{"bio":"Banco Santander (SAN SM, STD US, BNC LN) is a leading commercial bank, founded in 1857 and headquartered in Spain. It has a meaningful presence in 10 core markets in the Europe, North America and South America regions, and is one of the largest banks in the world by market capitalization. Santander aims to be the best open financial services platform providing services to individuals, SMEs, corporates, financial institutions and governments. The bank\u2019s purpose is to help people and businesses prosper in a simple, personal and fair way. Santander is building a more responsible bank and has made a number of commitments to support this objective, including raising \u20ac220 billion in green financing between 2019 and 2030. In the first quarter of 2023, Banco Santander had \u20ac1.2 trillion in total funds, 161 million customers, 9,000 branches and 210,000 employees.\r\n\r\nSantander Corporate & Investment Banking (Santander CIB) is Santander\u2019s global division that supports corporate and institutional clients, offering tailored services and value-added wholesale products suited to their complexity and sophistication, as well as to responsible banking standards that contribute to the progress of society."}