Tag: Emilio Botin

• Tuesday, September 16th 2014 - 05:20 UTC

  Santander new chairwoman confirms full control of the Brazil branch

  

  Spanish banking giant Santander under its new executive chairperson Ana Botin announced on Monday the purchase of the remaining 25% of Banco Santander Brasil which it did not already own.

• Friday, September 12th 2014 - 03:37 UTC

  Emilio Botin, “El presidente” and the 'unofficial king of Spain'

  

  Emilio Botin, “El Presidente” to co-workers and the third generation of Botins to run Santander, was at the forefront of a drive to create global banks, offering a one-stop shop to multinational companies and a range of services to consumers.

• Thursday, September 11th 2014 - 15:46 UTC

  Ana Botin appointed new chairwoman of Spanish banking giant Santander

  

  Ana Botin has been appointed the new chairwoman of the Spanish banking giant Santander, following the death of her father, Emilio Botin, who died of a heart attack on Tuesday night.

• Wednesday, July 30th 2014 - 07:33 UTC

  Leading universities from Argentina, Brazil and Mexico sign cooperation agreement

  

  The presidents of the University of Buenos Aires, (UBA), the National Autonomous University of Mexico, (UNAM), and the University of Sao Paulo, (USP), on Tuesday signed a cooperation agreement governing the recognition of titles, student exchanges and cooperation in finding financing sources.

• Wednesday, May 22nd 2013 - 06:03 UTC

  Uruguay: Mujica on a most ambitious mission to China after investments for ports and railways

  

  Uruguayan President Jose Mujica begins on Wednesday the longest and most ambitious of his overseas trips hoping to convince China to invest in infrastructure projects that are crucial for the development of the country and its foreign trade: a deep water port and recovering the rail cargo network.

• Tuesday, December 18th 2012 - 05:34 UTC

  Santander keeps growing: absorbs Banesto and Banif and will close 700 branches

  

  Banking giant Santander said on Monday that it will absorb two of its Spanish offshoots, closing 700 branches in the latest stage of Spain's great banking shake-up. The biggest bank in the Euro zone by market value, said it could save 520 million Euros a year by absorbing the offshoots, Banesto and Banif.

• Tuesday, December 4th 2012 - 16:19 UTC

  For Spain’s Santander bank Brazil is number one and ‘absolute preference’

  

  Emilio Botin chairman of Santander Bank, the leading financial institution in Spain and among the top largest in the European Union said in Sao Paulo that Brazil is the “number one country in Latin America” and the absolute preference of his institution.

• Thursday, October 25th 2012 - 19:06 UTC

  Santander quarterly profits plummet 90%; property losses provision of 3.5bn euros

  

  Spanish bank Santander has said its quarterly profits fell by more than 90% after taking provisions for bad property loans in its local market. Net income fell to 100m Euros in the third quarter from 1.8bn Euros in the same period last year, it said.

• Tuesday, June 5th 2012 - 23:47 UTC

  Santander bank chief praised Brazil as “the place to be to make business”

  

  Emilio Botin president of Santander, Spain’s largest bank and one of the leading EU financial institutions said that Brazil is the top priority for the group since it is the source of 30% of its global earnings and anticipated the opening of more branches in merit to the country’s economic stability and social progress.

• Monday, May 28th 2012 - 19:56 UTC

  Santander denies plans to divest from Brazil; affiliate represents 30% of the group’s profits

  

  Spain’s leading bank Santander denied any plan to sell its Brazilian affiliate full or partly, as was published in the Sao Paulo media following discussions with Bradesco, another top listed Brazilian bank.