Banco Santander, S.A.

Banco Santander, S.A., together with its subsidiaries, provides various retail and commercial banking products and services for individual and corporate clients worldwide. The company offers demand and time deposits, and current and savings accounts; certificates of deposit; mortgages and auto finance, personal loans; and debit and credit cards, as well as life and non-life insurance products. It also provides cash management, trade finance, custody and securities, and securitization services; corporate loans; and corporate finance services. In addition, the company is involved in the corporate banking, treasury, and investment banking activities; fixed income and equity derivatives; trading and hedging derivatives; and brokerage of equities. Further, it offers asset management, private banking, and processing services, as well as mobile and online banking services. The company operates through 12,235 branches. The company was formerly known as Banco Santander Central Hispano S.A. and changed its name to Banco Santander, S.A. in June 2007. Banco Santander, S.A. was founded in 1857 and is headquartered in Madrid, Spain.