Regulator targets 500 firms and cracks down on shadow accounts used by criminals 11/04/2025 Brazil’s Central Bank announced a new round of tighter regulations for fintechs on Monday (3), raising capital requirements and cracking down on so-called “shadow accounts” amid rapid growth that has exposed vulnerabilities in the country’s financial and payments […]
NEWSLETTER OCTOBER 2025 10/01/2025 PLANNED TAX ON REAL ESTATE, AGRIBUSINESS CREDIT BILLS FACES PUSHBACK Bill rapporteur Carlos Zarattini says 7.5% rate could be cut to 5% or scrapped entirely Real estate credit bills (LCI) and agribusiness credit bills (LCA), popular fixed-income securities issued by banks in Brazil, may be removed from the list […]
Postal service’s public meltdown exposes deep losses and political mismanagement 10/31/2025 Let’s all pretend to be surprised: Brazil’s postal service, Correios, is broke—and taxpayers will bail it out. Who could have guessed? Warning signs have been flashing for the past three and a half years, ever since the same old management team […]