Various key factors enabled BCP to make its indelible mark on the Portuguese banking market. At the forefront stood its stability and the independence of its professional management. In addition to that, and allied to quick decision-making, it had the capacity to access capital markets to increase own funds, and to offer quality in its response to customers. 
 
In order to attain the critical dimension considered necessary, and to face challenges arising out of the concentration of the financial sector, in March 1995 BCP acquired control of Banco Português do Atlântico, and later, in 2000, Banco Mello, Companhia de Seguros Império and Banco Pinto & Sotto Mayor.
 
Capitalizing on its experience of growth as an organization on the domestic market, Millennium bcp is also engaged in globalizing operations by approaching new markets exhibiting high growth potential, whose respective financial systems are undergoing modernization.
 
The introduction of the new Millennium bcp brand symbolizes a project “re-founding” the Bank. Its new name expresses a fresh challenge - that of creating a thousand reasons why it deserves to retain its customers’ loyalty. 
 
Deploying the energy of every one of its employees and refocusing its corporate approach to service and the sharing of benefits with the customer, Millennium bcp will continue to offer the best financial products on the market, underpinned by the soundness and efficiency of the largest Portuguese private financial group.