The banking sector presents regulatory simplification proposals in Frankfurt to boost EU growth
The Spanish Banking Association (AEB) and CECA today held a meeting in Frankfurt, ‘Strengths of the Spanish Banking Sector in times of global transition’, presenting proposals for regulatory simplification of the banking sector aimed at strengthening economic growth and the competitiveness of the European Union.
Institutional statement
In view of the regional elections called in Catalonia for next 27 September, AEB and CECA* wish to comment on the risks to financial stability that any political decision that breached the current legal framework and entailed the exclusion from the European Union and the euro of a part of Spain would pose. Catalonia’s exclusion […]
Agreement between AEB and EC to facilitate the dissemination of European financing instruments for SMEs and entrepreneurs
The Director-General for Enterprise and Industry of the European Commission, Daniel Calleja Crespo, and the President of the Spanish Banking Association, José María Roldán Alegre, signed an agreement this morning in the presence of Begoña Cristeto Blasco, Secretary General for Industry and Small and Medium-sized Enterprises, for the launch of an information campaign on European […]
The tax on deposits in Catalonia penalizes savings by businesses and households
Regarding the establishment by the Government of the Autonomous Community of Catalonia of a tax on deposits by households and businesses in credit institutions, the AEB, as it has already stated on previous occasions concerning similar regional taxes, considers: The tax represents a penalty on the most traditional and accessible form in which citizens materialize […]
Spanish banks recorded an attributable profit of 5,310 million in the first half.
The year-on-year comparison of the attributable profit for the half-year is of limited significance due to the extraordinary write-downs carried out in 2012.
Spanish banks obtained an attributable profit of 3,714 million in the first quarter
Spanish banking groups obtained an attributable profit of 3,714 million euros in the first quarter of 2011, 4.5% lower than that recorded in the same period of the previous year.
Spanish banking groups obtained an attributed profit of 14,078 million in 2010
For the third consecutive year since the international financial crisis began, Spanish banking groups have closed a fiscal year with highly satisfactory results.
Strong quarter for the banking sector
Spanish banks performed well in the first quarter of 2007, as evidenced by the significant growth in their results, the positive evolution of their activity, and, as a result of all this, the progress in profitability obtained.