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Bacen Registry · foreign capital registration

Register your foreign capital with Brazil's Central Bank.

You close the deal. We register it, file every declaration on time and keep your foreign exchange flowing. Capital contribution, loan, lease or financing: Bacen, as Brazil's Central Bank is known, is our problem.

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30+ years
in financial and FX markets
300+ companies
handled before the Central Bank
800+ shareholders
based abroad, served by us
Vanderson Santana, Product Director at SwapOne and specialist in registrations with the Central Bank of Brazil
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Vanderson SantanaProduct Director · Central Bank specialist

Filing calendar

Example
  • CDNR · investor's CNPJActive
  • Contribution registrationDone
  • DPA · March 31Filed
  • Five-year CensusTo prepare
This is serious

The Central Bank enforces the rules. These emails are real.

A monitoring request, a formal notice and a fine received by companies that came to Bacen Registry. Identifying details are redacted for confidentiality, and the text is translated from the original Portuguese.

The provision of false, incomplete, incorrect or late information subjects declarants to suspension in the SCE-IED System, which prevents them from entering into foreign exchange transactions classified as foreign direct investment, and to administrative sanctioning proceedings.
Central Bank of Brazil (Banco Central do Brasil), standard SCE-IED monitoring text (Law 13,506/2017 and BCB Resolution 131/2021)
  • Fines of up to R$ 250,000Wrong, incomplete or late information ends up in Central Bank sanctioning proceedings.
  • FX blockedSuspension in SCE-IED, the Central Bank's reporting system for foreign direct investment, blocks investment-related FX: dividends and capital contributions can't go through.
  • Investor's CNPJ suspendedAn irregular record with the Brazilian Federal Revenue Service (Receita Federal) suspends the foreign entity's CNPJ, its Brazilian company tax ID, and blocks corporate acts.

"We inform you that the monitoring of the company has been concluded."

This is how a notice ends when the reply is correct and on time. A real case handled by Bacen Registry. · [email protected]

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What we keep up to date

Registrations in the order the Central Bank expects

From the investor's CNPJ to the annual declaration: the official trail of foreign capital in Brazil. Pick the area that looks like your transaction.

"Does the foreign investor already exist in Brazil's eyes?"

The Non-Resident Declaratory Registration (CDNR) is the way in: it is what gives the foreign company or shareholder a CNPJ, the Brazilian company tax ID. Without an active CDNR and CNPJ, nothing happens: no capital contribution, no FX, no stake in the company.

What the Central Bank expects
  • Non-resident investor registered
  • Foreign entity's CNPJ with the Federal Revenue Service
  • Ultimate beneficial owner disclosed
  • Up-to-date data: an irregular record suspends the CNPJ
The rule that matters

The way in

Step 1

before any capital contribution: without an active CDNR and CNPJ, the investment can't come in and the transfer can't go out

What we do
  • Opening the investor's CDNR and CNPJ
  • Reactivating a suspended CNPJ
  • Record updates and beneficial owner filing
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Rules under Law 14,286/2021 and BCB/CVM Joint Resolution 13/2024, which now governs the reporting of foreign capital information. Each case depends on the transaction.

A clear offer

Start with the registration. Leave the routine to the BPO.

A one-off registration to take care of the transaction in front of you. And the International Finance BPO as a bonus for those who do their FX with SwapOne.

One-off registration

R$ 1,497per registration

One transaction registered correctly in SCE-IED or SCE-Crédito, with proof of registration.

  • Review of the transaction and its documents
  • Registration in the Central Bank's system
  • Guidance on the next obligation on your calendar
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International Finance BPO

Exclusive bonus

Bonusfor active FX clients

The full foreign capital routine, at no cost, for those who send and receive international payments through SwapOne.

  • Capital contribution, loan, lease or financing, even below the Central Bank's threshold
  • Tracking of transactions that have no official registration
  • Every registration and declaration on time: annual (DPA), quarterly (DPT) and five-year
  • Every international transfer and FX transaction followed through
  • Support for the shareholder abroad, in English
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Regularization

Upon assessmentdepends on the case

An old unregistered transaction, a notice or a fine has no list price: it starts with an assessment.

  • Records check at the Central Bank and the Federal Revenue Service
  • Replies to monitoring requests and formal notices
  • Retroactive regularization of registrations
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The amount shown for the one-off registration is a reference price and may vary with the complexity of the transaction; every service is confirmed in a proposal. The International Finance BPO is a bonus for clients who actively send and receive capital payments through SwapOne.

Who you'll work with

Vanderson Santana answers for 300 companies before the Central Bank

  • SwapOne's Product Director, Central Bank specialist

    More than 30 years across FX and international capital regulation, from registering the capital contribution to remitting the dividend.

  • 300 companies, 800 foreign shareholders

    He is the one who signs off on the SCE-IED, SCE-Crédito and declaration routines for these operations, year after year.

  • Efficient flows, within the rules

    Capital inflows and outflows structured for tax and FX efficiency, without stretching what the rules allow.

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Vanderson Santana, Product Director at SwapOne and specialist in registrations with the Central Bank of Brazil
Vanderson SantanaProduct Director at SwapOne · Central Bank specialist
How it works

From today's registration to a routine that runs on time

For a new transaction or an old one: you approve each step and know what comes next.

4 steps

Registration, FX and declarations in a single flow

  1. 01transaction

    Tell us about the transaction

    Capital contribution, loan, lease or financing: amount, currency, term and who is sending the money.

  2. 02registration

    Central Bank registration

    SCE-IED or SCE-Crédito registered correctly, before the FX takes place. Old pending issues go into regularization.

  3. 03FX

    Transfer followed through

    The FX transaction enters SwapOne's flow with the registration already checked, with no risk of getting stuck at the bank.

  4. 04routine

    Declarations up to date

    DPA, DPT and the Census on the International Finance BPO calendar, a bonus for those who do their FX with us.

Bacen Registry

Frequently asked questions

What companies and foreign investors ask before getting started.

The one-off registration of a transaction in SCE-IED or SCE-Crédito has a reference price of R$ 1,497, confirmed in a proposal according to its complexity. The full routine (registrations, declarations and transfers followed through) is the International Finance BPO, with a tailored proposal.

Still need help? Talk to us

Open a request on WhatsApp[email protected]

We only provide support through our official channels. We never ask for passwords or codes by message.

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Tell us about the transaction in two lines. Vanderson will get back to you with the next steps.

What happens next

  1. You send your details via WhatsApp
  2. Vanderson gets back to you to understand the transaction
  3. Registration done, or an assessment and a firm proposal

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