Caixa Economica Federal, a government financial institution, provides banking products and services in Brazil. The company engages in various business activities related to real estate loans, basic sanitation, urban infrastructure, and commercial banks, as well as the rendering of services of a social nature, delegated by the Federal Government. It offers various banking services, including savings accounts, mortgage notes, judicial deposits, demand and time deposits, and housing loans. The company also offers lotteries, urban infrastructure investments and the social programs payments, FGTS, PIS, loans, unemployment benefits, educational credit, housing loans, and transfer of social benefits. In addition, it administers lotteries, and funds and programs, including the Government Severance Indemnity Fund for Employees, the Salary Variation Compensation Fund, the Social Integration Program, the Social Development Support Fund, the Social Development Fund, and the Residential Lease Fund. Caixa Economica Federal was founded in 1861 and is based in Brasilia, Brazil.