Banks in Chile

Banco de Chile	BancoEstado	BBVA Chile	BCI	Corpbanca	Santander Chile

• ABN AMRO Chile – ABN AMRO commenced operations in Chile in 1990 under the name of ABN Tanner Bank. In 1995 it became ABN AMRO (Chile) SA.
• Banco Central de Chile (BCCH) – BCCH was established on 21 August 1925 by Decree Law 486. The Bank is an autonomous organization of a technical nature, with full legal capacity. The Bank’s objective is to ensure stability of both the currency and the normal operations of domestic and foreign payments.
• Banco de Chile – The largest Chilean bank in terms of current accounts, shareholders' equity and the second bank largest in terms of total loans.
• BancoEstado – The third largest bank in the country with US$40.354 billion in total assets as of December 31, 2011. It is the only government-owned bank in Chile.
• Banco Paris is a subsidiary of the Cencosud Holding, the second largest retailer in Chile. Banco Paris, established in 2004, is consumer loan-oriented bank. As of June 30, 2012, it had MXN 216.3 billion in total assets.
• Banco Penta – Chile’s first and only bank specialized in investments and savings. The company was established in 2004 and employs over 300 people.
• Banco Ripley – Chilean retail bank established in 2002. It mainly provides loans to middle-income people in Chile. It also offers credit cards, deposits, insurance and telephone banking services. Banco Ripley operates as a subsidiary of Ripley S.A., one of the largest retailers in Chile and Peru.
• BBVA Chile – A part of Spanish financial group BBVA and one of the ten largest banks in the country with assets of over US$18.25 billion as of March 31, 2012.
• BCI (Banco de Crédito e Inversiones) – The third largest private bank in terms of bank loans and fourth in number of clients, behind Banco Santander-Chile, Banco de Chile and the State BancoEstado.
• Corpbanca (BCA) – BCA provides a broad array of financial services to personal and business customers through more than 100 branches nationwide.
• HSBC Bank Chile, the Chilean banking unit of UK-based HSBC Group, has been present in the country since 1981. The Bank focuses on corporate banking and global treasury.
• PreviRed – A private company owned by the Chilean pension funds, that supports the payment of social security contributions through the Internet.
• Santander Chile – The largest bank in Chile by assets and shareholders’ equity. It operates more than 500 branches across the country and serves more than 2.4 million customers. The Bank employs over 11,000 people.
• Scotiabank Chile (formerly Scotiabank Sud Americano) – The eighth largest bank in the country. It offers a broad range of corporate, commercial and retail banking services through a nationwide network of over 140 branches.

 See also:  SWIFT Codes for Chilean Banks