Confebras

What Confebras does

Confebras (Confederação Brasileira das Cooperativas de Crédito) is a Brazilian cooperative confederation, founded in 1999 and headquartered in Brasília, that serves as the sole national representative body exclusively dedicated to credit cooperatives within the Sistema Nacional de Crédito Cooperativo (SNCC). The organization operates five core service pillars: Bureau Coop, a Business Intelligence data panel aggregating structured financial data for the SNCC; Intercâmbio Confebras, an international executive exchange program connecting Brazilian cooperative leaders with global cooperative finance systems (Germany, UK, Canada, Portugal, Spain/Mondragón, USA), having trained approximately 5,000 cooperativists over 20 years; EAD Confebras, a virtual learning environment offering online courses; Editora Confebras, a publishing house with 30-50+ works exclusively on cooperative topics, sold through the Livraria Confebras e-commerce platform; and CooperaEduca, a financial and cooperative education program for children aged 6-12 that has reached 80,000+ students.

The organization's revenue model is diversified across four streams: recurring membership fees from affiliated credit cooperatives, one-time book and e-book sales (priced R$25-R$641), professional services fees for international exchange programs, and subscription revenue from EAD online courses. Confebras distributes its offerings through direct enterprise engagement (Bureau Coop, Intercâmbio), self-serve online platforms (EAD, Livraria e-commerce), and major sector events including the biennial Concred congress (5,000+ participants, the largest credit cooperative event in Latin America) and the annual Fórum Integrativo. The organization maintains strategic partnerships with the Banco Central do Brasil, the German Cooperative Academy (ADG), the University of Coimbra, PUCPR, and Sescoop, reinforcing its position as the central advocacy, data, and education body for Brazil's credit cooperative sector, which serves approximately 20 million Brazilians and employs roughly 112,000 people.

Name

Confebras

Legal name

CONFEBRAS

Website

https://confebras.coop.br

Company type

Private

Founded year

1999

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Confebras is the Brazilian Confederation of Credit Cooperatives, founded in 1999 and headquartered in Brasília, serving as the sole national body exclusively dedicated to supporting credit cooperatives through sector data intelligence, professional training, international exchanges, publishing, and financial education programs.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Credit Cooperative Confederation Services

NAICS

Credit Bureaus (561450), Other Activities Related to Credit Intermediation (522390), Depository Credit Intermediation (5221)

SIC

Miscellaneous Business Credit Institution (6159), Services-Consumer Credit Reporting, Collection Agencies (7320)

akta.pro primary industry

Federations/Centrals & Cooperative Banking Networks (2nd-Tier Co-ops) (FSABAEAL)

Keywords

• Credit cooperative services
• Cooperative confederation
• Financial education programs
• Cooperative business intelligence
• Cooperative professional training

Headquarters

HQ city

Brasilândia

HQ country

Brazil

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Technology or R&D, Supply Chain, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Membership Fees: Affiliation fees and support from affiliated credit cooperatives in Brazil as part of the Sistema Nacional de Crédito Cooperativo (SNCC).
2. Book and Publication Sales: Sale of books and e-books through the Confebras Livraria e-commerce platform, with prices ranging from R$25 to R$641 for various cooperative financial titles.
3. Intercâmbio Confebras Program: International executive training and exchange programs visiting cooperative systems in Germany, UK, Canada, Portugal, Mondragón, USA and other countries, connecting Brazilian cooperativists to global best practices.
4. EAD Courses: Online courses through the virtual learning environment focusing on cooperative development and financial education.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Confebras is the Brazilian Confederation of Credit Cooperatives that supports and promotes credit cooperatives in Brazil. It delivers a portfolio of services centered on five pillars: Bureau Coop (a Business Intelligence data panel for the National Credit Cooperative System), Intercâmbio Confebras (international executive exchange program), EAD Confebras (virtual learning environment), Editora Confebras (publishing house for cooperative literature), and CooperaEduca (financial education for children). It also organizes sector events such as Concred and Fórum Integrativo.

Product overview

Confebras operates as a comprehensive service platform for Brazil's credit cooperativism sector, offering five core service pillars: Bureau Coop (Business Intelligence data analytics), Intercâmbio Confebras (international exchange programs), EAD Confebras (distance learning), Editora Confebras (publishing and bookstore), and CooperaEduca (financial education for children). Supporting programs include Concred (biennial congress), Fórum Integrativo (regional forum), ConectCoop (digital content), COLLABCOOP (research competition), and Integração Juventude (youth outreach). The portfolio is interconnected: educational content from EAD and Editora supports cooperative professionals; CooperaEduca develops future cooperativists; Bureau Coop provides data intelligence; and events facilitate knowledge sharing across the SNCC network.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Concred: Congresso Brasileiro do Cooperativismo de Crédito - Brazilian Congress of Credit Cooperativism, held biennially since 1999, considered the largest event in the sector in Brazil and Latin America
• Fórum Integrativo
• ConectCoop
• Intercâmbio Confebras

