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Banco Santander, S.A., doing business as Santander Group (UK: / ˌ s æ n t ən ˈ d ɛər,-t æ n-/, US: / ˌ s ɑː n t ɑː n ˈ d ɛər /, Spanish: [santanˈdeɾ]), is a Spanish multinational financial services company based in Madrid and Santander in Spain.

Santander Cycles (formerly Barclays Cycle Hire) is a public bicycle hire scheme in London in the United Kingdom. The scheme's bicycles are popularly known as Boris Bikes, after Boris Johnson who was Mayor of London when the scheme began operating. The operation of the scheme is contracted by Transport for London to Serco.

Santander UK (formerly Abbey, Alliance & Leicester and Bradford & Bingley ), owned by Santander Group of Spain SEB (UK), owned by Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken, Sweden Silicon Valley Bank UK, owned by Silicon Valley Bank of the United States State Bank of India (UK), owned by State Bank of India Svenska Handelsbanken, UK Branch

The four business sectors were mortgage lending and investments, personal banking, commercial banking and treasury. Alliance & Leicester provided current accounts, general insurance, life assurance, unit trusts, asset financing and commercial lending. The bank also operated Alliance & Leicester Commercial Bank.

Santander continued to operate the cards business until 1 April 2014, when SAV took full control and was renamed NewDay. In March 2015, it was rumored that NewDay was for sale, valuing the company around $1.49 billion. In March 2019, John Hourican was named CEO of NewDay, succeeding James Corcoran to the position. Structure