Banco De ChileSector: Financial Services Industry: Banks - Regional Employees: 11614
Banco de Chile, together with its subsidiaries, operates as a commercial bank that offers banking services in Chile. It operates in four segments: Retail, Wholesale, Treasury, and Subsidiaries. The Retail banking segment offers checking and demand deposit accounts; debit and credit cards; lines of credit; home mortgage, consumer, commercial, and general purpose mortgage loans; financial leases; factoring services; mutual fund management and stock brokerage; foreign trade; payments and collections; insurance brokerage; time deposits; savings instruments; and foreign currency services through the network of branches operating under the Banco de Chile and Banco Edwards brands. The Wholesale banking segment offers short- and long-term commercial loans; working capital loans; lines of credit; corporate credit cards; foreign trade and foreign currency services; factoring services; leasing; long-term syndicated loans; investment banking services; payment services; collection services and connections to international fund transfer networks; checking accounts and deposit products; fund administration; treasury and investment management; derivative contracts; and insurance brokerage services. The Treasury segment offers foreign currency trading, forwards, interest rate swaps, repurchase agreements, and investment products based on bonds, mortgage bonds, and deposits; manages currency, interest rate, term mismatches; fixed income; foreign exchange; and derivative instruments; and issues short and long-term senior bonds, and long-term subordinated bonds in Chile or abroad. The Subsidiaries segment offers equities and fixed income brokerage and currency exchange services; life and general insurance, as well as individual and group policies; investment banking services; and payment solutions. Banco de Chile was founded in 1893 and is headquartered in Santiago, Chile. Banco de Chile is a subsidiary of LQ Inversiones Financieras S.A.