Products and services

• Bureau Coop

Quantifiable outcome

• 80,000+ students educated in financial literacy through CooperaEduca program
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• ADG (Academia de Cooperativas Alemãs)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 11 July 2025The German Cooperative Academy (ADG), located at Schloss Montabaur Castle, provides executive training for Intercâmbio Confebras participants. The partnership includes theoretical classes and visits to German cooperative banks like VR Bank RheinAhrEifel and DZ Bank's Innovation LAB.
• CICLP (Cimeira Internacional de Cooperativas de Língua Portuguesa)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 28 May 2025Confebras participated in the 3rd CICLP (International Summit of Portuguese Language Cooperatives) held in Brasília, debating inter-cooperation topics with representatives from Portuguese and African cooperatives.
• Universidade de CoimbracoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 26 February 2025Confebras signed a cooperation protocol with the University of Coimbra in Portugal for the development of executive training activities. This partnership enables knowledge exchange and professional development between Brazilian and Portuguese cooperative systems.
• PUCPR (Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 11 December 2024Confebras and PUCPR promote ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) training for affiliated cooperatives in partnership with Sescoop. The program provides specialized education in sustainability practices for cooperative leaders.
• Banco Central do BrasilcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 9 December 2024Confebras maintains a cooperation agreement with the Central Bank of Brazil, which established the BC UNEVozes channel for direct communication with credit cooperatives. The Central Bank recognizes the importance of this communication channel for cooperative sustainability.
• Sescoop (Serviço Nacional de Aprendizagem do Cooperativismo)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 6 August 2024Partnership with Sescoop for professional training programs including ESG formation courses and other educational initiatives for cooperative professionals in Brazil.
• Sicoob Central CrediminascoreOthersConfebras received a leadership mission from Sicoob Central Crediminas at its headquarters in Brasília to strengthen ties with the confederation and discuss cooperative development strategies.
• Sistema CrediSIScoreOthersLeadership from Sistema CrediSIS visited Confebras headquarters to strengthen relationships and discuss collaborative initiatives for cooperative development.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Others

• Febraban (Federação Brasileira de Bancos): Brazilian Banking Federation representing large commercial banks. Adjacent rather than directly comparable (commercial banks vs. credit cooperatives), but the dominant private-sector financial-industry trade body in Brazil, useful as the mainstream incumbent counterpart Confebras positions against in advocacy.
• Sescoop (Serviço Nacional de Aprendizagem do Cooperativismo): Brazil's national cooperative learning service, also an active partner of Confebras for ESG and professional training programs. Comparable as a sector-training provider for cooperatives in Brazil, with shared initiatives with Confebras.

Direct peers

• Credit Union National Association (CUNA): U.S. national trade association for credit unions offering advocacy, compliance, professional development (CUNA Learning), and member services. Closest U.S. analog to Confebras's mix of representation, education, and sector data services.
• World Council of Credit Unions (WOCCU): International trade association and apex body for the global credit union movement, providing advocacy, research, and international development for member credit unions. Most direct functional analog to Confebras, operating at global rather than national level.
• European Association of Co-operative Banks (EACB): European trade association representing cooperative banks across the EU and beyond, providing representation in EU policy and international cooperation. Analogous function to Confebras at continental level, focused on credit cooperatives.

Broad incumbents

• Sicoob (Sistema de Cooperativas de Crédito do Brasil): One of Brazil's largest credit cooperative systems and a Confebras member/customer. Comparable as a Brazilian credit-cooperative-sector player, though at system-operator level rather than confederation level; useful as a member-side reference point.
• Sicredi: Major Brazilian credit cooperative system serving millions of members nationally. Adjacent player in the same sector as Confebras's member cooperatives; useful for benchmarking scale and digital infrastructure in Brazil's cooperative finance market.
• International Cooperative Alliance (ICA): Global apex body for the entire cooperative movement across all sectors. Broader than Confebras in scope (not credit-specific), with which Confebras has been engaged through events such as CICLP — relevant as a comparable apex-tier organization operating internationally.
• OCB - Organização das Cooperativas Brasileiras: Brazil's national apex cooperative body representing all sectors (agriculture, credit, health, etc.). Comparable to Confebras as the higher-tier umbrella structure but broader in scope beyond credit cooperatives; serves the same advocacy and representation function at national scale.

Emerging players

• ICBA - Independent Community Bankers of America: U.S. national trade association for community banks providing advocacy, education, and data services. Functionally similar trade-body model to Confebras (advocacy + training + data for a defined community-banking cohort) but in retail/commercial banking rather than credit cooperatives.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/confebras
• Facebookfacebook.com/confebras
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/confebras
• Instagraminstagram.com/confebras/?hl=pt-br
• Xx.com/confebras

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Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Subsidiaries5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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