Santander

Santander taps consumer, commercial bankers to serve as co-presidents

06/27/17

Michael Cleary, Santander's head of consumer and business banking, and Robert Rubino, a former executive vice president at Citizens Financial Group, will share duties while overseeing their own business units.

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Nine banks that have fallen short on the Fed's stress tests

06/19/17

Following are notable cases where banks were tripped up by the Fed's stress tests either by flunking the numbers (or quantitative) part of the test or raising red flags on a qualitative basis.

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Supreme Court sides with banks in debt servicing case

06/12/17

Banks and other firms collecting defaulted debt originated by another company are not subject to the kinds of restrictions placed on third-party debt collectors, the Supreme Court ruled Monday in a unanimous decision.

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Spain's Popular was on verge of failure before takeover deal: ECB

06/07/17

Banco Santander stepped in to take over stricken rival Banco Popular Espanol in a deal brokered by regulators that imposes billions of losses on investors.

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Subprime auto giant checked income on just 8% of loans in ABS

05/22/17

Santander Consumer USA, one of the biggest subprime auto finance companies, verified income on just 8 percent of borrowers whose loans it recently bundled into bonds, according to Moody's Investors Service.

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Subprime auto lenders put on notice over ties to shady dealers

04/21/17

A $26 million settlement by Santander Consumer is shining a light on the hard-to-measure problem of auto dealer fraud, while also raising questions about the adequacy of lenders' efforts to combat bad behavior.

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Santander briefly closes Boston branch after protesters get inside

03/27/17

The demonstration was staged by a union-affiliated group that wants to organize bank workers.

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Fed orders Santander to strengthen oversight of its subprime auto lender

03/23/17

The regulator said that Santander has not made sufficient progress in complying with a 2015 enforcement order.

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OCC downgrades Santander’s CRA rating, cites recent enforcement orders

02/27/17

Though backward-looking, the exam restricts the company from buying banks or opening branches outside the Northeast.

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Trump's anti-Mexico policies threaten Citibanamex, revive divestiture talk

02/03/17

The president’s vow to impose a 20% tax on Mexican imports could make life harder for the Citigroup-owned unit, which is Mexico’s second-largest bank.

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