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Staff costs - Schedule of deferred variable remuneration systems, deferred and conditional variable remuneration plan (Details) € in Millions | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2025 EUR (€) companies
Share-based payment arrangement |
Deferral period | 5 years
Immediate payment percentage | 40.00%
Deferred payment percentage | 60.00%
Minimum Group's economic capital | 1.00%
Deferred conditional variable remuneration plan sixth cycle |
Share-based payment arrangement |
Deferral period | 3 years
Immediate payment percentage | 60.00%
Deferred payment percentage | 40.00%
Deferred conditional variable remuneration plan twelfth cycle | Other beneficiaries |
Share-based payment arrangement |
Deferral period | 4 years
Immediate payment percentage | 60.00%
Deferred payment percentage | 40.00%
Deferred conditional variable remuneration plan twelfth cycle | Beneficiaries with target total variable remuneration higher or equal to 2.7 million euros |
Share-based payment arrangement |
Deferral period | 5 years
Gross variable remuneration benchmark threshold | € 2.7
Immediate payment percentage | 40.00%
Deferred payment percentage | 60.00%
Deferred conditional variable remuneration plan twelfth cycle | Beneficiaries with target total variable remuneration between 1.7 and 2.7 million euros |
Share-based payment arrangement |
Deferral period | 5 years
Immediate payment percentage | 50.00%
Deferred payment percentage | 50.00%
Deferred conditional variable remuneration plan fourth and fifth cycles | Executive directors and members of identified staff with total variable remuneration specified amount |
Share-based payment arrangement |
Immediate payment percentage | 40.00%
Deferred payment percentage | 60.00%
Deferred conditional variable remuneration plan fourth and fifth cycles | Senior managers, country heads, other executives and identified staff with total variable remuneration specified amount |
Share-based payment arrangement |
Immediate payment percentage | 50.00%
Deferred payment percentage | 50.00%
Deferred conditional variable remuneration plan fourth and fifth cycles | Other beneficiaries |
Share-based payment arrangement |
Deferral period | 3 years
Immediate payment percentage | 60.00%
Deferred payment percentage | 40.00%
Deferred conditional variable remuneration plan fifth cycle | Executive directors and members of identified staff with total variable remuneration specified amount |
Share-based payment arrangement |
Deferral period | 5 years
Gross variable remuneration benchmark threshold | € 2.6
Deferred conditional variable remuneration plan fifth cycle | Senior managers, country heads, other executives and identified staff with total variable remuneration specified amount |
Share-based payment arrangement |
Deferral period | 5 years
Deferred conditional variable remuneration plan seventh, eighth, ninth, tenth and eleventh cycles | Other beneficiaries |
Share-based payment arrangement |
Deferral period | 3 years
Deferred payment percentage | 40.00%
Deferred conditional variable remuneration plan seventh, eighth, ninth, tenth and eleventh cycles | Beneficiaries with target total variable remuneration higher or equal to 2.7 million euros |
Share-based payment arrangement |
Deferral period | 5 years
Gross variable remuneration benchmark threshold | € 2.7
Immediate payment percentage | 40.00%
Deferred payment percentage | 60.00%
Deferred conditional variable remuneration plan seventh, eighth, ninth, tenth and eleventh cycles | Beneficiaries with target total variable remuneration between 1.7 and 2.7 million euros |
Share-based payment arrangement |
Deferral period | 5 years
Immediate payment percentage | 50.00%
Deferred multiyear objectives variable remuneration plan seventh cycle |
Share-based payment arrangement |
Number of credit institutions included in reference group | companies | 9
Deferred multiyear objectives variable remuneration plan seventh cycle | Executive directors |
Share-based payment arrangement |
Deferred payment, percentage paid in share options | 25.00%
Deferred payment, percentage paid in shares | 25.00%
Deferred variable compensation plan linked to multiannual objectives |
Share-based payment arrangement |
Deferral period | 5 years
Deferred payment percentage | 60.00%
Deferred payment, percentage paid in shares | 60.00%
