Banco de Portugal

Philip R. Lane: Euro area international financial flows: analytical insights and measurement challenges

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Tuesday, February 13, 2024

We document how gas price fluctuations have a heterogeneous pass-through to euro area prices depending on the underlying shock driving them.

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  • We document how gas price fluctuations have a heterogeneous pass-through to euro area prices depending on the underlying shock driving them.
  • Supply shocks, moreover, are found to pass through to all components of euro area inflation – producer prices, wages and core inflation, which has implications for monetary policy.

ECB adjusts its capital key

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Wednesday, January 3, 2024

Communication shocks from the US spill over to risk in the euro area and vice versa, but traditional US shocks show no spillover effects to risk.

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  • Communication shocks from the US spill over to risk in the euro area and vice versa, but traditional US shocks show no spillover effects to risk.
  • Both monetary policy and communication shocks spill over to stocks, with euro area information spillovers being particularly strong.

Bison Bank’s crypto subsidiary partners with Sygnum to enter crypto market

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Thursday, February 2, 2023

Lisbon/Zurich: 17 January 2023 – Bison Digital Assets, Bison Bank’s crypto subsidiary licensed by Banco de Portugal, has partnered with Sygnum Bank to enter the global crypto market with regulated digital asset custody and trading services.

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  • Lisbon/Zurich: 17 January 2023 – Bison Digital Assets, Bison Bank’s crypto subsidiary licensed by Banco de Portugal, has partnered with Sygnum Bank to enter the global crypto market with regulated digital asset custody and trading services.
  • This future-proofs Bison Digital Assets’ offering, enabling the capture of more Share-of-Wallet from existing customers along with additional market share via access to the global crypto market.
  • Bison Bank leverages Bison Digital Assets to securely hold customer digital assets and create a regulated bridge between the traditional and crypto finance worlds.
  • Sygnum’s operational efficiency, as well as its ability to hold client crypto assets off balance sheet, will help minimise risk.

BHMI And Payshop Win “Editor’s Choice Award” at PayTech Awards 2022

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Wednesday, July 6, 2022

BHMI , a leading provider of enterprise software applications and creator of the Concourse Financial Software Suite , and Payshop , a subsidiary of Banco CTT and part of the CTT Group, received the Editors Choice Award at the recent PayTech Awards 2022 ceremony in London on July 1.

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  • BHMI , a leading provider of enterprise software applications and creator of the Concourse Financial Software Suite , and Payshop , a subsidiary of Banco CTT and part of the CTT Group, received the Editors Choice Award at the recent PayTech Awards 2022 ceremony in London on July 1.
  • We are excited to be selected for this prestigious award, said Tiago Mota, CEO of Payshop.
  • Selecting BHMI and its Concourse platform and as our partner in this critical technology transformation journey has proven a tremendous value.
  • It is an honor to be chosen as this years Editors Choice Award winner alongside our partners at Payshop and I would like to thank the judges and Fintech Futures for their recognition, said Jack Baldwin, CEO of BHMI.

BHMI And Payshop Named Leadership Award Finalists For The 2022 PayTech Awards

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Wednesday, May 18, 2022

BHMI , a leading provider of enterprise software applications and creator of the Concourse Financial Software Suite, and Payshop , a subsidiary of Banco CTT and part of the CTT Group, announced the companies selection as finalists for the 2022 PayTech Awards, in the category for Leadership Awards PayTech Team of The Year.

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  • BHMI , a leading provider of enterprise software applications and creator of the Concourse Financial Software Suite, and Payshop , a subsidiary of Banco CTT and part of the CTT Group, announced the companies selection as finalists for the 2022 PayTech Awards, in the category for Leadership Awards PayTech Team of The Year.
  • After selecting BHMIs Concourse Financial Software Suite , the two teams quickly got to work, resulting in an extremely successful project.
  • As a result, BHMI and Payshop were named to the shortlist in the category of PayTech Team of the Year, which lauds teams whose efforts have stood out for their exceptional teamwork and collaborative spirit in producing outstanding results.
  • The combined Payshop and BHMI team went above and beyond to ensure this project was a huge success, said Tiago Mota, CEO of Payshop.

Brazil’s 2TM Group Expands Into the EU With the Acquisition of CriptoLoja, Portugal’s First Licensed Crypto Exchange

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Wednesday, January 12, 2022

Brazils 2TM Group , the owner of MercadoBitcoin.com , Latin Americas largest crypto exchange, today announced the acquisition of a controlling stake in CriptoLoja , the first licensed Lisbon-based crypto exchange.

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  • Brazils 2TM Group , the owner of MercadoBitcoin.com , Latin Americas largest crypto exchange, today announced the acquisition of a controlling stake in CriptoLoja , the first licensed Lisbon-based crypto exchange.
  • In addition to an enhanced financial opportunity, the investment provides us with outstanding technology required to compete globally, said Roberto Dagnoni, CEO of 2TM group.
  • In June 2021, the company became the nations first cryptocurrency exchange to be officially licensed by the Portuguese central bank.
  • Founded by seasoned financial experts, the exchange offers its users access to the most popular coins, including Bitcoin, Ether, and Cardano.

More than 10,000 Cybersecurity Professionals have Earned the (ISC)2 CCSP Cloud Security Certification

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Monday, September 13, 2021

CLEARWATER, Fla., Sept. 13, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- (ISC)2 the world's largest nonprofit membership association of certified cybersecurity professionals today announced that more than 10,000 cybersecurity professionals have earned its Certified Cloud Security Professional (CCSP) certification since it was introduced in 2015.

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  • CLEARWATER, Fla., Sept. 13, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- (ISC)2 the world's largest nonprofit membership association of certified cybersecurity professionals today announced that more than 10,000 cybersecurity professionals have earned its Certified Cloud Security Professional (CCSP) certification since it was introduced in 2015.
  • According to Certification Magazine ,the CCSP is the number one ranked certification that IT professionals plan to achieve next in their career.
  • (ISC)2 created the CCSP to meet a critical market need to ensure that cloud security professionals have the required knowledge, skills and abilities to audit, assess and secure cloud infrastructures.
  • The CCSP exam tests candidates on six domains: cloud security operations, legal risk and compliance, cloud concepts architecture and design, cloud data security, cloud platform and infrastructure security and cloud application security.