STXNEWS LATAM-Brazil authorizes Banco do Brasil to book Treasury deal as capital
September 22, 2014 at 17:02 PM EDT
Brazil's central bank authorized state-run Banco do Brasil SA , the nation's largest lender by assets, to book 8.1 billion reais ($3.4 billion) from a capital injection made by the National Treasury as common capital and Tier 1 capital. The central bank decision, which Banco do Brasil unveiled in a securities filing on Monday, is retroactive to Aug. 28.