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- Banco BMG S.A. Banco BMG S.A. is a Brazil-based multiple-service commercial bank that provides retail banking, wholesale banking, and insurance products primarily to individuals and corporate clients throughout Brazil. Founded in 1930 as Banco de Crédito Predial S.A. and headquartered in São Paulo, the bank offers digital accounts; payroll-deducted consigned credit cards and direct debit loans exclusive to INSS retirees, pensioners, and public servants; personal loans with debit from credit card invoices; FGTS Saque-Aniversário advances; CLT worker loans; digital account credit cards; insurance products including lender, life, family life, FGTS Protected, and Bmg Med personal accident coverage with health consultations; Bmg Consortium services; fixed income investments such as bank deposit certificates (CDBs), agribusiness letters of credit, and real estate credit letters; structured financial services for medium and large corporates encompassing derivatives, surety bonds insurance, debentures, trade finance, and working capital; as well as commercial banking services through physical branches, digital platforms, bank correspondents, and white-label partnerships with soccer clubs. The bank operates via a phygital model combining digital and physical channels, targeting payroll clients over age 50 from classes C and D, public sector employees, and institutional investors, with a credit portfolio of R$23.5 billion as of September 2025 emphasizing consignable products at 71.8%. Recent developments include the sale of its full stake in Granito Instituição de Pagamento S.A. to Banco Inter in July 2024 to focus on core lines; the divestiture of Bmg Seguros S.A. to Dayprev Vida e Previdência S.A. in January 2025; the pending acquisition of the remaining 40% of Bmg Seguradora to reach 100% ownership announced in April 2025; Wiz Co's exercise of a 9% option in Bmg Corretora in November 2024, reducing the bank's stake to 51%; a capital increase of R$49.5 million approved in September 2025; multiple capital market issuances such as R$300 million in its 5th public Financial Bills in October 2024; and a strategic shift toward higher-profitability products amid a 4.7% quarterly credit portfolio reduction to R$23.5 billion in 3Q25, alongside efficiency improvements to a 53.0% ratio and net income of R$388 million for 9M25.