The Court of Appeal of England and Wales (United Kingdom) has ruled in favor of Santander the appeal presented against a previous ruling that required Banco Santander to pay 677 million pounds (791 million euros) to Axa, including interest, in the litigation over payment protection insurance (PPI).The conflict centers on...
Banco Santander has launched a new service that allows its clients to access a global and unified view of all their positions, regardless of which financial entities they are deposited in, as the entity detailed in a statement.This service is aimed at high net worth clients in Spain, starting from...
The executive president of Banco Santander, Ana Botín, and the heads of ten other major European banks have called on Brussels for a temporary moratorium on new increases in capital requirements and to accelerate the simplification of banking regulation. In a letter sent to the European Commission, the European Council,...
The Ibex 35 of the Madrid Stock Exchange has started the session this Friday, the last of the week, with an advance of 0.51% that has taken it to 19,761.2 points, after closing on Thursday at 19,659 points. Investors are keeping an eye on the evolution of the conflict between the...
Banco Santander has communicated to the National Securities Market Commission (CNMV) that it has already executed 25.7% of its current share buyback program, endowed with 1.825 billion euros, after completing the third week since its launch.This buyback plan involves allocating 25% of the profit generated between January and June of...
The anticipated rate hike for this Thursday may once again tighten the competition for bank deposits. Entities will have to decide how much improvement on the credit side they allocate to their clients to retain savings. The latest results show very different positions. CaixaBank is already recording a slight increase...
The Spanish banking sector is once again looking at Frankfurt. The European Central Bank (ECB) faces a new monetary policy decision this Thursday in a scenario marked by the rising cost of energy and renewed inflationary pressures stemming from the war in Iran. For banks, higher interest rates can once...
Santander expects to close the fiscal year with a market share of 45% by number of clients among Spanish pharmacies, according to what the entity communicated this Tuesday.The bank has set itself the goal of reaching 10,000 pharmacy office clients by the end of 2026, out of the 22,000 establishments...
King Felipe VI has been this Monday the main protagonist of the official opening of the Faro Santander art center, located in the former headquarters of Banco Santander on Paseo Pereda, where more than 200 neighbors and visitors, both Spanish and foreign, have gathered in front of the historic building...
The Popular Party has presented in the Senate a series of questions directed at the Government of Spain to clarify the situation of the hospital ship Juan de la Cosa, which has been docked in the port of Santander since July 7, the date on which a fire was declared...
Banco Santander, which activated last Thursday, August 27, its recent share buyback program for a total amount of 1.825 billion euros, after concluding the previous plan of 5.030 billion initiated in February, has already completed nearly 17% of this new operation in its second week, according to the financial entity...
The coincidence on Wednesday night in Santander of an institutional act of support for Ceuta organized by the City Council and an anti-racist demonstration held just a few meters away resulted in several moments of tension and exchanges of reproaches between attendees of both events.The episode occurred when the two...
The City Council of Santander, governed by the PP, has finally decided to celebrate as an institutional act the gathering called for the evening of this Wednesday by the Spanish Federation of Municipalities and Provinces (FEMP) in front of the town halls across the country, under the slogan 'For Ceuta',...
Banco Santander has reached 188 billion euros in green financing or mobilization at the end of the first half of 2026, which means it has already fulfilled more than 85% of its goal of reaching 220 billion euros by 2030, according to the financial entity detailed this Wednesday in a...
Banco Santander has communicated that the execution deed of the capital increase with non-cash contributions associated with the acquisition of Webster Financial Corporation has been registered this Tuesday in the Mercantile Registry of Santander, according to what it has conveyed to the National Securities Market Commission (CNMV).With this procedure, the...
Ametic, the employers' association of the digital industry in Spain, launches from this Monday, August 31, until Wednesday, September 2, the 40th edition of the "Meeting of Digital Economy and Telecommunications." The event will be held in Santander, integrated into the programming of the summer courses of the Universidad Internacional...
Banco Santander has launched this week a new share buyback program for a total amount of 1.825 billion euros, after concluding last Monday, August 24, the previous plan of 5.030 billion, initiated in February, with which the entity acquired 462.68 million shares, equivalent to approximately 3.08% of its share capital.This...
Banco Santander has channeled 3,401 proposals from its professionals through the global initiative "Santander Innovation Challenge," a program designed to enhance internal talent and innovation through solutions supported by artificial intelligence (AI), data, and automation.The purpose of this challenge is to locate ideas that contribute to optimizing products, services, and...
The Colombian Geological Service (SGC) reported this Wednesday a seismic movement of magnitude 5.1 on the Richter scale in the department of Santander, in the northeast of Colombia, occurring a few weeks after the 7.4 magnitude earthquake that caused more than 330 fatalities and 4,400 injuries.According to the agency's details...
The President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, will travel on Wednesday, September 2, to Santander to participate in the closing event of the Meeting of Digital Economy and Telecommunications promoted by the technology employers' association Ametic as part of the summer courses of the International University Menéndez Pelayo (UIMP), as...
The Ibex 35 today recovers ground in the last session of the week and approaches 19,900 points again. The Spanish index is trading with an increase of 0.29%, up to 19,904.7 points, after starting the day positively and leaving behind part of the losses recorded in recent sessions. The banking sector...
The European Commission (EC) has authorized this Thursday, under the EU Merger Regulation, the establishment of a joint venture driven by ACS, Telefónica, Banco Santander, and the Spanish Society for Technological Transformation (SETT), known as "SEPI Digital," with the aim of competing for the European AI gigafactory that the community...
Fintonic has incorporated as the new chief executive officer (CEO, for its initials in English) the until now general director of Autocompara, the Santander business specialized in the comparison and digital contracting of car insurance in Latin America, Eneko Fonseca, who has held the position since June 2026.Fonseca joins Fintonic...
Banco Santander expects to complete this Thursday the acquisition of the American Webster Financial, a little more than six months after announcing the operation, once all necessary authorizations have been obtained from both the supervisors and the shareholders of the North American company.According to what the entity chaired by Ana...
The European Commission has given its authorization this Tuesday, under the EU Merger Regulation, for the joint control of the British financial services firm Ebury Partners Limited by Banco Santander and the American fund Centerbridge Partners.The community executive has determined that the operation does not generate significant risks for competition...