⁍ Caixa’s digital arm has roughly 70 million clients, most of them added this year.
⁍ The government used the state-owned lender to pay emergency payments to Brazil’s poorest.
⁍ Caixa plans to sell a 15% stake in the bank.
– Caixa Economica Federal, Brazil’s state-owned lender, is planning an initial public offering of its newly created “digital” arm in the US as soon as next year, CEO Pedro Guimaraes tells Reuters. Last week, Economy Minister Paulo Guedes unveiled the government’s plans to list this subsidiary. Known as Caixa Tem, Caixa’s digital arm has roughly 70 million clients, most of them added this year, as the government used the state-owned lender to pay emergency payments to Brazil’s poorest. Guimaraes estimates that Caixa will retain nearly 40 million people as clients, as the government plans to continue to use Caixa Tem to pay other social programs. He added that the digital bank will soon offer services like fast payments, micro lending, and insurance. Caixa plans to sell a 15% stake in the bank.
Source: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-caixa-economica-federal-ipo-digital-b/brazils-caixa-mulls-us-ipo-of-its-digital-bank-idUSKBN27B2CG