Santander

Santander, a huge bank !}}}

Santander has an international scope, reflected in the diversification of their activities, with a balanced position between emerging markets and mature markets. Santander is expanding its activities into two main regions of the world : Europe and Latin America.

Santander is the Spanish bank, the second European bank by capitalization.

Santander, 2007 was fantastic for this bank !}}}

In 2007, the year of its 150TH anniversary, the Santander Group has reached a record level of profits, 9060 million. One of the banks recorded the strongest growth, an increase of 21.4%.

Santander has built a single bank based on the following pillars: the focus on a large network of offices with 11,178 branches, geographical diversification, prudent management of risk, the use of advanced technologies in the service of great discipline .

Santander : 2008 could be a nightmare !}}}

Exposed on more than 2 billion euros over Madoff funds (suspected to be base on pyramid scheme in USA), Santander could lose big in this investment for the least risky.