Bankinter signs agreement with Apple to offer ApplePay to its customers

This service will be available for Bankinter cards and the bankintercard, which is managed by Bankinter Consumer Finance.

Bankinter, where 91% of customers are digital, has revamped its service offering.

Bankinter Consumer Finance strengthens its commitment to offering financing for homeowner associations with pre-approved loans through IESA

The Bank is the only one offering pre-approved loans to homeowner associations through IESA, a leading provider of technology services to property administrators with a customer base of 600,000 homeowner associations and 21 million homes

The loans will be available for different types of renovation works, such as energy efficiency improvements, adaptations to deliver greater accessibility and the installation of lifts, and will mean that associations can avoid imposing immediate surcharges on homeowners.

Bankinter Consumer Finance launches bankintercard in Portugal

Bankinter Consumer Finance, the bank’s consumer lending outfit, has recently launched in Portugal bankintercard, its line of open market credit cards that do not require a bank account with Bankinter.

Bankinter Consumer Finance aims to attract 400,000 new customers and reach 500 million euros in new lending in the next 5 years.

The Bankinter subsidiary plans to account for around 15% of Bankinter Group’s income in Portugal in the next five years.

Bankinter Consumer Finance launches the four month interest free payment by card

The company, specialised in bank spending, permits payments of up to 500 euros at 0% with its credit cards.

Bankinter Consumer Finance breaks a record with over 1 billion euros in consumer loans

The Bankinter affiliate increased new lending by 40% in less than a year.

It is the financial institution that has grown the most this year.

Bankinter Consumer Finance's lending exceeds 4,000 million euros at the end of May

These figures represent growth of 16% so far this year, and 39% growth year-on-year.

Among the geographies in which this Bankinter subsidiary operates, growth in Ireland stands out. Turnover in Ireland has now reached 1,325 million, from cards, personal loans and mortgages.

Bankinter Consumer Finance and Universidad Pontificia Comillas give the First Award for Business Ethics Research

The professors and researchers, José Luis Retolaza and Leire San José, received this award for their academic contribution to the field of corporate ethics, a priority in corporate social responsibility.

According to the judges, 43 studies ‘of the highest quality’ were submitted, of which 10 were finalists.

Bankinter Consumer Finance and Pontificia Comillas University hold the Fifth Business Ethics Research Awards

Clara Gallego Sosa, Milagros Gutiérrez Fernández and Yakira Fernández Torres, of the University of Extremadura, win the Fifth Business Ethics Research Awards for: “Commitment to sustainability in the large European banking sector and its relationship with gender diversity in management - a perspective from the 2030 Agenda.”

The winning work takes an international approach in analysing the role of female managers and progress with the pillars of the SDGs in 50 European banks.

This well established award is now in its fifth year and attracted over 250 research papers from international authors.

Bankinter Consumer Finance and Universidad Pontificia Comillas give the second Award for Business Ethics Research

Francisco Javier Forcadell, Elisa Aracil and Fernando Úbeda awarded for their contributions to studies about financial services, digitalisation and corporate sustainability.

50 academically rigorous projects were submitted, according to judges: 46 projects in Spain and four in Portugal.

Bankinter Consumer Finance, Línea Directa and VASS partner up to create a used-vehicle sales platform

This partnership has created "CarnRoll", a new innovative digital platform for buying second-hand cars and accessing financing and insurance at competitive rates at the same time.

CarnRoll has a 'stock' of used cars, featuring leading brands and models, which have all been checked through more than 100 screening points. Customers can reserve their vehicle free of charge on this platform and then have it delivered to their home. All vehicles will come under a one-year warranty.

Users can access quick and easy financing on their vehicle, with a nominal interest rate (NIR) starting from 4.45% and an annual equivalent rate (AER) of 4.54%, without changing banks and with no set-up fee, as part of a fully online

 Through the platform, customers can request and receive a fully tailored car-insurance quote starting from 299 euros per year, pay monthly instalments and access specific types of cover, such as free choice of garage, 24-hour travel assistance, replacement car, vehicle MOT transfer service and cover for pets travelling in the car.

Bankinter adquiere una ficha bancaria en Luxemburgo como complemento a su nueva estrategia de banca privada

La nueva estrategia se basa en servicios de asesoramiento, gestión de activos, nuevos productos y servicios especializados, y está orientada a impulsar los activos del banco y la base de clientes en este segmento estratégico.

Los clientes de banca privada requieren, cada vez en mayor medida, propuestas financieras globales y productos más sofisticados y eficientes.

Bankinter continues to innovate in payment methods with two cards in a new single plastic card

The new Combo Mastercard lets customers carry two cards in one.

Customers can select how to manage daily payments and extraordinary expenses with two complementary payment methods.

It plans to offer various combinations with this card: credit and deferred payment; debit and payment in three months, interest free; and a version for sole traders to be able to pay off personal and business expenses with the same plastic card.

Bankinter turns 50 and it celebrates by blowing out the candles in various Spanish cities.

With a format very similar to that of a birthday party, Bankinter shared with customers the successes of the bank over its fifty years.

Bankinter turns its marketing strategy around and launches a new campaign which appeals to emotional concepts

The campaign will focus on the digital and TV formats. On TV (both open signal and paid platforms), the campaign will be run in more premium positions and during much longer periods.

Bankinter remains true to a line of communication based on differentiation and grounded in the concept that "not all banks are the same".