        217,053                 
                           
BONO AUD   AUD    37,130    15    2.65   02/03/2020  02/03/2035
Subtotal Others currency        37,130                 
Total as of December 31, 2020        254,183                 

 

Subordinated bonds

 

During the year ended December 31, 2020, there were no subordinated bonds, issued.

 

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22.Debt Issued, continued:

 

During the year ended as of December 31, 2019, Banco de Chile issued bonds by an amount of Ch$2,625,176 million, from which corresponds to Short-Term Bonds, Current Bonds and Subordinated Bonds by an amount of Ch$944,413 million, Ch$1,465,406 and Ch$215,357 million respectively, according to the following details:

 

Short-term Bonds

 

 

Counterparty

  Currency   Amount MCh$   Annual interest rate %   Issued date  Maturity date
Citibank N.A.   USD    40,937    2.91   04/01/2019  04/04/2019
Wells Fargo Bank   USD    40,264    2.85   17/01/2019  24/04/2019
Citibank N.A.   USD    33,598    2.80   22/01/2019  22/04/2019
Citibank N.A.   USD    53,250    2.67   04/04/2019  02/07/2019
Citibank N.A.   USD    27,886    2.67   09/04/2019  09/08/2019
Citibank N.A.   USD    33,257    2.66   11/04/2019  11/07/2019
Wells Fargo Bank   USD    33,257    2.68   11/04/2019  11/10/2019
Citibank N.A.   USD    33,051    2.66   12/04/2019  22/07/2019
Wells Fargo Bank   USD    3,966    2.67   12/04/2019  12/09/2019
Citibank N.A.   USD    27,184    2.67   29/04/2019  29/10/2019
Wells Fargo Bank   USD    33,838    2.60   30/04/2019  30/07/2019
Citibank N.A.   USD    34,795    2.61   17/05/2019  18/11/2019
Citibank N.A.   USD    34,842    2.59   23/05/2019  22/08/2019
Bank of America   USD    34,208    2.50   21/06/2019  22/08/2019
Wells Fargo Bank   USD    3,421    2.50   24/06/2019  25/07/2019
Citibank N.A.   USD    547    2.40   24/06/2019  15/10/2019
Citibank N.A.   USD    13,620    2.50   25/06/2019  05/08/2019
Citibank N.A.   USD    13,575    2.51   28/06/2019  01/08/2019
Citibank N.A.   USD    34,070    2.38   11/07/2019  09/10/2019
Citibank N.A.   USD    29,883    2.25   09/08/2019  12/11/2019
Wells Fargo Bank   USD    3,525    2.03   13/08/2019  08/05/2020
Citibank N.A.   USD    35,676    2.20   22/08/2019  21/11/2019
Wells Fargo Bank   USD    21,350    2.20   10/09/2019  09/12/2019
Wells Fargo Bank   USD    7,117    2.20   11/09/2019  16/12/2019
Wells Fargo Bank   USD    28,466    2.20   11/09/2019  10/12/2019
Citibank N.A.   USD    15,799    2.10   07/10/2019  07/01/2020
Citibank N.A.   USD    36,206    2.07   09/10/2019  09/01/2020
Citibank N.A.   USD    36,212    2.00   24/10/2019  29/01/2020
Bank of America   USD    36,212    2.00   24/10/2019  24/01/2020
Citibank N.A.   USD    18,200    2.00   25/10/2019  03/02/2020
Citibank N.A.   USD    31,819    1.91   04/11/2019  13/01/2020
Citibank N.A.   USD    31,239    1.97   12/11/2019  12/02/2020
Citibank N.A.   USD    4,554    2.05   22/11/2019  07/08/2020
Citibank N.A.   USD    7,989    2.05   22/11/2019  07/08/2020
Citibank N.A.   USD    18,750    2.07   04/12/2019  07/08/2020
Citibank N.A.   USD    23,268    2.05   09/12/2019  09/04/2020
Wells Fargo Bank   USD    3,877    2.04   09/12/2019  05/06/2020
Wells Fargo Bank   USD    15,395    2.04   11/12/2019  27/03/2020
Citibank N.A.   USD    1,792    2.03   30/12/2019  20/07/2020
Wells Fargo Bank   USD    7,518    2.10   30/12/2019  15/12/2020
Total as of December 31, 2019        944,413            

 

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

 

 

 

22.Debt Issued, continued:

 

Current Bonds Long-Term

 

 

Serie

  Currency  

Amount

MCh$

  

Terms

Years

  

 

Annual
issue rate %

   Issue date  Maturity date
                       
BCHIEC0817   UF    83,470    5    1.55   30/01/2019  30/01/2024
BCHIED1117   UF    41,711    5    1.54   14/03/2019  14/03/2024
BCHIED1117   UF    5,587    5    1.45   19/03/2019  19/03/2024
BCHIED1117   UF    36,317    5    1.45   20/03/2019  20/03/2024
BCHIDW1017    UF    84,359    2    0.93   09/05/2019  09/05/2021
BCHIDW1017    UF    57,091    2    0.57   24/06/2019  24/06/2021
BCHIEH0917    UF    58,867    7    1.04   01/07/2019  01/07/2026
BCHIEB1117    UF    86,682    4    0.83   01/07/2019  01/07/2023
BCHIEH0917    UF    29,514    7    1.00   02/07/2019  02/07/2026
BCHIEI1117    UF    60,697    7    0.66   19/07/2019  19/07/2026
BCHIEI1117    UF    22,063    7    0.51   30/07/2019  30/07/2026
BCHIEI1117    UF    8,613    7    0.45   01/08/2019  01/08/2026
BCHICC0815    UF    71,703    12    0.54   05/08/2019  05/08/2031
BCHICA1015    UF    71,221    11    0.54   05/08/2019  05/08/2030
BCHICB1215    UF    14,496    11    0.44   07/08/2019  07/08/2030
BCHIEI1117    UF    7,764    7    0.30   07/08/2019  07/08/2026
BCHIEI1117    UF    20,212    7    0.28   08/08/2019  08/08/2026
BCHICB1215    UF    57,926    11    0.45   08/08/2019  08/08/2030
BCHIEI1117    UF    3,108    7    0.29   08/08/2019  08/08/2026
BCHIBV1015    UF    71,063    10    0.37   20/08/2019  20/08/2029
BCHIEV1117    UF    132,366    10    0.34   05/09/2019  05/09/2029
BCHIEK1117    UF    117,493    13    1.38   11/12/2019  11/12/2032
Subtotal UF        1,142,323                 
                           
BONO JPY   JPY    63,041    20    1.00   14/05/2019  14/05/2039
BONO HKD   HKD    32,725    12    2.90   19/07/2019  19/07/2031
BONO AUD   AUD    36,519    20    3.50   28/08/2019  28/08/2039
BONO PEN   PEN    29,969    15    5.40   04/09/2019  04/09/2034
BONO AUD   AUD    24,547    15    3.13   09/09/2019  09/09/2034
BONO NOK   NOK    60,951    10    3.50   07/11/2019  07/11/2029
BONO AUD   AUD    39,067    20    3.55   11/11/2019  11/11/2039
BONO JPY   JPY    36,264    10    1.00   19/11/2019  19/11/2029
Subtotal Others currency        323,083                 
Total as of December 31, 2019        1,465,406                 

 

Subordinated bonds

 

 

Serie

 

 

Currency

  

Amount

MCh$

  

Terms

Years

  

 

Annual
issue rate
%

   Issue date  Maturity date
                       
UCHI-J1111    UF    61,471    23    1.05   20/08/2019  20/08/2042
UCHI-J1111    UF    65,973    23    1.04   20/08/2019  20/08/2042
UCHI-J1111    UF    48,799    23    0.99   21/08/2019  21/08/2042
UCHI-I1111    UF    39,114    21    0.96   24/09/2019  24/09/2040
Total as of December 31, 2019        215,357                 

 

During the year, the Bank has not been in default 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.

 

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

 

 

 

23.Other Financial Obligations:

 

As of December 31, 2020 and 2019, this item is composed as follows:

 

   2020   2019 
   MCh$   MCh$ 
         
Other Chilean obligations   191,258    138,575 
Public sector obligations   455    17,654 
Total   191,713    156,229 

 

24.Provisions:

 

(a)As of December 31, 2020 and 2019, this item is composed as follows:

 

   2020   2019 
   MCh$   MCh$ 
         
Provisions for minimum dividends (*)   220,271    300,461 
Provisions for personnel benefits and payroll expenses   111,243    109,075 
Provisions for contingent loan risks   76,191    57,042 
Provisions for contingencies:          
Additional loan provisions (**)   320,252    213,252 
Country risk provisions   5,446    4,332 
Other provisions for contingencies   508    501 
Total   733,911    684,663 

 

(*)See Note No. 27 letter (c).

 

(**)As of December 31, 2020, Ch$107,000 million have been established for additional provisions. See Note No. 24 letter (b).

 

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24.Provisions, continued:

 

(b)The following table shows the changes in provisions and accrued expenses during the years 2020 and 2019:

 

   Minimum dividends   Personnel benefits and payroll   Contingent loan Risks   Additional loan provisions   Country risk provisions and other contingencies   Total 
   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$ 
                         
Balances as of January 1, 2019   305,409    92,579    55,530    213,252    3,349    670,119 
Provisions established   300,461    93,358    1,512        1,484    396,815 
Provisions used   (305,409)   (76,862)               (382,271)
Provisions released                        
Balances as of December 31, 2019   300,461    109,075    57,042    213,252    4,833    684,663 
Provisions established   220,271    82,953    19,149    107,000    1,121    430,494 
Provisions used   (300,461)   (80,785)               (381,246)
Provisions released                        
Balances as of December 31, 2020   220,271    111,243    76,191    320,252    5,954    733,911 

 

(c)Provisions for personnel benefits and payroll:

 

   2020   2019 
   MCh$   MCh$ 
         
Provisions for performance bonuses   43,941    51,051 
Staff accrued vacation provision   33,993    27,609 
Staff severance indemnities   7,581    7,566 
Other personnel benefits provision   25,728    22,849 
Total   111,243    109,075 

 

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, continued

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

 

 

 

24.Provisions, continued:

 

(d)Staff severance indemnities:

 

(i)Changes in the staff severance indemnities:

 

   2020   2019 
   MCh$   MCh$ 
         
Present value of the obligations at the beginning of the year   7,566    7,754 
Increase in provision   527    323 
Benefit paid   (603)   (758)
Effect of change in actuarial factors   91    247 
Total   7,581    7,566 

 

(ii)Net benefits expenses:

 

   2020   2019 
   MCh$   MCh$ 
         
Increase (Decrease)  in provisions   367    101 
Interest cost of benefits obligations   160    222 
Effect of change in actuarial factors   91    247 
Net benefit expenses   618    570 

 

(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,
2020
   December 31,
2019
 
   %   % 
         
Discount rate   2.31    3.17 
Salary increase rate   4.04    4.42 
Payment probability   99.99    99.99 

 

The most recent actuarial valuation of the staff severance indemnities provision was carried out during December of year 2020.

 

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24.Provisions, continued:

 

(e)Changes in compliance bonuses provision:

 

   2020   2019 
   MCh$   MCh$ 
         
Balances as of January 1   51,051    47,797 
Net provisions established   34,138    45,792 
Provisions used   (41,248)   (42,538)
Total   43,941    51,051 

 

(f)Changes in staff accrued vacation provision:

 

   2020   2019 
   MCh$   MCh$ 
         
Balances as of January 1   27,609    26,855 
Net provisions established   11,512    7,257 
Provisions used   (5,128)   (6,503)
Total   33,993    27,609 

 

(g)Employee benefits share-based provision:

 

As of December 31, 2020 and 2019, the Bank and its subsidiaries do not have a stock-based compensation plan.

 

(h)Contingent loan provisions:

 

As of December 31, 2020 the Bank and its subsidiaries maintain contingent loan provisions by an amount of Ch$76,191 million (Ch$57,042 million at December 2019). See Note No. 26 letter (d).

 

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

 

 

 

25.Other Liabilities:

 

As of December 31, 2020 and 2019, this item is composed as follows:

 

   2020   2019 
   MCh$   MCh$ 
         
Accounts and notes payable   273,143    231,465 
Income received in advance (*)   68,907    125,418 
Dividends payable   4,309    1,443 
           
Other liabilities          
Documents intermediated (**)   137,546    80,190 
Cobranding   29,213    30,186 
VAT debit   16,519    16,354 
Securities unliquidated   2,725    135,547 
Insurance payments   1,802    1,157 
Outstanding transactions   725    792 
Others   30,231    20,946 
Total   565,120    643,498 

 

(*)In relation to the Strategic Alliance Framework Agreement, on June 4, 2019, Banco de Chile received the payment from the Insurance Companies for an amount of Ch$149,061 million, which was recorded according to IFRS 15. The related income is recognized over time, depending on compliance with the associated performance obligation.

 

(**)This item mainly includes financing of simultaneous operations performed by subsidiary Banchile Corredores de Bolsa S.A.

 

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26.Contingencies and Commitments:

 

(a)Commitments and responsibilities accounted for in off-balance-sheet accounts:

 

In order to satisfy its customers’ needs, the Bank entered into several irrevocable commitments and contingent obligations. Although these obligations are not recognized in the Statement of Financial Position, they entail credit risks and, therefore, form part of the Bank’s overall risk.

 

The Bank and its subsidiaries keep recorded in off-balance sheet accounts the main balances related to commitments or with responsibilities inherent to the course of its normal business:

 

   2020   2019 
   MCh$   MCh$ 
Contingent loans        
Guarantees and sureties   224,079    280,838 
Confirmed foreign letters of credit   58,299    94,673 
Issued letters of credit   343,663    316,916 
Bank guarantees   2,214,370    2,283,390 
Undrawn credit lines   7,650,382    7,870,260 
Other credit commitments   107,707    155,163 
           
Transactions on behalf of third parties          
Documents in collections   157,671    144,043 
Third-party resources managed by the Bank:          
Financial assets managed on behalf of third parties   16,024    6,418 
Other assets managed on behalf of third parties        
Financial assets acquired on its own behalf   80,788    73,140 
Other assets acquired on its own behalf        
           
Custody of securities          
Securities held in safe custody in the Bank and subsidiaries   2,023,313    2,677,353 
Securities held in safe custody in other entities   18,467,801    18,719,297 
Total   31,344,097    32,621,491 

 

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

 

 

 

26.Contingencies and Commitments, continued:

 

(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, 2020 the Bank maintain provisions for judicial contingencies amounting to Ch$244 million (Ch$237 million as of December 2019), which are part of the item “Provisions” in the Statement of Financial Position.

