Brazil's government, federal district agree on BRB loan deal

May 28, 2026 2:42 PM EDT

A view of the Banco de Brasilia (BRB) headquarters building in Brasilia, Brazil, April 1, 2025. REUTERS/Adriano Machado

BRASILIA, May 28 (Reuters) - ‌Brazil's government ​and ​the Federal District have reached a deal for a loan to support ‌struggling state-run lender BRB, a court document ⁠showed on Thursday.

• Deal allows the Federal District to ‌contract a loan of ‌approximately 6 billion reais ($1.19 billion) from credit-guarantee fund FGC to support BRB

• Guarantees secured from ​a bank syndicate using the district's revenue flows from state and municipal participation funds ⁠as collateral

• Lenders Bradesco, Itau Unibanco, BTG Pactual, and state-run ​banks Caixa Economica Federal and Banco do Brasil part of the syndicate, sources ​said

• No federal guarantee will ‌be provided

• Brazil's Treasury considers the Federal District lacking adequate payment capacity, ⁠preventing it from taking loans with federal backing

• As part of the deal, the Federal District ⁠commits to adopting fiscal adjustment measures

• BRB has been ​trying to address losses tied to allegedly fraudulent credit portfolios bought from Banco Master

• Banco Master was liquidated ‌by Brazil's central bank in November amid severe liquidity challenges

($1 = 5.0421 reais)

(Reporting ‌by Bernardo Caram and Ricardo Brito in Brasilia; ⁠Paula Arend Laier ‌and Luciana Magalhaes ​in Sao Paulo; Writing by Isabel Teles; Editing by Rod Nickel and Gabriel ‌Araujo)



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