Banco Sabadell seeking to cut 1,900 jobs and close 250 branches
Banco Sabadell is seeking to cut 1,900 jobs in Spain, around 13% of staff in its home market, a trade union negotiating with the bank
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BBVA and Sabadell banks in merger talks
Spanish bank BBVA has confirmed that it is in talks with Banco Sabadell, which also owns TSB in the UK, regarding a possible merger between the two
Chinese protest against ‘racist BBVA’ in Madrid
Hundreds of Chinese citizens staged a rare protest today at an office of Spain’s BBVA bank in Madrid, angrily denouncing that their personal accounts had
Spanish bank BBVA suspected of corporate spying
Spain’s second-largest bank BBVA is suspected of having used a disgraced former police chief to illegally tap the phones of journalists, politicians and businesspeople to
Sánchez to override court on mortgage tax
The Spanish government will put forward legislation so banks, not clients, pay the tax on new mortgages, thus overriding a widely criticised Supreme Court ruling.
Catalan economy solid, a year after independence bid
Catalonia has enjoyed solid growth since the region’s failed bid to break away from Spain last year despite predictions the uncertainty sparked by the separatist