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Banco de Portugal's Décade-Long Audit Squeezes Crédito-Habitação Spreads to 0.89 Points in 2024 — A Third of the 2.68 Points Banks Charged in 2014 With 90% of New Contracts Below 1%

Banco de Portugal's Décade-Long Audit Squeezes Crédito-Habitação Spreads to 0.89 Points in 2024 — A Third of the 2.68 Points Banks Charged in 2014 With 90% of New Contracts Below 1%

A Banco de Portugal audit puts Portugal's average crédito-habitação spread at 0.89 percentage points in 2024 — a third of the 2.68 points banks charged in 2014. Nearly nine in ten new contracts were written at sub-1% spreads as competition and liquidity pushed the structural margin down.
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Supremo Tribunal Administrativo Confirms the Extinction of the Fundação Berardo in a Unanimous 21 May Ruling — BCP, CGD and Novobanco Unlock the Path to Recover €980 Million in Loans After a 19-Year Cycle Around Joe Berardo's Investment Vehicle

Supremo Tribunal Administrativo Confirms the Extinction of the Fundação Berardo in a Unanimous 21 May Ruling — BCP, CGD and Novobanco Unlock the Path to Recover €980 Million in Loans After a 19-Year Cycle Around Joe Berardo's Investment Vehicle

The Supremo Tribunal Administrativo (STA) confirmed the extinction of the Fundação Berardo in a unanimous ruling dated Thursday 21 May 2026 , an outcome that the foundation's executive board contested all the way up the appellate ladder after the...
The Portugal Brief
Banco de Portugal Stands Up the Plataforma de Monitorização da Fraude Digital With SIBS, Telecoms and the PJ on Monday 25 May — €6.5 Million of Losses Blocked Since the May 2024 IBAN-Beneficiary Tool as 2025 Complaints Lift 45%

Banco de Portugal Stands Up the Plataforma de Monitorização da Fraude Digital With SIBS, Telecoms and the PJ on Monday 25 May — €6.5 Million of Losses Blocked Since the May 2024 IBAN-Beneficiary Tool as 2025 Complaints Lift 45%

The Banco de Portugal formally stood up the Plataforma de Monitorização da Fraude Digital at a Lisbon conference on Monday 25 May 2026 , with Governor Álvaro Santos Pereira framing the launch as the first integrated national pipe to braid...
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