News and announcements

09 Aug - Santander announces purchase of RBS Branches

Santander agrees to acquire 318 RBS branches for EUR 1.99 bn

02 Aug - Half Year Results

Banco Santander registered first-half attributable profit of €4.445bn

26 Jul - Press Release - Capital Ratio

Santander’s capital ratios steady even under adverse economic scenario, stress tests show.

12 Jul - Material Fact

Banco Santander hereby announces that it has reached agreement with Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken (SEB Group) for the acquisition by its affiliate Santander Consumer Bank AG of SEB’s commercial banking business in Germany

06 Jul - Material Fact Announcement

Banco Santander S.A.'s envisaged schedule for the execution of the free-of-charge capital increase approved on 11 June 2010

14 Jun - AGM 2010 highlights

Emilio Botín: “We expect earnings in 2010 to be similar to those of 2009 and we will maintain shareholder remuneration at EUR 0.60 a share”

29 Apr - Santander net profit rises 6% to € 2.215 Billion

Banco Santander net profit rises 6% to EUR 2.215 billion in the first quarter

04 Feb - Santander meets its 2009 target of achieving € 8.943bn profit, up 1%

Santander meets its 2009 target of achieving € 8.943bn profit, up 1%

28 Dec - Santander sells 10% of share capital of Attijariwafa Bank

Santander sells 10% of the share capital of Attijariwafa Bank to to Moroccan bank Société Nationale

16 Dec - Banco Santander S.A. intends to acquire all shares of Santander BanCorp

Banco Santander S.A. (Banco Santander) announced today that it intends to commence a cash tender offer through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Administración de Bancos Latinoamericanos Santander, S.L., for all outstanding publicly-held shares of common stock of Santander BanCorp

04 Dec - Santander named the World's Best Bank by The Banker magazine

The prestigious magazine The Banker has named Banco Santander the the "Global Bank of the Year," noting that "Without doubt, the international bank that has come through the crisis the best – and taken advantage of the opportunities that have arisen from it – is Santander

29 Jul - Santander and AIG integrate Polish Consumer Finance business

Santander Consumer Finance and American International Group,Inc. (AIG) have agreed to combine their consumer finance businesses in Poland conducted through Santander Consumer Bank (Poland) S.A and AIG Bank Polska S.A, respectively...

09 Jul - Santander Financial Exchange Press Release

Banco Santander, S.A. announced today that it and its wholly-owned subsidiary Santander Financial Exchanges Limited will make in the international markets exchange offers relating to 30 capital securities...

27 May - Santander to rebrand its UK businesses in 2010

Abbey, Alliance & Leicester (A&L) and Bradford & Bingley savings(1) (B&B) will all become known as Santander by the end of 2010...

26 May - Santander to sell its stake in Banco de Venezuela

Banco Santander, S.A. announces that it has reached an agreement in principle for the sale of its stake in Banco de Venezuela to the Republic of Venezuela for 1,050 million dollars...