Brazilayer BCB Registry
GET api.brazilayer.com/v1/bcb/instituicao/:cnpj
Why an agent can trust this route.
Sonar evidence is advisory. Paid delivery is shown as verified only when paid probes are available; otherwise route estimates use the unpaid handshake as a clearly labeled proxy.
Observed outcomes
Verify whether a Brazilian company is a financial institution authorized by the Central Bank of Brazil (banks, credit unions, consortia, regulated societies), plus its officially VERIFIED internet domains, refreshed daily from the official registry. Instant check for crypto exchanges, fintechs and compliance agents onboarding Brazilian counterparties or detecting fake-bank phishing. Accepts full CNPJ or 8-digit root. Free sample, no payment: https://api.brazilayer.com/v1/bcb/amostra
Resource: api.brazilayer.com/v1/bcb/instituicao/00000000000191
Network: eip155:8453 · Asset: 0x833589fCD6eDb6E08f4c7C32D4f71b54bdA02913 · Pay to: 0x3Cc1D8ee1dfdFd326c19B0884B8dF4b24B623f0c
Payment methods: — · Last validation: 2026-10-15 11:46:50.244+00
{
"input": {
"type": "object",
"required": [
"type",
"method"
],
"properties": {
"type": {
"type": "string",
"const": "http"
},
"method": {
"enum": [
"GET"
],
"type": "string"
},
"pathParams": {
"cnpj": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Brazilian company tax ID (CNPJ), 14 digits, with or without punctuation (e.g. 00000000000191 or 00.000.000/0001-91)"
},
"type": "object"
},
"queryParams": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {}
}
},
"additionalProperties": false
},
"output": {
"type": "object",
"required": [
"type"
],
"properties": {
"type": {
"type": "string"
},
"example": {
"type": "object"
}
}
},
"paymentRequirements": [
{
"raw": {
"asset": "0x833589fCD6eDb6E08f4c7C32D4f71b54bdA02913",
"extra": {
"name": "USD Coin",
"version": "2"
},
"payTo": "0x3Cc1D8ee1dfdFd326c19B0884B8dF4b24B623f0c",
"amount": "5000",
"scheme": "exact",
"network": "eip155:8453",
"maxTimeoutSeconds": 300
},
"asset": "0x833589fCD6eDb6E08f4c7C32D4f71b54bdA02913",
"payTo": "0x3Cc1D8ee1dfdFd326c19B0884B8dF4b24B623f0c",
"scheme": "exact",
"network": "eip155:8453",
"amountAtomic": "5000"
}
]
}Source catalog records are retained separately from live endpoint observations. Sonar score, uptime, and latency are advisory metrics. CDP indexing is not inferred from validation.