The bank has branch offices in: Castelo Branco, Coimbra, Évora, Faro, Funchal, Leiria, Porto (Caixa Filial), Viseu.
Following its nationalisation in September 1974 and its new Organic Law (1975), the Banco de Portugal was, for the first time, responsible for the supervision of the banking system.
The Banco de Portugal ceased emission of the Portuguese Escudo in 1999, with the country's adoption of the Euro.
[4] In 2014, the bank announced that it would pay €202 million in dividends, referring to the year of 2013, representing a steep decline in comparison to 2012.
During the bank restructure, one of the lenders, Oak Finance, had its loan liabilities remain with Banco Espirito Santo.