The bank was founded in 1920 following the transformation of the banking house of the same name, which in turn had come into being by merger of several financial structures created by José Maria do Espírito Santo e Silva in the second half of the 19th century. The bank has been listed on the Portuguese stock exchange since 1991. In July 1999 the name was changed to the current one. The bank merged with Banco Internacional de Credito SA in December 2005. Since 2007 it has been the only Portuguese bank included in FTSE4Good Index. As of September 2011 the bank ranks second in Portugal in terms of net asset value (EUR 80.2 billion) and number of clients (2.1 million all over the world). The bank accounts for 20.3% of the Portuguese financial services market. The bank has subsidiaries, branches, and representative offices in 23 countries. Its main investments are concentrated in Brazil, Spain and Angola. July 30, 2014 Banco Espirito Santo SA reported losses and assets transferred to new structure - Novo Banco
An apostilled set of constitutive documents, an apostilled certificate of good standing, copies of passports of the beneficial owner and account signatory