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FILE PHOTO: The logo of Santander bank is seen at a branch in Mexico City, Mexico April 12, 2019.REUTERS/Edgard Garrido
Santander said the impairment would hit reported quarterly profits, but not underlying profits and would not affect its core capital levels or medium term targets. In Britain, Santander’s third-largest market after Spain and Brazil, profit fell 41% in the second quarter due to continued pressure on mortgage margins, restructuring costs of 26 million euros and provisions of 80 million euros.
Banks operating in Britain have been separating deposit-taking operations from riskier investment banking activities, resulting in higher costs and a reduced capacity to generate profits there, the lender said.
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