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Openbank, the 100% digital bank of Santander Group, has announced the appointment of Christopher Oster as the new General Manager of its German branch. Oster will leverage his extensive expertise in digital financial services and corporate leadership to strengthen Openbank’s presence in Germany and accelerate its growth in a highly competitive market. He will report directly to Petri Nikkilä, Global CEO of Openbank.
Today, Santander is launching Openbank in the United States enabling the group to serve individual consumers nationwide for the first time, expanding beyond its established branch network in the Northeast. Through the Openbank brand, Santander will offer U.S. customers a competitive high yield savings product, as well as an intuitive, secure, and seamless customer experience.
Banco Santander has announced the appointment of Petri Nikkilä as the new global CEO of Openbank and head of the Digital Consumer Bank’s non-auto consumer business. Mr. Nikkilä succeeds Ezequiel Szafir, who was Openbank’s CEO until last year, and will report to Daniel Barriuso, head of Retail & Commercial Banking, and José Luis de Mora, head of Digital Consumer Bank.
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