TCU minister Bruno Dantas authorized on Friday (April 17) the sending of documents to the Senate's Economic Affairs Committee (CAE) regarding talks between Caixa Econômica Federal and Banco de Brasília (BRB). The decision responds to a request from Senator Renan Calheiros and stresses handling precautions for banking secrecy. Caixa had warned about data protection and an NDA with BRB.
TCU minister Bruno Dantas authorized the sending of documents to the Senate's Economic Affairs Committee (CAE). The action concerns a process on the potential acquisition by Caixa Econômica Federal of financial portfolios from Banco de Brasília (BRB).
In the decision, obtained by Metrópoles, Dantas emphasized that the CAE must take standard precautions in handling the information. This follows Caixa's alerts on preserving banking secrecy, data protection, commercial and business secrecy, plus the Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA) with BRB. "This ruling does not pass judgment on the validity or merit of the secrecy claims by Caixa, limiting itself to fulfilling the parliamentary request by forwarding the existing elements," the minister stated.
The authorization fulfills a request from CAE president Senator Renan Calheiros (MDB-AL), who seeks full access to the files to assess potential financial risks in the dealings between the institutions.
Calheiros also asked BRB for documents from the past five years on operations with public servants' pension funds, payrolls, judicial deposits, and contracts with public entities. Previously, Caixa told TCU it abandoned the portfolio purchase after due diligence and has no interest in federalizing BRB.
