RegAlert2025-11-03 | Resolução BCB 517Added
BCB Resolution No. 517 — Procedures for Financial Institutions to Calculate Minimum Paid-in Share Capital and Net Worth
This resolution establishes the procedures for financial institutions and other entities authorized by the Central Bank of Brazil to calculate their minimum paid-in share capital and net worth limits. It classifies operational activities into four categories—concession, intermediation, custody and asset management, and services—and defines associated social object activities for various institution types. Institutions must notify the Central Bank ninety days in advance of starting new activities, subject to meeting capital thresholds, legal provisions, and operational compliance. The regulation entered into force on the date of its publication.
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RESOLUTION BCB NO. 517, OF NOVEMBER 3, 2025
Provides for the procedures to be observed by financial institutions and other institutions authorized to operate by the Central Bank of Brazil in calculating the minimum limit of paid-in share capital and net worth.
The Collegiate Board of Directors of the Central Bank of Brazil, in a session held on October 29, 2025, based on Articles 9 and 10, caput, items IX and X, of Law No. 4,595, of December 31, 1964, Article 9-A of Law No. 4,728, of July 14, 1965, Articles 6 and 7, caput, items I and V, of Law No. 11,795, of October 8, 2008, Article 9, caput, items II, V, and VIII, and Article 15 of Law No. 12,865, of October 9, 2013, and considering the provisions of Joint Resolution No. 14, of November 3, 2025,
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- Amended by
- BCB Resolution No. 570 — Amending Resolution BCB No. 517 Regarding Minimum Capital and Net Worth Calculation Procedures2026
- Issued under
- Joint Resolution No. 14 — Methodology for Calculating Minimum Paid-in Share Capital and Net Equity Limits for Financial Institutions2025Law No. 12,865, of October 9, 2013 — payment arrangements and payment institutions that are part of the Brazilian Payment System2013Lei n.º 4.595, de 31 de dezembro de 1964 — dispõe sobre a política e as instituições monetárias, bancárias e creditícias (establishes the National Financial System and the Banco Central do Brasil)1964Law No. 11795 dated 2008-10-08not in RegAlertLaw No. 4728 dated 1965-07-14not in RegAlert
- Refers to
- Joint Resolution No. 1 - Implementation of Open Finance2020
- Referred to by
- Central Bank of Brazil Instruction Normative No. 776 — Amends the Effective Dates of Instruction Normative No. 7542026BCB Normative Instruction No. 754 — Amends BCB Normative Instruction No. 330/2022 regarding Unicad registration procedures for entities of interest to the Central Bank2026Central Bank of Brazil Instruction Normative No. 721 of April 2, 20262026Normative Instruction BCB No. 687 — Amends Normative Instructions BCB Nos. 426, 428, 429, 431, 432 and 433, all of December 1, 2023, which define accounting items of the account list of the Accounting Standard of Institutions Regulated by the Central Bank of Brazil (Cosif)2025
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Amended 1 time · last 2026-05-19
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