Santander

Founded in 1857 in Spain, Santander is a Spanish banking group and is the largest bank in the Euro zone in terms of market capitalization. It has more than 186,000 employees, 14,392 branches, 3.26 million shareholders and 102 million customers.

In April 2013, Santander was ranked as 43rd in the Forbes Global 2000 list of the world's largest companies. It is ranked highest for young and high-tech customers, who do most of their business online.

RBS Citizens

Citizens Financial Group is a British-owned American bank. As of 2014 Citizens Financial Group is the 12th largest bank in the United States. In today’s date, Citizens Financial Group is a $127 billion commercial bank holding company with 18,400 employees.

In 1988, Citizens accepted a takeover bid from the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS), based in Scotland, which used Citizens Bank as a stepping stone into the U.S. market.

Through its subsidiaries, RBS Citizens, N.A. and Citizens Bank of Pennsylvania, it operates more than 1,300 branches and approximately 3,500 ATMs in 12 states under the names Citizens Bank and Charter One Bank.

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