Banco Santander executive to take top job at UK bank ahead of TSB merger Mahesh Aditya is currently group chief risk officer at Banco Santander and will replace outgoing boss Mike Regnier on March 1. The Independent UK · Jan 30
Santander urges ministers to intervene in UK car finance compensation scheme Lender’s chief executive says redress proposals could affect jobs, supply chains and broader UK economy The Guardian - UK · Oct 29, 2025
Santander scraps results and calls for Government action on motor finance The Spanish-owned group raised fears that compensation scheme plans could impact the car finance market and wider motor sector. Evening Standard · Oct 29, 2025
Santander UK’s chief to step down ahead of TSB merger Mike Regnier said he wants to pursue ‘other interests’ so it is the right time to step down from the Spanish banking giant. Evening Standard · Oct 3, 2025
Santander axes 2000 jobs and warns more cuts are possible High street lender Santander UK revealed it has axed over 2,000 jobs and warned more roles may need to be cut as part of an ongoing overhaul. The National (Scotland) · Jul 30, 2025
Santander axes 2,000 jobs and warns more cuts are possible The group announced last October it was cutting more than 1,400 jobs across the UK bank and said in March it was closing another 95 branches. Evening Standard · Jul 30, 2025
Santander UK profits fall as bank lowers economic growth outlook The UK bank said that ‘charges relating to changes to our branch network’ drove profits lower in recent months. Evening Standard · Apr 30, 2025
Santander boasted ‘flexibility is here to stay,’ then ramped up its RTO mandate to 12 days a month Santander’s U.K. boss, Mike Regnier, travels about 160 miles to the office on select days as five in-person days were not “vital,” he said earlier this year. Fortune · Sep 9, 2024
Santander to insist UK workers are in office three days a week About 1,000 of those affected work in London and 4,500 at the bank’s new Milton Keynes headquarters The Guardian - UK · Sep 8, 2024
Not even the boss of Starbucks needs to be doing a 1,000-mile commute if they can do the job from home New Starbucks boss Brian Niccol caused many to spit out their coffee with the news he will commute around 1,000 miles from his home in California to the company’s HQ in Seattle. It’s true that he’ll have the luxury of the company jet for his trips to the office, which… The Conversation · Aug 23, 2024
U.K. bank CEO says introducing 4-day week was way easier than going hybrid Mark Mullen says Atom's four-day week, introduced in 2021, has reduced attrition and sickness rates among staff. Fortune · Jun 18, 2024
Major bank CEO says he only took his $4.2M job on the condition he could work from home "I wouldn’t have wanted to be away from home five days a week. That wouldn’t have been good for the family or for me.” Fortune · May 22, 2024
‘It’s not vital to spend five days a week in the office’: the bank boss who works from home While big beasts on Wall Street rail against WFH, Mike Regnier of Santander UK says he wouldn’t have taken the job if he had had to commute all week The Guardian - UK · May 21, 2024
Santander issues immediate warning to anyone with a mortgage House prices will by slump 10% according to Santander Liverpool Echo · Feb 6, 2023
The Guardian - UK · Dec 9, 2022 Santander UK fined £108m over anti-money laundering failings Financial Conduct Authority found ‘serious and persistent gaps’ in bank’s controls
The Guardian - UK · Oct 10, 2022 Rise in UK borrowers falling behind on mortgage payments, says Santander Boss says bank is putting aside more money for potential defaults linked to cost of living crisis