Banco Bradesco S.A. (NYSE:BBD) Q1 2024 Earnings Call Transcript May 3, 2024 Banco Bradesco S.A. isn’t one of the 30 most popular stocks among hedge funds at the end of the third quarter (see the details here). Marcelo Noronha: Hello. Good morning, everyone. I am Marcelo Noronha. I’m here to present the results for the […]
In just three years, Brazil's hugely popular Pix payment system has become the country's favorite way to pay, replacing cash and wire transfers in many cases and now threatening the dominance of credit cards in the booming e-commerce sector. The instant payments designed by Brazil's central bank are a boon to online retailers, helping with cash flow in a sector with tight margins, while undercutting the legacy business of banks and fintechs built on existing credit card infrastructure. "This system eliminates the need to have a credit card."
The controlling shareholders of Brazilian payments firm Cielo have reached an agreement with some minority shareholders to raise the price of a tender offer to take the company private, according to a securities filing on Tuesday. Under the agreement, lenders Banco do Brasil and Bradesco have committed to raise the offer price to 5.60 reais per share from 5.35 reais per share. That would lift the deal's total amount to 6.17 billion reais ($1.22 billion) if the lenders acquire all shares in Cielo they do not own, up from the 5.9 billion reais seen before.