6-K

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 6-K

REPORT OF FOREIGN ISSUER

PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16 OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the month of September 2009

(Commission File No. 001-32305)

CORPBANCA

(Translation of registrant’s name into English)

Rosario Norte 660

Las Condes

Santiago, Chile

(Address of registrant’s principal executive office)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover Form 20-F or Form 40-F.

Form 20-F x Form 40-F ¨

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101 (b) (1):

Yes ¨ No x

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101 (b) (7):

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant by furnishing the information contained in this Form is also thereby furnishing the information to the Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

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On September 2, 2009, CorpBanca sent to the Chilean Superintendency of Securities and Insurance (Superintendencia de Valores y Seguros or the SVS) a notice disclosing as a material event formation of SMU Corp S.A., in which Corpbanca holds a 51% interest and SMU S.A. the remaining 49%. The sole purpose of SMU Corp S.A. will be to issue, operate and manage credit cards to be used by customers of Unimarc Supermarkets (Supermercados Unimarc) in such supermarkets. An unofficial English language translation of the notice is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereto duly authorized.

CORPBANCA
(Registrant)
By:	/s/ Sergio Benavente
Name:	Sergio Benavente
Title:	Chief Financial Officer

Date: September 3, 2009

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit	Description
99.1	Unofficial English language translation of Corpbanca’s notice to the SVS dated September 2, 2009.

EX-99.1

Exhibit 99.1

Santiago, September 2, 2009

GG/104/09

Mr.

Guillermo Larraín Rios

Superintendent of Securities and Insurance

RE: COMMUNICATING MATERIAL EVENT

Dear Sir:

In accordance with Articles 9 and 10 of the Securities Market Law 18,045 and Chapter 18-10 of the Standards of the Superintendency of Banks and Financial Institutions, Corpbanca hereby informs you of the following material event regarding the company:

1) By public deed dated September 2, 2009, granted before Santiago Notary Mr. José Musalem Saffie, the banking support company known as SMU Corp S.A., was formed, in which Corpbanca holds a 51% interest and SMU S.A. the remaining 49%, and whose sole line of business is issuing, operating and managing credit cards that will be used to grant credit to customers of Unimarc Supermarkets (Supermercados Unimarc) in their own supermarkets. It may also gather and evaluate information on these customers.

2) The formation of this company was authorized by the Superintendency of Banks and Financial Institutions by letter on July 27, 2009; It was approved by the Bank’s Audit Committee in its meeting on August 18, 2009 and by the Bank’s Board of Directors in its meeting on September 1, 2009.

Sincerely,

Mario Chamorro Carrizo

Chief Executive Officer