The Central Credit Register (CCR) is a database managed by the Banco de Portugal containing information provided by registered entities (credit-granting institutions) on credit granted to their customers.

The Banco de Portugal aggregates and discloses the monthly credit liabilities reported by the different registered entities. The amounts disclosed to the registered entities relate to the liabilities of each debtor with regard to these registered entities as a whole, without mentioning the place where it was granted nor the entity that granted such credit.

The CCR complies with all the requirements for individual data protection, as laid down by the Portuguese Data Protection Authority (Comissão Nacional de Proteção de Dados).