2025-09-11 | Instrução Normativa BCB 661Added
Normative Instruction BCB No. 661 establishes operational procedures for the BC Protege + system, requiring authorized financial institutions to conduct mandatory queries before opening deposit, savings, or prepaid payment accounts, or adding account holders or representatives. Institutions must perform these queries via MQ messaging or the File Transfer System (STA), retain specific consultation evidence for regulatory inspection, and designate responsible directors and contact persons. The instruction mandates secure data handling, ensures 24/7 system availability except for scheduled maintenance, and requires postponing account processes during temporary system unavailability. It enters into force on December 1, 2025.
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Establishes operational procedures necessary for the functioning of the communication system for contracting restrictions in the National Financial System (SRC), which is governed by BCB Resolution No. 475, of May 26, 2025, named BC Protege +.
The Head of the Institutional Service Department, using the powers conferred by Articles 23, item I, letter "a", and 124, item VI, letter b, of the Internal Regulations of the Central Bank of Brazil, annexed to BCB Resolution No. 340, of September 21, 2023, based on Art. 4 of BCB Resolution No. 475, of May 26, 2025,
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