Believe in people and the planet, Executive Chair @bancosantander, mother & wife. Passionate about education. Practice yoga though not as often as I would like.
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We have once again delivered strong results, with growing momentum across @bancosantander and earnings per share up 25%.
We welcomed 17 million customers over the last twelve months, supported by strong commercial activity and the addition of TSB and Webster.
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At a time of heightened volatility, our diversification is a differential strength, combining five global businesses at scale - Retail, @Openbank (openbank.us), CIB, Wealth and Payments - with a strong presence across Europe and the Americas.
#OneTransformation continues to reshape our operating model, driving revenue growth and lowering costs, with the deployment of AI generating €194 million in business value during 2026.
Together with disciplined capital allocation, these changes are helping us build a simpler, more connected and more scalable bank.
Above all, it is our people, who go the extra mile for our customers every day, who give me confidence in our ability to keep delivering sustainable value for shareholders.
Thank you to everyone across Santander, and a very warm welcome to our new Webster colleagues!
To stay ahead and realise the full potential that AI can bring to our customers and our teams, safely and efficiently, being present in the infrastructure layer and having access to compute matters.
We are excited about the @bancosantander and @nvidia three-year collaboration because it is another important step in that direction.
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Today, @bancosantander’s board has announced its decision to pay a cash dividend against the first-half of 2026 results of 12.7 euro cents per share.
This marks the fifth consecutive year of double-digit growth in our interim cash dividend, which has increased 162% over the period. Together with the share buyback announced against our first-half 2026 results, represents €3.7 billion of shareholder remuneration, rising to €6.9 billion when including the extraordinary buyback linked to the sale of Santander Poland.
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It was great to hear firsthand the ideas behind the 12 winning projects in our @bancosantander Innovation Challenge -selected from more than 3,400 submissions-.
Well done to all the winners and to all of you who participated!
Para el equipo global de @bancosantander fue un honor el tiempo que pasamos con Luis de la Fuente.
Poder escuchar de primera mano su filosofía de “estar bien para poder hacer más”, la importancia del equipo más allá de individualismos y cómo selecciona ha sido lo mejor de estos días.
Muchas gracias, Luis, y esperamos veros en Wembley en 2028!
Ayer en los Jardines de Pereda, verbena de juegos —y dentro de Faro Santander tenéis Llamita, el espacio creativo para niños—, música en directo con el Ensemble de la @EscuelaRSofia, que ha creado la sinfonía colaborativa de Faro en un taller con distintos agentes culturales, y cierre de Casapalma y Repion.
Yesterday was the first day Faro Santander opened to the public.
Faro aims to be a world-class museum, and much more than that.
David Chipperfield and I had the opportunity to inaugurate the “Diálogos” series, discussing the making of Faro. It was the first of many more conversations: farosantander.com/en/inicio/….
Visit us to enjoy the Gelman Santander Collection — the best of Mexico’s vibrant modernist art, including Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera and Rufino Tamayo —, and highlights from the Banco Santander Collection, from El Greco and Rubens to Tàpies and Uslé.
And enjoy a VR tour of Pereda, our headquarters built in the 1950s, and the amazing story of the city of Santander and @bancosantander in the immersive cube, experiencing the power of modern technology.
And much more to come from Daniel and his team.
Bienvenidos a Faro Santander.
Durante décadas, el emblemático edificio del Paseo de Pereda, frente a la bahía de Santander, ha sido nuestra sede y una parte importante de nuestra historia.
Hoy inicia una nueva etapa como Faro Santander: un museo moderno para personas de todas las edades, donde descubrir, intercambiar ideas y aprender.
Su transformación va más allá de un edificio. Es un poderoso símbolo de algo que estamos viviendo en @bancosantander: la capacidad de apoyarnos en nuestra historia mientras construimos el futuro.
Al mismo tiempo que Faro Santander se transformaba, hemos estado transformando nuestro banco.
Juntos, estamos construyendo un Santander más sencillo, integrado y global. Un Santander mejor preparado y con una mayor capacidad para servir a nuestros clientes.
Welcome to Faro Santander.
For decades, the iconic building on Paseo de Pereda, overlooking the bay of Santander, has been our headquarters and an important part of our history.
Today, it begins a new chapter as Faro Santander: a modern museum where people of all ages can discover, exchange ideas and learn.
Its transformation is about more than a building. It is a powerful symbol of something we are experiencing across Santander: the ability to build on our history while changing for the future.
As Faro Santander has been transformed, we have been transforming our bank.
Together, we are building a simpler, more integrated and more global Santander. One that is better prepared and better able to serve our customers.
We can all be proud of how far we have come.
But change is constant. We must continue to challenge ourselves, embrace change and keep building the Santander we want for the future.
Faro Santander reflects that journey. It preserves what is valuable from our past while creating something new, open and relevant for the generations ahead.
Many thanks to His Majesty the King for inaugurating Faro Santander. And thank you to the Board and the bank’s team, to the president of Cantabria, the mayor of Santander, the other officials, and David Chipperfield, for joining us on this journey.
Today is a very special day for the entire bank team, for my family, and for me. I hope you enjoy Faro and that you can visit soon.
Gran partido ayer del @realracingclub en El Sardinero en su debut en Primera.
It’s been a strong first half of the year for @bancosantander. We added 12 million customers over the past year, grew revenue by 6%, and continued to improve efficiency, leading to record profit.
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