New Market Rigging Scandal Tangles Up Already Teetering Construction Giants in Europe by Don Quijones • Oct 17, 2018 • 19 Comments Italian and Spanish construction companies with global projects on the brink or over the brink.
Revealed: The Run on Banks in Catalonia after the Independence Vote was Fomented by Madrid by Don Quijones • Oct 9, 2018 • 20 Comments The clandestine role of the Spanish government in a run on deposits that drained €29 billion from Catalan banks.
Loans Sour in Turkey, Inflation Hits 25%, Interest Rates Spike, Fears of Contagion Rise by Don Quijones • Oct 5, 2018 • 37 Comments The economic miracle fueled by foreign-currency debt.
It Didn’t Take Long: Abengoa Is Back At It by Don Quijones • Sep 22, 2018 • 29 Comments How to prevent its shares from dropping below €0.01?
“Abusive” & Draconian Mortgages Are Creating Legal S**t Storm for Spanish Banks by Don Quijones • Sep 19, 2018 • 20 Comments They were supposed to protect banks and punish homeowners in difficulties — but they didn’t prevent banks from collapsing.
Turkey, Argentina, Other Emerging Markets Hit BBVA by Don Quijones • Sep 11, 2018 • 24 Comments After the euro debt crisis, Spain’s alpha-lender sought greener pastures in the Emerging Markets. That bet is coming home to roost.
Be Careful What You Wish For: Weak Mass-Tourism Threatens Spain’s Five-Year Economic Recovery by Don Quijones • Sep 6, 2018 • 53 Comments It is impossible to overstate the importance of tourism to Spain’s economy.
No Other Banks Are This Exposed to Turkey, Argentina, Brazil…. Emerging Markets Haunt Spanish Banks by Don Quijones • Aug 31, 2018 • 69 Comments To diversify from the euro debt-crisis, the biggest Spanish banks pushed deeply into Emerging Markets. Now, six years later, they’re in a new crisis.
Spain’s Competition Commission Just Made Airbnb’s Day by Don Quijones • Aug 19, 2018 • 22 Comments To heck with the concerns of local citizens and city councils.
Why Are ATMs Disappearing at an Alarming Rate after a Wave of Branch Closures? by Don Quijones • Aug 15, 2018 • 69 Comments Banks are curtailing “cash services.” But why?
