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Santander Bank, N.A., was founded on October 8, 1902 as Sovereign Bank, a savings and loan in Wyomissing, Pennsylvania. The company's earliest customers were largely textile workers. Sovereign expanded rapidly during the savings and loan crisis of the 1980s and 1990s, acquiring numerous other banks.
Banco Santander was founded in 1857 as Banco de Santander. In 1999, it merged with Banco Central Hispano , or BCH, which had in turn been formed through the 1991 merger of Banco Central and Banco Hispanoamericano.
Santander UK plc ( UK: / ˌsæntənˈdɛər, - tæn -/, US: / ˌsɑːntɑːnˈdɛər /) [3] is a British bank, wholly owned by the Spanish Santander Group. Santander UK plc manages its affairs autonomously, with its own local management team, responsible solely for its performance. Santander UK is one of the leading personal financial services ...
US$13.655 billion (2021) [5] Number of employees. 16,500 (2018) [4] [6] [7] Website. synchrony .com. Synchrony Financial is an American consumer financial services company with its headquarters in Stamford, Connecticut, United States. [2] The company offers consumer financing products, including credit, promotional financing and loyalty ...
Banco Santander (México) S.A. was founded on November 16, 1932, under the name Banco Mexicano. In 1955 Sociedad Mexicana de Crédito Industrial ( Banco Somex) purchased a controlling interests of the bank. In 1958 Banco Mexicano merged with Banco Español. In 1979 the bank changed its name to Banco Mexicano Somex. In 1982 banks were nationalized.
Barclays plc ( / ˈbɑːrkliz /, occasionally /- leɪz /) is a British multinational universal bank, headquartered in London, England. Barclays operates as two divisions, Barclays UK and Barclays International, supported by a service company, Barclays Execution Services. [4]
On 13 May 2013 the company completed the purchase of Santander UK's store card business, including branded cards issued for retailers including Topshop, Dorothy Perkins, House of Fraser and Debenhams. Santander continued to operate the cards business until 1 April 2014, when SAV took full control and was renamed NewDay.
Santander notably houses the headquarters of multinational bank Banco Santander, which was founded there. The city has a mild climate typical of the Spanish northern coastline with frequent rainfall and stable temperatures.