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Santander UK Suspends Retail Payments to Binance

July 9, 2021

Santander UK, a British bank owned by the Spanish Santander Group, has decided to block all retail payments to Binance, a major cryptocurrency exchange, joining Barclays in the campaign to prevent customers f...

Ripple-Powered Santander App For Cross-Border Payments Expanding To Mexico This Year

March 31, 2020

The Ripple-powered cross-border payments app launched by Spanish banking giant Santander, One Pay FX, is set to expand to Mexico this year. According to a Form 20-F filed with the U.S. Securities and Excha...

Santander to Facilitate Ripple-Based Services in Mexico

March 30, 2020

Banco Santander, a major Spanish bank, is gearing up to expand Ripple-based international payments services to Mexico. In a Form 20-F filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on March 6, the b...

Chairman of Santander’s Portuguese Unit Dies from Coronavirus

March 19, 2020

Antonio Vieira Montero, Chairman of Spain’s largest bank, Santander, passed away at the age of 73 yesterday, a source familiar with the matter said. A spokesperson at Santander confirmed the death. Accordin...

UK Banking Blockade Against Crypto Exchange Coinbase?

August 15, 2019

Spanish bank Santander has apparently put a block on UK customers trying to deposit fiat funds to cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase, while Barclays has also cut ties with the exchange. The news emerged from a...

Philip Kopman Leaves Santander as Global Head of FX E-Commerce

September 27, 2018

The global head of foreign exchange (fx) e-commerce at Santander, Philip Kopman, has stepped down from his position. According to an article from FX Week, he has moved back to the United States to look for ne...

Santander to Launch Ripple-Based International Money Transfer App

March 25, 2018

Bank Santander plans to launch a Ripple-based international payments app in the spring, according to Business Insider. Nathan Bostock, UK CEO of Santander, said at the International Fintech Conference in Lon...

American Express and Santander Partner with Ripple

November 17, 2017

On Thursday, American Express and Santander officially announced a partnership with blockchain network Ripple. The companies state that they aim to reduce costs and increase speed for across-the-border transa...

Broadridge, J.P. Morgan, Northern Trust and Santander Test Blockchain Voting

April 12, 2017

Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. (NYSE:BR), J.P. Morgan, Northern Trust and Banco Santander have announced the completion of a pilot built on an Ethereum blockchain platform to enhance proxy vote transpar...

Santander’s Head of R&D Joins Wall Street Blockchain Alliance

March 15, 2017

The Wall Street Blockchain Alliance (WSBA), a non-profit distributed ledger technology trade association, today announced that Dr. Julio Faura has joined the WSBA Board of Directors. Dr. Faura is head of R&a...