Banking services, regulations, and financial products in Portugal.
Paulo Macedo , the long-running president of Caixa Geral de Depósitos , used a podium at the 'Entre a Ruína e a Reconstrução: Direito, Sociedade e Esperança após a Calamidade' conference in Coimbra on Tuesday 19 May 2026 to call for a fundo nacional...
Bison Bank has issued the first stablecoin pair domiciled in Portugal under the European Union's Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA) — the EUB token pegged 1:1 to the euro and the USB token pegged 1:1 to the US dollar — with the launch...
Thursday evening 14 May 2026: Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa promulgates the Government decree extending the storm-impact credit moratoria by 12 months, locking the BdP-tracked 7,400 clients and €930 million in mortgage and empresa credit through to end-April 2027.
Wednesday 13 May 2026: SIBS-FPS withdraws its TACL administrative action against Banco de Portugal, sixteen months after filing on 15 January 2025. The scheme-vs-processor separation dispute under EU Regulation 751/2015 Article 7 returns to operational supervision with no merits ruling.
The 3-month Euribor fixed at 2.252% on Wednesday 13 May, its highest level since April 2025. The 6-month settled at 2.485% and the 12-month at 2.798%. The drift up the curve reverses the spring 2025 ECB-cut narrative and tilts Portuguese variable-mortgage resets modestly higher.
CGD mandated banks Wednesday 13 May for a €500M 6NC5 senior preferred green bond at ~3.95-4% (≈100-105 bps over the six-year mid-swap at 2.95%). Proceeds fund green mortgages on A/A+ certified properties and renewables. Third green issuance, expected S&P 'A'.
Banco de Portugal's 2025 Behavioural Supervision Report — the annual file from Avenida Almirante Reis that aggregates every consumer-protection inspection, mystery-shopper visit and complaint-driven enforcement action the supervisor ran against the...
