Banco Santander, S.A.

Founded in 1857 in Santander, Spain, Banco Santander has grown into a global commercial bank operating across nine core markets in Europe and the Americas. It serves individuals, SMEs, large companies and institutional clients through branches and digital channels.

The group is organised into five global businesses: Retail & Commercial Banking, Openbank, Corporate & Investment Banking, Wealth Management & Insurance, and Payment Solutions. Its strongest differentiators are its large retail franchises, cross-border corporate-banking network and investment in shared technology platforms such as Gravity, which Santander developed to modernise and streamline digital banking operations.

For students, the firm offers routes across retail banking, corporate and investment banking, payments, wealth management, technology, finance, risk and headquarters functions. Its early-careers programmes include summer internships, graduate schemes and dedicated CIB opportunities across several geographies.