Press releases

• Sterling worth less than a year ago compared to almost all the most popular holiday currencies
   
• Average overseas holidaymaker expects to spend £757 while abroad
   
• Santander advises holidaymakers to think carefully about the payment method they use while abroad

• Fourteen per cent of Brits have ‘borrowed’ Wi-Fi because they cannot afford their own
   
• More than half (52 per cent) are concerned about data security but continue to use unsecured networks
   
• One in four have carried out financial transactions on their mobile phone using unsecured networks

• Santander Private offers day to day banking, lending, investment services and financial planning products to clients with investments and savings of over £500,000, or an annual income of more than £250,000
   
• Clients have a dedicated private banker – over 40 specialists based across the UK
   
• Launched in conjunction with the new World Elite MasterCard highlighting global benefits of Santander Private

• Household bills have increased significantly faster than inflation and more than double the rate of wage growth in the past decade
   
• Gas and electricity are the biggest drivers of price increases
   
• Brits will spend nearly £525,000 on basic household bills¹ over their lifetimes
   
• Santander’s 1|2|3 Current Account and 1|2|3 Lite Current Account give up to 3% cashback on household bills

Susan Allen, ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ’s Head of Retail Distribution, made an official visit to Glasgow Caledonian University to meet with the Principal and Vice-Chancellor, Professor Pamela Gillies, and to sign a three-year renewal agreement for further financial support.

Following a successful pilot last year, Santander is launching a mortgage video service in sixty-three branches across the UK. The new service enables customers to apply for a mortgage using a video link from the branch, which connects them remotely to a UK based Mortgage Adviser.

Nathan Bostock, ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ's CEO, made his first official visit to the University of Northampton yesterday to meet the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Nick Petford, and to sign a three-year renewal agreement for further financial support.

ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ plc has today announced the appointment of Patricia Halliday as Chief Risk Officer (CRO), reporting to Chief Executive Officer, Nathan Bostock.

Goldfinger Factory, a Notting Hill-based social enterprise which recycles and upcycles old material to create bespoke furniture, has received £10,000 of matched funding from Santander’s new Changemaker Fund to help improve the employability of local youngsters.

Change Please, a central London-based community programme which provides training for homeless people to become employable baristas, has received £10,000 of matched funding from Santander’s new Changemaker Fund.

Redwing, a Penzance-based community hub and café that helps vulnerable, local artists to promote and display their work, has received £10,000 of matched funding from Santander’s new Changemaker Fund.

Change Please, a central London-based community programme which provides training for homeless people to become employable baristas, has received £10,000 of matched funding from Santander’s new Changemaker Fund.

Mummyshock, a Brighton-based social enterprise that supports new mothers by teaching them parenting skills and helping to build their confidence, has received £1,000 of matched funding from Santander’s new Changemaker Fund.