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DatabankJuly 18 2023

Financial co-operatives stay strong in Brazil

Total assets for the country’s financial co-operative sector reported 28.6% growth last year. Barbara Pianese reports.
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Credit co-operatives performed for another year and grew more than the rest of the Brazilian financial system in 2022, according to a July note from the Central Bank of Brazil. 

At the end of 2022, 55.3% of Brazilian municipalities had at least one credit union branch. The number of co-operative members has reached 15.6 million. 

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Barbara Pianese is the Latin America editor at The Banker. She joined from Mergermarket, where she spent four years covering mergers and acquisitions across Europe with a focus on the consumer sector. She holds an MA in International and Diplomatic Affairs from the University of Bologna having studied in Brazil and France as well.
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