Banco Português do Atlântico (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈbɐ̃ku puɾtuˈɣeʒ ðu ɐˈtlɐ̃tiku], lit.

[5] Banco do Algarve had been established on 18 March 1932 in Faro to reconstitute the operations of Casa Bancária de Manuel Dias Sancho.

BPA indirectly acquired control of Uniao de Bancos Portugueses (UBP), Portugal's 11th largest bank with 173 branches.

In 1998 Banco Central Hispano acquired BPA's local business is Spain as BCH was a partner of BCP.

BPA had offices in Madrid, Vigo and Barcelona, with a balance sheet of 55m ptas.

In 2000, BCP received permission from the FDIC to establish BPA Bank in Newark, New Jersey.