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Is Santander’s (BME:SAN) Webster Deal Uncertainty Reframing Its Capital and Governance Playbook?
In recent weeks, Banco Santander filed an omnibus shelf registration to issue debt, contingent convertible capital securities and ordinary shares, while also proposing a higher total 2025 cash dividend of €0.24 per share and adding experienced international banker Deborah Vieitas to its board.
These moves come as Santander’s US expansion faces new geopolitical uncertainty, with tensions between the US and Spain raising questions over the timing and outcome of its planned Webster Financial...