British second-home owners in Spain will be able to legally pay ten times more cash than their Spanish neighbours

BRITISH second-home owners and other non-residents in Spain will legally be able to make cash payments of up to €10,000 under new European Union rules

30 Aug, 2026 @ 16:00

Business & Finance·Lead

Spain’s notorious tax agency will gain sweeping new powers to spy on bank accounts from 2026 – including seeing balances and cash movements

SPAIN’S tax agency will gain broad new powers to monitor all bank accounts nationwide from 2026 – as the government launches an unprecedented crackdown on

10 Dec, 2025 @ 12:36

Business & Finance·Lead·National News

Euro ‘cash trap’ warning for British tourists flying to Spain for Easter holidays gets short response from Madrid

WARNINGS over a euro ‘cash trap’ has sparked concern among British tourists heading to Spain this year. Reports state that the Spanish central bank is

9 Apr, 2025 @ 15:30

Business & Finance·Lead·National News

Spain’s government to BAN bank charges for over-65s who withdraw cash from branches

SPAIN’S Deputy Prime Minister and Economy Minister Nadia Calviño has announced that the government is to ban charges for over-65s and the disabled who withdraw

19 Dec, 2023 @ 10:20

Business & Finance·Lead

It’s raining ‘Money’ on the A7 in Spain’s Marbella as bag containing €20,000 in €50 notes empties on the motorway

IN a rare incident, drivers on the A-7 dual carriageway as it passes through the town of Marbella in Malaga, were surprised to find the

31 Jan, 2023 @ 09:15

Lead·Malaga·Other News

Use of cash in Spanish stores drops drastically compared to 2019 new study finds

Paying with cash is quickly becoming a thing of the past as more people opt to pay via card or mobile apps than ever before.

12 Jan, 2023 @ 13:30

Business & Finance·Lead·National News

Man exploited 40 migrants by cramming them into his flat in Spain and charging €100 per month in rent

Teenage children threaten young victims with gun during street thefts in Spain’s Valencia

TWO children aged 15 and 17 have been charged with a series of violent robberies after threatening victims with a gun in Valencia. The thefts

30 Nov, 2022 @ 14:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Ukrainian refugees robbed of €7,000 and valuables at Valencia region motorway service area in Spain

A Ukrainian refugee family were robbed of €7,000 and valuables in a distraction theft at a Castellon motorway service area in the Valencian Community. The

28 Mar, 2022 @ 13:45

Castellon·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

Spain’s Malaga ramps up police surveillance on Midsummer’s Eve to 300 police officers and a drone

Police intercept drug-dealers trying to flee Benidorm’s ‘English Zone’ on Spain’s Costa Blanca

FOUR drug dealers have been arrested after trying to speed away from a police patrol car in the ‘English Zone’ of Benidorm. Policia Nacional officers

22 Mar, 2022 @ 18:00

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

What you need to know about Spain’s ban on cash payments over €1,000

SPAIN introduced a new rule in July that outlawed cash payments of over €1,000 for registered companies and professionals in part of a clampdown on

7 Aug, 2021 @ 12:30

Business & Finance·Lead·National News·Other News

Good Samaritan Discovers Cash Filled Envelope And Owner Gets It Back On Spain S Costa Blanca

Who needs cash?: Quarter of people in Spain would not miss paper money

A QUARTER of Spaniards say they would prefer to wave goodbye to cash and welcome electronic payments instead. The rapid rise of the coronavirus crisis

16 Mar, 2021 @ 17:45

Business & Finance·Other News

Ex-lover of Juan Carlos I claims she was given €65 million out of ‘gratitude’

GERMAN aristocrat Corinna Larsen says her former lover, King Juan Carlos gave her €64.8 million ‘out of gratitude and love.’ She believes the ‘gift’ might

9 Jul, 2020 @ 12:23

Lead·National News

‘Hostel thief’ arrested in Marbella after allegedly robbing laptops and cash from backpackers on Spain’s Costa del Sol

Investigators claim the suspect ‘broke wardrobe and locker doors to seize the valuables he found inside’

25 Nov, 2019 @ 12:29

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

SIERRA NEVADA: Spain’s premier ski resort gets 33 new snow cannons, Domino’s Pizza and lift upgrades in €9 million cash boost

A new Domino's Pizza restaurant at Ts Monachil and an extension and new San Miguel ‘tasting station’ at La Bodega in Pradollano make this one

13 Nov, 2019 @ 08:03

Granada·Lead·Travel News

Man arrested after ‘faking’ gunpoint robbery to hide night of booze and strippers from wife on Spain’s Costa del Sol

Investigators rejected the suspect’s story, which allegedly took place on Saturday between 2:30am and 4:00am

14 Aug, 2019 @ 16:20

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

IS IT YOURS?: Police in Spain’s Andalucia search for owner of €400 found in hotel

So far no one has come forward for the cash and police are still searching for the unlucky owner

18 Jul, 2019 @ 11:44

Lead·Malaga

OPINION: The Junta de Andalucia’s budgets which benefit residents are a welcome sight after decades of corruption

This could go some way to undermining the grip of the local drug cartels, who benefit from grinding youth poverty and a lack of opportunity

