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Banks Forced to Refund €8.9 Million in Improper Charges — BdP's Behavioural Supervision Logs 33,375 Customer Complaints, 51 Contraventions and a 45% Jump in Illicit Activity Cases

Banks Forced to Refund €8.9 Million in Improper Charges — BdP's Behavioural Supervision Logs 33,375 Customer Complaints, 51 Contraventions and a 45% Jump in Illicit Activity Cases

The numbers landed quietly on Friday: in 2025, Banco de Portugal forced the banks to return €8.9 million in improperly charged interest and commissions to their customers, opened 479 investigations into illicit financial activities — a 45% jump on...

The Portugal Brief 25 Apr 2026

Banco de Portugal Readies Macroprudential Tightening as State-Backed Mortgages Push Average LTV Close to 99% — Santos Pereira's Stress-Test Premium May Double Back Toward 3 Percentage Points

Banco de Portugal Readies Macroprudential Tightening as State-Backed Mortgages Push Average LTV Close to 99% — Santos Pereira's Stress-Test Premium May Double Back Toward 3 Percentage Points

Banco de Portugal governor Álvaro Santos Pereira is preparing the first meaningful tightening of the central bank's macroprudential framework for mortgages since the original recommendation went live in July 2018. According to reporting this week by...

The Portugal Brief 24 Apr 2026

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