EANS-News: Hypoport AG and Santander Bank expand collaboration

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Berlin, 13 June 2012 (euro adhoc) - Santander Bank - a branch office
of Santander Consumer Bank - and Hypoport AG have decided to expand
their collaboration further. Santander Bank - which provides retail
banking services - will in future use the support of Hypoport's
EUROPACE technology to offer its customers a product mix comprising
its own loans as well as the extensive product ranges of third-party
institutions. This will enable it to deliver appropriate financing
solutions for its customers under a best-advice approach.

Santander Bank already uses the EUROPACE platform to process its own
property finance business. Santander Bank and Hypoport AG are now set
to expand their existing business relationship further. Thilo
Wiegand, a member of the Management Board of Hypoport AG, is
convinced of the merits of this alliance: "Santander will
significantly increase Hypoport's platform business and the volume of
services that it delivers as a technology leader and financial
service provider."

Mix of proprietary and third-party products; property finance
solutions The EUROPACE platform supports Santander Bank's sales and
aftersales processes. In future, the bank will use the support of
Hypoport's EUROPACE technology to offer its customers a product mix
comprising its own loans as well as the extensive product ranges of
third-party institutions. This will enable it to deliver solutions
for its customers under a best-advice approach. Having generated a
transaction volume of some EUR21 billion in 2011, EUROPACE is the
ideal platform for the processing and brokerage of mortgages,
building finance agreements, personal loans and payment protection
policies in Germany. It therefore provides Santander Bank with access
to all relevant product suppliers in the market.

Using Hypoport's expertise and further services A team of financing
specialists at Hypoport AG will handle the processing of loan
applications, thereby substantially improving the efficiency of
product brokerage for third parties. Hypoport will also perform all
platform management, including the management of third-party banks.
Santander Bank and Hypoport will work closely with each other during
the rollout and subsequent refinement of the relevant processes.

Information on Santander Bank Santander Consumer Bank is a prominent
provider of financial services for retail customers and is also
Germany's largest non-captive financier of cars, motorbikes and
motorhomes. In addition, it is the leading consumer finance provider
in Germany, offering a comprehensive range of traditional banking
products through its nationwide network of more than 350 branches,
via its TeleCenter, and online. Over seven million customers have
placed their trust in Santander Consumer Bank, which is a wholly
owned subsidiary of Spain's Banco Santander. Santander Consumer Bank
provides retail banking services under its Santander Bank brand.

Information on Hypoport AG As an independent financial product
distributor that runs a B2B financial marketplace, Hypoport operates
successfully in two mutually reinforcing segments. It always provides
the simplest access to the best financial services. Europace AG - a
wholly owned Hypoport subsidiary - develops and operates EUROPACE,
which is an online financial marketplace and the largest German
platform offering mortgages, building finance products and personal
loans. A fully integrated system links roughly 180 partners - banks,
insurers and financial product distributors. Several thousand users
execute over 20,000 transactions worth a total of up to EUR3 billion
on EUROPACE every month. Hypoport AG is headquartered in Berlin,
employs more than 500 people and is listed in the Prime Standard of
the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.

Further inquiry note:
Michaela Reimann
Press spokesperson
Phone: +49 (0) 30 42086 1936
Email: michaela.reimann@hypoport.de

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company: Hypoport AG
Klosterstraße 71
D-10179 Berlin
phone: +49(0)30 42086-0
FAX: +49(0)30 42086-1999
mail: ir@hypoport.de
WWW: http://www.hypoport.de
sector: Financial & Business Services
ISIN: DE0005493365
indexes: CDAX, Prime All Share
stockmarkets: regulated dealing/prime standard: Frankfurt
language: English