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- Banco Comercial Português, S.A. (BCP.LS) is Portugal's largest private sector bank, providing a comprehensive range of retail banking, corporate and investment banking, and private banking services through its primary brand Millennium bcp, as well as ActivoBank for digital-focused customers; core offerings include current accounts, payment systems, savings and investment products, mortgage and personal loans, commercial banking, leasing, factoring, insurance distribution via bancassurance partnerships, asset management, investment banking, trade finance, brokerage, and digital channels such as internet, mobile, and telephone banking. The bank operates over 397 branches in Portugal, with international activities in Poland through Bank Millennium S.A., Mozambique via Banco Internacional de Moçambique S.A. (BIM), and a branch in Macau, alongside representative offices in Brazil, Switzerland, China, and the UK; it serves nearly 7 million customers, managing €84 billion in deposits and €55.7 billion in net customer loans as of end-2024. Founded in 1985 and headquartered at Praça D. João I, 28 in Porto, with operational headquarters in Oeiras near Lisbon, BCP maintains a diversified customer funds base of €104.6 billion and loans to customers of €58.1 billion as of March 2025. Recent developments include a 7.6% rise in Portugal net income to €218.9 million in Q1 2025, the early redemption of €450 million subordinated notes due 2030 and a €500 million Tier 2 notes issuance in March 2025, completion of a €200 million share buyback programme approved in April 2025 with trading commencing in the same month, S&P upgrade of senior unsecured debt to BBB+ in March 2025, and Moody's upgrade of baseline credit assessment to baa2 in May 2025; the bank also co-opted Esmeralda da Silva Santos Dourado as an independent non-executive director in January 2025 and continues strategic focus under its 2025-2028 plan emphasizing core markets and resilience enhancements like k8gb for Kubernetes infrastructure.