The Banco de Portugal releases today a Report on Public Consultation No 8/2022 – The Banco de Portugal’s strategic approach to innovation facilitators.

This consultation ran from 21 October to 21 November 2022, to gather the market’s input on the approach to be taken by the Bank in its interaction with innovation facilitators.

The Banco de Portugal would like to thank the entities that participated in this public consultation, which included sectoral associations, payment service providers, fintech firms and natural persons.

The Banco de Portugal will take the results of this consultation into consideration in the ongoing reflection on its strategic positioning towards the fintech market, while fulfilling its tasks in the field of financial regulation and supervision and addressing the need to respond rapidly to the emergence of new products, services and business models.