{
  "id": 14423732,
  "title": "Mario Leão é favorito para comandar o BofA no Brasil",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/14/mario-leao-e-favorito-para-comandar-o-bofa-no-brasil",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-10-14T09:50:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Brazil Journal",
    "slug": "brazil-journal",
    "url": "https://braziljournal.com/mario-leao-e-favorito-para-comandar-o-bofa-no-brasil"
  },
  "original_language": "pt",
  "account": "Mario Leão, the former CEO of Santander, is currently the top contender to lead Bank of America in Brazil, according to sources close to the succession process. Alcalay, the current CEO, announced his departure at the beginning of the month and is set to leave the bank on March 26th, after almost ten years in the role. Other candidates are being considered, but for now, Leão stands out as the most likely candidate, as per the sources. The process is being overseen by Augusto Urmeneta, the President of Bank of America in Latin America, who is based in New York. Leão, a 50-year-old executive with a career that includes stints at Morgan Stanley, Citi, and Goldman Sachs, has been on garden leave since leaving Santander in July, after 11 years with the bank, five of them as CEO. At the time, he stated that he wanted to challenge himself and potentially apply his executive experience in other industries.",
  "summary": "O ex-CEO do Santander, Mario Leão, é um dos executivos mais cotados para assumir o comando do Bank of America no Brasil no lugar de Eduardo Alcalay, pessoas que acompanham o processo de sucessão disseram ao Brazil Journal . Alcalay anunciou sua saída no começo do mês e deve deixar o banco no próximo dia 26, depois de quase dez anos no cargo.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}