Latin America Financials: Citi’s Daily Statement – 2026.08.03 – Itau COL Retail Op Sale; B3 Tech Problems; Desenrola; Peru June System Data

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Latin America Financials: Citi’s Daily Statement – 2026.08.03 – Itau COL Retail Op Sale; B3 Tech Problems; Desenrola; Peru June System Data

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03 Aug 2026 09:13:50 ET │ 9 pages

Latin America Financials

Citi’s Daily Statement – 2026.08.03 - Itau COL Retail Op Sale; B3 Tech

Problems; Desenrola; Peru June System Data

CITI'S TAKE

Daily report over key topics of LatAm financial companies under Citi’s

coverage.

Gustavo SchrodenAC

Itaú Completes Sale of Its Colombian Retail Operation (InfoMoney, Aug 3) +55-11-4009-5858

gustavo.schroden@citi.com

Itaú Unibanco announced the completion of the transfer of its Colombian retail Arnon Shirazi, CFA

banking assets, liabilities, and contracts to Banco de Bogotá at book value. The +55-11-4009-7906

transaction includes approximately R$9.7bn in net loans and R$7.2bn in deposits, arnon.shirazi@citi.com

with a net value of roughly R$2.5bn, and no material impact on the bank’s regulatory

Brian Flores, CFA

capital ratio. Following the divestment, Itaú Colombia will focus exclusively on the

+55-11-4009-2842

corporate banking segment, reinforcing the group’s strategy of streamlining luis.brian.flores@citi.com

operations and allocating capital toward businesses where it sees stronger

competitive positioning.

B3 System Outage Comes at a Critical Time for the Brazilian Exchange (Valor, Aug 3)

A technical failure at B3 delayed the opening of several markets by more than two

and a half hours during the final trading session of July, leaving multiple securities

without quotations and unavailable for trading. The incident has intensified

criticism regarding the reliability of the exchange’s infrastructure at a time when B3

is facing the prospect of increased competition. The outage highlights operational