| BANCO SANTANDER (Brasil) SA is a full-service bank in Brazil. The Bank operates through three segments: Commercial Bank, which focuses on personal loans, leasing, commercial loans, working capital lines and foreign trade financing; Global Wholesale Bank, which operate with commercial, exchange, investment, credit and financing, mortgage lending, leasing, credit cards, securities brokerage, and buying club management; and Asset Management and Insurance, which operates into insurance, pension plans, capitalization, asset management and insurance brokerage. It offers its products and services to individual clients, small and medium-sized companies, corporations, governmental agencies and institutions. The Bank is a member of the Santander Group. As of December 31, 2010, the Company's subsidiaries included Santander Seguros SA, Aymore Credito, Financiamento e Investimento SA and Santander Brasil Administradora de Consorcio Ltda, among others. |
