The Bank of Portugal (BdP) warned this Tuesday that the credit services advertised on the website ‘www.oddobhf.cc’ are not owned by an entity authorized to grant credit or carry out any other financial activity in the country. feed.
“Banco de Portugal warns that the credit services advertised on the website www.oddobhf.cc are not owned by an entity authorized to carry out lending or any other financial activity in Portugal reserved to institutions subject to the supervision of the Bank of Portugal”the central bank said in a statement.
According to the regulator, “the activity of granting credit, provided for in subparagraph b) of paragraph 1 of Article 4 of the General System of Credit Institutions and Financial Enterprises (approved by Legislative Decree No. , of December 31), is reserved for entities qualified to practice it, in accordance with the provisions of Article 10 of that diploma, a list of which can be consulted on the website of the Banco de Portugal on the Internet”.
According to the BdP, “although the entities authorized to carry out credit concession, intermediation and advisory activities are included in the lists that can be consulted on the Banking Customer Portal, available on the Banco de Portugal website on the Internet”. the central bank’s attention “situations where the name of authorized entities is misused by third parties in fraudulent schemes, where in case of doubt Banco de Portugal can be contacted through the form available on the respective website or by an ‘e -mail’ to [email protected]”.
Source: DN
