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 16th-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.

Many subsidiaries, such as Abbey National, have been rebranded under the Santander name. The company is a component of the Euro Stoxx 50 stock market index. In May 2016, Santander was ranked as 37th in the Forbes Global 2000 list of the world’s biggest public companies. Santander is Spain’s largest bank.

As of 2017, Santander is the 4th largest bank in Europe with approximately US$1.4 trillion in total assets-under-management (AUM). Traded on the Euro Stoxx 50 stock market index, the bank has a total market capitalization of $69.9 billion.

Traded as:           BMAD: SAN; NYSE: SAN

Industry:              Financial services

Founded:            1857; 163 years ago

Headquarters:   Santander (legal headquarters) and Boadilla del Monte, Madrid (operating headquarters), Spain

Products:             Retail, corporate, investment and private banking, insurance, asset management, private equity

Website:              www.santander.com