Santander Bank

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Santander Bank, N. A.
Type Subsidiary
(Formerly Public, NYSE: SOV)
Industry National Banks
Headquarters Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Key people Roman Blanco, Chairman and CEO
Revenue Increase$3.345 billion USD (2013)[1]
Operating income Decrease$1.508 billion USD (2013)[1]
Net income Decrease$1.042 billion USD (2013)[1]
Employees 9,525 (2013)[2]
Parent Santander Group
Website www.santanderbank.com

Santander Bank (formerly Sovereign Bank) is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Spanish Santander Group. Based in Boston, Massachusetts, the bank—whose principal market is in the Northeastern United States—has more than $77 billion in assets, operates 723 retail banking offices, over 2,300 ATMs (including 1,100 in CVS pharmacies throughout the Northeast) and employs approximately 9,000 people.[2] Santander offers an array of financial services and products including retail banking, mortgages, corporate banking, cash management, credit card, capital markets, trust and wealth management, and insurance.

Sovereign Bank was rebranded as Santander Bank on October 17, 2013; the stadium, arena, and performing arts center for which it has naming rights were also rebranded.

History

Santander Bank branch footprint in the eastern United States.
Former Sovereign Bank logo
Santander Bank, Summer Street, Boston

Sovereign bought the naming rights to Mercer County's new arena in 1999 in support of newly acquired Trenton Savings Bank (formerly TSFS) and other New Jersey branches for a ten-year term. In following years, the bank also named the Sovereign Center Arena and Sovereign Performing Arts Center in Reading, Pennsylvania, and Sovereign Bank Stadium in York, Pennsylvania. In 2000, it bought 285 New England branches from the newly merged FleetBoston Financial.[3]

In June 2006, Banco Santander purchased almost 20% of Sovereign Bank for US$2.4 billion. As Banco Santander owned 25% of Sovereign, it had the right to buy the bank for $40 per share for one year beginning in the middle of 2008.[4] On June 1, 2006, Sovereign Bank purchased Independence Community Bank Corp. of Brooklyn, New York, for US$3.6 billion in cash. Sovereign completed the transition process of Independence and S.I. Bank & Trust customers on September 9, 2006. Sovereign financed this merger through its partial sale to Spain's Banco Santander Central Hispano.[5]

On October 13, 2008, Banco Santander agreed to purchase the remainder of Sovereign for US$1.9 billion (1.4 billion euros).[6] Sovereign Bank was severely affected by losses related to auto loans and stock in Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.[7] Banco Santander had previously seen a loss of over $1 billion on its investment in Sovereign, when the latter's share price tumbled after being downgraded by Moody's in September 2008.[8] On January 30, 2009, Banco Santander completed its acquisition of Sovereign Bank, for about $2.51 per share.[9]

In August 2011, the bank announced its plans to formally relocate its headquarters from Wyomissing, Pennsylvania to Boston, Massachusetts where its top executives had already been located for the past few years.[10]

In late September 2011, the bank announced that it would officially change its name to "Santander" as part of its parent company's goal to create a global brand.[11] The rebranding was completed on October 17, 2013.[12]

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "3Q Results 2013: Sovereign Bank", Santander Group
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 " About us, Santander Bank", Santander Bank
  3. ↑ Sovereign Bank Seals Deal With Fleetboston. The Philadelphia Inquirer
  4. ↑ http://www.ydr.com/yorkbaseball
  5. ↑ http://www.myindependence.com/IntegrationCalendar/
  6. ↑ "Santander to Take Over Sovereign in $1.9 Billion Deal". Bloomberg News. 2008-08-14. Retrieved 2008-08-14. 
  7. ↑ Dash, Eric (2008-10-13). "Spanish Bank Said to Be Close to Buying Sovereign Bancorp". The New York Times. Retrieved 2010-05-23. 
  8. ↑ http://www.informedtrades.com/129292-moodys-downgrades-sovereign-bancorp-baa2-baa1.html
  9. ↑ http://www.sovereignbank.com/companyinfo/investor_relations/news/company_news.asp?ID=932
  10. ↑ "Sovereign making Hub its home base". The Boston Globe. 
  11. ↑ Wollack, Todd (2011-09-28). "Sovereign changes its name to Santander". The Boston Globe. Retrieved 2011-09-28. 
  12. ↑ "Sovereign becoming Santander". 2013 publisher=Sovereign Bank. Retrieved 2013-09-24. 

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