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More than a century of history
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Santander’s history began on 15 May 1857, when Queen Isabel II signed a royal decree authorising the founding of Banco Santander. Right from the start it was a bank open to the outside world, being initially linked to trade between the port of Santander in the north of Spain and Latin America.