In parallel, as the developments affecting ESI’s financial position took on a considerable scale with potentially serious reputational risks for the banking group, on 3 December 2013, Banco de Portugal requested the implementation of the measures needed to ensure an appropriate segregation of BES Group from the risks arising from GES’s non-financial arm, so-called “ring-fencing”.
There are a number of achievements that can be highlighted in the field of banking technology and banking transactions during the last decade. BIS Review 115/2010  1  Achievements of the last decade 5.