Pedro Guimarães, born on March 4, 1971 in Rio de Janeiro, is a Brazilian economist who became president of Caixa Econômica Federal on January 3, 2019, appointed by the minister of the economy, Paulo Guedes.
At the head of Caixa, he coordinated the opening of more than 60 million digital accounts, created to pay social benefits, such as Emergency Aid from the federal government during the Covid-19 pandemic. In the first year of its management, Caixa posted a net income of R$ 21.1 billion, a growth of 103% in relation to the previous year and a record in the institution’s history.
Recently, the portal Primeiro Jornal interviewed the bank’s president, who spoke of Caixa’s importance to Brazil and how its actions had a positive impact on the country. The economist was asked in the interview about the permission of casinos in Brazil and how he sees this scenario.
Check out below the part where Pedro Guimarães is asked about the permission of casinos:
Portal Primeiro Jornal: Caixa is also at the forefront of lottery stores, which have even received ISO 27001 certification, advancing in control and safety standards. How do you see this result and how do you also see the discussion for the arrival and permission of casinos in Brazil?
Pedro Guimarães: Lotteries are fundamental. We have 3,300 lottery shops in Brazil, 70,000 people, Caixa has 250,000 people working, including 87,000 employees, 70,000 lottery outlets, around 40,000 exclusive correspondents, and outsourced workers around 40,000.
So there are ¼ of a million people working in the Caixa Econômica Federal family. Lotteries are critical because they receive more than half of Caixa’s payments. In addition to games. So lotteries have this important issue, including helping with social payments, such as Auxílio Brasil, and when there was emergency aid.
From the gaming point of view, what we see is an amplitude, we have opportunities, these 3,300 lottery stores we see as a potential for generating secure business. Apart from, for example, capitalization bonds… And microcredit itself. We see lotteries as an arm of Caixa, especially in smaller cities, and that we can, let’s talk further, on this issue of microcredit.