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Banco Santander ordered to pay banker €68 million just months after big staff cuts and branch closures in Spain

Spain’s six major banks rake in eye-watering €10.8 billion in profits in first quarter of 2026

SPAIN’s six largest banks posted nearly €11 billion in combined profits during the first three months of 2026, setting a new record and extending a

5 May, 2026 @ 15:01

Business & Finance·Lead·Madrid·National News

Spain to relinquish certain banking powers to the EU following furore over BBVA’s failed hostile takeover of rival Sabadell

THE Spanish government has agreed to cede some powers over banking supervision to the EU’s own bank after recent criticism of its attempts to hinder

30 Oct, 2025 @ 15:56

Business & Finance·Lead

BBVA suffers spectacular failure in massive rejection of hostile takeover bid for Sabadell Bank in Spain

BBVA heavily defeated in its hostile takeover bid for Sabadell Bank in Spain

THE BBVA hostile takeover bid for Sabadell Bank is over after a massive rejection was announced late on Thursday night. Just 25.47% of Sabadell shareholders

17 Oct, 2025 @ 14:30

Business & Finance·Lead

BBVA suffers spectacular failure in massive rejection of hostile takeover bid for Sabadell Bank in Spain

The EU warns Spain not to block €11 billion BBVA-Sabadell mega-merger

The European Union has cautioned the Spanish government against blocking the controversial proposed €11 billion mega-merger of two of the country’s largest banks. Spain’s economy

28 May, 2025 @ 16:24

Business & Finance·Catalunya·Lead

Spain ups its growth forecasts for 2024 and 2025 despite devastating DANA floods

Why is Spain’s economy the best performing in Europe? All you need to know after the IMF boosted its 2024 growth forecast to 2.4%

A REPORT published by the International Monetary Fund in June revealed staggering recent growth of the Spanish economy, far outpacing that of the overall Eurozone.

28 Jul, 2024 @ 09:43

EXPLAINER·Lead

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Young people’s plight in Spain laid bare: How more than half of under 30s struggle to make ends meet

A COMPREHENSIVE study by the BBVA Foundation and the Valencian Institute of Economic Investigation has shined a damning light on the economic status of young

8 Jan, 2024 @ 10:22

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Top banks in Spain come together to swap information about reducing financial crimes

Top banks in Spain unite to swap information in fight against financial crimes

THREE SPANISH banks have come together to exchange information and data to fight and prevent financial crime. BBVA, Banco Santander, and CaixaBank have formed a

31 Jul, 2023 @ 16:55

Business & Finance·Crime & Law·Lead

Spain’s Sabadell agrees to sell British bank TSB for €3.1bn – and dish out billions to shareholders

Spain’s top banks are rolling in cash after bumper 2022 profits

SPAIN’S biggest banks- Santander, BBVA, CaixaBank, Sabadell, Unicaja Banco and Bankinter- clocked up record profits in 2022 according to a survey from the Noevantas consultancy.

11 Feb, 2023 @ 08:45

Business & Finance·Lead·National News

New landmark of 20 million people working in Spain, according to government statistics

Freeze mortgage rates, says Spain’s labour minister after BBVA posts record profits

SPAIN’S deputy prime minister and labour minister, Yolanda Diaz, on Wednesday called on the banking sector to freeze mortgage interest rates and curb its profits

1 Feb, 2023 @ 17:15

Business & Finance·Lead·Politics

First digital euro token to be tested under watchful eye of Bank of Spain

THE Bank of Spain will allow a digital euro token to be tested by Malaga-based payment gateway firm Monei. It will be the first use

19 Jan, 2023 @ 12:45

Business & Finance·Lead·Malaga

Fresh job losses expected at Sabadell Bank as Spain's banking sector continues staff purges

Fresh job losses expected at Sabadell Bank as Spain’s banking sector continues cost cutting

SABADELL Bank is set to announce a fresh round of redundancies this week, according to reports from the Reuters news agency. An internal memo sent

30 Aug, 2021 @ 18:00

Business & Finance·Lead·National News

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Bank in Spain placed under investigation amid allegations of spying and corruption

These charges date back to 2004 and relate to BBVA’s dealings with former police chief Jose Manuel Villarejo

30 Jul, 2019 @ 10:58

Business & Finance·Crime & Law·Lead

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Spanish property magnate is second to list on stock exchange since the crash

Worth €2.7 billion, Metrovacesa has appointed banks to help ease the floatation on Spanish stock exchanges and hopes to announce its IPO in February.

9 Jan, 2018 @ 16:00

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Millions paid to Andalucian law firm fighting for Brits who lost out in property crash

One case alone saw a €958,000 payout, plus interest

3 Jun, 2017 @ 13:02

Business & Finance·Cadiz·Crime & Law·Lead·Property

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Girona’s Roca brothers cook up a storm with documentary The Turkish Way

The brothers had just completed another tour which took them to London

12 Dec, 2016 @ 13:09

Entertainment·Food & Drink

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Three Spanish companies enter top 100 ‘most valuable brands in the world’ list

Apple was the most valuable brand worth an estimated €136 billion

4 Jun, 2016 @ 11:39

Business & Finance

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Spain’s economy to outstrip Germany, France and Italy in 2016

Spain’s 2016 gain

16 Apr, 2016 @ 16:58

Business & Finance·Lead

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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

3 Dec, 2015 @ 10:59

Business & Finance·Property

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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

1 Nov, 2015 @ 13:10

Business & Finance

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Sabinillas armed robber arrested

Firearm recovered from his home in Manilva

12 Mar, 2015 @ 11:47

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

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A load of old bull

Spanish banks sound bullish on the economy but they’re still too ‘bear’ to lend money

9 Mar, 2015 @ 09:00

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Armed robber at large in Sabinillas after two raids in three days

The BBVA and the petrol station have both been raided over the past three days

23 Feb, 2015 @ 17:02

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

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Debate rages over Spanish property market

Will the property market ever go back to its pre-crisis booming glory?

19 Feb, 2015 @ 13:30

National News·Property

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

2 Oct, 2014 @ 11:30

Business & Finance·Other News·Property

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World’s biggest airport company hits the market this autumn

Spain's Aena Aeropuertos company, owner of Luton Airport, is worth billions in Europe's biggest trade this year

30 Jul, 2014 @ 12:04

Business & Finance·National News

Google Apps for BBVA

The Spanish bank is shifting from Microsoft to Google Apps

21 Jan, 2012 @ 09:40

Business & Finance

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