Notebooks BCV

Financial Education Series

"The Financial Education Program of Banco de Cabo Verde is part of efforts to improve its communication policy, trying to promote information and understanding of matters of an economic and financial nature. financial education, in the context of promoting services to the community and contributing to the strengthening of the exercise of citizenship."

14 Dec. 2011

Notebook 8 - Exchange rate regimes in Cape Verde

"The stability of the currency or the preservation of the value of the currency are key factors for the development of a country."
14 Dec. 2011

Notebook 7 - What is Inflation

“Inflation is not, therefore, the simple rise in the price of a good or a service. It concerns the persistent and relatively generalized process of price increase in force in a given economy, observed over a given period of time. "
14 Dec. 2011

Notebook 6 - The independence of Central Banks

"When talking about the independence of BCs, there are four concepts that are important to understand and retain: those of independence, credibility, transparency and rational expectations."
14 Dec. 2011

Notebook 5 - Cape Verde banknotes and coins

"...the currency underwent a long evolution, until it took the form in which we know it today. History clearly demonstrates the importance of its discovery and its evolution as an important payment instrument."
13 Dec. 2011

Notebook 4 - The role of Banks

"The development of societies has been accompanied by the development of the banking sector, which includes the emergence of new and better products for consumers."
13 Dec. 2011

Notebook 3 - What is a Central Bank

"Whenever an economy depends on a currency system with legal tender, as is the case with Cape Verde, there must be a body responsible for regulating the system. In Cape Verde, that body is the Banco de Cabo Verde."

Payment Systems Series

02 Feb. 2012

Notebook 2 - Opening and movement of Demand Deposit Account

"The promotion of greater knowledge about the use of banking services is undoubtedly essential for the taking of certain decisions, especially since, the better the quality and transparency of the information passed, the greater the confidence of users in the system. Bank officer."
02 Feb. 2012

Notebook 1 - Bank Cards

"...Cards, particularly debit cards, such as our vinti4 card, appear as a means of facilitating payments, cash withdrawals and all kinds of simple operations that avoid going to the counter..."

Consumer Series

14 Mar. 2014

Banking Consumer Guide

"The Banking Consumer Guide aims to provide consumers who want to access banking products and services with a tool that, with total transparency, supports them in understanding and consciously choosing what they propose to contract"
19 Apr. 2013

Notebook No. 2 - Mortgage Loans

"Housing credit is the credit granted by credit institutions for the acquisition, construction, improvement, recovery or expansion of own home for permanent housing or for lease."