Spanish bankers rank fourth highest on report into EU bonuses
Bankers coin it in
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
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
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
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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
Bailed out Bankia returns to profit
63% state owned bank could begin privatisation soon
Banco Santander reports 90% profit increase
A drop in bad loans, and a boost in emerging markets, steered Santander to profit surge
Banks go it alone as Spain exits bloc aid programme
Spain praised for turning around its failing banks
Mortgage refinancing on borrowed time
The Bank of Spain said that around one in 12 mortgages had been refinanced over the past few years
Spanish bank borrowing falls as confidence returns
Thirteenth consecutive month of falls in borrowing from ECB
Traveller’s cheques: DO leave home without them
A visitor's holiday funds ran short when banks and hotels refused to exchange his traveller's cheques
EU rejects ‘Cyprus solution’ in Spain
EU denies that savers could see accounts raided to save the euro
6,000 job cuts and 1,100 Bankia branches to close in €36.9 billion bailout
Struggling banks hoping to return to profit in 2013 by slashing jobs and closing branches
Good(ish) news for Spanish banks
Relief as ‘stress tests’ reveal only half its banks need a bailout
Maximilian Bartie: ‘What a banker’
Our resident columnist, formerly of Royal Tunbridge Wells, puts the world to rights
Union enters final stages of three week march across Andalucia
Around 1,300 members of the Andalucian Workers Union have arrived in Sevilla to attend a public meeting
Agony Ant asks Spanish bank customers: Will your deposits be safe?
Antonio addresses the growing uncertainty that customers face in their transactions with struggling banks