Banco Santander S.A. doing business as Santander Group, is a Spanish multinational financial services company based in Madrid and Santander in Spain. Additionally, Santander maintains a presence in all global financial centres as the 19th-largest banking institution in the world. Although known for its European banking operations, it has extended operations across North and South America, and more recently in continental Asia. It is considered a systemically important bank by the Financial Stability Board.
The façade of Banco Santander headquarters in Santander, Spain.
"Ciudad Financiera de Boadilla", headquarters in Madrid, Spain.
"Banco Santander Building" at 53rd Street, New York, formerly the bank's US headquarters
A branch of Santander in Berlin, Germany
The Abbey National Building Society was formed in 1944 by the merger of the Abbey Road and the National building societies.
Branches of Bradford & Bingley and Abbey opposite each other on Hounslow High Street prior to the January 2010 rebranding
A branch of Abbey on Commercial Street, Leeds showing Santander marketing material in the windows in January 2010.
Abbey National House, the bank's registered office in London