 

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

 

   2020 
   2021   2022   2023   2024   2025   Total 
   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$ 
                         
Legal contingencies   43    30    4    167        244 

 

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

 

As of December 31, 2020 and 2019 there are not significant lawsuits in court that affect or may affect these Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, continued

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

 

 

 

26.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 3,778,100, maturing January 8, 2021 (UF 3,090,000, maturing on January 10, 2020 as of December 2019). The subsidiary took a policy with Mapfre Seguros Generales S.A. for the Real State Funds by a guaranteed amount of UF 877,000.

 

As of December 31, 2020 and 2019 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, 2022, whereby the Securities Exchange of the Santiago Stock Exchange was appointed as the subsidiary’s creditor representative.

 

   2020   2019 
   MCh$   MCh$ 
Guarantees:        
Shares delivered to cover simultaneous forward sales transactions:        
Santiago Securities Exchange, Stock Exchange   47,684    85,302 
Electronic Chilean Securities Exchange, Stock Exchange   20,227    6,843 
           
Fixed income securities to guarantee CCLV system:           
Santiago Securities Exchange, Stock Exchange   10,000    7,985 
Shares delivered to guarantee equity lending and short-selling:           
Santiago Securities Exchange, Stock Exchange   2,858    382 
Total   80,769    100,512 

 

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

 

 

 

26.Contingencies and Commitments, continued:

 

(c)Guarantees granted, continued:

 

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

 

In conformity with the internal regulation of the stock exchange in which this subsidiary participates, and for the purpose of securing the broker’s correct performance, the Company established a pledge over 1,000,000 shares of the Santiago Stock Exchange, in favor of that institution, as stated in the Public Deed dated September 13, 1990 before the notary of Santiago Mr. Raul Perry Pefaur, and over 100,000 shares of the Electronic Chilean Stock Exchange, in favor of that Institution, as stated in a contract signed between both entities dated May 16, 1990.

 

Banchile Corredores de Bolsa S.A. keeps an insurance policy current with Chubb Seguros Chile S.A. that expires April 2, 2021, 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 No. 3610198 in the amount of UF 253,800 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 8, 2021.

 

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.

 

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

 

 

 

26.Contingencies and Commitments, continued:

 

(c)Guarantees granted, continued:

 

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, 2020 the entity maintains two insurance policies with effect from April 15, 2020 to April 14, 2021 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)Provisions for contingencies loans:

 

Established provisions for credit risk from contingencies operations are the followings:

 

   2020   2019 
   MCh$   MCh$ 
         
Undrawn credit lines   40,404    31,121 
Bank guarantees provision   27,596    22,268 
Guarantees and sureties provision   7,060    3,156 
Letters of credit provision   1,074    440 
Other credit commitments   57    57 
Total   76,191    57,042 

 

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

 

 

 

26.Contingencies and Commitments, continued:

 

(e)By 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. The judgment indicated has been subject to cassation appeals filed by both parties, which are pending before the Court of Appeals of Santiago.

 

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

 

 

 

27.Equity:

 

(a)Capital:

 

(i)Authorized, subscribed and paid shares:

 

As of December 31, 2020, 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, 2019), with no par value, subscribed and fully paid.

 

   As of December 31, 2020 
Corporate Name or Shareholders’s name  Number of Shares   % of Equity Holding 
         
LQ Inversiones Financieras S.A.   46,815,289,329    46.344%
Banchile Corredores de Bolsa S.A.   6,119,467,747    6.058%
Inversiones LQ-SM Limitada   4,854,988,014    4.806%
Banco Santander (on behalf foreign investors)   3,919,108,296    3.880%
Banco de Chile on behalf State Street   3,727,262,229    3.690%
Banco de Chile on behalf of non-resident third parties   3,161,922,677    3.130%
Ever 1 BAE SPA   2,303,065,577    2.280%
Ever Chile SPA   2,201,574,554    2.179%
Inversiones Aspen Ltda.   1,594,040,870    1.578%
Larraín Vial S.A. Corredora de Bolsa   1,190,615,892    1.179%
Inversiones Avenida Borgoño SPA   1,190,565,316    1.179%
J P Morgan Chase Bank   895,801,708    0.887%
Banco de Chile on behalf Citibank New York   775,137,039    0.767%
BCI Corredores de Bolsa S.A.   738,927,828    0.731%
Santander S.A. Corredores de Bolsa Limitada   649,014,878    0.642%
A.F.P Habitat S.A. for Type A Fund   629,021,971    0.623%
BICE Inversiones  Corredores de Bolsa S.A.   574,415,365    0.569%
Valores Security S.A. Corredores de Bolsa   500,796,965    0.496%
Inversiones CDP SPA   487,744,912    0.483%
AFP Cuprum S A for Type A Fund   440,960,737    0.437%
Subtotal   82,769,721,904    81.936%
Others shareholders   18,247,359,210    18.064%
Total   101,017,081,114    100.000%

 

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27.Equity, continued:

 

(a)Capital, continued

 

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

 

   As of December 31, 2019 
Corporate Name or Shareholders’s name  Number of Shares   % of Equity Holding 
         
LQ Inversiones Financieras S.A.   46,815,289,329    46.344%
Banchile Corredores de Bolsa S.A.   5,708,422,261    5.651%
Inversiones LQ-SM Limitada   4,854,988,014    4.806%
Banco Itaú Corpbanca (on behalf foreign investors)   4,458,337,344    4.413%
Banco Santander (on behalf foreign investors)   4,310,744,955    4.267%
Banco de Chile on behalf third parties   3,635,074,988    3.598%
Ever 1 BAE SPA   2,303,065,577    2.280%
Ever Chile SPA   2,201,574,554    2.179%
Inversiones Aspen Ltda.   1,594,040,870    1.578%
JP Morgan Chase Bank   1,388,915,908    1.375%
Larraín Vial S.A. Corredora de Bolsa   1,311,456,827    1.298%
Inversiones Avenida Borgoño Limitada   1,190,565,316    1.179%
Banco de Chile on behalf Citibank Nueva York   755,440,788    0.748%
Valores Security S.A. Corredores de Bolsa   609,333,678    0.603%
BCI Corredores de Bolsa S.A.   575,904,925    0.570%
Santander S.A. Corredores de Bolsa Limitada   545,861,161    0.540%
Inversiones CDP Limitada   487,744,912    0.483%
A.F.P Habitat S.A. for Type A Fund   413,318,522    0.409%
BICE Inversiones  Corredores de Bolsa S.A.   393,920,005    0.390%
A.F.P Habitat S.A. for Type C Pension Fund   381,039,562    0.377%
Subtotal   83,935,039,496    83.090%
Others shareholders   17,082,041,618    16.910%
Total   101,017,081,114    100.000%

 

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27.Equity, continued:

 

(a)Capital, continued:

 

(ii)Shares:

 

(ii.1)The following table shows the changes in share from December 31, 2018 to December 31, 2020:

 

   Total 
  

Ordinary

Shares

 
     
Total shares as of December 31, 2018   101,017,081,114 
      
Total shares as of December 31, 2019   101,017,081,114 
      
Total shares as of December 31, 2020   101,017,081,114 

 

(b)Approval and payment of dividends:

 

At the Bank Ordinary Shareholders’ Meeting held on March 26, 2020 it was approved the distribution and payment of dividend No. 208 of Ch$3.47008338564 per share of the Banco de Chile, with charged to the net distributable income for the year ended as of December 31, 2019. The amount of the dividend paid in year 2020 amounted to Ch$350,538 million.

 

At the Bank Ordinary Shareholders’ Meeting held on March 28, 2019 it was approved the distribution and payment of dividend No. 207 of Ch$3.52723589646 per share of the Banco de Chile, with charged to the net distributable income for the year ended as of December 31, 2018. The amount of the dividend paid in year 2019 amounted to Ch$356,311 million.

 

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27.Equity, continued:

 

(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, 2020 amounted to Ch$95,989 million.

 

As indicated, as of December 31, 2020, the amount of the net income determined in accordance with the preceding paragraph is equivalent to Ch$367,119 million (Ch$500,768 million as of December 31, 2019). Consequently, the Bank recorded a provision for minimum dividends under “Provisions” as of December 31, for an amount of Ch$220,271 million (Ch$300,461 million in December 2019), which reflects as a counterpart an equity reduction for the same amount in the item “Retained earnings”.

 

(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 period between the weighted average number of shares outstanding during that period, excluding the average number of own shares held throughout the period.

 

(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).

 

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27.Equity, continued:

 

Accordingly, the basic and diluted earnings per share as of December 31, 2020 and 2019 were determined as follows:

 

   2020   2019 
Basic earnings per share:        
Net profits attributable to ordinary equity holders of the bank (in million Chilean pesos)   463,108    593,008 
Weighted average number of ordinary shares   101,017,081,114    101,017,081,114 
Earning per shares (in Chilean pesos)   4.58    5.87 
           
Diluted earnings per share:          
Net profits attributable to ordinary equity holders of the bank (in million Chilean pesos)   463,108    593,008 
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)   4.58    5.87 

 

As of December 31, 2020 and 2019, the Bank does not have instruments that generate dilutive effects.

 

(e)Other comprehensive income:

 

This item includes the following concepts:

 

The adjustment of cash flow hedge derivatives comprises the portion of income recorded in equity resulting from changes in fair value due to changes in market factors. During the year 2020 it was made a credit to equity for Ch$10,358 million (charge to equity of Ch$37,546 million in 2019). The income tax effect presented a charge to equity of Ch$2,797 million (credit of Ch$10,138 million in December 2019).

 

The valuation adjustment of investments available for sale originates from fluctuations in the fair value of such portfolio, with a charge or credit to equity. During the year 2020, it was made a charge to equity for Ch$3,026 million (credit of Ch$13,763 million during the year 2019). The deferred tax effect meant a credit to equity of Ch$816 million (charge to equity of Ch$3,734 million in December 2019).

 

(f)Retained earnings from previous years:

 

During the year 2020, the Ordinary Shareholders Meeting of Banco de Chile agreed to deduct and withhold from the 2019 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 occurred between November 2018 and November 2019, amounting to Ch$92,240 million. Additionally, the Board determined to withhold 30% of the remaining liquid income, equivalent to Ch$150,230 million.

 

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28.Interest Revenue and Expenses:

 

(a)On the closing date of the Financial Statement, the interest and indexation income, excluding hedge results, are composed as follows:

 

   2020   2019 
   Interest  

UF

Indexation

   Prepaid fees   Total   Interest  

UF

Indexation

   Prepaid fees   Total 
   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$ 
                                 
Commercial loans   652,736    164,272    5,930    822,938    736,474    159,145    12,413    908,032 
Consumer loans   525,346    1,806    6,116    533,268    626,670    1,628    9,906    638,204 
Residential mortgage loans   272,567    243,014    4,853    520,434    296,832    229,815    6,061    532,708 
Financial investment   29,740    6,570        36,310    37,441    7,442        44,883 
Repurchase agreements   1,406            1,406    2,480            2,480 
Loans to banks   10,797            10,797    27,457            27,457 
Other interest and indexation revenue   8,819    1,873        10,692    15,378    2,377        17,755 
Total   1,501,411    417,535    16,899    1,935,845    1,742,732    400,407    28,380    2,171,519 

 

The amount of interest recognized on a received basis for impaired portfolio in the year 2020 amounts to Ch$3,811 million (Ch$4,415 million in December 2019).

 

(b)At the year end, the stock of interest and UF indexation not recognized in incomes is the following:

 

   2020   2019 
   Interest  

UF

Indexation

   Total   Interest  

UF

Indexation

   Total 
   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$ 
                         
Commercial loans   12,008    1,366    13,374    8,755    1,141    9,896 
Residential mortgage loans   2,001    1,502    3,503    2,172    1,494    3,666 
Consumer loans   35        35    36        36 
Total   14,044    2,868    16,912    10,963    2,635    13,598 

 

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28.Interest Revenue and Expenses, continued:

 

(c)At each year end, interest and UF indexation expenses excluding hedge results, are detailed as follows:

 

   2020   2019 
   Interest  

UF

Indexation

   Total   Interest  

UF

Indexation

   Total 
   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$ 
                         
Savings accounts and time deposits   114,593    28,030    142,623    268,404    44,738    313,142 
Debt securities issued   214,275    189,714    403,989    212,355    173,660    386,015 
Other financial obligations   395    18    413    876    42    918 
Repurchase agreements   1,851    2    1,853    7,048        7,048 
Obligations with banks   27,830        27,830    43,570        43,570 
Demand deposits   375    11,184    11,559    539    13,869    14,408 
Lease liabilities   2,532        2,532    2,574        2,574 
Other interest and indexation expenses   629    619    1,248    41    442    483 
Total   362,480    229,567    592,047    535,407    232,751    768,158 

 

(d)As of December 31, 2020 and 2019, the Bank uses cross currency and interest rate swaps to hedge its position on movements 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.

