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http://in.reuters.com/article/2014/07/28/bankia-results-idINL6N0Q31AZ20140728?type=companyNews Should be good news for Santander.

Again we are over $50. Hope it won't drop too far after the upcoming dividend.

Once again the share price has broken £6. I still regard up to £7 as a buying opportunity, in spite of many doubters. The more I watch Santander the more resilient it seems to become. Part of this is geographic spread, and part good involved management, with each national bank allowed considerable freedom. I was surprised to learn that the UK arm is on a par with Brazil, quite a brave and worthwhile investment.

http://seekingalpha.com/article/2329545-the-major-catalyst-for-santander-that-nobody-is-talking-about? From seekingalpha, but it contains some interesting views.

http://online.wsj.com/articles/verizons-profit-improves-1406025632 'Verizon posted a second quarter profit of $4.21 billion, up from $2.25 billion a year earlier. Verizon's wireless revenue climbed 7.5% to $21.5 billion, while total revenue improved 5.7% to $31.48 billion, which the company deemed its highest quarterly growth rate in six quarters. At the end of the quarter, the company had 104.6 million retail wireless customers, up 4.6% from a year ago.'

News reports and the UK website report that Santander is benefiting most from customers switching banks. Rather an improvement over Customer relations just a year ago, when comlaints were the worst...

Do not blame yourself, I too have continued to buy, and have also used some Vodafone/Verizon money. I think this is a buy up to £7, but what do I know about banking...

Verizon Launches Rewards Program With Tracking; not sure I approve but it is all voluntary... http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/verizon-launches-rewards-program-tracking-24645183

Seem to be related to the largest Portugese bank having problems. Santander will probably ride it out well.

Sounds like the dividend will be good again on August 1st. I do like 4 dividends per annum!

Santander has just bought GE Money Bank AB. the consumer credit arm of GE Money Nordic. The company issue loans in Sweden, Denmark and Norway. Shows real ambition I think.

I liked the idea of an economic moat round the company...I could do with one of those. Thanks for the post.

I wonder how much of this recent rise is down to Mario Draghi and his latest foray into European Banking. i understand he is offering more funding to Europe's banks to enable them to kick start growth.

Is here: http://www.hansard.com/news/media-coverage/2014/06-may-2014.aspx A confident statement but the HMRC chargeable Events settlements remain to be cleared and £3. million of writs are still outstanding. The dividend is promised to remain firm. I think this is a recovery stock if you can wait a year...

Thank you Armani. I still feel robbed that I cannot take part in the script share offers. Selftrade is being sold to equinity so perhaps this will change. At least I now know when to expect my next cash input from BNC.

The dividend plus the price rise should give us 10% this year. Not bad for a free give away. I would not worry about Vodafone's fall I think it has plenty of time to do a Lazarus. I still think it will recover to nearly the pre-sale price.

This is the (slightly pathetic?) answer from Selftrade. Question: Please can participate in Script dividend scheme from BNC? Answer : I can confirm that we do not participate in script dividend offers. We do offer a dividend reinvestment service which is similar to a script dividend, however BNC shares are not eligible to participate in this service. I remain rather dismayed.

At last... Perhaps it is time to stop shouting BUY. Perhaps strong hold is better for a while. What do others think?

I am certainly allowed to add dividends even if I had reached my annual limit, and am allowed to reinvest my BNC dividend fine. But perhaps the BNC plan does not meet the rules for such things. I am still awaiting a further reply from Selftrade that hopefully will clarify this issue. I find myself getting crosser with every message I receive on here.

Thank you Cap'n! I have just messaged Selftrade again about this.