Banco de Portugal

Banco de Portugal
(Bank of Portugal)
Headquarters	Lisbon, Portugal
Coordinates	38°42′31″N 9°08′17″W / 38.708729°N 9.138148°W
Established	19 November 1846
Ownership	100% state ownership
Governor	Mário Centeno
Central bank of	Portugal
Reserves	4 980 million USD
Preceded by	Banco de Lisboa ; Companhia de Confiança Nacional
Succeeded by	European Central Bank (1999)1
Website	www.bportugal.pt
	1 The Bank of Portugal still exists but many functions have been taken over by the ECB.

The Banco de Portugal (English: Bank of Portugal) is the Portuguese member of the Eurosystem and has been the monetary authority for Portugal from 1846 to 1998, issuing the Portuguese escudo. Since 2014, it has also been Portugal's national competent authority within European Banking Supervision.^[3] The bank was founded by royal charter in 1846, during the reign of Queen Maria II of Portugal, by a merger of the Banco de Lisboa [pt], the first bank founded in Portugal, and insurer Companhia Confiança Nacional.

^ ^a ^b Weidner, Jan (2017). "The Organisation and Structure of Central Banks" (PDF). Katalog der Deutschen Nationalbibliothek.
^ "Centeno official and the new governor of the Bank of Portugal". jornaleconomico.sapo.pt. Archived from the original on 20 July 2020. Retrieved 20 July 2020.^{[title missing]}
^ "National supervisors". ECB Banking Supervision.

[dnbinfo-1] Weidner, Jan (2017). "The Organisation and Structure of Central Banks" (PDF). Katalog der Deutschen Nationalbibliothek.

[2] "Centeno official and the new governor of the Bank of Portugal". jornaleconomico.sapo.pt. Archived from the original on 20 July 2020. Retrieved 20 July 2020.^{[title missing]}

[3] "National supervisors". ECB Banking Supervision.

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