 

   2020   2019 
   Income   Expense   Total   Income   Expense   Total 
   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$ 
                         
Gain from fair value accounting hedges   2,950        2,950    720        720 
Loss from fair value accounting hedges   (9,392)       (9,392)   (9,392)       (9,392)
Gain from cash flow accounting hedges   55,544    96,015    151,559    385,983    433,438    819,421 
Loss from cash flow accounting hedges   (109,877)   (63,975)   (173,852)   (440,561)   (407,550)   (848,111)
Net gain on hedge items   (2,051)       (2,051)   3,376        3,376 
Total   (62,826)   32,040    (30,786)   (59,874)   25,888    (33,986)

 

(e)At each year end, the summary of interest is as follows:

 

   2020   2019 
   MCh$   MCh$ 
         
Interest revenue   1,935,845    2,171,519 
Interest expense   (592,047)   (768,158)
           
Subtotal interest income   1,343,798    1,403,361 
           
Net gain (loss) from accounting hedges   (30,786)   (33,986)
           
Total net interest income   1,313,012    1,369,375 

 

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29.Income and Expenses from Fees and Commissions:

 

The income and expenses for commissions that are shown in the Consolidated Statement of Income refers to the following items:

 

   2020   2019 
   MCh$   MCh$ 
Commission income        
Debit and credit card services   156,786    185,878 
Investments in mutual funds and others   92,514    101,046 
Use of distribution channel and access to customers   75,074    65,243 
Collections and payments   54,730    56,389 
Portfolio management   50,272    47,816 
Fees for insurance transactions   33,049    37,035 
Guarantees and letters of credit   27,824    26,101 
Trading and securities management   22,017    21,878 
Brand use agreement   19,835    16,494 
Lines of credit and overdrafts   4,568    4,716 
Financial advisory services   4,487    4,393 
Other commission earned   20,990    22,183 
Total commissions income   562,146    589,172 
           
Commission expenses          
Fees for card transactions   (79,893)   (97,823)
Interbank transactions   (24,843)   (20,133)
Collections and payments   (4,927)   (6,284)
Securities transactions   (4,411)   (5,943)
Sales force   (244)   (404)
Other commission   (1,860)   (1,283)
Total commissions expenses   (116,178)   (131,870)

 

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30.Net Financial Operating Income:

 

The gains (losses) from trading and brokerage activities are detailed as follows:

 

   2020   2019 
   MCh$   MCh$ 
         
Financial assets held-for-trading   57,931    76,402 
Sale of available-for-sale instruments   27,091    4,789 
Net income on other transactions   29    (145)
Sale of loan portfolios (Note No.12 (f))   263    2,549 
Trading derivative   (96,772)   32,814 
Total   (11,458)   116,409 

 

31.Foreign Exchange Transactions, Net:

 

Net foreign exchange transactions are detailed as follows:

 

   2020   2019 
   MCh$   MCh$ 
         
Gain from accounting hedges   (17,156)   113,374 
Indexed foreign currency   176,469    (88,772)
Exchange difference, net   (2,651)   6,284 
Total   156,662    30,886 

 

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32.Provisions for Loan Losses:

 

The change registered in income during the years 2020 and 2019 due to provisions, are summarized as follows:

 

       Loans to customers             
   Loans and advance to banks   Commercial Loans   Mortgage Loans   Consumer Loans  

 

Subtotal

   Contingent Loans  

 

Total

 
   2020   2019   2020   2019   2020   2019   2020   2019   2020   2019   2020   2019   2020   2019 
   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$ 
Provisions established:                                                                      
- Individual provisions           (91,133)   (24,986)                   (91,133)   (24,986)   (11,707)       (102,840)   (24,986)
- Group provisions           (68,866)   (71,075)   (14,595)   (9,391)   (203,789)   (288,616)   (287,250)   (369,082)   (7,442)   (2,282)   (294,692)   (371,364)
Provisions established, net           (159,999)   (96,061)   (14,595)   (9,391)   (203,789)   (288,616)   (378,383)   (394,068)   (19,149)   (2,282)   (397,532)   (396,350)
                                                                       
Provisions released:                                                                      
- Individual provisions   93    331                                        770    93    1,101 
- Group provisions                                                        
Provisions realeased, net   93    331                                        770    93    1,101 
                                                                       
Provision, net   93    331    (159,999)   (96,061)   (14,595)   (9,391)   (203,789)   (288,616)   (378,383)   (394,068)   (19,149)   (1,512)   (397,439)   (395,249)
                                                                       
Additional provisions           (107,000)                       (107,000)               (107,000)    
                                                                       
Recovery of written-off assets           8,599    12,253    3,377    5,114    29,783    30,608    41,759    47,975            41,759    47,975 
                                                                       
Provision for loan losses, net   93    331    (258,400)   (83,808)   (11,218)   (4,277)   (174,006)   (258,008)   (443,624)   (346,093)   (19,149)   (1,512)   (462,680)   (347,274)

 

During the year ended December 31, 2020, the CMF has issued specific regulations for the constitution of provisions (See Note No. 3). Additionally, the Bank has made changes to the variables used in group provisions calculation (See Note No. 4).

 

In the opinion of the Administration, provisions constituting for credit risk cover all possible losses that may arise from the non-recovery of assets, according to the records examined by the Bank.

 

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33.Personnel Expenses:

 

Salaries and personnel expenses during the years 2020 and 2019 are as follows:

 

   2020   2019 
   MCh$   MCh$ 
         
Remunerations   258,918    254,886 
Bonuses and incentives   61,526    71,028 
Variable compensation   34,151    37,281 
Gratifications   28,167    27,889 
Lunch and health benefits   27,388    27,618 
Staff severance indemnities   22,994    35,100 
Training expenses   1,832    3,626 
Other personnel expenses   22,200    18,171 
Total   457,176    475,599 

 

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34.Administrative Expenses:

 

This item is composed as follows:

 

   2020   2019 
   MCh$   MCh$ 
General administrative expenses        
Information technology and communications   99,763    92,264 
Maintenance and repair of property and equipment   48,218    50,297 
External advisory services and professional services fees   14,650    21,099 
Office supplies   11,094    9,366 
 Surveillance and securities transport services   10,787    11,533 
Insurance premiums   8,273    5,851 
External service of financial information   5,912    5,461 
Energy, heating and other utilities   5,556    5,697 
Expenses for short-term leases and low value   4,729    5,801 
Postal box, mail, postage and home delivery services   4,218    5,131 
Legal and notary expenses   4,182    3,996 
External service of custody of documentation   3,359    3,315 
Donations   2,818    2,238 
Representation and travel expenses   2,780    3,657 
Other expenses of obligations for lease agreements   2,684    2,797 
Other general administrative expenses   4,495    5,227 
Subtotal   233,518    233,730 
           
Outsource services          
Credit pre-evaluation   12,241    19,159 
External technological developments expenses   11,371    9,459 
Data processing   9,333    10,129 
Certification and technology testing   6,062    7,460 
Other   2,435    3,470 
Subtotal   41,442    49,677 
           
Board expenses          
Board of Directors Compensation   2,795    2,509 
Other Board expenses   30    194 
Subtotal   2,825    2,703 
           
Marketing expenses          
Advertising   23,561    27,808 
Subtotal   23,561    27,808 
           
Taxes, payroll taxes and contributions          
Contribution to the banking regulator   11,408    10,285 
Real estate contributions   4,054    2,856 
Patents   1,284    1,209 
Other taxes   789    1,437 
Subtotal   17,535    15,787 
Total   318,881    329,705 

 

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35.Depreciation, Amortization and Impairment:

 

(a)The amounts corresponding to charges to results for depreciation and amortization during the years 2020 and 2019, are detailed as follows:

 

   2020   2019 
   MCh$   MCh$ 
Depreciation and amortization        
Depreciation of property and equipment (Note No. 16 (b))   29,845    29,194 
Depreciation of leased assets (Note No. 16 (d))   27,647    28,472 
Amortization of intangibles assets (Note No. 15 (b))   15,865    12,875 
Total   73,357    70,541 

 

(b)As of December 31, 2020 and 2019 the impairment expenses is composed as follows:

 

   2020   2019 
   MCh$   MCh$ 
Impairment        
Impairment of property and equipment (Note No. 16 (b))   1,031    2,018 
Impairment of intangible assets (Note No. 15 (b))   629    350 
Impairment of leased assets (Note No. 16 (d))   1    187 
Total   1,661    2,555 

 

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36.Other Operating Income:

 

During the years 2020 and 2019, the Bank and its subsidiaries present other operating income, according to the following:

 

   2020   2019 
   MCh$   MCh$ 
Income for assets received in lieu of payment          
Income from sale of assets received in lieu of payment   7,891    10,793 
Other income   87    40 
Subtotal   7,978    10,833 
           
Release of provisions for contingencies          
Country risk provisions        
Other provisions for contingencies        
Subtotal        
           
Other income          
Release of provisions and expense recovery   6,497    9,002 
Rental investment properties   5,748    8,387 
Reimbursements for insurance policies   4,414    349 
Recovery from correspondent banks   2,841    2,816 
Income from sale leased assets   1,956    1,166 
Revaluation of prepaid monthly payments   1,569    1,731 
Credit/debit card income   459    4,037 
Fiduciary and trustee commissions   316    267 
Gain on sale of fixed assets   30    90 
Others   2,751    1,870 
Subtotal   26,581    29,715 
           
Total   34,559    40,548 

 

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37.Other Operating Expenses:

 

During the years 2020 and 2019, the Bank and its subsidiaries present other operating expenses, according to the following:

 

   2020   2019 
   MCh$   MCh$ 
Provisions and expenses for assets received in lieu of payment          
Charge-off assets received in lieu of payment   3,984    8,778 
Provisions for assets received in lieu of payment   1,020    1,786 
Maintenance expenses of assets received in lieu of payment   1,021    1,225 
Subtotal   6,025    11,789 
           
Provisions for contingencies          
Country risk provisions   1,114    1,451 
Other provisions   7    33 
Subtotal   1,121    1,484 
           
Other expenses          
Write-offs for operating risks   10,625    5,586 
Leasings operational expenses   5,430    5,111 
Card administration   2,599    2,490 
Correspondent banks   1,804    1,569 
Expenses for charge-off leased assets recoveries   597    1,072 
Credit life insurance   586    282 
Contribution to other organisms   331    253 
Civil lawsuits   195    120 
Others   1,943    2,848 
Subtotal   24,110    19,331 
           
Total   31,256    32,604 

 

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38.Related Party Transactions:

 

Related parties are considered to be those natural or legal persons 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 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 natural or legal persons 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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38.Related Party Transactions, continued:

 

(a)Loans with related parties:

 

The following are the loans and accounts receivable and contingent loans, corresponding to related entities.

 

   Productive and Services
Companies (*)
   Investment and Commercial
Companies (**)
   Individuals (***)   Total 
   2020   2019   2020   2019   2020   2019   2020   2019 
   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$ 
Loans and accounts receivable:                                
Commercial loans   122,716    174,370    164,213    130,237    12,445    13,563    299,374    318,170 
Residential mortgage loans                   61,131    58,477    61,131    58,477 
Consumer loans                   8,743    9,862    8,743    9,862 
Gross loans   122,716    174,370    164,213    130,237    82,319    81,902    369,248    386,509 
Allowance for loan losses   (1,264)   (782)   (802)   (243)   (390)   (889)   (2,456)   (1,914)
Net loans   121,452    173,588    163,411    129,994    81,929    81,013    366,792    384,595 
                                         
Contingent loans:                                        
Guarantees and sureties   7,277    5,531    9,469    9,470            16,746    15,001 
Letters of credits   2,885    2,365        328            2,885    2,693 
Banks guarantees   25,129    32,650    35,733    43,478        57    60,862    76,185 
Undrawn credit lines   46,887    52,916    14,308    14,364    20,306    21,519    81,501    88,799 
Other contingencies loans                                
Total contingent loans   82,178    93,462    59,510    67,640    20,306    21,576    161,994    182,678 
Provision for contingencies loans   (218)   (214)   (55)   (52)   (51)   (37)   (324)   (303)
Contingent loans, net   81,960    93,248    59,455    67,588    20,255    21,539    161,670    182,375 
                                         
Amount covered by guarantee:                                        
Mortgage   15,575    30,807    54,891    57,456    82,777    69,165    153,243    157,428 
Warrant                                
Pledge                                
Others (****)   33,474    37,794    12,117    12,921    6,582    5,250    52,173    55,965 
Total collateral   49,049    68,601    67,008    70,377    89,359    74,415    205,416    213,393 

 

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38.Related Party Transactions, continued:

 

(a)Loans with related parties, continued:

 

(*)For these effects are considered productive companies, those that meet the following conditions:

 

i)They engage in production activities and generate a separate flow of income.
ii)Less than 50% of their assets are financial assets held-for-trading or investments.

 

Service companies are considered entities whose main purpose is oriented to rendering services to third parties.

 

(**)Investment companies and commercial include those legal entities that do not meet the conditions for productive companies or services providers and are profit-oriented.

 

(***)Individuals include key members of the management and correspond to those who directly or indirectly have authority and responsibility for planning, administrating and controlling the activities of the organization, including directors. This category also includes their family members who influence or are influenced by such individuals in their interactions with the organization.

 

(****)These guarantees mainly correspond to shares and other financial guarantees.

 

(b)Other assets and liabilities with related parties:

 

   2020   2019 
   MCh$   MCh$ 
Assets        
Cash and due from banks   261,386    99,802 
Transactions in the course of collection   35,833    63,969 
Financial assets held-for-trading   96    880 
Derivative instruments   252,748    495,378 
Investment instruments   31,548    12,141 
Other assets   96,362    76,548 
Total   677,973    748,718 
           
Liabilities          
Demand deposits   239,139    227,377 
Transactions in the course of payment   37,799    16,202 
Obligations under repurchase agreements   24,500    54,030 
Savings accounts and time deposits   338,732    396,028 
Derivative instruments   355,099    432,669 
Borrowings with banks   114,758    292,172 
Lease liabilities   10,354    11,888 
Other liabilities   14,699    151,335 
Total   1,135,080    1,581,701 

 

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38.Related Party Transactions, continued:

 

(c)Income and expenses from related party transactions (*):

 

   2020   2019 
   Income   Expense   Income   Expense 
   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$ 
Type of income or expense recognized                
Interest and revenue expenses   15,790    258    19,039    2,619 
Fees and commissions income   41,166    39,988    72,931    65,383 
Net Financial Operating Income                    
Derivative instruments (**)   12,219    46,593    124,967    73,252 
Other financial operations   40        87    119 
Released or established of provision for credit risk       1,226        106 
Operating expenses       119,259        120,559 
Other income and expenses   469    4    542    26 

 

(*)This detail does not constitute a Statement of Comprehensive Income for related party transactions since the assets with these parties are not necessarily equal to liabilities and each item reflects total income and expense and not those corresponding to exact transactions.

 

(**)The outcome of derivative operations is presented net at each related counterparty level. Additionally, this line includes operations with local counterpart banks (unrelated) which have been novated by Comder Contraparte Central S.A. (Related entity) for centralized clearing purposes, which generated a net gain of Ch$4,997 million as of December 31, 2020 (net gain of Ch$123,461 million as of December 31, 2019).

 

(d)Contracts with related parties:

 

During the year ended December 31, 2020, the Bank has signed, renewed or amended the contractual terms and conditions of the following contracts with related parties that do not correspond to the ordinary transactions with clients in general, for above UF 1,000:

 

Company name Concept or service description
Sistemas Oracle de Chile S.A Licensing services, support renewal and implementation of hardware
and software.
   
