Banco Santander, S.A.
Budget
€800 — €0
EP Access
4
accredited persons
Staff
7
2.2 FTE
EU Grants
None
Mission & Goals
Santander is a large international financial group whose primary business is retail banking. Our goal is to offer comprehensive solutions to satisfy the financial needs of our clients, support sustainable economic growth, promote the development of SMEs, and provide excellent value to our shareholders. To achieve this, we are present in ten core markets, where we operate through autonomous subsidiaries and to whom we provide global business policies and our corporate organisational and technological capacities.
EU Legislative Interests
The objective of the EU Government Relations team is supporting the work of European policy makers in the area of financial services, digital and sustainability, with the aim of promoting financial integration in the European Union, sustainable economic growth, EU competitiveness in global markets and the protection of consumers of financial services in a constructive and open way. With these goals in mind, over the last years Banco Santander has paid special attention, among others, to the following EU initiatives: CRR, CRD, CMDI, FIDA, PSD3, Retail Investment Strategy, Digital Euro, Digital Markets, Data policies, AI, Digital Services and the different Omnibuses.
Communication Activities
Santander has participated in several consultations launched by the European Commission and actively participates in experts groups organized by the European Commission. In addition to this, since 2007 Banco Santander organises an annual conference in Madrid, the Santander International Banking Conference. This conference is focused on the global regulatory developments affecting the financial sector and the effectiveness of local responses, featuring a combination of distinguished top policy makers, business experts and members of the academia. Santander publishes all relevant information on our dedicated website: https://www.santander.com/en/press-room/public-policy-and-research-centre Public Policy & Research Centre.
Interests Represented
Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members
Member Of
Asociación Española de Banca / European Financial Services Roundtable / European Parliamentary Financial Services Forum (Already on the parliamentary groups section) / European Internet Forum / International Swaps and Derivatives Association / Association for Financial Markets in Europe / Centre for European Policy Studies / Institute of International Finance / Bankenverband / Associação Portuguesa de Bancos / DigitalEurope / BusinessEurope. Additions: EPFSF, European Baking Federation,, Banking Policy Institute, Polish Banking Association, Polish Confederation Lewiatan, Portuguese Banking sector association (APB)
Organisation Members
Banco Santander: https://www.santander.com/es/home
Commissioner Meetings
No recorded meetings with EU commissioners.