* Banco do Brasil ups bad loan provision forecasts for year

Brazilian private pension plan provider Brasilprev wants to dig much deeper into the massive client base of its controlling shareholder, Banco do Brasil (BB), in the coming years, Brasilprev's new inv...

Brazil's leading state-owned bank said Friday it will pay $1.8 billion for a stake in the finance unit of one of the nation's biggest conglomerates to help ease credit in Latin America's largest economy. Banco do Brasil SA will buy...

Brasilia (BoerseGo.de) – Die brasilianische Notenbank Banco do Brasil hat am Mittwoch erneut den Leitzins gesenkt. Der Schlüsselzinssatz wurde von zuvor 9,75 Prozent auf nun 9,00 Prozent reduziert. E..

Brazil's largest traded banks - Bradesco (NYSE: BBD), Itaú (NYSE: ITUB), Santander Brasil (NYSE: BSBR) and Banco do Brasil (BB) - have been overly optimistic in their 2012 loan growth guidance of 15-1...

RIO DE JANEIRO, Feb 18 (Reuters) - Brazil's government is pressuring state-controlled Banco do Brasil SA and state-owned Caixa Economica Federal to cut their interest rates, a move aimed at...

SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Banco do Brasil , Latin America's biggest bank by assets, plans to sell at least $500 million of dollar-denominated perpetual bonds for general corporate purposes, a source with...

Brazilian federally controlled Banco do Brasil (BB) expects to close its purchase of Florida-based EuroBank in January next year, BB said in a statement. The US Federal Reserve board last week appr...

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Latin American stocks edged higher Monday with European officials making progress toward tighter fiscal integration and other steps to address the euro-zone's debt crisis, triggering strength in appetite for so-called riskier assets. The benchmark Ibovespa was…

Latin America’s largest bank by assets, is seeking to establish a presence in four states in the US