Canal 13 S.A. Advertising service
   
Nexus S.A. Credit card operation services
   
Artikos S.A. Development services for electronic invoicing
   
Fundación Libertad y Desarrollo Economic reports
   
Servipag Ltda. Collection services
   
Universidad del Desarrollo Research projects
   
Ionix Spa Technical assistance service and platform support
   
Bolsa de Comercio de Santiago Information services for custodians
   
Servicios de Infraestructura de Mercado OTC S.A. Platform services for electronic signature of financial derivatives contracts
   
Redbanc S.A. Electronic Transfer Services (EFT)

 

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38.Related Party Transactions, continued:

 

(d)Contracts with related parties, continued:

 

Company name Concept or service description
   
DCV Registros S.A. Shareholder Registry Administration
   
Mall Plaza Oeste Rental service
   
Mall Plaza Antofagasta Rental service

 

(e)Directors’ remunerations and payments to key management personnel:

 

   2020   2019 
   MCh$   MCh$ 
         
Personnel remunerations   3,918    4,148 
Short-term benefits   3,642    3,255 
Severance pay   1,550    1,264 
Directors’ remunerations and fees (*)   2,795    2,509 
Total   11,905    11,176 

 

(*)It includes fees paid to members of the Advisory Committee of Banchile Corredores de Seguros Ltda, of Ch$14 million (Ch$13 million in December 2019).

 

Fees paid to the advisors of the Board of Directors amount to Ch$90 million in December 2019, as of December 31, 2020, there is no amount for this concept. The travel and other related expenses amount to Ch$30 million (Ch$104 million in December 2019).

 

Composition of key personnel:

 

   No. of executives 
   2020   2019 
Position        
CEO   1    1 
CEOs of subsidiaries   6    6 
Division Managers   14    13 
Directors Bank and subsidiaries   19    19 
Total   40    39 

 

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39.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 and Control Division Manager. This function befall to the Financial Control and Treasury 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 correspond to rates, prices and levels of volatility 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.

 

(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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39.Fair Value of Financial Assets and Liabilities, continued:

 

(iv)Fair value adjustments.

 

Part of the fair value process considers three adjustments to the market value, calculated based on the market parameters, including; a liquidity adjustment, a Bid/Offer adjustment and an adjustment is made for credit risk of derivatives (CVA and DVA). 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).

 

Liquidity value adjustments are made to trading instruments (including derivatives) only, while Bid / Offer adjustments are made for trading instruments and available for sale. Adjustments for CVA / DVA are carried out only for derivatives.

 

(v)Fair value control.

 

A process of independent verification of prices and 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 area, 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.

 

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39.Fair Value of Financial Assets and Liabilities, continued:

 

(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 instrument 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 Chilean Central Bank and Treasury, 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. 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 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.

 

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39.Fair Value of Financial Assets and Liabilities, continued:

 

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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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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39.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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39.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 
   December   December   December   December   December   December   December   December 
   2020   2019   2020   2019   2020   2019   2020   2019 
Financial Assets  MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$ 
Financial assets held-for-trading                                        
From the Chilean Government and Central Bank   75,701    93,032    4,083,591    1,030,657            4,159,292    1,123,689 
Other instruments issued in Chile   1,002    3,272    99,302    316,971    5,494    55,094    105,798    375,337 
Instruments issued abroad   164                        164     
Mutual fund investments   400,902    373,329                    400,902    373,329 
Subtotal   477,769    469,633    4,182,893    1,347,628    5,494    55,094    4,666,156    1,872,355 
Derivative contracts for trading purposes                                        
Forwards           551,964    956,632            551,964    956,632 
Swaps           2,013,247    1,761,952            2,013,247    1,761,952 
Call Options           269    4,961            269    4,961 
Put Options           1,462    1,076            1,462    1,076 
Futures                                
Subtotal           2,566,942    2,724,621            2,566,942    2,724,621 
Hedge derivative contracts                                        
Fair value hedge (Swap)               32                32 
Cash flow hedge (Swap)           51,062    61,562            51,062    61,562 
Subtotal           51,062    61,594            51,062    61,594 
Financial assets available-for-sale (1)                                        
From the Chilean Government and Central Bank       66,953    163,600    42,109            163,600    109,062 
Other instruments issued in Chile           860,327    1,221,862    36,596    7,069    896,923    1,228,931 
Instruments issued abroad               19,853                19,853 
Subtotal       66,953    1,023,927    1,283,824    36,596    7,069    1,060,523    1,357,846 
Total   477,769    536,586    7,824,824    5,417,667    42,090    62,163    8,344,683    6,016,416 
                                         
Financial Liabilities                                        
Derivative contracts for trading purposes                                        
Forwards           637,186    673,630            637,186    673,630 
Swaps           2,130,474    2,097,024            2,130,474    2,097,024 
Call Options           306    1,529            306    1,529 
Put Options           2,099    2,209            2,099    2,209 
Futures                                
Subtotal           2,770,065    2,774,392            2,770,065    2,774,392 
Hedge derivative contracts                                        
Fair value hedge (Swap)           6,519    9,286            6,519    9,286 
Cash flow hedge (Swap)           65,172    34,443            65,172    34,443 
Subtotal           71,691    43,729            71,691    43,729 
Total           2,841,756    2,818,121            2,841,756    2,818,121 

 

(1)As of December 31, 2020, 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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39.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 Financial Statements:

 

   2020 
   Balance
as of
January 1,
2020
   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, 2020

 
   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$ 
Financial Assets                                
Financial assets held-for-trading:                                
Other instruments issued in Chile  55,094    (708)     49,424   (98,316)        5,494 
Subtotal   55,094    (708)       49,424    (98,316)           5,494 
                                         
Available-for-Sale Instruments:                                        
Other instruments issued in Chile   7,069    323    (647)   71,539    (70,897)   29,209        36,596 
Subtotal   7,069    323    (647)   71,539    (70,897)   29,209        36,596 
                                         
Total   62,163    (385)   (647)   120,963    (169,213)   29,209        42,090 

 

   2019 
   Balance
as of
January 1,
2019
   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, 2019

 
   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$ 
Financial Assets                                
Financial assets held-for-trading:                                
Other instruments issued in Chile  20,866   (38)     48,017   (26,504)   13,368   (615)  55,094 
Subtotal   20,866    (38)       48,017    (26,504)   13,368    (615)   55,094 
                                         
Available-for-Sale Instruments:                                        
Other instruments issued in Chile   23,021    968    (517)       (18,177)   1,774        7,069 
Subtotal   23,021    968    (517)       (18,177)   1,774        7,069 
                                         
Total   43,887    930    (517)   48,017    (44,681)   15,142    (615)   62,163 

 

(1)Recorded in income under item “Net financial operating income”.
(2)Recorded in equity under item “Other Comprehensive Income”.

 

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39.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, 2020   As of December 31, 2019 
   Level 3   Sensitivity to changes in key assumptions of models   Level 3   Sensitivity to changes in key assumptions of models 
Financial Assets  MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$ 
Financial assets held-for-trading                
Other instruments issued in Chile   5,494    (8)   55,094    (466)
Subtotal   5,494    (8)   55,094    (466)
Available-for- Sale Instruments                    
Other instruments issued in Chile   36,596    (525)   7,069    (86)
Subtotal   36,596    (525)   7,069    (86)
                     
Total   42,090    (533)   62,163    (552)

 

With the purpose to determine 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, while for the Off Shore Bonds it was determined to apply a 10% impact only on the spread, since the base rate is covered by interest rate swaps instruments in the so-called accounting hedges. The 10% impact is considered a reasonable move 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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39.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 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 
   2020   2019   2020   2019 
   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$ 
Assets                
Cash and due from banks   2,560,216    2,392,166    2,560,216    2,392,166 
Transactions in the course of collection   582,308    584,672    582,308    584,672 
Investments under resale agreements   76,407    142,329    76,407    142,329 
Subtotal   3,218,931    3,119,167    3,218,931    3,119,167 
Loans and advances to banks                    
Domestic banks   259,862    149,953    259,862    149,953 
Central Bank of Chile   2,380,033    630,053    2,380,033    630,053 
Foreign banks   299,096    359,427    297,778    358,542 
Subtotal   2,938,991    1,139,433    2,937,673    1,138,548 
Loans to customers, net                    
Commercial loans   17,169,744    15,956,336    16,968,143    15,988,330 
Residential mortgage loans   9,354,890    9,175,014    10,075,011    9,888,506 
Consumer loans   3,665,424    4,202,702    3,711,582    4,215,509 
Subtotal   30,190,058    29,334,052    30,754,736    30,092,345 
Total   36,347,980    33,592,652    36,911,340    34,350,060 
                     
Liabilities                    
Current accounts and other demand deposits   15,167,229    11,326,133    15,167,229    11,326,133 
Transactions in the course of payment   1,302,000    352,121    1,302,000    352,121 
Obligations under repurchase agreements   288,917    308,734    288,917    308,734 
Savings accounts and time deposits   8,899,541    10,856,618    8,885,015    10,795,125 
Borrowings from banks   3,669,753    1,563,277    3,415,959    1,555,129 
Other financial obligations   191,713    156,229    217,311    160,361 
Subtotal   29,519,153    24,563,112    29,276,431    24,497,603 
Debt Issued                    
Letters of credit for residential purposes   6,532    10,229    7,201    11,081 
Letters of credit for general purposes   254    669    280    725 
Bonds   7,700,402    7,912,621    8,390,594    8,340,272 
Subordinate bonds   886,407    889,895    1,004,196    1,004,621 
Subtotal   8,593,595    8,813,414    9,402,271    9,356,699 
Total   38,112,748    33,376,526    38,678,702    33,854,302 

 

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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39.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, 2020 and 2019:

 

  

Level 1

Estimated Fair Value

  

Level 2

Estimated Fair Value

  

Level 3

Estimated Fair Value

  

Total

Estimated Fair Value

 
   2020   2019   2020   2019   2020   2019   2020   2019 
   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$ 
Assets                                
Cash and due from banks  2,560,216   2,392,166               2,560,216   2,392,166 
Transactions in the course of collection   582,308    584,672                    582,308    584,672 
Investments under resale agreements   76,407    142,329                    76,407    142,329 
Subtotal   3,218,931    3,119,167                    3,218,931    3,119,167 
Loans and advances to banks                                        
Domestic banks   259,862    149,953                    259,862    149,953 
Central Bank   2,380,033    630,053                    2,380,033    630,053 
Foreign banks                   297,778    358,542    297,778    358,542 
Subtotal   2,639,895    780,006            297,778    358,542    2,937,673    1,138,548 
Loans to customers, net                                        
Commercial loans                   16,968,143    15,988,330    16,968,143    15,988,330 
Residential mortgage loans                   10,075,011    9,888,506    10,075,011    9,888,506 
Consumer loans                   3,711,582    4,215,509    3,711,582    4,215,509 
Subtotal                   30,754,736    30,092,345    30,754,736    30,092,345 
Total   5,858,826    3,899,173            31,052,514    30,450,887    36,911,340    34,350,060 
                                         
Liabilities                                        
Current accounts and other demand deposits   15,167,229    11,326,133                    15,167,229    11,326,133 
Transactions in the course of payment   1,302,000    352,121                    1,302,000    352,121 
Obligations under repurchase agreements   288,917    308,734                    288,917    308,734 
Savings accounts and time deposits                   8,885,015    10,795,125    8,885,015    10,795,125 
Borrowings from banks                   3,415,959    1,555,129    3,415,959    1,555,129 
Other financial obligations                   217,311    160,361    217,311    160,361 
Subtotal   16,758,146    11,986,988            12,518,285    12,510,615    29,276,431    24,497,603 
Debt Issued                                        
Letters of credit for residential purposes           7,201    11,081            7,201    11,081 
Letters of credit for general purposes           280    725            280    725 
Bonds           8,390,594    8,340,272            8,390,594    8,340,272 
Subordinated bonds                   1,004,196    1,004,621    1,004,196    1,004,621 
Subtotal           8,398,075    8,352,078    1,004,196    1,004,621    9,402,271    9,356,699 
Total   16,758,146    11,986,988    8,398,075    8,352,078    13,522,481    13,515,236    38,678,702    33,854,302 

 

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39.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
  -       Investments under resale agreements   -       Obligations under repurchase agreements
  -       Loans and advance to domestic banks    

 

Loans to Customers and Advance 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.

 

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, 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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39.Fair Value of Financial Assets and Liabilities, continued:

 

(g)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 
   2020   2019   2020   2019   2020   2019   2020   2019   2020   2019 
   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$ 
                                         
Derivative financial assets   2,618,004    2,786,215    (653,145)   (952,762)   (1,605,409)   (1,161,208)   (85,614)   (43,337)   273,836    628,908 
                                                   
Derivative financial liabilities   2,841,756    2,818,121    (653,145)   (952,762)   (1,605,409)   (1,161,208)   (218,329)   (418,988)   364,873    285,163 

 

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40.Maturity of Assets and Liabilities:

 

The table below details the main financial assets and liabilities grouped in accordance with their remaining maturity, including accrued interest as of December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively. As these are for trading and available-for-sale instruments are included at their fair value:

 

   2020 
   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 
Assets  MM$   MM$   MM$   MM$   MM$   MM$   MM$   MM$   MM$   MM$ 
Cash and due from banks   2,560,216                2,560,216                    2,560,216 
Transactions in the course of collection       582,308            582,308                    582,308 
Financial Assets held-for-trading       4,666,156            4,666,156                    4,666,156 
Investments under resale agreements       39,095    20,591    16,721    76,407                    76,407 
Derivative instruments       131,978    211,871    423,431    767,280    593,691    405,153    851,880    1,850,724    2,618,004 
Loans and advances to banks (*)       2,743,134    71,401    125,121    2,939,656                    2,939,656 
Loans to customers (*)       3,135,152    2,173,685    5,791,178    11,100,015    6,876,058    3,711,756    9,249,139    19,836,953    30,936,968 
Financial assets available-for-sale       78,180    140,367    487,075    705,622    162,683    16,856    175,362    354,901    1,060,523 
Financial assets held-to-maturity                                        
Total financial assets   2,560,216    11,376,003    2,617,915    6,843,526    23,397,660    7,632,432    4,133,765    10,276,381    22,042,578    45,440,238 

 

   2019 
   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 
Assets  MM$   MM$   MM$   MM$   MM$   MM$   MM$   MM$   MM$   MM$ 
Cash and due from banks   2,392,166                2,392,166                    2,392,166 
Transactions in the course of collection       584,672            584,672                    584,672 
Financial Assets held-for-trading       1,872,355            1,872,355                    1,872,355 
Investments under resale agreements       102,057    29,393    10,879    142,329                    142,329 
Derivative instruments       158,873    314,446    621,036    1,094,355    543,469    411,470    736,921    1,691,860    2,786,215 
Loans and advances to banks (*)       876,119    97,585    166,487    1,140,191                    1,140,191 
Loans to customers (*)       4,161,262    2,340,320    5,685,646    12,187,228    5,624,031    3,198,639    9,009,572    17,832,242    30,019,470 
Financial assets available-for-sale       23,786    225,772    779,872    1,029,430    106,930    30,080    191,406    328,416    1,357,846 
Financial assets held-to-maturity                                        
Total financial assets   2,392,166    7,779,124    3,007,516    7,263,920    20,442,726    6,274,430    3,640,189    9,937,899    19,852,518    40,295,244 

 

(*)These balances are presented without deduction of their respective provisions, which amount to Ch$746,910 million (Ch$685,418 million in December 2019) for loans to customers and Ch$665 million (Ch$758 million in December 2019) for borrowings from financial institutions.

