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European Central Bank (1999) 1. Website. www.bde.es. The Bank of Spain still exists but many functions have been taken over by the ECB. The Bank of Spain (Spanish: Banco de España) is Spain's central bank and the Spanish member of the Eurosystem and has been the monetary authority for Spain from 1874 to 1998, issuing the Spanish peseta.
The Bank of Spain Building (Spanish: edificio del Banco de España) is the main headquarters of the Bank of Spain. Located in Madrid, it lies at the crossing of the Calle de Alcalá and the Paseo del Prado. History. Works started on 4 July 1884, following a project by Eduardo Adaro and Severiano Sáinz de la Lastra .
List of banks in Spain. This is a list of banks in Spain. Spain has 10 banking groups that are directly supervised by the European Central Bank. As of September 2021, the "big four" in Spain are: Banco Santander. BBVA. Caixabank. Banco Sabadell. There were formerly a "big six" (los seis grandes) composed of three banks that are now part of BBVA ...
The Bank of Spain had in the 19th century a branch in the city of Pontevedra, located since 1886 in the central house on the west side of Teucro Square, at number 8. Construction work on the new Bank of Spain building in the city began on 1 November 1900. [1] [2] The licence was requested for use as a branch of the Bank of Spain in 1901.
Banco Santander S.A. trading as Santander Group (UK: / ˌsæntənˈdɛər, - tæn -/ SAN-tən-DAIR, -tan-, US: / ˌsɑːntɑːnˈdɛər / SAHN-tahn-DAIR, [2][3] Spanish: [ˈbaŋko santanˈdeɾ]), is a Spanish multinational financial services company based in Madrid and Santander in Spain. Additionally, Santander maintains a presence in most ...
The history of banking began with the first prototype banks, that is, the merchants of the world, who gave grain loans to farmers and traders who carried goods between cities. This was around 2000 BCE in Assyria, India and Sumer. Later, in ancient Greece and during the Roman Empire, lenders based in temples gave loans, while accepting deposits ...
The history of BBVA began in 1857 in Bilbao, a city located in the Basque part of northern Spain, when the Board of Trade promoted the creation of Banco de Bilbao as an issuing and discount bank. [9] Banco de Vizcaya was founded in 1901 and carried out its first operations in Bilbao. Little by little, it spread throughout the country. [9]
www.bde.es. The governor of the Bank of Spain (Spanish: Gobernador del Banco de España) is the head of the Bank of Spain, the central bank of the Kingdom of Spain. The Bank of Spain is integrated in the European System of Central Banks and, as such, the Governor is an ex officio member of the Governing Council of the European Central Bank.