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Santander buys Banco Popular for one euro

santander2Banco Popular remains open for business in Spain and Portugal after 100% of Banco Popular’s shares were bought yesterday by Santander for a symbolic €1.

The transfer has been pitched as ‘part of a resolution measure’ after the European Central Bank determined that the financial institution was not viable, giving it a damning “failing or likely to fail” vedict.

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