 

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40.Maturity of Assets and Liabilities, continued:

 

   2020 
   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 
Liabilities  MM$   MM$   MM$   MM$   MM$   MM$   MM$   MM$   MM$   MM$ 
Current accounts and other demand deposits   15,167,229                15,167,229                    15,167,229 
Transactions in the course of payment       1,302,000            1,302,000                    1,302,000 
Obligations under repurchase agreements       288,874    43        288,917                    288,917 
Savings accounts and time deposits (**)       5,909,865    1,945,177    642,125    8,497,167    58,441    1,232    151    59,824    8,556,991 
Derivative instruments       185,196    243,096    442,551    870,843    666,493    427,190    877,230    1,970,913    2,841,756 
Borrowings from financial institutions       76,018    141,809    341,188    559,015    1,020,138    2,090,600        3,110,738    3,669,753 
Debt issued:                                                  
Mortgage bonds       806    793    1,714    3,313    2,321    838    314    3,473    6,786 
Bonds       220,455    113,448    891,973    1,225,876    1,704,497    1,586,221    3,183,808    6,474,526    7,700,402 
Subordinate bonds       3,547    1,221    113,397    118,165    29,354    16,688    722,200    768,242    886,407 
Lease liabilities       191,303    40    163    191,506    189    18        207    191,713 
Other financial obligations       2,271    4,621    20,025    26,917    39,697    19,424    28,979    88,100    115,017 
Total financial liabilities   15,167,229    8,180,335    2,450,248    2,453,136    28,250,948    3,521,130    4,142,211    4,812,682    12,476,023    40,726,971 

 

   2019 
   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 
Pasivos  MM$   MM$   MM$   MM$   MM$   MM$   MM$   MM$   MM$   MM$ 
Current accounts and other demand deposits   11,326,133                11,326,133                    11,326,133 
Transactions in the course of payment       352,121            352,121                    352,121 
Obligations under repurchase agreements       298,711    8,583    1,440    308,734                    308,734 
Savings accounts and time deposits (**)       6,130,583    1,979,110    2,224,778    10,334,471    281,384    492    421    282,297    10,616,768 
Derivative instruments       155,991    237,743    616,472    1,010,206    608,516    469,861    729,538    1,807,915    2,818,121 
Borrowings from financial institutions       69,711    349,478    1,049,781    1,468,970    94,307            94,307    1,563,277 
Debt issued:                                                  
Mortgage bonds       1,102    1,212    2,622    4,936    3,868    1,579    515    5,962    10,898 
Bonds       423,966    211,648    413,485    1,049,099    1,460,318    1,746,745    3,656,459    6,863,522    7,912,621 
Subordinate bonds       3,041    2,460    115,933    121,434    38,525    18,251    711,685    768,461    889,895 
Lease liabilities       140,449    1,436    6,490    148,375    6,383    1,471        7,854    156,229 
Other financial obligations       2,353    4,776    20,841    27,970    51,571    28,463    38,009    118,043    146,013 
Total financial liabilities   11,326,133    7,578,028    2,796,446    4,451,842    26,152,449    2,544,872    2,266,862    5,136,627    9,948,361    36,100,810 

 

(**)Excludes term saving accounts, which amount to Ch$342,550 million (Ch$239,850 million in December 2019).

 

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41.Risk Management:

 

(1)Introduction:

 

At Banco de Chile, global risk management is approached from a comprehensive and differentiated perspective, taking into account the business segments served by the Bank and its subsidiaries. This global management is essential in its strategy and in the sustainability of the business over time.

 

Our risk management policies are established in order to identify and analyze the risks faced by the Bank, set appropriate risk limits and controls, and monitor the risks and compliance with the limits. 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.

 

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 the all levels of the Organization, with a Corporate Governance structure that recognizes the relevance of the different risk areas that exist.

 

The Board is responsible for approving the policies and establishing the structure for the proper administration of the various risks faced by the organization. The Board is permanently informed of the evolution of the different risk areas, participating through its Finance, International and Financial Risk, Credit, Portfolio Risk Committee and Higher Operational Risk Committee, in which the status of credit, market and operational risks are reviewed.

 

The Board of Directors of Banco de Chile is responsible for establishing policies, the risk appetite framework, the guidelines for the development and validation of models, approving the provisioning models and making a pronouncement on the sufficiency of provisions, along with establishing the structure for the proper management of the various risks faced by the organization.

 

The Administration, for its part, is responsible for the control and compliance with the dispositions of the Board of Directors and the establishment of associated rules and procedures.

 

The Bank’s Corporate Governance considers the active participation of the Board, who is permanently informed of the evolution of the different risk areas, participating through its Finance, International and Financial Risk, Credit, Portfolio Risk Committee and Higher Operational Risk Committee, in which the status of credit, market and operational risks are reviewed. Directors and executives of Senior Management participate in these committees, which are described in the next paragraphs.

 

At the management level, the Retail Credit Risk Division and Global Risk Control, the Wholesale Credit Risk Division and the Cybersecurity Division constitute the corporate risk governance structure, which, through specialized teams, added to a robust regulatory framework of processes and procedures allow optimal and effective management of the matters they address.

 

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(1)Introduction, continued:

 

(a)Risk Management Structure, continued:

 

The first two Divisions are responsible for credit risk in the admission, monitoring and recovery phases, in the respective Retail and Wholesale segments. Along with this, the Retail Credit Risk and Global Risk Control Division develops the different methodologies related to regulatory and risk management aspects, as well as the monitoring and validation of risk models and the development of the regulatory framework. This Division also has the Operational Risk and Business Continuity Areas, in charge of supervising the application of the policies, standards and procedures in each of these areas in the Bank, as well as supervising the subsidiaries’ management of operational risk and business continuity, guaranteeing their homologation to the Bank’s global management model.

 

In turn, the Wholesale Credit Risk Division has a Market Risk Area responsible for measuring, limiting, controlling and reporting said risk together with the definition of valuation standards and Asset Management.

 

For its part, the Cybersecurity Division is aimed at protecting and monitoring the organization’s most sensitive assets, being able to provide security and trust to customers and collaborators. It is made up of the Cyber Defense, Cybersecurity Assurance, Cybersecurity Engineering and Technological Risk Areas.

 

(i) Finance, International and Financial Risk Committee

 

This committee functions are to design policies and procedures related to price and liquidity risk; design a structure of limits and alerts of financial exposures, and ensure a correct and timely measurement, control and reporting thereof; track exposures and financial risks; analyze impacts on the valuation of operations and / or results due to potential adverse movements in the values of market variables or liquidity narrowness; review the stress test assumptions and establish action plans where appropriate ; ensure the existence of independent units that value financial positions, and analyze the results of financial positions; track the international financial exposure of liabilities; review the main credit exposures of Treasury products (derivatives, bonds); ensure that the management guidelines for price and liquidity risks in subsidiaries are consistent with those of the Bank, and be aware of the evolution of their main financial risks.

 

The Finance, International and Financial Risk Committee, session monthly and is comprises by the Chairman of the Board, three Directors or Advisors to the Board, General Manager, Financial Management and Control Division Manager, Wholesale Credit Risk Division Manager, Treasury Division Manager and Market Risk Area Manager. If deemed appropriate, the Committee may invite certain persons to participate, on a permanent or occasional basis, in one or more sessions.

 

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(1)Introduction, continued:

 

(a)Risk Management Structure, continued:

 

(ii) Credit Committees

 

The credit approval process is done mainly through various credit committees, which are composed of qualified professionals and with the necessary attributions to take decisions required.

 

Each committee is responsible for defining the terms and conditions under which the Bank accepts counterparty risks and the Wholesale Credit Risk and Retail Credit Risk Divisions and Global Risk Control 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. Sessions weekly and is comprises by the Chairman of the Board, regular and alternate directors, General Manager and the Wholesale Credit Risk Division Manager. This Committee is responsible for knowing, analyzing and resolving all credit operations associated with clients and / or economic groups whose total amount subject for approval is equal to or greater than UF 750,000. It also has to know, analyze and resolve all those credit operations that, in accordance with the established in the Bank’s internal rules, must be approved by this Committee, with the exception of the special powers delegated by the Board to the Administration.

 

(iii) Portfolio Risk Committee

 

The main function is to know the evolution of the composition, concentration and risk of the loan portfolio of the different banks and segments, covering the complete cycle of credit risk management with the processes of admission, monitoring and recovery of the credits granted. Review the main debtors and the different risk indicators of the portfolio, proposing differentiated management strategies. Approves and proposes to the Board the different credit risk policies. It is responsible for reviewing, approving and recommending to the Board of Directors, for its final approval, the different portfolio evaluation methodologies and provision models. It is also responsible for reviewing and analyzing the adequacy of provisions for the different banks and segments. Also to review the guidelines and methodological advances for the development of internal models of credit risk, together with monitoring the concentration by sectors and segments according to the sectoral limits policy. In general, any matter that involves Credit Risk on which senior management must pronounce.

 

The Portfolio Risk Committee meets monthly and is comprises by the Chairman of the Board, two regular and alternate Directors, General Manager, Wholesale Credit Risk Division Manager, Retail Credit Risk Division Manager and Global Risk Control, Commercial Division Manager, Risk Management and Information Control Manager.

 

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(a)Risk Management Structure, continued:

 

(iv) Operational Risk Higher Committee

 

It is enforceable and is empowered to sanction the necessary changes in the processes, procedures, controls and computer 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.

 

The Operational Risk Higher Committee is comprises by the Chairman of the Board, Vice Chairman of the Board and two Directors, regular or alternate, appointed by the Bank’s Board of Directors, General Manager, Retail Credit Risk Divisions and Global Risk Control Manager, Operations and Technology Division Manager, Commercial Division Manager, Cybersecurity Division Manager, Marketing and Digital Banking Division Manager and Operational Risk Manager. The Committee meets monthly and can be summoned in an extraordinary manner.

 

(v) Operational Risk Committee

 

It 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.

 

The Operational Risk Committee is comprises by the Retail Credit Risk Divisions and Global Risk Control Manager, Financial Management and Control Division Manager, Cybersecurity Division Manager, Operational Risk Manager, Technological Risk Manager, Business Continuity Manager, Operations Area Manager, Technology and Infrastructure Manager, Customer Area, GG.EE.Group Manager, Customer Service Manager, Chief Attorney and Operational Risk Management Deputy Manager. The Committee meets monthly and can be summoned extraordinarily.

 

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(vi) Technical Committee for the Supervision of Internal Models

 

The Committee is responsible for establishing a framework of methodological guidelines for the development, monitoring and documentation of the different statistical models used in the mass segments for credit risk management, as well as ensuring consistency among the models. In addition, it is responsible for reviewing the development of the different models, verifying compliance with the defined guidelines and reviewing the monitoring of the quality of the models and generating alerts when warranted. All models that require approval by the Portfolio Risk Committee or the Board of Directors must previously have the recommendation of this Technical Committee.

 

Regarding its composition, it is comprise by the managers of the Retail Credit Risk and Global Risk Control Division, Areas of Risk Monitoring, Studies and Planning, People Business Development, Risk Models by the Managers of Retail Monitoring and Models, Big Data and Regulatory Systems, Validation of Risk Models, Pre-approved Admission, Regulatory Models and the Head of the Provisions Models Department. The Committee meets monthly.

 

(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.

 

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(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. For this assessment, there are policies, standards, procedures, along with models developed in accordance with the instructions issued by the Financial Market Commission (CMF) and approved by the Board of Directors.

 

As a result of this evaluation, on both individual and group portfolios, the level of provisions that the bank should constitute is determined, in the event of customers payment default.

 

The 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.

 

The 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 appropriate level of provisions necessary to cover the portfolio risk. The consistency of the models is analyzed 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 the context of the COVID-19 health emergency, the CMF ordered the application of a series of temporary measures (rescheduling or extensions, Fogape COVID credit, treatment of provisions, among others), which Banco de Chile implemented in a timely manner throughout of the year in time and form.

 

In addition, within the year the Bank made a series of adjustments to the provisioning models, in particular to their PD and LGD parameters, following a conservative and prospective approach in this regard. For this purpose, a calibration of the default probability models was performed, by segment and product based on historical stress scenarios, which was implemented in September 2020.

 

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.

 

Banco de Chile has 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.

 

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(1)Introduction, continued:

 

(c)Measurement Methodology, continued:

 

Consistent with the framework of the Bank’s Additional Provisions Policy and with the analysis of the effects of the spread of COVID-19, both in the country and worldwide, as well as taking into consideration the analysis of the effects of the measures adopted for their mitigation by the health authorities, all this being analyzed prospectively, considering that with respect to the economic cycle the expectations of further deterioration in the future derived from the impacts of said spread, added to the perspectives of macroeconomic variables such as unemployment and growth among others, are that during the year additional provisions were made within the framework of the defined policy.

 

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.

 

(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.

 

For the Bank, credit risk management has a relevant focus on the adequate risk-return relation, is permanent and considers the processes of admission, monitoring and recovery of loans granted. Look for an adequate risk-return ratio and an adequate balance of the risks assumed.

 

Based on the foregoing, credit risk management has a permanent challenge to respond to commercial dynamism, regulatory requirements, be part of the digital transformation and contribute from the risk perspective to the different businesses served by the Bank.

