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Jurisdiction · BRL · Banco Central do Brasil
Brazil
Latin America's largest banking market. Pix, launched by the central bank in 2020, reached near-universal adoption and became a global reference for state-run instant payments, alongside a mandatory Open Finance regime.
- Currency
- BRL
- Central bank
- Banco Central do Brasil
- Key regulators
- Banco Central do Brasil · CVM · CMN
- Deposit insurance
- FGC, R$250,000
- Open banking regime
- Open Finance Brasil (mandatory)
- Instant payments
- Pix
- Primary source
- www.bcb.gov.br (central bank)
Regulators
Providers headquartered here
None in covered set
Covered banks — Brazil
| Bank | Type | Regulator | Assets ≈ |
|---|---|---|---|
| NubankSão Paulo | Digital | Central Bank of Brazil | — |
Approximate reference data from public sources · seed-0.1 · 2026-08-28 · not real-time, not advice. See data & methodology.
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