“Can a mid-sized industrial-heritage Brazilian bank differentiate by embedding credit and payments directly into corporate supply chains (steel, agro, SME)?”
Banco Fibra is a mid-sized Brazilian bank founded in 1988, part of Grupo Vicunha (the industrial group that also owns Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional / CSN). Historically a corporate and middle-market lender rooted in industry, it has expanded into agribusiness, SME lending, FX/derivatives, and a Fibra Corretora insurance-brokerage subsidiary. In 2026 it launched a B2B BNPL product for the steel supply chain, signaling a push into embedded supply-chain financing.