Spanish banker to take over at Abbey
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SANTANDER, the new owner of Abbey National, yesterday unveiled Francisco Gomez-Roldan, the Spanish bank&#39;s chief financial officer, as Abbey&#39;s chief executive as it took another step towards finalising the Â£9bn all-share acquisition.
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ABBEY, the UK bank being taken over by Spanish rival Santander Central Hispano, today said third-quarter trading profit at its core retail banking business was ahead of the 234 million average quarterly profit ...
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HBOS, based in Edinburgh, said last month it was considering making an offer for Abbey after Santander, Spain s biggest lender, agreed to buy the London-based bank in Europe s biggest-ever cross- border bank ...
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The European Commission first expects to make a decision next week on competition issues raised by the bid from Spain&#39;s Santander Central Hispano for Abbey National, a spokeswoman says.
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Banco Santander Central Hispano, which is buying UK lender Abbey for Â£8.5bn, makes a Â£2.2bn profit in the first nine months of 2004.
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Santander Central Hispano, Spain&#39;s biggest bank, named its finance chief Francisco Gomez-Roldan as chief executive of Abbey National after its takeover, squashing expectations
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THE Halifax Bank of Scotland group, HBOS, has known since May that Spain&#39;s Banco Santander Central Hispano wished to buy Abbey National.
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LONDON, September 9 (New Ratings) - Santander Central Hispano (BSD2.FSE) has indicated that it is selling a 2.51% stake in Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc, in an attempt to seek regulatory approval to acquire UKâs Abbey National Plc.
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The head of the Spanish Bank attempting to takeover UK high-street rival Abbey has been ordered to stand trial over allegations he helped clients to evade taxes.
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Santander Central Hispano SA, which last month offered 8.2 billion pounds ($14.9 billion) to buy the UK mortgage lender Abbey National Plc, said it will eliminate 3,000 jobs at the British company.
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SANTANDER Central Hispano, the Spanish bank that last year bought Britain - s Abbey National, yesterday sold its last shares in Royal Bank of Scotland, its partner of 16 years.
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Abbey National faces a high court challenge to its Â£9bn takeover by Banco Santander Central Hispano because of concerns about criminal charges faced by executives of the Spanish bank.
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SCOTS workers with the Abbey bank have been warned of a major jobs purge if it is taken over by a Spanish rival. Santander Central Hispano has announced it will axe 3000 jobs if its proposed Â£8.
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Spanish bank Santander Central Hispano says the referral of any competing offer for Abbey National to regulators need not mean Santander would pull out of the fray.
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LONDON  - Shares in Abbey National PLC, Britain's sixth-biggest bank and second-biggest mortgage lender, traded for the last time Friday ahead of the completion of its &#36;15.6 billion US acquisition by Santander Central Hispano SA, Spain's biggest bank.
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Spanish bank Santander claimed victory for its 8.7 billion pound (&#36;15.6 billion) agreed takeover of Britain's Abbey National after its most likely rival, UK bank HBOS, pulled out of the race.
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MADRID: If shareholders in Britain's Abbey National have been thinking of suitor Santander Central Hispano in cliche terms as a sleepy, tradition-loving Spanish bank, its new headquarters might make them think ...