sabadell

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

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

Hundreds of bank accounts hit by €1.9 million cyber scam with 1,000 phone text messages sent per minute to fool victims in Spain

Hundreds of bank accounts hijacked by €1.9 million cyber scam with 1,000 phone text messages sent per minute to fool victims in Spain

A CYBERSCAM that netted €1.9 million has been busted by the Policia Nacional with 760 victims conned via bogus bank text messages. A dozen arrests

20 Jan, 2025 @ 17:00

Catalunya·Crime & Law·Lead

Property prices in Spain will increase more than previously expected this year, says Bankinter in latest report

Can I get a 100% mortgage in Spain if I’m British or from the USA? All you need to know about the new ICO scheme

BUYING property can be inaccessible for many, with the financial burden of putting down a deposit too heavy for some would-be-buyers to bear. However, thanks

14 Feb, 2024 @ 14:00

Lead·OP Money Tree·Other News·Property

Criminal gang stole 21,600 condoms packed into van during working holiday on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A BARCELONA area robbery gang went on holiday to Alicante province and spent their vacation stealing from businesses including thousands of condoms. Three men aged

11 Jul, 2023 @ 13:31

Alicante·Barcelona·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Murcia·Valencia·Valencian Community

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

Pregnant woman loses unborn child and four others injured after gunman opens fire on ‘botellon’ in Sabadell in Spain’s Catalunya

By Rob Kiteley in Barcelona

20 Sep, 2021 @ 15:00

Barcelona·Catalunya·Crime & Law·Lead

Sabadell gang-rapist gets 31 years in jail for attacking teenage woman in Spain’s Catalunya region

A man who took part in a group rape of an 18-year-old woman in Sabadell in February 2019 has been jailed for 31 years. Two

16 Apr, 2021 @ 15:45

Barcelona·Crime & Law·Lead·National News

Banks in Spain continue to shed jobs and close branches

THE six main Spanish banks have shed 2,176 jobs and closed 1,188 offices so far during the coronavirus pandemic – with worse to come in

6 Feb, 2021 @ 14:22

Business & Finance·Lead·Other News

Professional squatters have found new means of bypassing new laws, and everyone is passing the buck, writes Jacque Talbot

Despite the seemingly random trail of destruction they leave behind, squatting has now become a sophisticated operation reenforced by ringleaders with up-to-date knowledge of the

27 Oct, 2019 @ 10:00

Lead

BUNCH OF BANKERS: Supreme Court rules in favour of lenders in ‘unprecedented’ mortgage tax fiasco

Shares in a number of Spanish banks, including Bankia and Sabadell, promptly tumbled at the prospect of massive retroactive legal claims

7 Nov, 2018 @ 18:36

Business & Finance·Lead·Property

EXCLUSIVE: Bank in Spain refuses payout to fix British expat pensioner’s gate as ’wind was not strong enough’

AN expat pensioner has been forced to fork out for new gates despite having insurance for over 17 years. Sylvia Rush, based in Alhaurin el

17 Apr, 2018 @ 10:01

Lead·Malaga

Sabadell Bank to leave Alicante HQ and return home to Barcelona amidst hostile takeover battle with BBVA

Hundreds of firms move HQ from Catalunya amid independence crisis

Some 1,700 companies shift from region amid fears over economy

1 Nov, 2017 @ 14:12

Mallorca

SOBER OCTOBER FOR CATALUNYA: Cervezas San Miguel moves its headquarters to Malaga

CERVEZAS San Miguel has shocked Catalunya by announcing they have moved their headquarters from Barcelona to Malaga in response to the independence referendum. The company

10 Oct, 2017 @ 13:37

Business & Finance·Entertainment·Gibraltar·Lead·Mallorca

Sabadell moves HQ to Alicante as Caixa eyes Mallorca switch over Catalan independence fears

Catalunya's second largest bank makes moves after shares dive

6 Oct, 2017 @ 09:06

Barcelona·Lead·Mallorca

Sabadell bank bosses plot HQ move from Catalunya over independence fears

Finance flight worries as CaixaBank and Sabadell see shares plummet

5 Oct, 2017 @ 14:46

Barcelona·Lead·Mallorca

Property prices continue to soar across Spain as Malaga and Balearics lead the way

PROPERTY prices in Malaga are expected to soar by 5% next year thanks to increasing demand. It comes after Solvia, the property division of Sabadell

10 Sep, 2017 @ 14:40

Lead·Malaga·Mallorca·Property

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

Sabadell bank to close hundreds of branches due to ‘digital transformation’

The closure accounts for 12% of the bank’s network

8 Jan, 2017 @ 09:59

Business & Finance·Lead

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

Biggest hotel deal in Madrid’s history sealed

Colombian businessman Jaime Gilinski has acquired the Hotel Villa Magna for €190 million

11 Jul, 2015 @ 18:00

Property

Competition hots up to take on €50 million of Spanish ‘bad bank’ property assets

Five companies are still in the running, including Solvia, the real estate platform of Spanish lender Sabadell

28 Sep, 2014 @ 16:20

National News