23 Jun, 2019 @ 11:44

Business & Finance·Opinion

RING ROADS AND RUINS: Junta de Andalucia funding motorways, flamenco and sewage in NEW budgets

In total, Malaga is to get €153 million under the new regional budget

23 Jun, 2019 @ 10:00

Business & Finance·Lead

WATCH: New €100 and €200 notes legal in Spain from today are vegan friendly, shorter and more secure

THE new €100 and €200 notes have landed in Spain and the 19 other countries which have adopted the currency. This freshly minted legal tender

28 May, 2019 @ 19:08

Business & Finance·Lead·National News

Brit family arrested after funding Spain holiday through ‘high quality’ fake cash spree

Officers alleged the relatives had obtained €400 by swapping fake pound notes in currency exchanges, and seized £850 in ‘high-value counterfeit £50 notes

27 May, 2019 @ 11:34

Crime & Law·Lead

Mystery as expat and two Lithuanians found in busted van carrying €1 MILLION CASH en route to Malaga – but NONE of them claim ownership

Some of the money was spread across the road when officers arrived to the scene while the driver - who tested positive for drugs and

15 May, 2019 @ 12:31

Crime & Law·Granada·Lead·Malaga

REVEALED: Estepona spent €100 million on public works in eight years, with cash for new hospital and football ground

Mayor Urbano said under him Estepona has seen the ‘the greatest transformation the city has ever experienced’

5 Mar, 2019 @ 13:25

Lead·Malaga

No-deal Brexit could make pension payouts to British expats living in Spain ‘illegal’

The Association of British Insurers claims expats living in the EU ‘might find that they couldn’t be paid their pension'

24 Jul, 2018 @ 15:13

Lead·National News

Cash used for 80% of Spanish transactions

Spain lags behind Europe in plastic and e-transactions

26 Jun, 2015 @ 08:30

Business & Finance

Homes raided in Malaga in crackdown on electronic fraud

More than 30 arrested in gang bust

3 Oct, 2014 @ 10:42

Millionaire murdered on the Costa del Sol was carrying more than €7000 when shot

Slovakian model Mayka Kukucova, suspected of his murder, allegedly left the money untouched as she fled the scene

16 Apr, 2014 @ 17:08

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British second-home owners in Spain will be able to legally pay ten times more cash than their Spanish neighbours

Spain’s notorious tax agency will gain sweeping new powers to spy on bank accounts from 2026 – including seeing balances and cash movements

Euro ‘cash trap’ warning for British tourists flying to Spain for Easter holidays gets short response from Madrid

Spain’s government to BAN bank charges for over-65s who withdraw cash from branches

It’s raining ‘Money’ on the A7 in Spain’s Marbella as bag containing €20,000 in €50 notes empties on the motorway

Use of cash in Spanish stores drops drastically compared to 2019 new study finds

Teenage children threaten young victims with gun during street thefts in Spain’s Valencia

Ukrainian refugees robbed of €7,000 and valuables at Valencia region motorway service area in Spain

Police intercept drug-dealers trying to flee Benidorm’s ‘English Zone’ on Spain’s Costa Blanca

What you need to know about Spain’s ban on cash payments over €1,000

Who needs cash?: Quarter of people in Spain would not miss paper money

Ex-lover of Juan Carlos I claims she was given €65 million out of ‘gratitude’

‘Hostel thief’ arrested in Marbella after allegedly robbing laptops and cash from backpackers on Spain’s Costa del Sol

SIERRA NEVADA: Spain’s premier ski resort gets 33 new snow cannons, Domino’s Pizza and lift upgrades in €9 million cash boost

Man arrested after ‘faking’ gunpoint robbery to hide night of booze and strippers from wife on Spain’s Costa del Sol

IS IT YOURS?: Police in Spain’s Andalucia search for owner of €400 found in hotel

OPINION: The Junta de Andalucia’s budgets which benefit residents are a welcome sight after decades of corruption

RING ROADS AND RUINS: Junta de Andalucia funding motorways, flamenco and sewage in NEW budgets

WATCH: New €100 and €200 notes legal in Spain from today are vegan friendly, shorter and more secure

Brit family arrested after funding Spain holiday through ‘high quality’ fake cash spree

Mystery as expat and two Lithuanians found in busted van carrying €1 MILLION CASH en route to Malaga – but NONE of them claim ownership

REVEALED: Estepona spent €100 million on public works in eight years, with cash for new hospital and football ground

No-deal Brexit could make pension payouts to British expats living in Spain ‘illegal’

Cash used for 80% of Spanish transactions

Homes raided in Malaga in crackdown on electronic fraud

Millionaire murdered on the Costa del Sol was carrying more than €7000 when shot

Spain logs its first data breach allegedly carried out by a rogue AI agent

Six Spanish pizzerias named among world’s 100 best, as a Madrid favourite holds on to its top 10 spot

Alarm as Benahavis wildfire reignites on the Costa del Sol amid heavy winds and billowing smoke

Sprawling cocaine trafficking investigation sparked by Spain’s corrupt Breaking Bad narco cop extends to Dubai financier dubbed ‘el Gestor’

Spanish NATO commander stationed in the UK caught up in ‘honeytrap’ after starting Tinder relationship with Russian woman

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