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KYC for Crypto Exchanges in Brazil: The Banco Central VASP Rules

November 13, 2026 · 8 min

KYC for Crypto Exchanges in Brazil: The Banco Central VASP Rules

How the Banco Central do Brasil VASP rules shape KYC for crypto exchanges: authorization, AML duties, the travel rule and how to verify Brazilian users.

Lucas Vieira
Lucas Vieira
Document and Selfie Verification for Brazilian Users

November 13, 2026 · 8 min

Document and Selfie Verification for Brazilian Users

How document and selfie verification works for Brazilian users: the ID documents you will see, liveness and face match, the LGPD, and how to integrate it.

Lucas Vieira
Lucas Vieira
Brazil Identity Verification API: What Data You Can Get from a CPF

November 13, 2026 · 6 min

Brazil Identity Verification API: What Data You Can Get from a CPF

What a Brazil identity verification API returns for a CPF: name, date of birth, Receita Federal status, document and selfie checks, and when to use each one.

Lucas Vieira
Lucas Vieira
Brazil KYC Requirements in 2026: What Foreign Companies Need to Know

November 13, 2026 · 6 min

Brazil KYC Requirements in 2026: What Foreign Companies Need to Know

The rules behind KYC in Brazil for fintechs, crypto exchanges and platforms, what Brazilian identity data you can check and how to build a compliant flow.

Lucas Vieira
Lucas Vieira
CNPJ vs EIN: How to Verify a Brazilian Company (for US Teams)

November 13, 2026 · 7 min

CNPJ vs EIN: How to Verify a Brazilian Company (for US Teams)

The CNPJ is often called the Brazilian EIN. What the two numbers share, where they differ and how a US team verifies a Brazilian company by its CNPJ.

Lucas Vieira
Lucas Vieira
How to Use a CPF Lookup API in Node.js

November 13, 2026 · 7 min

How to Use a CPF Lookup API in Node.js

Call a Brazilian CPF lookup API from Node.js with native fetch: timeouts, error handling, retries on 429, name and date of birth matching, and an Express route.

Lucas Vieira
Lucas Vieira
CPF vs CNPJ: Brazil's Individual and Company Tax IDs Explained

November 13, 2026 · 7 min

CPF vs CNPJ: Brazil's Individual and Company Tax IDs Explained

CPF vs CNPJ: the CPF identifies people and the CNPJ identifies companies in Brazil. How each number works, what data you can verify and when to use each.

Lucas Vieira
Lucas Vieira
Brazil's CPF vs the UK National Insurance Number

November 13, 2026 · 7 min

Brazil's CPF vs the UK National Insurance Number

Is the CPF Brazil's National Insurance number? How the two compare in format, issuer, privacy and use, and what changes when you verify a Brazilian customer.

Lucas Vieira
Lucas Vieira
How to Verify a Brazilian CPF Number

November 13, 2026 · 6 min

How to Verify a Brazilian CPF Number

Three levels of Brazilian CPF verification, from the check digit algorithm to a registry lookup and the Receita Federal status, with code you can run today.

Lucas Vieira
Lucas Vieira
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