In 2021, Banco Master made an 8 million euro down payment to attempt to purchase the Portuguese bank BNI, but the deal did not proceed. DN executive editor Margarida Vaqueiro-Lopes comments on the case and recalls Portugal's largest financial scandal, the collapse of Banco Espírito Santo. The Radar DN Brasil podcast airs every Friday at 8 am on the DN Brasil YouTube and Spotify channels, providing a weekly summary of everything relevant to Brazilians in Portugal.