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Company announcement/payments

Santander's Getnet to expand the acceptance of UnionPay cards in Spain and Portugal

Getnet, a leading payment solutions provider in Latin America and Iberia belonging to the Santander Group, and UnionPay International (UPI), have signed a strategic agreement to expand the acceptance of UnionPay cards in Spain and Portugal.

20 November 2025

News/retail

Monzo beats Chase, Nationwide, and Starling in UK customer satisfaction - YouGov

Monzo leads in customer satisfaction rankings for UK banking consumers according to a 2025 survey by data analytics firm YouGov.

07 November 2025

News/wholesale

Banco Santander launches platform to help businesses go global

Banco Santander has launched an international growth platform to provide support to businesses entering new export markets.

04 November 2025

News/retail

Santander merges Openbank with consumer finance unit in Europe

Santander is merging its Openbank digital brand with its consumer finance business across Europe in a move designed to simplify operations.

16 October 2025

News/payments

Major banks explore blockchain-based digital money

Some of the world's biggest banks, including Barclays and Goldman Sachs, are exploring the issuance of a 1:1 reserve-backed form of digital money that provides a stable payment asset available on public blockchains.

13 October 2025

News/payments

Santander takes BNPL product to Spain for Amazon purchases

Banco Santander has launched its buy now, pay later product, Zinia, in Spain, with an initial focus on installment payments on Amazon.

29 September 2025

News/payments

UK banks prep live pilot of tokenised sterling deposits

The UK's biggest banks are embarking on a pilot project to deliver the country's first live transactions of tokenised sterling deposits (GBTD).

29 September 2025

News/payments

Ebury to resurrect IPO

Santander-backed Ebury is reportedly reviving plans for an initial public offering in London at a valuation of $2 billion.

25 September 2025

News/crypto

Santander's Openbank rolls out crypto trading in Germany

Santander's digital offering Openbank has begun letting its German customers buy, sell and hold cryptocurrency.

17 September 2025

Company announcement/retail

Klarna secures EUR1.4bn structured financing facility with Santander

Klarna, the global digital bank and flexible payments provider, today announced the execution of its inaugural warehouse financing facility with Santander as the sole lender.

21 August 2025

Company announcement/wealth