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There are six candidates for vice-president of the European Central Bank, and among them is the former governor of the Bank of Portugal.

The Eurogroup will vote on Monday on the candidacy of former Bank of Portugal governor Mário Centeno, along with five others, for the vice-presidency of the European Central Bank, to replace Luis de Guindos from May — a decision is expected.

We learned in the last few hours that the Bank of Portugal will commission an external audit to assess its procurement system, notably technology-related procurement, which was the subject of two court cases last year. This is a clear warning: even central institutions, with multiple levels of control and constant scrutiny, are not immune to ...

Funds sought €2.2 billion in compensation from the Bank of Portugal over the BES case but suffered a legal defeat. Luís Rosa and Paulo Saragoça analyse the case in the 'Duel' segment of 'Blind Justice'.

The Lisbon Administrative and Tax Court ruled in favour of Banco de Portugal in the test case brought by several international funds, such as BlackRock and PIMCO, in connection with the BES resolution, finding the action entirely unfounded and clearing the central bank of all compensation claims, which exceeded two billion...

The Lisbon Administrative Court dismissed a complaint by international funds that sought more than €2 billion in compensation over the transfer of BES bonds to the 'bad bank'.

Mário Centeno was chosen by the Portuguese government for the post and could become the first Portuguese member of the ECB's executive board since the bank was established in 1998.
The headline states that Centeno informed the Government of his expressed desire and formal request to be nominated as a candidate for the position of vice-president of the European Central Bank (ECB).
The Government decided to formally submit Mário Centeno's candidacy for vice‑president of the European Central Bank.

The Ministry of Finance announced today that it submitted, on Thursday, to the President of the Eurogroup the candidacy of former Governor of the Bank of Portugal Mário Centeno for the vice-presidency of the European Central Bank (ECB).
The former governor of the Bank of Portugal told the newspaper 'ECO' that the candidacy is part of his 'persistent contribution to the deepening of European integration' and said he felt 'motivated and qualified' for the role.

The former governor told Eco he had expressed willingness to run for the ECB vice-presidency. The Government is expected to formalise that candidacy on Friday.

The announcement of the former governor of the Bank of Portugal's candidacy for the position of vice-president of the European Central Bank (ECB) comes in an exclusive statement to ECO. The candidacy is expected to be formalised this Friday. Mário Centeno says he was “encouraged by European contacts”.
The former governor of the Bank of Portugal has contacted several European officials and members of the Government in recent weeks to inform them of his availability.

The Governor of the Bank of France said a digital euro is needed to counter risks and protect the euro as the EU's single currency.
