La Caixa

25.02.2013 - 10.06 pm CaixaBank announces a restructuring plan with 3,000 job losses in Spain The Barcelona-based bank, CaixaBank, which leads the Spanish retail banking market, is planning to lay off 3,000 workers in order “to adapt to the...	05.02.2013 - 07.29 pm CaixaForum Girona received more than 131,000 visitors in 2012 CaixaForum Girona, the social and cultural centre of “La Caixa” savings bank in the Catalan city of Girona played host to 131,158 visitors in its...	01.02.2013 - 09.49 pm Barcelona-based CaixaBank earns €230 million in 2012, after raising its core capital to 11% The CaixaBank President, Isidre Fainé, is optimistic about 2013, which “will be better than the year left behind”. The attributable net profits of...	05.11.2012 - 10.59 pm The Italian Investindustrial buys the remaining 50% of PortAventura, owned by Criteria Caixa Holding The Catalan theme park PortAventura, located on the Costa Daurada, between Tarragona and Salou, will be completely controlled by Investindustrial, a...
26.10.2012 - 09.05 pm World pioneering technique developed by a Catalan hospital removes two tumours without surgery For the first time in the world, Barcelona’s Vall d’Hebron Hospital removes two tumours through the body’s natural holes without the support of...	29.09.2012 - 11.00 am Spanish banking system’s stress tests show that CaixaBank and Banc Sabadell do not need additional funds However, CatalunyaBanc would need a maximum of €10.83 billion in the most stressed scenario. According to the independent audit by Oliver Wyman, with...	10.08.2012 - 07.49 pm CaixaBank invests €125 million into Portugal’s BPI and increases its share to 46.22% The Catalan bank, which leads the Spanish market, increases its share in the Portuguese Investment Bank by 7 percentage points increasing its stake...	30.07.2012 - 08.11 pm Poblet Monastery shows its restored 14th century cloister The Cistercian monastery is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and receives around 130,000 visitors a year. It has had an 800,000 euro renovation of its...
06.07.2012 - 09.58 pm Catalan CaixaBank awarded the ‘Best Bank in Spain 2012’ by Euromoney The British financial news publication has also awarded the Spanish Santander the ‘Best Bank in the World 2012’. Euromoney emphasised CaixaBank’s...	25.04.2012 - 09.30 pm Catalan researchers discover the molecule enabling HIV/AIDS propagation within the body This world important discovery should open new paths to develop new drugs and to ultimately find a vaccine against HIV/AIDS. The finding has been...	19.04.2012 - 09.22 pm CaixaBank meets all the new provision requirements and earns €48 million in just one term Spain’s largest bank presented its results for 2012’s first quarter. Barcelona-based CaixaBank has reduced its profits by 84% compared to the same...	15.03.2012 - 10.20 pm Goya highlights on show in Barcelona exhibition ‘The Clothed Maja’, ‘the Quitasol’, ‘the Puppet’ or the ‘Witches Flight’ are some of the canvases included in the largest retrospective exhibition on...
27.01.2012 - 10.20 pm CaixaBank closes 2011 with a net profit of €1.185 billion CaixaBank, the main Catalan financial institution experienced a 12.8% drop in its net profit when compared to 2010. In 2011, it focused on increasing...	18.01.2012 - 09.55 pm Barcelona’s Chamber of Commerce “reinvents” itself and “leads the transformation” of these institutions in Spain The President of Barcelona’s Chamber of Commerce hopes others will join them by adopting a model that combines both public and private cooperation to...	13.12.2011 - 10.21 am Spanish Banking sector needs €26.17 billion in funds to meet European standards Catalan CaixaBank (La Caixa's private bank) will need €630 million while Banco Santander will be the bank with the highest capital requirement...	15.11.2011 - 06.43 pm The ‘La Caixa’ Foundation and MACBA art collections to be on show throughout Asia for two years China, Japan, Philippines and Malaysia are some of the countries that will host the exhibition ‘The Turn of the Century in Spanish Contemporary Art...