When the U.S. withdrew from the Paris Agreement, business leaders across the country called on the private sector to step up their own efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and ultimately limit global warming to 2 degrees Celsius. From new corporate governance practices to energy efficient upgrades, here’s a look at some of the ways the banking sector is combating climate change.

Banco Santander plans to go ahead with a proposal to increase control of its U.S. subprime auto loan unit, after the business passed the Fed's stress test last month, according to people familiar with the matter.

Lindsey Argalas will push innovation throughout the Spanish bank and encouraging collaboration across businesses and markets.

Michael Cleary, Santander's head of consumer and business banking, and Robert Rubino, a former executive vice president at Citizens Financial Group, will share duties while overseeing their own business units.

Following are notable cases where banks were tripped up by the Fed's stress tests either by flunking the numbers (or quantitative) part of the test or raising red flags on a qualitative basis.

Banks and other firms collecting defaulted debt originated by another company are not subject to the kinds of restrictions placed on third-party debt collectors, the Supreme Court ruled Monday in a unanimous decision.

Banco Santander stepped in to take over stricken rival Banco Popular Espanol in a deal brokered by regulators that imposes billions of losses on investors.

Santander Consumer USA, one of the biggest subprime auto finance companies, verified income on just 8 percent of borrowers whose loans it recently bundled into bonds, according to Moody's Investors Service.

A $26 million settlement by Santander Consumer is shining a light on the hard-to-measure problem of auto dealer fraud, while also raising questions about the adequacy of lenders' efforts to combat bad behavior.

The demonstration was staged by a union-affiliated group that wants to organize bank workers.