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Santander Holdings USA

Santander Holdings USA Inc. PAC (SANTANDER US PAC)

Corporate PAC FEC C00327072

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Influence at a glance · Jan 2025 – Sep 2026Jan 25 – Sep 26 How we count
PAC giving to candidates$167K
Company lobbying, all issues $1.3M

Giving: FEC filings, net of refunds. Lobbying: the company’s own LD-2 reports, all issues, rounded to the nearest $10,000 each quarter. Two different filers, same 21 months.Lobbying: all issues, rounded to the nearest $10,000. Two filers, same 21 months. This PAC gives money raised from the company’s employees; the company itself can’t give to campaigns from its treasury.

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What they lobby on

Method

Santander Holdings USA reported federal lobbying in 8 of the last 8 quarters (Q4 2024 to Q3 2026), with its own in-house lobbyists and 2 outside firms. What follows is what the filings say it lobbied on, not which way.

Issue areas ranked by quarters filedQ4 24 → Q3 26

  • Banking8 of 88/8
  • Taxation/Internal Revenue Code4 of 84/8
  • Trade (domestic/foreign)3 of 83/8
  • Automotive Industry1 of 81/8

Bills named in the filings 1 bill, this period

From the filings

“H.R. 1 - One Big Beautiful Bill Act: Tax provisions affecting international companies.”
Q3 2025 filing · Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
“Issues affecting international banks.”
Q3 2026 filing · Banking

Contacted as listed on the filings

  • U.S. House
  • U.S. Senate
  • Treasury
  • Federal Reserve System
  • Natl Economic CouncilNEC
  • CommerceDOC
  • Office of the Comptroller of the CurrencyOCC

The House and Senate appear in every quarter; agencies in 5 of 8.

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Source: Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (LD-2) by Santander Holdings USA, Senate Office of Public Records. Filings are due 20 days after each quarter ends.

From FEC filings: direct gifts this PAC reported, net of refunds · How we count

Gave directly to 63 sitting members of Congress in 2025–26.

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