Agency downgrades BRB's credit rating for the second time in three months and cites 'growing uncertainty' at the bank

BRB headquarters building in Brasília
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S&P Global - a financial analysis and risk classification company - once again downgraded the credit rating of Banco de Brasília (BRB).
Now, the institution has moved from the brB- level to the "brCCC+/brC" level, lower on the scale. It is the second downgrade in less than three months - the previous level had been defined in March.
The statement released to the market speaks of "increasing uncertainty" and "execution risks associated with the bank's capitalization plan".
The "credit rating" takes into account the bank's general capacity to honor its obligations - that is, the soundness of the operations of that financial institution.
President of BRB promises to release delayed balance sheet by June 30
According to the company's own manuals S&P, the "brCCC" rating means that BRB is:
currently "vulnerable to non-payment on other national obligations";
depending on favorable business and financial conditions for the debtor to honor its financial commitments relating to the obligation
"In the event of adverse business, financial or economic conditions, the issuer would likely not be able to honor its financial commitments relating to the obligation", says the S&P manual for this note. BRB from acquiring Master, which was blocked by the Central Bank.
➡ Since the Federal Police launched Operation Compliance Zero, in November 2025, directors of the two banks were arrested and removed.
➡ Master and other banks from the same conglomerate were liquidated by the Central Bank, while BRB - which has the Federal District government as its majority shareholder - has been delaying balance sheets and trying to obtain credit in the market to reestablish its assets.
In April, another global risk rating agency, Moody's, also downgraded BRB's rating. The note even spoke about the risk of default - that is, the risk of default.
Agreement in the STF makes a loan possible to cover the loss of BRB's operations with Banco Master
BRB wants a billion-dollar loan
BRB's majority shareholder, the government of the Federal District is trying to reach an agreement with the Union, the Credit Guarantee Fund (FGC) and private banks to take out a loan of R$ 6.5 billion.
The money would go directly to BRB, to reinforce the assets and make the bank restore its security "mattress" and return to complying with the rules of prudence of the Brazilian banking system.
Loan to save BRB could cost more than R$1 billion per year in interest alone, estimates opposition in the DF
Officially, BRB never acknowledged that it was not complying with these rules - which, ultimately, could even threaten the functioning of the bank. For almost a year, the bank has been holding back the release of its quarterly and semi-annual balance sheets.
The idea is to publish, at the same time, the crisis data and the solution map. If the R$6.5 billion loan goes ahead, BRB expects to release this information package by the end of June. See the video below:
BRB will release 2025 balance sheet by June 30, says president
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