| 1 | Poland is Santander' s kind of market, though: biggish and with distressed sellers. | |
| 2 | The region accounted for 43% of Santander' s 2008 operating profit and over half of BBVA' s. | |
| 3 | Spain' s Banco Santander released details of its planned initial public offering for its Brazilian subsidiary. | |
| 4 | Santander is the first financial company to offer to settle claims resulting from the Madoff scandal. | |
| 5 | It has offered a settlement in a bid to repair its reputation but is being challenged in American courts. |