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Annual Report AR 2022 SUMMARY WHO WE ARE OUR STRENGTH AND OUR RESOURCES OUR RESULTS Business model and external outlook AWARDS RECEIVED IN 2022 In 2022, Pix was awarded several prizes. In November 2022, Pix won the Prêmio iBest as the best digital initiative in the Brazilian federal government. In addition, it received the Prêmio BandNews Marcas Mais Admiradas do Brasil (Most Admired Brands of Brazil Band News Award). Pix also won the 25th Concurso de Inovação no Setor Público (Public Sector Innovation Contest). Moreover, Pix won the 2022 Central Banking Awards, under the category Payments and Market Infrastructure Development, given that its "introduction has radically improved payments infrastructure in the country, reduced frictions related to payments use and facilitated financial inclusion". Moreover, the BCB's Open Finance project won the 2022 FinTech RegTech Global Awards in the Data Management Initiative category. The Open Finance introduces a new and transformative concept for financial systems around the world to ensure more competitiveness, efficiency, and inclusion. This innovative arrangement puts the consumer at the center of this change, as the owner of the data that can be shared. Held annually by Central Banking, the Fintech & Regtech Global Awards recognize the best initiatives from central banks around the world. The BCB also received another recognition for the Open Finance, being chosen as the top-ranked regulators by Open Future World, which maintains a global directory of open data initiatives. In the first edition, the BCB was ranked 20th in the general ranking, which includes the most interesting companies that deal with or develop Open Finance. The ranking was based on the number of positive mentions of companies and institutions in news in its specialized portal on the theme throughout 2021, recognizing the organizations mentioned in the most interesting headlines and opinion articles in Open Finance. 10

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