Tag: banks
Scientists create computer model to predict corruption in Spanish provinces
Interestingly, other risk factors for shady shenanigans include real estate tax, a housing price increase, bank openings and the creation of new companies, according to the study.
PSOE push for 8% ‘social justice’ tax on Spain’s banks to save failing pension system
THE PSOE have called for an 8% 'social justice' tax on Spain's banks in a bid to rescue the country's faltering pensions system. Party leader...
STEPPED IN IT: Dog poo bank robbers busted in southern Spain
A GANG of robbers who used dog poo to distract bank staff in a series of heists has been busted in southern Spain. Police arrested...
Offshore banks eye up Spain as property boom gathers apace
Company states they are seeing an improved appetite from banks to lend
New rules on unbuilt properties restore faith in Spain’s legal system
For those who have paid deposits into developers’ bank accounts for homes never built, they should be refunded by the bank even if the developer is no longer trading
Clausula suelo cash back!
Step-by-step guide on how to reclaim money lost to the controversial floor clause
Payback time for banks after Supreme Court ruling
100,000 British investors could be in line for a payout
EC says Spain’s banking sector remains at risk of future bailouts
European Commision has hit out at Spain’s banking sector
European Commission tells banks to repay customers’ hit by so-called floor clauses in their mortgage
Incredibly many banks are still refusing to remove the clauses
Getting the clause out!
The end of hidden minimum interest fees gives thousands of Spanish mortgage holders cause to applause
New law in Spain offers fewer safeguards for off-plan property buyers
Changes that come into effect from January 1, 2016, leave consumers at much greater risk of financial losses. Only banks and insurers look set to benefit
No more chauffeurs for Spanish bank BBVA’s management team
But the move to strip board members of their cars has not gone down well
Word of warning for borrowers in Spain
Buyers are flocking to our shores as the property market is in full swing, Mortgage expert Tancrede de Pola offers a word of warning for prospective borrowers
Banks say ‘yes’ to UK accounts for EU residents
But the ruling applies only to current accounts
Expanding your property portfolio in Spain
The Finance Bureau’s mortgage expert Tancrede de Pola explains how multi-property mortgage loans are beginning to take off
How does TransferWise work?
TransferWise is an online money transfer service, which allows you to transfer money up to 89 per cent cheaper than with the bank
A year of Eastern promise
Word of the Costa del Sol’s property revival has spread, as mortgage expert Tancrede de Pola discovered on a trip to Dubai
Return of the borrowers
Year ahead looks to be good for lending, writes The Finance Bureau’s mortgage expert Tancrede de Pola
New year in Spain opens with 150 corruption cases in the courts
Court dates loom for several high profile trials
Bankia sells off unsecured loans
Two American firms have purchased millions of euros worth of unsecured loans
Spain’s ‘toxic’ banks increase property portfolio at alarming rate
The 13 largest banks in Spain increase property portfolio by €6.1 billion in single year
ECB cuts rates causing euro to weaken dramatically
The changes are aimed at forcing banks to lend
Spanish bank borrowing down for 17th month
Less than half of all time high 411 billion euros borrowed from ECB in January
