News
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COVID-19: What are banks doing to support families and companies?
In view of the exceptional times in which we find ourselves, the banking sector has been adopting measures to support families and companies either on its own initiative or within the scope of government incentives. +
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Private moratoria applied in the light of COVID-19 pandemic
Following the issue by the European Banking Authority (EBA) on April 2 of guidelines on public and private moratoria on loan operations in the light of the COVID-19 pandemic (EBA/GL/2020/02), Associação Portuguesa de Bancos (APB Portuguese Banking Association) began drafting an interbank protocol, with a view to defining general, transversal, harmonised conditions for private moratoria, which could be afforded similar prudential and accounting treatment to that allowed for legislative moratoria. +
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Covid 19: How to use banking services safely?
The banking sector is following recent developments related to the evolution of the disease due to a new Coronavirus ("COVID-19") and strictly following the recommendations of the General Health Directorate in this matter, in order to guarantee the recovery of banking activity with all normality.
See here the Portuguese Banking Association's recommendations. +
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Banking Summit 2020 - What banking sector do we want for Portugal?
On 30 January, the Portuguese Banking Association organised the second Banking Summit. This event brought together more than 200 people, at the Champalimaud Foundation in Lisbon, to reflect on the question “What banking sector do we want for Portugal?” +