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Banco Santander

Venture Capital

Banco Santander is a global financial institution serving over four million small and medium-sized enterprise clients worldwide.

Portfolio

2

companies

By category

  • Blockchain£99.7M
  • FinTech£77.7M

By location

  • London£177M

Portfolio companies

Fnality

Fnality

Fnality operates regulated wholesale payment systems using distributed ledger technology.

FI

Fnality International

Fnality International develops blockchain payments technology for wholesale financial markets.


Team

Ana Botín

Ana Botín

Group Executive Chairman

Ana brings banking experience, having served as CEO of Santander UK before becoming chairwoman of Banco Santander.

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Recent investments

Series C
£99.7M

The capital raise was led by WisdomTree, Bank of America, Citi, KBC Group, Temasek and Tradeweb to support the expansion of its global settlement network.

"The closing of our Series C reflects a shared conviction that the future of money demands a new foundation, one with Fnality at its core. Our blockchain-based settlement systems, anchored in the credit quality of central bank money, connect traditional finance with the fast adoption of tokenized and decentralized markets. With 24/7 payment rails, real-time settlement, and enhanced liquidity management, we’re not just modernizing wholesale payments, we’re building a future that fuses Decentralized Finance’s operational optimization with Traditional Finance’s capital efficiency. This investment accelerates our journey toward a financial market infrastructure that is more resilient, more inclusive, and ready for the hybrid future of global finance."
— Michelle Neal, CEO of Fnality International
Series B
£77.7M

The Series B round will help fund the deployment of the company's tokenised cash innovation and global liquidity management ecosystem.

"Our Series B funding round represents the financial sector’s desire for a central bank money backed blockchain-based settlement solution that bridges the gap between traditional finance (TradFi) and decentralised finance (DeFi) in wholesale markets. Each Fnality Payment System utilises DLT to provide a 24/7 payment rail with the ability to reduce settlement cycles to real-time, while significantly improving intraday liquidity management and marking significant innovation in the speed, functionality, and resilience of wholesale payments."
— Rhomaios Ram