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The Bison Bank has introduced the first Portuguese stablecoin, a digital asset pegged to the euro and dollar. Designed exclusively for regulated financial institutions, the token aims to simplify and streamline international payments and transfers.
A Portuguese businessman saw his legitimate cryptocurrency venture collapse after a slanderous denunciation led to years of legal scrutiny and frozen assets, despite the Public Prosecutor's Office eventually clearing him of all wrongdoing.
European and Portuguese banks have a timid presence in stablecoins, but the Bank of Portugal believes there are risks that need to be looked at carefully.
The Portuguese central bank has released a notice regarding the potential financial risks associated with consumers shifting funds from traditional bank deposits into stablecoins.
A consortium of European banks aiming to launch a euro-denominated stablecoin has added 25 more institutions to the project, which seeks to build an alternative to dollar-linked digital currencies. Portuguese banks are currently excluded. ABN Amro Bank, Intesa Sanpaolo, and Nordea Bank are the latest to join Qivalis.
Cuatrecasas advised Bison Bank on the process that led to the launch of the “Bison Bank Electronic Money Token”, the first Portuguese stablecoin. This crypto-asset is available in two versions: the EUB, pegged to the euro, and the USB, pegged to the US dollar. Bison Bank is a Portuguese bank specialising in investment banking services.
Bison Bank reported profits of 8.8 million euros in 2025, its highest to date and more than triple the 2.5 million euros recorded in 2024, the bank announced in a press conference on Wednesday, the 15th. The 2025 results were driven by the positive impact of deferred tax assets due to losses from previous years. Excluding this impact, recurring profit was 4.8 million euros. Bison Bank will pay dividends for the first time this year, amounting to 750,000 euros, to its sole shareholder, Bison Capital Holding Company Limited, based in Hong Kong, China. Regarding last year's accounts, the net interest margin was 9.1 million euros, up 20% from 2024, and banking commissions reached 8.3 million euros, an 80% increase. Structural costs rose 20% to 11.6 million euros in a year where the bank increased its headcount by 22, reaching 109 employees. Following the resolution of Banif, the Chinese holding company Bison Capital Financial purchased Banif Investimento in 2018 and rebranded it as Bison Bank. Headquartered in Lisbon, Bison Bank specializes in financial services for high-net-worth individuals. Bison Bank is undergoing a strategic reorganization and launching its first Portuguese stablecoin.
The management of Bankinter's Portuguese branch, inaugurated ten years ago, expects to continue growing at a double-digit rate. Loans to companies are a key focus. The bank expects to market a stable cryptocurrency.
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Bison Bank has carried out a strategic reorganisation and launched Portugal's first 'stablecoin'.
