MADRID (Reuters) - The arrest of a prominent former Spanish banker is raising hopes among campaigners that the hunt for those responsible for the problems inherited by Bankia <BKIA.MC> and other failed lenders will deliver results.Full story
MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's banking sector clean-up is about to enter a decisive new phase, with new rules forcing lenders to recognize yet more bad debts widely expected to be toughened up as time goes on. Full story
MADRID (Reuters) - A Spanish court has called the chairmen of the country's top three banks to testify as witnesses in an investigation into the 2011 initial public offering of lender Bankia <BKIA.MC>, which later had to be bailed out by the taxpayer. Full story
CNBC's Simon Hobbs reports European markets closed mixed amid growing concerns over Greece's debt, and CNBC's Michelle Caruso-Cabrera has details on Spain's Bankia asking for more financial aid.
The headquarters of Spanish nationalized lender Bankia is pictured in Madrid April 24, 2013. REUTERS/Juan Medina
A man walks past a vandalized Bankia's bank office with papers stuck on it, in Barcelona May 16, 2013. The papers read as "Spanish 'corrallito' of LaCaixa and 52 other banks. More than a million people cheated, 8.25% of the Spanish population". REUTERS/Albert Gea (SPAIN - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST
Two women speak in front of a vandalized Bankia's bank office with papers stuck on it forming the Spanish word that reads as "Thieves", in Barcelona May 16, 2013. The words on the papers read as "Spanish 'corrallito' of LaCaixa and 52 other banks. More than a million people cheated, 8.25% of the Spa
