A REPRESENTAÇÃO DOS BANQUEIROS NO BRASIL: UM ESTUDO SOBRE A FEBRABAN

Abstract

Our article will have by object of study FEBRABAN as representative institution of bankers in Brazil. The work will be divided into 4 parts. In the first part we will analyze the historical constitution of the entity. In the second one, we will present some institutional changes that occurred between the 1990s and 2000, highlighting the decreased importance of regional representative associations, in favor of direct representation of banks. In a third step, we will present the institutional structure of FEBRABAN. Finally, we will discuss the role http://dx.doi.org/10.4322/tp.2014.017 07 artigo 7.indd 178 1/27/15 3:54 PM A representacao dos banqueiros no Brasil: um estudo sobre a FEBRABAN The representation of bankers in Brazil: a study of FEBRABAN TP their documents and their representatives discussed institutional and administrative problems, focusing the banks and the institution itself. Our principal sources of research were documents of FEBRABAN, collected during the years 2009 and 2010, as reports, minutes, and promotional materials of the entity; which allowed the identification of organizational charts, institutional rules and positions of bankers. Secondary sources were also crucial in the research, especially in historical analysis. We conclude that cohesion is a striking characteristic of bankers; its representative structure is nationalized in the form of “civil association”; and its representative function would not be a “spokesman” of the banks to society, the role of socializing bankers among themselves showed to be quite relevant in our research.