Foreign-currency accounts in Brazil for foreign investors
As of October 1, 2026, non-resident legal entities that hold a direct equity interest (foreign direct investment, or “FDI”; in Brazil, investimento estrangeiro direto, or “IED”) in companies domiciled in Brazil will be permitted to open and maintain foreign-currency deposit accounts in Brazil. This new possibility arises from Resolution BCB No. 575/2026, which added this […]