Banks - Brazil: Estimating potential impacts from Desenrola in 2Q26 earnings

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Banks - Brazil: Estimating potential impacts from Desenrola in 2Q26 earnings

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Banks - Brazil

Estimating potential impacts from

Desenrola in 2Q26 earnings

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Renegotiations help provision charges and NPL ratios 24 July 2026

The Federal Government’s debt renegotiation program, Desenrola, announced in early Equity

May, should have a positive impact on banks' 2Q26 earnings. Renegotiations benefit i) Brazil

cost of risk, through recoveries and reversal of provisions and ii) 90-day NPL ratios, as Financial Services

delinquent balances decline; meanwhile, the impact on stage 3 loans is mixed. According Mario Pierry

to the FGO, the government fund providing collateral to the new credits, R$3.2bn in Research Analyst

loans have been renegotiated so far, with Nubank leading, followed by Bradesco. BofAS+1 646 743 0047

mario.pierry@bofa.com

The mechanism of renegotiations Antonio Ruette >>

Banks can renegotiate either active past-due loans or past-due loans already written off, ResearchMerrill LynchAnalyst(Brazil)

each with a distinct P&L dynamic. For active past-due loans, the transaction generates a +55 11 2188 4225

antonio.ruette@bofa.com

recovery only when the reversal of existing reserves exceeds the sum of the haircut and

Augusto Uehara >>

the new loan's provisions. For written-off loans, which were already fully provisioned, the Research Analyst

benefit comes primarily from cash recoveries, partially offset by the provision on the Merrill Lynch (Brazil)

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new credit. The past-due mix also impacts stage 3 balances: the renegotiation of active augusto.uehara@bofa.com

past-due loans reduces stage 3 loans via haircuts, while the renegotiation of written-off Ernesto Gabilondo >>