Brazil's Central Bank Tallies R$9.92 Billion in Unclaimed 'Forgotten' Funds

Claims are filed only via the Valores a Receber portal under two-step authentication with facial validation.

Overview

The Central Bank’s October balance published on December 9 shows R$9.92 billion still unclaimed, with R$12.6 billion already returned since 2022.
Of the total, R$7.73 billion belong to 48.7 million individuals and R$2.19 billion to 4.9 million companies.
Nearly 65% of beneficiaries have R$10 or less to receive, and the largest holdings are with banks (about R$6 billion), consortia administrators (R$2.5 billion) and cooperatives (R$866 million).
Eligible individuals may opt into automatic PIX refunds if they have a silver or gold gov.br account with two-step verification and a CPF-type PIX key.
Institutions that have not adopted PIX returns and joint accounts require manual requests, and the Central Bank warns it does not request personal data by phone or message.