Grupo Santander Company Description
Banco Santander Central Hispano (Grupo Santander) is the leader in the running of Spanish banks. The company offers retail banking and consumer finance in Spain, Portugal, the UK, and other parts of Europe. Subsidiaries such as Banco Santander Chile, Banco Río de la Plata in Argentina, and Mexico's Grupo Financiero Santander make it a top banking group in Latin America, where it has operations in about 15 countries. Through other subsidiaries, Grupo Santander offers asset management, private banking, corporate and investment banking, and insurance. All told, Grupo Santander has more than 69 million customers and some 13,750 locations in more than 40 countries.
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The Company Description provides a historical perspective of Grupo Santander's organization from inception to current status.
Produced by Hoover's in-house editorial team, the Company Description tracks ownership transitions, company progress via mergers and acquisitions, major growth milestones, and strategic initiatives, to provide a holistic view of Grupo Santander's evolution in the marketplace.
