List of banks in Portugal explained

This is a list of all the banks operating in Portugal and some defunct banks.^[1]

Central bank

• Banco de Portugal

Systemic Portuguese banks

These banks are domestic systemically important bank and are supervised by European Banking Supervision (the supervisory arm of the ECB).^[2]

• Banco Comercial Português
• Caixa Geral de Depósitos
• Novo Banco

Portuguese branches of international banks

• Abanca
• Banco BAI Europa (Portuguese subsidiary of Banco Angolano de Investimentos - BAI)
• Banco Português de Investimento (owned by CaixaBank)
• Banco Santander Totta

Other major banks

• • • Banco BIG Banco CTT
• Banco de Negócios Internacional
• Banco do Brasil
• Banco Efisa
  • Banco Invest
• Banco Português de Gestão
  • • • Banco Português de Investimento Montepio Geral

Defunct banks

• Banco Espírito Santo : bailed-out by the Portuguese state in 2014 and re-organised into Novobanco
• Banco Português do Atlântico
• Banco Português de Negócios : sold to the Angolese Bank Banco BIC in 2012
• Banco Privado Português
• Banif Financial Group : bailed-out by the Portuguese state in 2015 and sold to Banco Santander

Notes and References

1. Web site: List of credit institutions in Portugal . 8 February 2024. January 2024.
2. Web site: List of supervised entities . 7 February 2024. European Banking Supervision.