 

The credit policies and processes established by the Bank are materialized in the following management principles, which recognize the singularities of the different markets and segments, which are approached with a specialized treatment according to the characteristics of each one of them:

 

1.Apply a rigorous evaluation in the admission process, taking into consideration the established credit policies and procedures, together with the availability of sufficient and accurate information. Under this principle, 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.

 

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2.Have permanent and robust portfolio tracking processes, through systems that alert both the potential signs of impairment of clients, in relation to the conditions of origin, as well as the possible business opportunities with those that present a better payments quality and behavior.

 

3.To develop advanced modeling and data management tools for efficient decision-making at different stages of the credit process.

 

4.Have a collection structure with timely, agile and efficient 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 policies.

 

5.Maintain an efficient administration in work teams organization, tools and availability of information that allow an optimal credit risk management.

 

The credit risk divisions, within the regulatory scope and risk defined by the entity, have the mission of establishing the Credit Risk management framework for the different segments of the Bank, through a portfolio vision that allows managing, resolving and control the process of approval in an efficient and proactive manner.

 

Based on the management principles indicated above, the credit risk divisions contribute to the business and anticipate threats that may affect the solvency and quality of the portfolio. In particular, during this year the solidity of these principles and the role of credit risk have made it possible to respond adequately to the challenges derived from the pandemic, providing timely responses to clients while maintaining the solid fundamentals that characterize the Bank’s portfolio in its different segments and products.

 

During 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, various measures to support clients were early implemented, such as the rescheduling of loans (mortgage, commercial, consumer), active participation in the credit program associated with the Fund Fogape COVID-19 and its associated extensions, making collection measures more flexible, among other measures that seek to make payment conditions more flexible temporarily.

 

Within the framework of risk management, the potential affected portfolios have been permanently monitored, with emphasis on those economic sectors with a higher degree of impact and the results of the temporary measures implemented.

 

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(2)Credit Risk, continued:

 

a)Retail Segments:

 

Admission management in these segments is mainly carried out through a risk evaluation that uses scoring tools and an adequate model of credit attributions, which are required to approve each operation. These evaluations take into consideration the level of indebtedness, payment capacity and the maximum acceptable exposure for the client.

 

In these segments, the Bank has segregated functions, distributed in the following areas:

 

Model Area, has the responsibility of constructing statistical models, establishing the variables and their respective weightings. These models are validated by the Model Validation Area and submitted to the “Technical Committee for the Supervision and Development of Internal Models” before approval in the Portfolio Risk Committee or the Board of Directors, as appropriate.

 

Retail Admission and Regulatory Area, performs the evaluation of operations and clients, with specialization by regions and segments, which favors their knowledge of clients. It also maintains a framework of policies and standards that ensure the quality of the portfolio according to the desired risk, defining guidelines for the admission of clients that are released to commercial and risk areas through programs and continuous training. In addition, it contains the Integration in Management function, in charge of incorporating the statistical models in the credit evaluation processes, ensuring an adequate link between their decisions.

 

Retail Tracking and Models Area, is in charge of measuring the behavior of portfolios especially through the monitoring of the main indicators of the aggregate portfolio and the analysis of layers, reported in management reports, generating relevant information for decision-making in different instances defined. Also, special follow-ups are generated according to relevant events in the environment. This Area also ensures adequate execution of the strategy, meeting the risk quality objectives. Additionally, through the Model Tracking function, they monitor risk models, ensuring that they comply with the defined standards to ensure that they maintain their predictive and discriminating power, identifying the possible associated risks.

 

Models Validation Area, performs an independent review of the models, both in the construction and implementation stages, providing guarantees to the management and is essential to early detect potential adverse effects for the Bank, that are originated by Models. It considers the validation of compliance with the guidelines established by the Board of Directors, addressing aspects such as governance, data quality, modeling and implementation techniques, and documentation.

 

Collection Area performs a cross-collection management in the Bank and centralizes recovery management in retail segments through Socofin, Bank’s subsidiary. Define refinancing criteria and payment agreements with customers, maintaining an adequate risk-return ratio, together with the incorporation of robust tools for a differentiated collection management according to the policies defined by the Bank.

 

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b)Wholesale Segments:

 

Admission management in these segments is done through an individual evaluation of the client and if it belongs to a group of companies, the relationship of the rest of the group with the Bank is also considered. Said individual and group evaluation, if applicable, considers, among others, the generation capacity, exposure levels, the financial capacity with emphasis on equity solvency, generation capacity, exposure levels, industry variables, evaluation of partners and management and aspects of the operation such as financing, term, products and possible collaterals.

 

This process is supported by a rating model that allows greater homogeneity in the evaluation of the client and his group. Additionally, for the evaluation of clients, there are specialized areas in some segments that, due to their nature, require expert knowledge, such as real estate, construction, agricultural, financial, and international, among others.

 

In a centralized manner, a permanent monitoring of the portfolio is carried, both at the individual level, as well as by business segments and economic sectors, based on periodically updated information from both the client and the industry, also generating alerts through this process that ensure the correct and timely recognition of the risk of the individual portfolio. Along with the above, the special conditions established in the admission stage are monitored, such as financial covenant controls, coverage of certain collaterals and conditions imposed at the time of approval.

 

Additionally, within the Admission areas, joint tasks are carried out that allow monitoring the development of operations from their gestation to their recovery, in order to ensure that portfolio risks are well recognized and in a timely manner, and to manage in advance those cases with higher risk levels.

 

Upon detection of clients that show signs of impairment or default with any condition, the commercial area to which the client belongs together with the Wholesale Credit Risk Division, establish action plans to regularize said situation. In those cases where there are problems in the recovery of their credits or that the nature of the problem requires specialized collection management, the Special Assets Management area, belonging to the Wholesale Credit Risk Division, is directly in charge of collection management, establishing action plans and negotiations based on the particular characteristics of each client.

 

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c)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, 2020 and 2019, 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, 2020:

 

   Chile   United States   Brazil   Others   Total 
   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$ 
Financial Assets                    
                     
Cash and Due from Banks   1,272,238    1,158,637        129,341    2,560,216 
                          
Financial Assets held-for-trading                         
From the Chilean Government and Central Bank of Chile   4,159,292                4,159,292 
Other instruments issued in Chile   105,798                105,798 
Instruments issued abroad       164            164 
Mutual fund investments   400,902                400,902 
Subtotal   4,665,992    164            4,666,156 
                          
Investments under resale agreements   76,407                76,407 
                          
Derivative Contracts for Trading Purposes                         
Forwards   415,349    73,805        62,810    551,964 
Swaps   1,184,563    83,776        744,908    2,013,247 
Call Options   269                269 
Put Options   1,462                1,462 
Futures                    
Subtotal   1,601,643    157,581        807,718    2,566,942 
                          
Hedge Derivative Contracts                         
Forwards                    
Swaps   1,511    18,964        30,587    51,062 
Call Options                    
Put Options                    
Futures                    
Subtotal   1,511    18,964        30,587    51,062 
                          
Loans and advances to Banks                         
Central Bank of Chile   2,380,033                2,380,033 
Domestic banks   260,002                260,002 
Foreign banks           150,230    149,391    299,621 
Subtotal   2,640,035        150,230    149,391    2,939,656 
                          
Loans to Customers, Net                         
Commercial loans   17,582,569            10,470    17,593,039 
Residential mortgage loans   9,388,654                9,388,654 
Consumer loans   3,955,275                3,955,275 
Subtotal   30,926,498            10,470    30,936,968 
                          
Financial Assets Available-for-Sale                         
from the Chilean Government and Central Bank of Chile   163,600                163,600 
Other instruments issued in Chile   896,923                896,923 
Instruments issued abroad                    
Subtotal   1,060,523                1,060,523 
                          
Financial assets held-to-Maturity                    

 

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41.Risk Management, continued:

 

(2)Credit Risk, continued:

 

   Chilean Central Bank   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$ 
Financial Assets                                                            
                                                             
Cash and Due from Banks   641,890            1,918,326                                            2,560,216 
                                                                            
Financial Assets held-for-trading                                                                           
From the Chilean Government and Central Bank of Chile   4,009,676    149,616                                                    4,159,292 
Other instruments issued in Chile               105,798                                            105,798 
Instruments issued abroad               164                                            164 
Mutual fund investments               400,902                                            400,902 
Subtotal   4,009,676    149,616        506,864                                            4,666,156 
                                                                            
Investments under resale agreements       10,006    950    64,554    130                            146        621    76,407 
                                                                            
Derivative Contracts for Trading Purposes                                                                           
Forwards               351,833    17,280    16,078    4,456    6,253    1,071    30    2,269    265        152,429    551,964 
Swaps               1,943,033    4,579    4,031    18    17,637    10,237    913    21,163    662        10,974    2,013,247 
Call Options               13    205                40            11            269 
Put Options               148    1,314                                        1,462 
Futures                                                            
Subtotal               2,295,027    23,378    20,109    4,474    23,890    11,348    943    23,432    938        163,403    2,566,942 
                                                                            
Hedge Derivative Contracts                                                                           
Forwards                                                            
Swaps               51,062                                            51,062 
Call Options                                                            
Put Options                                                            
Futures                                                            
Subtotal               51,062                                            51,062 
                                                                            
Loans and advances to Banks                                                                           
Central Bank of Chile   2,380,033                                                        2,380,033 
Domestic banks               260,002                                            260,002 
Foreign banks               299,621                                            299,621 
Subtotal   2,380,033            559,623                                            2,939,656 
                                                                            
Loans to Customers, Net                                                                           
Commercial loans               2,350,808    2,543,786    1,346,601    470,293    395,593    1,646,103    135,401    1,453,727    2,452,388    3,051,026    1,747,313    17,593,039 
Residential mortgage loans           9,388,654                                                9,388,654 
Consumer loans           3,955,275                                                3,955,275 
Subtotal           13,343,929    2,350,808    2,543,786    1,346,601    470,293    395,593    1,646,103    135,401    1,453,727    2,452,388    3,051,026    1,747,313    30,936,968 
                                                                            
Financial Assets Available-for-Sale                                                                           
from the Chilean Government and Central Bank of Chile   109    163,491                                                    163,600 
Other instruments issued in Chile               851,468        4,465        8,089            5,334            27,567    896,923 
Instruments issued abroad                                                            
Subtotal   109    163,491        851,468        4,465        8,089            5,334            27,567    1,060,523 
                                                                            
Financial assets held-to-Maturity                                                            

 

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41.Risk Management, continued:

 

(2)Credit Risk, 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, 2019:

 

   Chile   United States   Brazil   Others   Total 
   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$ 
Financial Assets                    
                     
Cash and Due from Banks   1,144,109    1,145,703        102,354    2,392,166 
                          
Financial Assets held-for-trading                         
From the Chilean Government and Central Bank of Chile   1,123,689                1,123,689 
Other instruments issued in Chile   375,337                375,337 
Instruments issued abroad                    
Mutual fund investments   373,329                373,329 
Subtotal   1,872,355                1,872,355 
                          
Investments under resale agreements   142,329                142,329 
                          
Derivative Contracts for Trading Purposes                         
Forwards   872,481    53,923        30,228    956,632 
Swaps   1,142,174    167,818        451,960    1,761,952 
Call Options   4,961                4,961 
Put Options   807    11        258    1,076 
Futures                    
Subtotal   2,020,423    221,752        482,446    2,724,621 
                          
Hedge Derivative Contracts                         
Forwards                    
Swaps   5,864    25,780        29,950    61,594 
Call Options                    
Put Options                    
Futures                    
Subtotal   5,864    25,780        29,950    61,594 
                          
Loans and advances to Banks                         
Central Bank of Chile   630,053                630,053 
Domestic banks   150,007                150,007 
Foreign banks           244,969    115,162    360,131 
Subtotal   780,060        244,969    115,162    1,140,191 
                          
Loans to Customers, Net                         
Commercial loans   16,269,424            14,685    16,284,109 
Residential mortgage loans   9,203,061                9,203,061 
Consumer loans   4,532,300                4,532,300 
Subtotal   30,004,785            14,685    30,019,470 
                          
Financial Assets Available-for-Sale                         
from the Chilean Government and Central Bank of Chile   109,062                109,062 
Other instruments issued in Chile   1,228,931                1,228,931 
Instruments issued abroad               19,853    19,853 
Subtotal   1,337,993            19,853    1,357,846 
                          
Financial assets held-to-Maturity                    

 

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41.Risk Management, continued:

 

(2)Credit Risk, continued:

 

   Chilean Central Bank   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$ 
Financial Assets                                                            
                                                             
Cash and Due from Banks   178,429            2,213,737                                            2,392,166 
                                                                            
Financial Assets held-for-trading                                                                           
From the Chilean Government and Central Bank of Chile   1,024,525    99,164                                                    1,123,689 
Other instruments issued in Chile               375,337                                            375,337 
Instruments issued abroad                                                            
Mutual fund investments               373,329                                            373,329 
Subtotal   1,024,525    99,164        748,666                                            1,872,355 
                                                                            
Investments under resale agreements       18,460    278    66,285    40,642        2,067    1,533    902    35    8,665    21        3,441    142,329 
                                                                            
Derivative Contracts for Trading Purposes                                                                           
Forwards           1,532    480,269    16,225    79    2,856    22,903    14,103    642    1,930    277    497    415,319    956,632 
Swaps           4    1,693,048    9,813    7,718    19    14,184    10,232    4,275    12,526    210        9,923    1,761,952 
Call Options               1,196    1,569    280            1,433    171        84    190    38    4,961 
Put Options               554    522                                        1,076 
Futures                                                            
Subtotal           1,536    2,175,067    28,129    8,077    2,875    37,087    25,768    5,088    14,456    571    687    425,280    2,724,621 
                                                                            
Hedge Derivative Contracts                                                                           
Forwards                                                            
Swaps               61,594                                            61,594 
Call Options                                                            
Put Options                                                            
Futures                                                            
Subtotal               61,594                                            61,594 
                                                                            
Loans and advances to Banks                                                                           
Central Bank of Chile   630,053                                                        630,053 
Domestic banks               150,007                                            150,007 
Foreign banks               360,131                                            360,131 
Subtotal   630,053            510,138                                            1,140,191 
                                                                            
Loans to Customers, Net                                                                           
Commercial loans               2,587,272    2,064,042    1,624,099    604,411    325,139    1,622,206    140,647    1,233,433    2,141,500    2,265,402    1,675,958    16,284,109 
Residential mortgage loans           9,203,061                                                9,203,061 
Consumer loans           4,532,300                                                4,532,300 
Subtotal           13,735,361    2,587,272    2,064,042    1,624,099    604,411    325,139    1,622,206    140,647    1,233,433    2,141,500    2,265,402    1,675,958    30,019,470 
                                                                            
Financial Assets Available-for-Sale                                                                           
from the Chilean Government and Central Bank of Chile   92,824    16,238                                                    109,062 
Other instruments issued in Chile               994,658                9,667                178,444        46,162    1,228,931 
Instruments issued abroad               19,853                                            19,853 
Subtotal   92,824    16,238        1,014,511                9,667                178,444        46,162    1,357,846 
                                                                            
Financial assets held-to-Maturity                                                            

 

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41.Risk Management, continued:

 

(2)Credit Risk, continued:

 

(d)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 240,087 collateral assets, the majority of which consist of real estate. The following table contains guarantees value as of December 31:

 

   Guarantee 
   Loans   Mortgages   Pledges   Securities   Warrants   Total 
2020  MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$ 
Corporate Lending   12,811,749    3,091,284    128,366    565,761    2,842    3,788,253 
Small Business Lending   4,781,290    3,178,176    28,832    14,242        3,221,250 
Consumer Lending   3,955,275    333,191    795    2,518        336,504 
Mortgage Lending   9,388,654    8,499,584    113    87        8,499,784 
Total   30,936,968    15,102,235    158,106    582,608    2,842    15,845,791 

 

   Guarantee 
   Loans   Mortgages   Pledges   Securities   Warrants   Total 
2019  MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$ 
Corporate Lending   12,114,603    2,660,585    82,365    345,246    2,182    3,090,378 
Small Business Lending   4,169,506    3,208,206    30,466    26,674        3,265,346 
Consumer Lending   4,532,300    362,140    966    2,045        365,151 
Mortgage Lending   9,203,061    8,019,519    51    176        8,019,746 
Total   30,019,470    14,250,450    113,848    374,141    2,182    14,740,621 

 

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41.Risk Management, continued:

 

(2)Credit Risk, continued:

 

(d)Collaterals and Other Credit Enhancements, continued:

 

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.

