Two fines has been imposed on Unicaja Banco, S.A.

17/05/2019

• Fine imposed on Unicaja Banco, S.A. amounting to one million fifty thousand euro (€1,050,000) — after application of the reduction of 40% established in Article 85 of Law 39/2015 of 1 October 2015 on the general government common administrative procedure — pursuant to Article 9(a) of Law 26/1988 of 29 July 1988 on the discipline and intervention of credit institutions, (substantive rule on sanction proceedings, applicable in view of the time of the commission of the infringement), for the commission of a very serious infringement of the type defined in Article 4(e) of said Law 26/1988, consisting in the performance of actions or operations prohibited by regulatory and disciplinary provisions with the status of law or in non-compliance with the requirements laid down in those provisions.
  This infringement was committed since breaches were detected of Article 7 of Law 41/2007 which prohibits charging fees for issuing bank documentation to provide evidence of loan repayment.
• Fine imposed on Unicaja Banco, S.A. amounting to four hundred and fifty thousand euro (€450,000) — after application of the reduction of 40% established in Article 85 of Law 39/2015 of 1 October 2015 on the general government common administrative procedure — pursuant to Article 10(a) of Law 26/1988 of 29 July 1988 on the discipline and intervention of credit institutions, (substantive rule on sanction proceedings, applicable in view of the time of the commission of the infringement), for the commission of a serious infringement of the type defined in Article 5(e) of said Law 26/1988, consisting in the performance of actions or operations in breach of the rules issued under Article 29(2) of Law 2/2011 of 4 March 2011 on the sustainable economy.
  This infringement was committed since breaches were detected of Ministerial Order 2899/2011 and of Banco de España Circular 5/2012, relating to the provision of pre-contractual information and the content of such information and of contractual documentation, as well as to how the annual percentage rate (APR) is calculated in the pre-contractual and contractual documentation, given that all the arrangement costs charged to the borrower and the cost of the property insurance required for arranging the transaction are not included.