Regulators and Supervisors

The MiCA crypto assets regulation, which came into force at the end of 2024, does bring more security for investors but could limit innovation in the financial system and push small Portuguese [...]

The Portuguese telecoms company NOS is forging ahead with a restructuring plan that could involve job losses. According to Bloomberg, the company is undergoing a change in organisational [...]

Administrative and regulatory barriers in Portugal contribute significantly to the country’s lack of competitiveness regarding its national economy. According to “Position Paper No. 1 of 2025” [...]

A competition court in Portugal has slapped an “additional sanction” on several Portuguese banks forcing them to publish its decision to fine them for effectively operating a banking cartel to [...]

Portugal’s securities market regulator CMVM closed 2023 with profits down to €1.96 million, down 31% on the almost €3 million it made in 2022. The institution led by Luís Laginha said that the [...]

Portugal’s Council for Public Finances – an independent public spending watchdog – has predicted that Portugal’s economy will grow 1.6% this year. The CFP’s forecast is below the 2% [...]

It’s not been good for the past few years for Portuguese telecoms regulator ANACOM. It has been attacked by the government and accused on delaying out the rollout of 5G. It was reviled by [...]

Poland’s regulator has fined the Portuguese supermarket giant Jerónimo Martins, which operates in the country under the Biedronka trademark, €36 million for “deceptive advertising”. The consumer [...]

The Portuguese stock and financial markets regulator CMVM stated over the weekend that Portugal faces no direct impact from either the Credit Suisse or US banks crises. The President of the CMVM, [...]

A Lisbon administrative court has decided in favour of the Portuguese energy regulator ERSE in a litigation against local natural gas distributors. The court agreed that the distributors had [...]