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Brazilian banks expand governance as regulators tighten up

Brazil’s banks are generally family-owned, so they’ve escaped the pressure to meet shareholder demands for short-term gain. But if governance is to improve in the country, this entrenched family culture will need to be opened up to greater scrutiny

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Stallholders in the Municipal Market, São Paulo

In November, Brazil’s central bank detected what appeared to be large-scale fraud at Banco Panamericano and was compelled to inject R$2.5 billion ($1.45 billion) to rescue the mid-sized bank, Brazil’s 22nd in size at the time.

Panamericano, which focused on consumer finance and car loans to lower-income clients, had allegedly been on-selling loan portfolios to larger banks while retaining the

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