 

The value of the guarantees that the Bank maintains related to the loans individually classified as impaired as of December 31, 2020 and 2019 amounted Ch$98,653 million and Ch$100,133 million, respectively.

 

The value guarantees related to past due loans but no impaired as of December 31, 2020 and 2019 amounted Ch$133,949 million and Ch$344,098 million respectively.

 

(e)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 conducts reviews of companies in certain industry sectors that are affected by macroeconomic or sector-specific variables. Such reviews allow the Bank to timely establish any necessary allowance loan losses that are sufficient to cover losses for potentially uncollectable loans.

 

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41.Risk Management, continued:

 

(2)Credit Risk, continued:

 

(e)Credit Quality by Asset Class, continued:

 

The following tables shows credit quality by asset class for Consolidated Statements of Financial Position sheet items, based on the Bank’s credit rating system.

 

As of December 31, 2020:

 

   Individual Portfolio   Group Portfolio     
   Normal   Substandard   Non-complying   Normal   Non-complying   Total 
   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$ 
Financial Assets                        
                         
Loans and advances to banks                        
Central Bank of Chile   2,380,033                    2,380,033 
Domestic banks   260,002                    260,002 
Foreign banks   299,621                    299,621 
Subtotal   2,939,656                    2,939,656 
                               
Loans to customers (before allowances for loan losses)                              
Commercial loans   12,416,243    196,076    199,430    4,466,817    314,473    17,593,039 
Residential mortgage loans               9,072,033    316,621    9,388,654 
Consumer loans               3,625,167    330,108    3,955,275 
Subtotal   12,416,243    196,076    199,430    17,164,017    961,202    30,936,968 

 

As of December 31, 2019:

 

   Individual Portfolio   Group Portfolio     
   Normal   Substandard   Non-complying   Normal   Non-complying   Total 
   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$ 
Financial Assets                        
                         
Loans and advances to banks                        
Central Bank of Chile   630,053                    630,053 
Domestic banks   150,007                    150,007 
Foreign banks   360,131                    360,131 
Subtotal   1,140,191                    1,140,191 
                               
Loans to customers (before allowances for loan losses)                              
Commercial loans   11,893,060    71,718    149,826    3,907,715    261,790    16,284,109 
Residential mortgage loans               9,031,597    171,464    9,203,061 
Consumer loans               4,242,486    289,814    4,532,300 
Subtotal   11,893,060    71,718    149,826    17,181,798    723,068    30,019,470 

 

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41.Risk Management, continued:

 

(2)Credit Risk, continued:

 

(e)Credit Quality by Asset Class, continued:

 

Analysis of age of portfolio loan, over-due loans by financial asset class. Additionally to the overdue portion, the amounts detailed include remaining balance of the past due credits are featured below:

 

As of December 31, 2020:

 

   Default 
   1 to 29 days   30 to 59 days   60 to 89 days 
   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$ 
             
Loans and advances to banks   14,454         
Commercial loans   133,386    29,217    12,942 
Import-export financing   5,243    71    222 
Factoring transactions   16,206    1,459    155 
Commercial lease transactions   17,869    3,903    955 
Other loans and receivables   1,449    135    162 
Residential mortgage loans   90,410    24,857    9,787 
Consumer loans   136,147    53,786    22,764 
Total   415,164    113,428    46,987 

 

As of December 31, 2019:

 

   Default 
   1 to 29 days   30 to 59 days   60 to 89 days 
   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$ 
             
Loans and advances to banks   31,249         
Commercial loans   213,709    54,366    26,698 
Import-export financing   9,562    804    1,207 
Factoring transactions   31,972    3,022    336 
Commercial lease transactions   53,742    8,073    4,722 
Other loans and receivables   1,463    693    521 
Residential mortgage loans   152,539    73,801    32,907 
Consumer loans   221,162    102,344    51,976 
Total   715,398    243,103    118,367 

 

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41.Risk Management, continued:

 

(2)Credit Risk, continued:

 

(e)Credit Quality by Asset Class, continued:

 

The following table presents past due loans not impaired as of December 31,

 

   Past due but not impaired (*) 
   Up to 30 days   Over 30 days and up
to 59 days
   Over 60 days and up
to 89 days
   Over 90 days 
   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$ 
2020   270,612    51,808    13,530     
2019   631,091    159,751    57,946     

 

(*)These amounts include installments that are overdue, plus the remaining balance of principal and interest on such loans.

 

(f)Assets Received in Lieu of Payment:

 

The Bank has received assets in lieu of payment totaling Ch$5,670 million and Ch$12,523 million as of December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively, the majority of which are properties. All of these assets are managed for sale.

 

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41.Risk Management, continued:

 

(2)Credit Risk, continued:

 

(g)Renegotiated Assets:

 

The loans are considered to be renegotiated when the corresponding financial commitments are 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:

 

   2020   2019 
Financial Assets  MCh$   MCh$ 
         
Loans and advances to banks        
Central Bank of Chile        
Domestic banks        
Foreign banks        
Subtotal        
           
Loans to customers, net          
Commercial loans   288,094    220,056 
Residential mortgage loans   253,907    11,980 
Consumer loans   532,420    366,339 
Subtotal   1,074,421    598,375 
Total renegotiated financial assets   1,074,421    598,375 

 

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41.Risk Management, continued:

 

(2)Credit Risk, continued:

 

(h)Measures associated with the COVID-19 Contingency:

 

During 2020, and due to the COVID-19 health emergency, the Bank has implemented a series of measures that seek to make payments more flexible on a temporary basis and provide financing that allows to sustain working capital during this period, having in the first case credit refinancing (mortgage, commercial, consumer) and credits associated with the Fogape COVID-19 Fund in the second case.

 

The following tables show both the balance of loans as of December 31, 2020, as well as the number of operations and amount of provisions associated with these measures:

 

COVID refinancing:

 

      

Commercial

Individual

  

Commercial

Group

   Consumer   Mortgage   Total 
Bank Programs (*)                        
Number of Operations        664    39,473    187,428    91,928    319,493 
Placements   MCh$    20,436    102,398    149,918    141,403    414,155 
% from the portfolio   %    0.2%   2.1%   3.8%   1.5%   1.3%
Provisions   MCh$    942    1,716    9,615    795    13,068 

 

(*)The granting of refinancing of operations associated with credit cards for MCh$147,918 is not included.

 

Fogape COVID credits:

 

      

Commercial

Individual

  

Commercial

Group

   Consumer   Mortgage   Total 
Government Programs                        
Number of Operations        4,036    35,209            39,245 
Placements   MCh$    856,922    1,031,934            1,888,856 
% from the portfolio   %    6.7%   21.6%           6.1%
Provisions (*)   MCh$    30,149    28,735            58,884 

 

(*)Includes provision for deductible for Fogape COVID-19 guarantees for MCh$24,109.

 

The payment behavior of these loans (COVID refinancing and Fogape COVID) in their first months of maturity, in both cases have a similar behavior to the rest of the loan portfolio.

 

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41.Risk Management, 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).

 

(a) Liquidity Risk:

 

Liquidity Risk Measurement and Limits

 

The Bank manages the Liquidity Risk separately for each sub-category: 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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41.Risk Management, continued:

 

(3)Market Risk, continued:

 

(a)Liquidity Risk, continued:

 

The use of MAR within year 2020 is illustrated below (LCCY = local currency; FCCY = foreign currency):

 

     

MAR LCCY + FCCY

MMM$

   

MAR FCCY

MMUS$

 
      1 - 30 days     1 - 90 days     1 - 30 days     1 - 90 days  
                           
Maximum       3,040       5,708       1,239       2,488  
Minimum       -1,063       1,602       -390       790  
Average       1,358       3,853       504       1,811  

 

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 year 2020 is illustrated below:

 

     

Cross Currency Funding

MMUS$

 
         
Maximum       3,122  
Minimum       1,724  
Average       2,417  

 

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 Bank’s financial ratios that can detect structural changes in its balance sheet characteristics is monitored, such as those presented in the following table and whose relevant use values during the year 2020 are shown below:

 

  

Liquid Assets/

Net Funding
< 30 days

  

Liabilities>
1 year/

Assets
> 1 year

  

Deposits/

Loans

 
             
Maximum   165%   100%   67%
Minimum   101%   84%   61%
Average   135%   94%   64%

 

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.

 

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41.Risk Management, continued:

 

(3)Market Risk, continued:

 

(a)Liquidity Risk, continued:

 

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.

 

The CMF establish the following limits for the C46:   
    
Foreign Currency balance sheet items:  1-30 days C46 index < 1 x Tier-1 Capital
All Currencies balance sheet items:  1-30 days C46 index < 1 x Tier-1 Capital
All Currencies balance sheet items:  1-90 days C46 index < 2 x Tier-1 Capital

 

The use of this index in year 2020 is illustrated below:

 

  

Adjusted C46 All CCYs

as part of Tier-1 Capital

  

Adjusted C46 FCCY

as part of Tier-1 Capital

 
   1 - 30 days   1 - 90 days   1 - 30 days 
             
Maximum   0.48    0.66    0.33 
Minimum   (0.13)   (0.06)   0.15 
Average   0.15    0.27    0.22 
Regulatory Limit   1.0    2.0    1.0 

 

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. Only for the first one, a limit implementation calendar has been established and that during the year 2020 was with a minimum level of 70%. The evolution of the LCR and NSFR metrics during the year 2020 are shown below:

 

   LCR   NSFR 
         
Maximum   2.47    1.10 
Minimum   1.07    0.99 
Average   1.89    1.06 
Regulatory Limit   0.7(*)   N/A 

 

(*) Thisis the current minimum value for the year 2020 and that increases 0.1 annually until reaching 1.0 in the year 2023.

 

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41.Risk Management, 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), as of 2020 and 2019 year end, 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, 2020                            
Current accounts and other demand deposits   15,167,229                        15,167,229 
Transactions in the course of payment   1,302,000                        1,302,000 
Reverse repurchase agreements and securities lending   289,777    43                     289,820 
Savings accounts and time deposits   6,243,204    1,964,350    648,974    59,038    1,222    156    8,916,944 
Full delivery derivative transactions   396,599    364,793    1,305,210    1,088,925    549,777    934,097    4,639,401 
Borrowings from financial institutions   74,424    140,455    340,532    1,020,126    2,090,600        3,666,137 
Other financial obligations   189,003    80    334    386    37        189,840 
Debt instruments issued in foreign currency other than USD   53,438    90,285    1,082,282    2,194,406    1,886,936    4,452,831    9,760,178 
                                    
Total (excluding non-delivery derivative transactions)   23,715,674    2,560,006    3,377,332    4,362,881    4,528,572    5,387,084    43,931,549 
                                    
Non-delivery derivative transactions   401,144    570,084    929,211    787,866    644,420    1,542,088    4,874,814 

 

  

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, 2019                            
Current accounts and other demand deposits   11,326,133                        11,326,133 
Transactions in the course of payment   352,121                        352,121 
Reverse repurchase agreements and securities lending   297,011    8,582                    305,593 
Savings accounts and time deposits   6,421,107    1,985,948    2,250,153    284,073    491    421    10,942,193 
Full delivery derivative transactions   378,151    351,351    1,132,429    974,371    669,851    797,191    4,303,344 
Borrowings from financial institutions   68,843    348,228    934,144    206,811            1,558,026 
Other financial obligations   142,010    292    17,529    727    167        160,725 
Debt instruments issued in foreign currency other than USD   178,310    190,329    576,309    2,091,841    2,081,579    5,017,172    10,135,540 
                                    
Total (excluding non-delivery derivative transactions)   19,163,686    2,884,730    4,910,564    3,557,823    2,752,088    5,814,784    39,083,675 
                                    
Non-delivery derivative transactions   501,461    839,534    1,461,804    796,805    738,830    1,650,402    5,988,836 

 

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41.Risk Management, continued:

 

(3)Market Risk, continued:

 

(b)Price Risk:

 

Price Risk Measurement and Limits

 

The measurement and management of Price Risk are carried out through the use of several metrics developed internally by the Bank, both for the Trading Book and for the Accrual Book (the Accrual Book includes all balance sheet items, even those of the Trading book but in such case these are reported at an interest rate adjustment period of one day, thus not generating accrual interest rate risk). 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), Equity positions (Equity delta), interest rate sensitivities generated by the derivatives and debt securities portfolios (DV01 or also referred as to rho) and the FX 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 year 2020 is illustrated below:

 

  

Value-at-Risk

99% one-day

confidence level

MCh$

 
     
Maximum   3,697 
Minimum   215 
Average   1,319 

 

Additionally, the Bank performs measuring, limiting, controlling and reporting interest rate exposures and risks for the Accrual 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.

