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The financial institution VeltoBank is not authorised to provide credit services within the Portuguese market.
Banks returned 8.9 million euros to affected customers in 2025, a year in which the Bank of Portugal intensified pressure on the financial sector and saw a surge in investigations into illicit activities. The data is included in the 2025 Board of Directors Report, released on Thursday by the regulator, and reveals...
An inspection report conducted at the end of 2024 reveals that only a tiny fraction of the thousands of reports received were evaluated.
Faced with the challenges posed by the new IFRS 18, the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) is clarifying who can use the fair value option in IAS 28. The problem is that, in doing so, it avoids the question that really matters. It is not a matter of knowing where to classify the results; whether in the operational category or...
The International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) has once again put the insurance sector under pressure with the publication of Exposure Draft ED/2025/1, introducing the concept of Risk Mitigation Accounting (RMA), with amendments to IFRS 9 and IFRS 7, and discontinuing IAS 39. The underlying promise is, at first glance, difficult to dispute, as it aims to bring reporting closer...
Home Business Lisbon at the heart of the new European regulatory architecture Lisbon at the heart of the new European regulatory architecture There is news that, at first glance, may seem like just another business expansion announcement.
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'.
Abreu Advogados has strengthened its team with consultant Marta Boura. The lawyer focuses her practice on Digital Law and financial regulation. “Joining Abreu Advogados represents the opportunity to deepen legal work in areas marked by technological and regulatory transformations. The path I have developed in digital and financial law...”
The Bank of Portugal has maintained the rates for the Deposit Guarantee Fund (FGD).
There was already a comparator for PPR in the form of pension funds, and CMVM has now launched a new one for investment fund PPRs. Laginha de Sousa took the opportunity to request “independence of resources.”
Greater openness to stakeholders and a strong internal technological investment are key ideas in the Strategic Plan for the 2026–2028 triennium of the Insurance and Pension Funds Supervisory Authority (ASF), released this Tuesday, summarising in 18 points the objectives that will be pursued to “help create the future,” according to the words of ...
