Banco Nacional Ultramarino
Banco Nacional Ultramarino is a Macau banking and financial services corporation. It was historically a Portuguese bank with operations throughout the world, especially in Portugal's former overseas provinces. It ceased existence as an independent legal entity in Portugal following its merger in 2001 with Caixa Geral de Depósitos, the government-owned savings bank.
Former BNU head office in downtown Lisbon, now Museu do Design e da Moda [pt]
Bas-relief at Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Lisbon, of the coats-of-arms of the Portuguese Empire and its various colonies
BNU building in Bissau, 1920s
BNU Tower in Macau
The Macanese pataca or Macau pataca is the currency of the Macao Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China. It is subdivided into 100 avos, with 10 avos called ho (毫) in Cantonese.
1 pataca coin 2007
Both sides of $100 issued by BNU on July 13, 1992
Image: 10 Avos 2007 Macao
Image: 50 Avos 1993 Macao