By Sinead Cruise and Iain Withers
Santander, one of Europe’s biggest banks, is targeting British companies grappling with post-Brexit trading snags, in a direct tilt at a business where rivals like HSBC have traditionally dominated.
The British arm of the Spanish bank is expanding its services to businesses trading internationally as it chases an edge in the competitive corporate lending sector, going head to head with the likes of HSBC – which once styled itself as ‘the world’s local bank’.