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- ↑ "INSTITUIÇÕES FINANCEIRAS AUTORIZADAS" [Authorized financial institutions] (in Portuguese). 2011-12-22. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
- ↑ "SWIFT codes Angola". "The SWIFT codes" (not SWIFT). Archived from the original on 30 December 2012. Retrieved 6 March 2012.
