The governor of the Federal District, Celina Leão, said this Sunday (17) that the loan to capitalize the BRB (Banco de Brasília) is “scheduled”. The head of the Executive – who is facing difficulties in raising at least R$6.6 billion – avoids giving details of how she will obtain the necessary amount.
“We’re going to make it. Everything is in order. We haven’t talked about it because in the financial market you don’t give out much information, right? Banking is a sensitive subject, but everything is fine. We’re going to quickly, within the deadline, resolve the BRB problem”, declared the governor after the Chamber Race.
The Government of the Federal District requested the loan from the FGC (Credit Guarantee Fund). As the entity is prevented from using properties as collateral for the operation, Celina works to obtain input from the National Treasury.
“The Treasury’s approval would be very important. […] We are working towards this”, he stated this Sunday (17).
However, the Ministry of Finance has already signaled to the Government of the Federal District that the National Treasury should act as guarantor of a possible credit operation to capitalize the regional bank.
The counterpart is seen by the economic team as the “only way” for the federal government to enter the operation. The fiscal situation of the Federal District gives it a grade of C in CAPAG (Payment Capacity), an indicator from the National Treasury. With this classification, credit guaranteed by the Union, which requires grades A or B.
The regional bank needs a capitalization of R$6.6 billion. The amount (Credit Guarantee Fund) that analyzes the request. In addition to the FGC, the BRB has also started looking for private financial institutions about the possibility of a loan, according to sources heard by the CNN Money.
Capitalization is necessary after BRB entered into fraudulent transactions with Banco Master. Banco de Brasília has not yet released its financial statement for 2025. The expectation is that the data will be released by May 29th.
