Banco Santander Brasil S.A. (NYSE-Listed BSBR )visits the NYSE in celebration of their company's IPO. In honor of the occasion, EVP José de Menezes Berenguer Neto rings The Opening BellSM.
Banco Santander Brasil S.A. (NYSE: BSBR) At the end of June 2009, Santander Brasil Group, which includes the Santander and Real banks, had R$ 288.8 billion in total assets, R$ 177.9 billion in total deposits, more than 21 million clients and a network of 3,612 points of sale, including branches and service centers.
Banco Santander (NYSE: SAN ) Banco Santander is a commercial bank headquartered in Spain. At the end of 2008, Santander led all banks in the Euro area in stock market value and was the third-largest bank in the world in terms of profit. Founded in 1857, it manages a total of € 1.271 billion in funds. After its acquisition of Sovereign Bancorp in the United States in January, Santander has a total of 90 million clients, over 14 thousand branches—more than any other international bank—and more than 170 thousand employees. In addition to being the largest financial group in Spain and Latin America, Santander also occupies leading positions in the United Kingdom and Portugal. The Santander Consumer Finance unit gives the group a strong presence throughout the rest of Europe as well. Santander recorded € 4.519 billion in net profit in the first half of 2009.
