Banco Santander Detail

About Banco Santander Detail

See Santander entry. The bank grew from a small regional bank in Cantabria to a global banking powerhouse through the leadership of Emilio Botin from 1986 to 2014. Botin pioneered cross border banking in Europe. He acquired Abbey National in the UK for 9 billion in 2004. His daughter Ana Botin took over as chairman in 2014, becoming one of the most powerful women in banking. Under Ana Botin, Santander weathered the European debt crisis and expanded digital banking. The bank has over 150 million customers in 10 core markets. Santander was the first major bank to issue a digital token on a public blockchain for cross border payments.