Santander

Santander UK has reported a 21% drop in gross mortgage lending for the first six months of 2011 compared to the same period in 2010.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Nicolas Sarkozy have hammered out a common position on the euro debt crisis.

Santander has sold mortgage club The Mortgage Alliance (TMA) to First Complete, a subsidiary of LSL Property Services.

Emilio Botín, chairman of Banco Santander and one of Spain's highest profile public figures, is being investigated by the country's high court over allegations of tax-related offences alongside 11 other members of his powerful family.

High street banks have attracted 1,163 complaints over data breaches in a year according to consumer group Which?

Customers of Bradford & Bingley International will be transferred to Alliance & Leicester International on 5th August 2011 following the decision by the parent group, Santander, to drop the Bradford & Bingley name.

Santander's takeover of 318 RBS branches is not expected to be completed until the first quarter of 2012, despite hopes the deal would be done by the end of 2011.

Financials dominate Forbes 2010 list of the biggest, most powerful companies in the world after a year of stellar performance and eye-watering profits.

A self-styled vigilante superhero calling himself ‘The Statesman' has revealed his true identity as Scott Cooke, a Santander adviser from Birmingham.

The FSA has investigated packaged accounts sold by high street banks and forced at least one bank to refund customers after mis-selling.