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Amount of residential mortgage loans.

No definition available.

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No definition available.

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Amount of financial assets at fair value through other comprehensive income debt financial instruments.

No definition available.

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Amount of financial assets at fair value through other comprehensive income other financial instruments.

No definition available.

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Income of accounting hedges of interest rate risk.

No definition available.

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Represent the amount of interest of consumer loans.

No definition available.

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The amount of loans and advances the entity has made to bank provisions.

No definition available.

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Other financial instruments.

No definition available.

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The amount of income arising from interes.

No definition available.

Name:	bch_RevenueFromInterestNet
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Rights by resale agreements and securities lending,

No definition available.

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The amount of debt instruments, including instruments called debt securities, held by the entity that were issued by a corporate entity. [Refer: Debt instruments held]

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Name IAS
-Number 1
-IssueDate 2024-01-01
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-Subparagraph c
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-URIDate 2024-03-27