Banco Santander

478 results about this entity

Period: 26 Jul 2004 - 03 Jun 2025

/payments

Ebury explores £2bn London listing

Ebury, the Banco Santander-backed provider of corporate banking services to SMEs that trade internationally, is investigating a London IPO at a £2 billion valuation, according to Bloomberg.

/retail

Santander files complaint over Nationwide branch jibe advert - Sky

Santander has filed a complaint with the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) over a recent Nationwide Building Society ad satirising bank bosses' attitudes to branch closures, according to Sky News.

/people

Santander appoints Petri Nikkilä as new global CEO of Openbank

Banco Santander has today announced the appointment of Petri Nikkilä as the new global CEO of Openbank and head of the Digital Consumer Bank's non-auto consumer business.

/retail

Wise accuses high street banks of hidden exchange rate fees

For GBP to EUR, Wise reports that HSBC has the highest fee for exchange rates (3.7%), followed by Lloyds at 3.6%, Barclays at 2.75%, and NatWest, TSB and Santander all at 2.5%.

/people

Santander hoovers up tech talent for digital overhaul

Banco Santander recruited 4500 employees with tech skills in 2023 as it undergoes a comprehensive digital overhaul.

/security

Santander bids to clamp down on Facebook Marketplace scams

Banco Santander is to stop bank transfers for Facebook Marketplace payments in cases where a customer has not seen the item in person.

/cloud

Santander migrates corporate bank to new Gravity platform on Google Cloud

Banco Santander has successfully mirgated its corporate and investmenting banking business to its new cloud-native core banking platform, Gravity.

/security

Lynx raises $18m for AI-powered fraud fighting tech

Lynx, a Madrid-based firm using AI to detect and prevent fraud and financial crimes, has raised $!8 million in Seres A funding.

/startups

Santander and Oxentia Foundation look for the best projects to help develop the digital economy

Banco Santander has launched, together with the Oxentia Foundation, Santander X Global Challenge | Transforming the Digital Economy, a global challenge aimed at startups and scaleups whose projects help transform the economy using new technologies.

/retail

Santander digital banking offshoot cahoot increases interest to 5.12% on Simple Saver account

cahoot, the UK-based online bank, has today increased the interest offered on its Simple Saver account. cahoot Simple Saver (issue 2) now pays customers 5.12% AER/gross variable rate interest for 12 months, on balances up to £500,0001.

/startups

Santander commits to €100 million fund for Spanish startups

The bank plans to contribute €67 million to the €100 million venture debt fund that will be created with Inveready Asset Management.

/sustainable

Santander CIB acquires stake in EIT InnoEnergy

Santander CIB has taken part in a EUR 140 million investment round by EIT InnoEnergy, alongside other strategic investors.