Bankers

Portuguese bankers believe that ex-governor of the Bank of Portugal and former Finances minister Mário Centeno would be a good choice for the position of Vice President of the European Central [...]

Some of Portugal’s most influential bankers were divided over the issue of granting 100% mortgages to the countries’ families and young people. The bankers from Santander, Caixa Geral de [...]

Portugal’s Minister of Finances has issued a stark warning to Portugal’s banking sector to rely on new business models and not the economy in order to remain relevant and competitive in a [...]

Álvaro Santos Pereira, an ex-Minister of the Economy (2011-2013) under a past PSD headed coalition government led by Pedro Passos Coelho, has been appointed the new governor of the Bank of [...]

The former boss of the UK’s Lloyds Bank, Sir Antonio Horta Osório says that any government surplus should be used to stimulate Portugal’s economy. The celebrity banker, in an interview with the [...]

Movers and shakers in Portugal’s financial sector are said to be satisfied with the sale of Novobanco to France’s BPCE Group, considering it “good for the other banks” since it will reduce the [...]

The CEO of one of Portugal’s largest high-street banks, Millennium BCP, continues to remain tight-lipped as to whether the bank will make a bid to buy rival bank Novobanco. However, Miguel Maya [...]

Falling interest rates will reflect on Portugal’s banking sector resulting in lower profits in 2025 than have been the case over the past four years. Nevertheless, profits will continue to be [...]

The Spanish banking group Santander has shown interest in the possibility of growing through acquisitions in the Portuguese market. However, according to Alantra Partners, the bank does not have [...]

The Governor of the Bank of Portugal, Mário Centeno, has renewed his call on the banks to increase their capital cushion in case of a rainy day after the sector posted another year of bumper [...]