Deferred multiyear objectives variable remuneration plan first cycle | Executive directors and members of identified staff with total variable remuneration specified amount |
Share-based payment arrangement |
Deferral period | 5 years
Gross variable remuneration benchmark threshold | € 2.7
Immediate payment percentage | 40.00%
Deferred payment percentage | 60.00%
Deferred multiyear objectives variable remuneration plan first cycle | Senior managers, country heads, other executives and identified staff with total variable remuneration specified amount |
Share-based payment arrangement |
Deferral period | 5 years
Immediate payment percentage | 50.00%
Deferred payment percentage | 50.00%
Deferred multiyear objectives variable remuneration plan first cycle | Other beneficiaries |
Share-based payment arrangement |
Deferral period | 3 years
Immediate payment percentage | 60.00%
Deferred payment percentage | 40.00%
Deferred Conditional Variable Remuneration Plan Twelfth Cycle 2023 | Other beneficiaries |
Share-based payment arrangement |
Deferral period | 4 years
Immediate payment percentage | 60.00%
Deferred payment percentage | 40.00%
Deferred Conditional Variable Remuneration Plan Twelfth Cycle 2023 | Beneficiaries with target total variable remuneration higher or equal to 2.7 million euros |
Share-based payment arrangement |
Deferral period | 5 years
Gross variable remuneration benchmark threshold | € 2.7
Immediate payment percentage | 40.00%
Deferred payment percentage | 60.00%
Deferred Conditional Variable Remuneration Plan Twelfth Cycle 2023 | Beneficiaries with target total variable remuneration between 1.7 and 2.7 million euros |
Share-based payment arrangement |
Deferral period | 5 years
Immediate payment percentage | 50.00%
Deferred payment percentage | 50.00%
Deferred Multiyear Objectives Variable Remuneration Plan Eighth Cycle |
Share-based payment arrangement |
Number of credit institutions included in reference group | companies | 9
Deferred Multiyear Objectives Variable Remuneration Plan Eighth Cycle | Executive directors |
Share-based payment arrangement |
Deferred payment, percentage paid in share options | 25.00%
Deferred payment, percentage paid in shares | 25.00%
Deferred Conditional Variable Remuneration Plan Fourteenth Cycle 2024 | Other beneficiaries |
Share-based payment arrangement |
Deferral period | 4 years
Immediate payment percentage | 60.00%
Deferred payment percentage | 40.00%
Deferred Conditional Variable Remuneration Plan Fourteenth Cycle 2024 | Beneficiaries with target total variable remuneration higher or equal to 2.7 million euros |
Share-based payment arrangement |
Deferral period | 5 years
Gross variable remuneration benchmark threshold | € 2.7
Immediate payment percentage | 40.00%
Deferred payment percentage | 60.00%
Deferred Conditional Variable Remuneration Plan Fourteenth Cycle 2024 | Beneficiaries with target total variable remuneration between 1.7 and 2.7 million euros |
Share-based payment arrangement |
Deferral period | 5 years
Immediate payment percentage | 50.00%
Deferred payment percentage | 50.00%
Deferred Multiyear Objectives Variable Remuneration Plan Ninth Cycle |
Share-based payment arrangement |
Number of credit institutions included in reference group | companies | 9
Minimum | Deferred conditional variable remuneration plan fifth, seventh, eighth, ninth, tenth, and eleventh cycles |
Share-based payment arrangement |
Deferral period | 3 years
Minimum | Deferred conditional variable remuneration plan twelfth cycle |
Share-based payment arrangement |
Deferral period | 4 years
Minimum | Deferred conditional variable remuneration plan twelfth cycle | Beneficiaries with target total variable remuneration between 1.7 and 2.7 million euros |
Share-based payment arrangement |
Gross variable remuneration benchmark threshold | € 1.7
Minimum | Deferred conditional variable remuneration plan fourth and fifth cycles | Senior managers, country heads, other executives and identified staff with total variable remuneration specified amount |
Share-based payment arrangement |
Gross variable remuneration benchmark threshold | 1.7
Minimum | Deferred conditional variable remuneration plan fourth cycle | Senior managers, country heads, other executives and identified staff with total variable remuneration specified amount |
Share-based payment arrangement |
Gross variable remuneration benchmark threshold | 1.8
