Banco Santander has featured heavily in the UK banking scene and promises to do again. A great survivor from the crunch there are more acquisions to come.
Cor, what a whopper! The bank I mean. The company that likes to brand itself as the world's local bank.It's huge and, just like the oceans, it seems to cover about two-thirds of the globe.
Remember that fabulous advert of a black horse running wildly and freely, mane flowing in the wind? It was a bit like a banker on an expenses-fuelled lunch.