Banco Espírito Santo
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- For the Brazilian province, see Espírito Santo.
Banco Espírito Santo , whose official name is Banco Espírito Santo e Comercial de Lisboa, and which is known by the acronym BES, is a bank based in Lisbon, Portugal, and was founded in 1920. It is listed on the Euronext 100 index.
"Espirito Santo" is a Portuguese language term for Holy Spirit, or as it is more commonly translated, Holy Ghost.
The International Phonetic Alphabet spelling of the name of the bank is IPA: ['bɐ̃ku (ɨ)ʃ'piɾitu 'sɐ̃tu]
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Along with its Azorean, Brazilian and Angolan subsidiaries, the BES is part of the Espírito Santo Financial Group, or ESFG.