Banco Santander S.A. Sponsored ADR

Description

Banco Santander SA is a banking services company, which engages in the provision of banking services to individuals, companies, and institutions. It operates through the following segments: Retail & Commercial Banking, Digital Consumer Bank, Corporate & Investment Banking, Wealth Management & Insurance, Payments, and Corporate Centre. The Retail & Commercial Banking segment integrates the retail banking business for individuals and commercial banking. The Digital Consumer Bank segment includes Santander Consumer Finance, which incorporates the entire consumer finance business in Europe, Openbank, Open Digital Services (ODS), and SBNA Consumer. The Corporate & Investment Banking segment includes markets, investment banking, finance, and global transactional banking; offers products and services on a global scale to corporate and institutional customers; and collaborates with other global businesses to better serve a broad customer base. The Wealth Management & Insurance segment includes the corporate unit of private banking and international private banking in Miami and Switzerland, the asset management business, the insurance business, and the unit that manages the investment platforms and stakes that complement wealth's traditional business. The Payments segment is involved in digital payment solutions, providing global technology solutions for banks and new customers in the open market. The Corporate Center segment includes centralized activities relating to equity stakes in financial companies and the financial management of the structural exchange rate position. The company was founded on March 21, 1857 and is headquartered in Madrid, Spain.