... such as those outside core regions and core income segments, as well as generating cash, which in our opinion is one of the most important steps in the turnaround process,� analysts including Luiz Mauricio Garcia at Banco Bradesco SA's brokerage ...

Banco Bradesco SA, the second-biggest bank in Brazil, is also looking at expansion plans for markets in Colombia, Peru, Chile and Mexico, Sergio Clemente, an executive director at the Osasco-based lender, said in an interview last month.

Ita� trumped Banco Santander Brasil SA and Banco Bradesco SA, which sources recently told Reuters were in the race for Credicard.

Banco Santander Brasil has been the target of speculation in the Brazilian press that it would be acquired by rivals Banco Bradesco SA (>> Banco Bradesco SA) or Banco do Brasil SA (>> Banco do Brasil SA) due to Santander's need for capital amid ...

Petrobras, led by Chief Executive Officer Maria das Gracas Foster, is now selling gasoline to distributors for about 9 percent less than the price it pays abroad, said Auro Rozenbaum, a Sao Paulo-based analyst at Banco Bradesco SA. The gap narrowed ...

... to a securities filing on Tuesday. The offer will expire on May 14, 2014, the filing said. The company hired the investment banking units of Banco Bradesco SA, Credit Suisse Group, Itau Unibanco Holding SA and BTG Pactual Group to handle the ...

The proceeds from this offer would be used for expansion to bolster the company's capital base. The buyback offer would seem to be part of the expansion of its capital position,.

Banking shares in Brazil were among decliners amid talk that Banco Bradesco SA (BBD, BBDC4.BR, BBDO) had given up on plans to acquire credit-card operator Credicard from Citigroup Inc. (C) for $1.5 billion.

These stocks are Deutsche Bank AG (USA) (NYSE:DB), Banco Bradesco S.A. (NYSE:BBDO), Banco Bradesco SA (ADR) (NYSE:BBD), Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. (TYO:8316)'s ADR shares, and Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA (ADR) ...

Banco do Brasil's investment banking unit handled the BB Seguridade deal, with co-managers including Banco Bradesco SA , Ita� Unibanco Holding SA, JPMorgan Chase & Co.