 

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41.Risk Management, continued:

 

(3)Market Risk, continued:

 

(b)Price Risk, continued:

 

The use of EaR within year 2020 is illustrated below:

 

  

12-months
Earnings-at-Risk

99% confidence level

3 months
defeasance
period

MCh$

 
      
Maximum   100,191 
Minimum   57,038 
Average   80,271 

 

The regulatory risk measurement for the Trading Book (C41 report) is produced by utilizing guidelines provided by the Central Bank of Chile (hereinafter, “BCCh”) and the CMF, which are adopted based on standardized BIS methodologies. 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. In addition, correlation factors are included to represent non-parallel changes in the yield curve. The CMF does not set an individual limit for this particular risk, but a global one that includes this risk (also called Market Risk Equivalent or MRE) and the Credit Risk Weighted Assets.

 

The risk measurement for the Banking Book, according to normative guidelines (C40 report), 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 standardized adverse interest rate fluctuations. In addition to this, the regulatory entity has requested banks to establish internal limits for this regulatory risk measurement. Limits must be established separately for short-term and long-term balance. The short-term risk limit should be expressed as a percentage of the Net Interest Margin or NIM plus the revenue collected from commissions that depend on the level of the interest rate; the long-term risk limit cannot exceed a specific percentage of the amount of effective equity.

 

In addition to the above, the Market Risk Policy of Banco de Chile enforces to perform daily stress tests for the Trading Book and monthly for the Accrual Book. The output of the stress testing process is monitored against corresponding trigger levels: in the case those triggers are breached, the senior management is notified in order to implement further actions, if necessary. In addition, the results during the month for the trading activities are controlled against defined loss levels and in case such levels are exceeded, senior management is also notified.

 

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41.Risk Management, continued:

 

(3)Market Risk, continued:

 

(b)Price Risk, continued:

 

The following table illustrates the interest rate cash-flows of the Banking Book, considering the interest rate repricing dates on an individual basis, as of December 31, 2020 and 2019:

 

  

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, 2020                            
Cash and due from banks   2,496,891                        2,496,891 
Transactions in the course of collection   515,500                        515,500 
Reverse repurchase agreements and securities lending   10,007                        10,007 
Derivative under hedge-accounting treatment   260    1,800    182,709    250,612    282,219    995,168    1,712,769 
Inter-banking loans   2,743,250    71,543    125,574                2,940,367 
Customer loans   3,180,598    2,339,929    6,504,393    8,134,601    4,437,666    10,877,247    35,474,433 
Available-for-sale instruments   94,086    145,272    456,613    185,995    31,465    145,987    1,059,417 
Held-to-maturity instruments                            
Total Assets   9,040,592    2,558,544    7,269,289    8,571,208    4,751,350    12,018,402    44,209,385 

 

  

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, 2019                            
Cash and due from banks   2,310,055                        2,310,055 
Transactions in the course of collection   483,857                        483,857 
Reverse repurchase agreements and securities lending   45,056                        45,056 
Derivative under hedge-accounting treatment   774    36,304    28,302    257,909    348,950    1,069,919    1,742,158 
Inter-banking loans   876,508    98,673    167,287                1,142,468 
Customer loans   3,179,665    2,524,282    6,473,441    6,979,231    3,980,097    10,744,559    33,881,275 
Available-for-sale instruments   26,180    241,326    805,844    115,805    25,219    142,005    1,356,379 
Held-to-maturity instruments                            
Total Assets   6,922,095    2,900,585    7,474,874    7,352,945    4,354,266    11,956,483    40,961,248 

 

  

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, 2020                            
Current accounts and other demand deposits   15,245,137                        15,245,137 
Transactions in the course of payment   1,235,350                        1,235,350 
Reverse repurchase agreements and securities lending   13,255                        13,255 
Savings accounts and time deposits   6,243,204    1,964,350    648,974    59,038    1,222    156    8,916,944 
Derivative hedging instruments   160    291    192,625    230,742    280,421    1,057,369    1,761,609 
Inter-banking loans   72,935    140,455    340,532    1,020,126    2,090,600        3,664,648 
Debt instruments issued (*)   53,438    90,285    1,082,282    2,194,406    1,886,936    4,452,831    9,760,178 
Other liabilities   189,003    80    334    386    37        189,840 
Total Liabilities   23,052,482    2,195,461    2,264,747    3,504,698    4,259,216    5,510,356    40,786,960 

 

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41.Risk Management, 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, 2019                            
Current accounts and other demand deposits   11,382,462                        11,382,462 
Transactions in the course of payment   256,675                        256,675 
Reverse repurchase agreements and securities lending   9,068                        9,068 
Savings accounts and time deposits   6,421,107    1,985,948    2,250,153    284,073    491    421    10,942,193 
Derivative hedging instruments   156    33,740    23,300    251,136    317,886    1,117,967    1,744,185 
Inter-banking loans   60,331    348,228    934,144    206,811            1,549,514 
Debt instruments issued (*)   178,310    190,329    576,309    2,091,841    2,081,579    5,017,172    10,135,540 
Other liabilities   142,010    292    17,529    727    167        160,725 
Total Liabilities   18,450,119    2,558,537    3,801,435    2,834,588    2,400,123    6,135,560    36,180,362 

 

(*)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.

 

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 and the Accrual Book 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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41.Risk Management, continued:

 

(3)Market Risk, continued:

 

(b)Price Risk, continued:

 

In order to comply with IFRS 7.40, 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 and Accrual portfolios. 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.

 

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 factors; Accrual portfolios 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 Libor

Derivatives

(bps) 

Spread USD
On/Off

Derivatives

(bps) 

Less than 1 year -4 53 -11 44 -9 -350
Greater than 1 year 5 63 2 58 -15 -334

 

bps = basis points

 

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41.Risk Management, continued:

 

(3)Market Risk, continued:

 

(b)Price Risk, continued:

 

The worst impact on the Bank’s Trading Book as of December 31, 2020, 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     (3,564 )
Derivatives   (29 )      
Debt instruments   (3,535 )      
CLF Interest Rate       (395 )
Derivatives   81      
Debt instruments   (476 )      
Interest rate USD offshore         (284 )
Domestic/offshore interest rate spread USD         (8,164 )
Total Interest rates             (12,407 )
Total FX             (20 )
Total FX Options             (78 )
Total           (12,505 )

 

The modeled scenario would generate losses in the Trading Book for approximately MCh$12,505. In any case, such fluctuations would not result in material losses compared to Basic Capital (Tier-1) or to the P&L estimate for the next 12-months.

 

The impact on the Accrual Book for the next 12 months as of December 31, 2020, which does not necessarily mean a net loss / gain but a greater/lower net income from funds generation (resulting net interest rate generation), is illustrated below:

 

Most Adverse Stress Scenario 12-Month Revenue

Accrual Book

(MCh$)

Impact by Base Interest Rate shocks   (194,559)
Impact due to Spreads Shocks   (6,591)
 Higher / (Lower) Net revenues   (201,150)

 

The main negative impact on the Trading Book would occur as a result of an increase in local interest rates and in a drastic decrease in the cross border spread. The lowest potential income in the next 12 months in the Accrual Book would occur in a scenario of a sharp inflation price fall. In any case, the impacts would be less than the annual budgeted profits of the Bank.

 

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41.Risk Management, continued:

 

(4)Requirements and Capital Management:

 

The main objectives of the Bank’s capital management are to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements, maintain a solid credit rating and sound capital ratios. During 2020, the Bank has successfully met the required capital requirements.

 

As part of its Capital Management Policy, the Bank has established capital adequacy alerts, which are stricter than those required by the regulator, which are monitored on a monthly basis. During 2020, none of the internal alerts defined in the Capital Management Policy were activated.

 

The Bank manages capital by making adjustments in light of changes in economic conditions and the risk characteristics of its business. For this purpose, the Bank may modify the amount of dividend payments to its shareholders or issue equity instruments. The capital adequacy of the Bank is monitored using, among other measures, the indexes and rules established by the CMF.

 

Regulatory Capital

 

According to the Chilean General Banking Law, Banks must maintain a minimum ratio of 8%, net of required provisions, as a result of dividing the Equity by the sum of the Consolidated Weighted Assets by Risk. In addition, banks must maintain a minimum ratio of Basic Capital to Total Consolidated Assets of 3%, net of required provisions. As a result of the merger of Banco de Chile with Citibank Chile in 2008, the CMF established that the institution was obliged to maintain the first reason Less than 10%. In this way, the regulatory body ratified the validity of the minimum of 10% that it had already set in December 2001 by authorizing the merger by absorption of Banco Edwards into Banco de Chile.

 

Equity is determined from Capital and Reserves or Basic Capital with the following adjustments: (a) the balance of subordinated bonds issued with a maximum equivalent to 50% of the Basic Capital is added and weighted according to their term at maturity; (b) the additional provisions for loans are added, (c) the balance of the assets corresponding to goodwill or overpaid and investments in companies not included in the consolidation is deducted, and (d) the balance of noncontrolling interest is added.

 

Assets are weighted according to the risk categories, which are assigned a risk percentage that would reflect the amount of capital needed to support each of those assets. There are 5 risk categories (0%, 10%, 20%, 60% and 100%) in addition to an intermediate category with a weighting percentage of 2% for derivative instruments cleared and settled through a Central Counterpart Entity. For example, cash, deposits in other banks and financial instruments issued by the Central Bank of Chile have 0% risk, which means that, according to current standards, no capital is required to back these assets. Properties and equipment have a 100% risk, which means that they must have a minimum capital equivalent to 8% of the amount of these assets and in the case of the Bank of Chile 10%.

 

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41.Risk Management, continued:

 

(4)Requirements and Capital Management, continued:

 

All derivative instruments traded outside of stock exchanges are considered in the determination of risk assets with a conversion factor over the notional values, thus obtaining the amount of exposure to credit risk (or “credit equivalent”). The contingent credits out of balance are also considered by a “credit equivalent”, for their weighting.

 

The risk-weighted assets and TIER 1 and TIER 2 Capital, as of December 31, 2020 and 2019 are the following:

 

   Consolidated assets   Risk-weighted assets 
   2020   2019   2020   2019 
   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$   MCh$ 
Balance sheet assets (net of provisions)                
Cash and due from banks   2,560,216    2,392,166    105,878    38,250 
Transactions in the course of collection   582,308    584,672    151,138    167,781 
Financial Assets held-for-trading   4,666,156    1,872,355    442,307    462,177 
Investments under resale agreements   76,407    142,329    76,407    142,329 
Derivative instruments (*)   1,137,195    1,555,749    828,330    1,124,730 
Loans and advances to banks   2,938,991    1,139,433    351,068    389,417 
Loans to customers, net   30,190,058    29,334,052    24,998,600    25,668,329 
Financial assets available-for-sale   1,060,523    1,357,846    249,239    323,160 
Financial assets held-to-maturity                
Investments in other companies   44,649    50,758    44,649    50,758 
Intangible assets   60,701    58,307    60,701    58,307 
Property and equipment   217,928    220,262    217,928    220,262 
Current tax assets   118,829    150,665    118,829    150,665 
Leased assets   22,949    357    2,295    36 
Deferred tax assets   357,945    320,948    35,794    32,095 
Other assets   579,467    862,968    400,098    862,968 
Subtotal   44,614,322    40,042,867    28,083,261    29,691,264 
                     
Off-balance-sheet assets                    
Contingent loans   4,140,133    4,365,922    2,483,310    2,616,074 
Total   48,754,455    44,408,789    30,566,571    32,307,338 

 

(*)According to Chapter 12-1 of the Compilation of Standards, financial derivative contracts are presented as an equivalent credit risk for the purposes of calculating consolidated assets.

 

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41.Risk Management, continued:

 

(4)Capital Requirements and Capital Management, continued:

 

The amounts and ratios determined for the limit of basic capital and effective equity as of December 2020 and 2019, are:

 

   As of December 31, 
   2020   2019 
   MCh$   MCh$ 
         
Basic capital (*)   3,726,267    3,528,222 
Effective equity   4,878,500    4,569,090 
Total consolidated assets   48,754,455    44,408,789 
Total consolidated assets weighted by credit risk   30,566,571    32,307,338 

 

(*)The Basic Capital corresponds to the equity of the owners of the Bank in the Consolidated Statement of Financial Position

 

   Ratio 
   As of December 31, 
   2020   2019 
   %   % 
         
Basic capital / consolidated assets   7.64    7.94 
Effective equity / consolidated assets weighted by risk   15.96    14.14 

 

During 2019, the CMF began the regulatory process for the implementation of the Basel III standards in Chile, in accordance with the established in Law No. 21,130 that modernizes the Banking Legislation. During 2020, various regulations have been published aimed at the adoption of the Basel III standard. See Note N ° 3.1.3 “Standards related to the implementation of Basel III”.

 

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42.Subsequent Events:

 

a)On January 19, 2021, the Financial Market Commission stated that by means of a resolution adopted in Ordinary Session No. 218 of January 13, 2021, it resolved to approve Banco de Chile’s request to early dissolve the subsidiary Banchile Securitizadora S.A. For the purposes of materializing the above, the Administration of the subsidiary has called an Extraordinary Shareholders’ Meeting for February 4, 2021.

 

  b)

On January 28, 2021, the Board of Directors of Banco de Chile agreed to convene an Ordinary Shareholders Meeting on March 25, 2021 in order to propose, among other matters, the following distribution of profits for the year ended on December 31, 2020:

 

i.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 2019 and November 2020, amounting to Ch$95,989,016,547 which will be added to retained earnings from previous periods.

 

ii.From the resulting balance, distribute in the form of a dividend 60% of the remaining liquid profit, corresponding to a dividend of Ch$2.18053623438 to each of the 101,017,081,114 shares of the Bank, retaining the remaining 40%.

 

Consequently, the distribution as a dividend that will be proposed will amount to 47.6% of the profits for the year ended December 31, 2020.

 

In Management’s opinion, there are no others significant subsequent events that affect or could affect the Consolidated Financial Statements of Banco de Chile and its subsidiaries between December 31, 2020 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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