2025-03-26 | Instrução Normativa BCB 597Added
Normative Instruction BCB No. 597 establishes the mandatory homologatory testing cycles for authorized institutions or those in the authorization process to exercise bookkeeping, registration, and centralized deposit activities for bookkeeping bills of exchange. It defines testing phases, including individual and integration tests, and mandates the execution of a joint testing plan comprising schedules, preparation procedures, and production entry plans. The regulation sets strict maximum timelines for test cycles, report issuance, and operational readiness, requiring independent audit reports to demonstrate successful interoperability and system security. It further outlines procedures for new participants joining the ecosystem, conditions for test success, and the governance requirements for submitting testing documentation to the Central Bank of Brazil.
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INSTRUÇÃO NORMATIVA BCB Nº 597, DE 26 DE março DE 2025
Establishes the regulation of the homologatory testing cycles to be observed by authorized institutions, or those in the process of authorization, by the Central Bank of Brazil*, for the exercise of activities of bookkeeping, registration, and centralized deposit of bookkeeping bills of exchange.
The heads of the Financial System Regulation Department (Denor), the Market Competition and Structure Department (Decem), the Strategic Management and Specialized Supervision Department (Degef), and the Cooperatives and Non-Banking Institutions Supervision Department (Desuc), in the exercise of the powers conferred upon them by art. 23, item I, letter "a", of the Internal Regulations of the Central Bank of Brazil, annexed to Resolution BCB No. 340, of September 21, 2023, and based on arts. 35, 36, and 41 of Resolution BCB No. 339, of August 24, 2023,
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