Minimum | Deferred conditional variable remuneration plan seventh, eighth, ninth, tenth and eleventh cycles | Beneficiaries with target total variable remuneration between 1.7 and 2.7 million euros |
Share-based payment arrangement |
Gross variable remuneration benchmark threshold | € 1.7
Minimum | Deferred multiyear objectives variable remuneration plan seventh cycle |
Share-based payment arrangement |
Deferral period | 4 years
Minimum | Deferred variable compensation plan linked to multiannual objectives |
Share-based payment arrangement |
Deferral period | 3 years
Minimum | Deferred multiyear objectives variable remuneration plan first cycle | Senior managers, country heads, other executives and identified staff with total variable remuneration specified amount |
Share-based payment arrangement |
Gross variable remuneration benchmark threshold | € 1.7
Minimum | Deferred Conditional Variable Remuneration Plan Twelfth Cycle 2023 | Beneficiaries with target total variable remuneration between 1.7 and 2.7 million euros |
Share-based payment arrangement |
Gross variable remuneration benchmark threshold | € 1.7
Minimum | Deferred Multiyear Objectives Variable Remuneration Plan Eighth Cycle |
Share-based payment arrangement |
Deferral period | 4 years
Minimum | Deferred Conditional Variable Remuneration Plan Fourteenth Cycle 2024 | Beneficiaries with target total variable remuneration between 1.7 and 2.7 million euros |
Share-based payment arrangement |
Gross variable remuneration benchmark threshold | € 1.7
Minimum | Deferred Multiyear Objectives Variable Remuneration Plan Ninth Cycle |
Share-based payment arrangement |
Deferral period | 4 years
Minimum | Deferred Multiyear Objectives Variable Remuneration Plan Tenth Cycle |
Share-based payment arrangement |
Deferral period | 4 years
Maximum | Deferred conditional variable remuneration plan fifth, seventh, eighth, ninth, tenth, and eleventh cycles |
Share-based payment arrangement |
Deferral period | 5 years
Maximum | Deferred conditional variable remuneration plan twelfth cycle |
Share-based payment arrangement |
Deferral period | 5 years
Maximum | Deferred conditional variable remuneration plan twelfth cycle | Beneficiaries with target total variable remuneration between 1.7 and 2.7 million euros |
Share-based payment arrangement |
Gross variable remuneration benchmark threshold | € 2.7
Maximum | Deferred conditional variable remuneration plan fifth cycle | Senior managers, country heads, other executives and identified staff with total variable remuneration specified amount |
Share-based payment arrangement |
Gross variable remuneration benchmark threshold | 2.6
Maximum | Deferred conditional variable remuneration plan seventh, eighth, ninth, tenth and eleventh cycles | Beneficiaries with target total variable remuneration between 1.7 and 2.7 million euros |
Share-based payment arrangement |
Gross variable remuneration benchmark threshold | € 2.7
Maximum | Deferred multiyear objectives variable remuneration plan seventh cycle |
Share-based payment arrangement |
Deferral period | 5 years
Maximum | Deferred variable compensation plan linked to multiannual objectives |
Share-based payment arrangement |
Deferral period | 5 years
Maximum | Deferred multiyear objectives variable remuneration plan first cycle | Senior managers, country heads, other executives and identified staff with total variable remuneration specified amount |
Share-based payment arrangement |
Gross variable remuneration benchmark threshold | € 2.7
Maximum | Deferred Conditional Variable Remuneration Plan Twelfth Cycle 2023 | Beneficiaries with target total variable remuneration between 1.7 and 2.7 million euros |
Share-based payment arrangement |
Gross variable remuneration benchmark threshold | € 2.7
Maximum | Deferred Multiyear Objectives Variable Remuneration Plan Eighth Cycle |
Share-based payment arrangement |
Deferral period | 5 years
Maximum | Deferred Conditional Variable Remuneration Plan Fourteenth Cycle 2024 | Beneficiaries with target total variable remuneration between 1.7 and 2.7 million euros |
Share-based payment arrangement |
Gross variable remuneration benchmark threshold | € 2.7
Maximum | Deferred Multiyear Objectives Variable Remuneration Plan Ninth Cycle |
Share-based payment arrangement |
Deferral period | 5 years
Maximum | Deferred Multiyear Objectives Variable Remuneration Plan Tenth Cycle |
Share-based payment arrangement |
Deferral period | 5 years

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