Tagged: santander

June 21, 2022 @ 10:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Héctor Grisi will assume the CEO role at Banco Santander (NYSE: SAN) on 1 January 2023, “following a transition period, subject to customary approvals.” Mr. Álvarez will “remain on the board and serve as non-executive vice chair.” Mr. Grisi joined Santander in 2015 as CEO… Read More

May 15, 2022 @ 2:44 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Santander (NYSE: SAN) claims to be the only company in Spain that “enables customers to purchase carbon credits on the ClimateTrade platform and Mastercard donation platform to offset their CO2 emissions.” 74% of its customers think sustainability “is of global importance, and 67% are calling… Read More

May 13, 2022 @ 10:46 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Banco Santander is digitalizing its Core banking with Cloud tech in order to improve service and efficiency. The core banking platform is reportedly the most vital part of a bank’s IT infrastructure and is “where the main financial transactions, such as money transfers, deposits or… Read More

May 1, 2022 @ 12:35 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Blockchain or distributed ledger tech (DLT) is “revolutionizing” the world just as the Internet did in its day, according to an update from Santander. The team at Banco Santander (NYSE: SAN) notes that “an increasing number of sectors see the enormous potential in this type… Read More

December 10, 2021 @ 11:02 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Fintech platform fonYou has announced that it has acquired €7 million in capital from Banco Santander’s Smart Fund, as part of a financing transaction that will aim to support fonYou’s future tech development and market expansion as it introduces its Fintech solutions across different regions… Read More

October 14, 2021 @ 1:05 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Banco Santander (NYSE: SAN) (via Santander Universities) and MIT Professional Education are providing 400 “Santander Tech | Emerging Technologies Program by MIT Professional Education” scholarships “geared at courses related to in-demand technologies such as blockchain, AI, and cybersecurity in a job market dominated by digitalization… Read More

October 11, 2021 @ 11:09 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Banco Santander (NYSE: SAN) has started to introduce its sustainable payment cards, which are reportedly made with recycled material. The cards are being rolled out in Spain. Santander had previously launched the “One Card” design in Poland and Portugal. The financial institution plans to have… Read More

July 21, 2021 @ 11:45 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Infosys Finacle, which is part of EdgeVerve Systems, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Infosys (NSE, BSE, NYSE: INFY), and Santander UK, recently revealed that they’ve introduced  Santander UK’s global cash management platform as part of the institution’s digital transformation efforts. Santander Global Connect is a newly-developed… Read More

July 9, 2021 @ 11:29 am By JD Alois  |  

Following the announcement from Barclays that it would no longer allow transfers to the world’s largest crypto exchange Binance, Santander has announced it will do the same. As posted on the Santander website, the bank explains: We’re stopping payments to Binance for your protection We… Read More

July 2, 2021 @ 11:17 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Mouro Capital, a VC fund that’s mainly focused on Fintech companies and related businesses and backed by Banco Santander (BME: SAN), has reportedly joined Mexico’s digital freight forwarder Nowports’ $16 million Series A round. Nowports is notably Mouro Capital’s first investment in the logistics sector, an… Read More

June 23, 2021 @ 3:55 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Elliptic, the leader in crypto-asset risk management solutions, revealed on Tuesday (June 22, 2021) that it has completed a pilot with Banco Santander in identifying or detecting suspicious activity linked to digital assets. As mentioned in a release, this pilot is “helping Santander understand the… Read More

May 2, 2021 @ 3:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The COVID-19 outbreak has led to nationwide lockdowns and other measures being taken to limit in-person contact in order to prevent the further spread of the virus. Many more individual consumers and businesses are conducting transactions online and are trying to avoid visiting physical locations…. Read More

November 27, 2020 @ 4:14 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Banco Santander S.A. (Santander Group) (BME:SAN), the world’s 16th-largest banking institution and financial services company based in Madrid, introduced PagoFX, its international payments application for UK customers, in April 2020. Santander’s TransferWise competitor PagoFX is now set to expand its coverage into Belgium. There will… Read More

November 16, 2020 @ 7:20 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Banco Santander S.A. (Santander Group) (BME:SAN), the world’s 16th-largest banking institution and financial services company based in Madrid, has been focused on cost-cutting measures in order to deal with the economic challenges created by the COVID-19 pandemic. Banco Santander along with other Spanish lenders are… Read More

October 2, 2020 @ 10:21 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Santander Bank announced on Friday the launch of Santander One, which is a new simple banking account with service plans through subscription. The banking group revealed it customized the account for individuals and companies with free essential services for loyal customers and offers the possibility… Read More

September 28, 2020 @ 10:46 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Santander Bank recently announced it has signed a deal with Correos to provide services in Spain. The agreement will allow the banking group to provide services at a total of 4,675 Correos offices from the first quarter of 2021, with Santander’s basic financial services reaching… Read More

May 1, 2020 @ 10:33 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Spain-based Banco Santander (Santander Group), a multinational commercial bank and financial services company, announced this week it has completed its purchase of a 50.1% stake in Ebury, a UK-based Fintech firm that offers corporate banking services to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) that trade internationally,… Read More

March 4, 2020 @ 7:12 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Banco Santander S.A. (Santander Group) (BME:SAN), the world’s 16th-largest banking institution and financial services company based in Madrid, is reportedly in the final stages of introducing its new Fintech spinout PagoFX, which will compete with leading cross-border money transfer service provider, TransferWise. Sifted reported that… Read More

February 28, 2020 @ 8:06 pm By JD Alois  |  

Santander has shuffled the deck a bit when it comes to a Fintech acquired back in 2016. According to a public document Banco Santandar Brasil has sold Superdigital (formerly ContaSuper) to Banco Santander Spain. The Fintech was sold for R $ 270 million or about… Read More

February 24, 2020 @ 2:44 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Santander Group announced on Monday it has entered into an agreement to acquire merchant payment solutions company Elavon México. Santander reported that it will be acquiring Elavon México for a total of 1,600 million (approximately USD 86 million and EUR 79 million) and Elavon México… Read More