The startup has created an open ecosystem that uses the talent of independent experts and innovative companies to seek for solutions to the business challenges of small and medium-sized enterprises. Connecting Visions is one of the winners of the global entrepreneurship challenge "Santander X Tomorrow Challenge".
Openbank achieves record investment in 2020, doubling its assets under management in its roboadvisor. Openbank, Santander Group's fully digital bank, ended a record 2020 for its "Openbank Wealth" investment platform. The institution achieved annual growth of 17% for its assets under management in the investment products and services it offers its customers.
Santander Corporate & Investment Banking has been a leading bank in financing and advising its customers on the deployment of renewable energy. Last summer, it set up a dedicated Environmental Social and Governance (ESG) Solutions team to help its clients in their transformation journey towards a low carbon economy and more sustainable business models.
Banco Santander's board of directors has resolved, at the proposal of the appointments committee, to appoint Ms Gina Diez Barroso as a new independent director after having obtained the required regulatory authorisations.
The service is open for everyone no matter who the user banks with. Spain is the third market with PagoFX after launches in the UK and Belgium earlier this year.
The base macroeconomic scenario for 2021 expects the recovery that began in the third quarter, buttressed by continued monetary and tax incentives and gradual vaccination.
Santander also received the Bank of the Year award in Spain, Brazil and Argentina.