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Santander punished for forcing customers to use mobile phones

Banco Santander has been forced to compensate customers for making it almost impossible to conduct online banking without a mobile phone.

17 March 2022

News/crypto

Santander launches agriculture loans secured by crypto assets

Stander has joined forces with Agrotoken to develop loans for farmers in Argentina that are secured by tokens related to agricultural products.

10 March 2022

Company announcement/payments

Santander donates €1 million to the Red Cross and waives fees on all transfers to Ukraine

Following the recent aggression against Ukraine, we have been working to support the response to the ongoing humanitarian crisis, as well as acting to ensure Santander complies with the imposed sanctions against Russia.

02 March 2022

News/retail

Santander bets big on BNPL with new service Zinia

Santander today announces the launch of Zinia, its new buy now, pay later (BNPL) service in Germany.

26 January 2022

Company announcement/markets

Santander goes live with Broadridge proxy voting tool

Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. (NYSE:BR) today announced the live availability of a new Spanish issuer “golden copy” event notification and vote execution service for the Spanish market.

25 January 2022

News/startups

Santander takes equity stake in venture debt manager Atempo

Banco Santander has acquired a 30% stake venture debt manager Atempo Growth and is participating as an anchor investor in its first fund dedicated to financing high-growth technology companies in Europe and the United Kingdom.

19 January 2022

Company announcement/people

Dean Nash departs from Wise to join PagoNxt as chief legal counsel

Today, PagoNxt, Banco Santander’s payments fintech, announces the appointment of Dean Nash as its new Chief Legal Officer and General Counsel.

13 January 2022

News/retail

Santander accidentally sends customers £130m

According to The Telegraph, Santander is attempting to claw back from its competitors a sum of £130 million, which was erroneously sent to 75,000 accounts on Christmas day, as the result of a payments duplication.

30 December 2021

News/payments

Fnality preps go live with pledge to slash intraday liquidity costs

Backed by some of the world's largest banks, blockchain for payments consortium Fnality says it expects to reduce banks' intraday liquidity requirements by 70% when it goes live next year.

15 December 2021

Company announcement/startups

Santander's Smart Fund invests EUR7m in fonYou

Fintech innovator fonYou today announces that it has secured €7 Million in growth funding from Banco Santander’s Smart Fund, in a financing deal that will support fonYou’s future technology development and market expansion as it rolls out its innovative fintech solutions across key regions – including Latin America and Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

09 December 2021

Company announcement/payments

Santander to allow customers to set contactless limit

Santander UK has announced that customers with either a Mastercard debit or credit card will now be able to set a lower limit for contactless transactions, ranging from £5 to £95.

06 December 2021

Company announcement/startups

Santander Germany chooses Ebury to support its SME customers

Ebury and Santander Germany are delighted to announce a new partnership to offer businesses in Germany a complete international finance solution to simplify international trade. By joining forces in Germany, clients will benefit from their combined services allowing them to trade with anyone from anywhere. The partnership has already been successfully trialled by a number of clients.

10 November 2021