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Leading companies operating in this sector:

A focused blend of highly dynamic companies, the Banif Group is, today, a solid financial structure playing a major role on the national financial arena. Increasingly promoting and establishing our mission, the Banif Group is justly proud of its excellent performance in the Autonomous Regions of Madeira and the Azores, where our banks maintain the market leadership through Banif - Banco Internacional do Funchal and BCA - Banco Comercial dos Açores, respectively.

Banco Espírito Santo operates the largest single integrated network of branches, with over 479 locations spread throughout Portugal. In its move towards building up an integrated financial group, BES has major holdings in a number of banks and companies. On the international front, BES currently operates a fully-owned bank in Spain with a network of 27 branches, called Banco Espírito Santo S.A.. It holds a 20% stake in Société Bancaire de Paris (France) along with branches in Lausanne, London, Nassau, Madeira Offshore, Madrid and New York.

A new bank, integrated into one of Portugal's most solid financial groups, it has started out big. Having proved itself, it is now building its own image to identify its information, products and branches. BPI's logo expresses its ambition to serve Customers and the Community with the utmost of dedication and quality. That's why, more than just being an image, it is a program for the future.

The Credito Agricola Group

The Crédito Agrícola Group comprises 113 associated local banks, it has over 620 branches nationwide and more than a million customers. This makes it one of the leading financial groups in Portugal, the only cooperative of its kind in the country. The Crédito Agrícola Group understands the market. It focuses on finding solutions for the needs and expectations of its customers. It has a wide range of products and services for all market segments. It knows the overall picture but it also knows how to adapt the picture to the reality of local communities.

CGD
	CGD is a modern financial-services group coping with new challenges in the form of domestic and overseas competition, as well as with the emergence of global markets and new ways of doing business. CGD is a state-owned institution, and the only bank in Portugal with this type of shareholder structure. read more

Millennium BCP
	Millennium BCP is one of the largest complete-service banking organisations in Portugal, as well as being one of the largest Portuguese companies in terms of its market capitalisation. Together with its subsidiary companies, BCP is engaged in a wide variety of banking activities and financially-related services, both nationally and internationally. read more

The main business areas in this sector:

Airlines	Logistics
Banking	Mail Services
Casinos	Real-Estate
Environmental Requalification	Roadway Infrastructures & Services
Exporters/manufacturers of garments	Services to Enterprises
Golf Courses	Software
Hotels	Telecommunications
Human Resources	Tourism
Institutions	Transports & Distribution
Insurance	Venture Capital & Financial Services

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