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Soros, foreign funds back Bankia stake sale: source

November 3, 2021 at 8:18 p.m.

MADRID (Reuters) - Billionaire financier George Soros was one of the investors in bailed-out lender Bankia , after the Spanish government began selling down its stake, which was almost entirely...

Soros, foreign funds back Bankia stake sale: source

December 23, 2018 at 4:24 p.m.

MADRID (Reuters) - Billionaire financier George Soros was one of the investors in bailed-out lender Bankia , after the Spanish government began selling down its stake, which was almost entirely...

Spain’s Santander to buy 51 percent of El Corte Ingles finance arm

August 24, 2021 at 4:05 p.m.

MADRID (Reuters) - Spanish bank Santander said on Monday it had agreed to pay 140 million euros ($190 million) for a 51 percent stake in the country's largest consumer finance...

JPMorgan’s former ‘London Whale’ supervisor arrested in Spain

August 24, 2021 at 2:41 p.m.

MADRID (Reuters) - Spanish police arrested former JP Morgan Chase trader Javier Martin-Artajo on Tuesday as he prepares to fight possible extradition to the United States over a $6.2 billion...

Spain will fight EU over shipping tax relief: minister says

August 24, 2021 at 12:57 p.m.

GUADARRAMA, Spain (Reuters) - Spain will contest a European Commission decision expected later this month that would mean repayment of more than 3 billion euros ($3.9 billion) in tax benefits...

Santander boss Saenz steps down after legal battle

August 24, 2021 at 8:43 a.m.

MADRID (Reuters) - Alfredo Saenz, chief executive of the euro zone's biggest bank, Santander , stepped down on Monday ahead of a decision that could have banned him from banking...

Insight: Failure of Spain’s Pescanova lifts lid on culture of secrecy

August 24, 2021 at 8:34 a.m.

VIGO, Spain (Reuters) - Even in a record year for Spanish bankruptcies, the filing by Pescanova, a household local name that farms, catches and processes fish, stands out not just...

Spain mulls merger of Catalunya Banc and Bankia: sources

August 24, 2021 at 12:24 a.m.

MADRID (Reuters) - Spain is mulling a full or partial merger of nationalized lenders Bankia and Catalunya Banc to minimize the cost for taxpayers of maintaining the two banks, three...

Santander plans to invest in Spain’s bad bank

August 23, 2021 at 5:47 p.m.

MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's Santander plans to invest in the country's so-called bad bank in a sign that healthy domestic lenders are willing to support the entity created to clean...

Santander plans to invest in Spain’s bad bank

December 25, 2018 at 3:59 a.m.

MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's Santander plans to invest in the country's so-called bad bank in a sign that healthy domestic lenders are willing to support the entity created to clean...

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