With its Sovereign Bancorp purchase, Santander takes its strong acquisitions record to the American market.

Link to the article in BW

Grupo Santander

Babson College and Grupo Santander have a commited relationship of collaboration since 2007 that seeks to “foster entrepreneurial spirit amongst universities”. The financial giant and Babson have several initiatives together, but perhaps the most interesting from the Latin American point of view is the following:

Banco Santander’s contribution is also used to fund some or Babson College’s research. In particular, the GEM report on entrepreneurial culture and attitudes in Latin America, the most recent issue of which was published in Chile.

We’ll follow closely the relationship between this important bank and our school. An official press release can be found here.