BBVA in brief

BBVA is a customer-centric global financial services group founded in 1857. The Group has a solid leading position in Spain, is the largest financial institution in Mexico, and has leading franchises in South America. It is also the leading shareholder in Turkey’s Garanti BBVA and has an important investment, transactional and capital markets banking business in the U.S.

The factsheet below provides an overview of the bank’s key information, with data as per the last quarter. It is available for download in pdf format.

History of BBVA

BBVA was founded more than 160 years ago. It was born out of the merger of two major Spanish banking institutions. 1995 marked the start of an era of significant expansion for BBVA.

Investments and divestments

2021- Sale of Paraguay
2020- Bancassurence partnership with Allianz (Spain)
- Agreement to sale (USA)
2018-Sale of the stake in BBVA Chile to The Bank of Nova Scotia (Chile)
2017-Agreement with Cerberus to transfer the Real State Business (Spain)
-Acquisition of 9.95% stake in Turkiye Garanti Bankasi (Turkey)
-Sale of CNCB China)
2016- Holvi (Finland)
- Sale of CNCB's 1.12% (China)
- Sale of GarantiBank Moscow AO (Moscow)
- OpenPay (México)
2015-Sale of CIFH's stake to CNCB (China)
-Sale of CNCB's 4.9% (China)
-Catalunya Banc (Spain)
-Acquisition of an additional stake in Turkiye Garanti Bankasi (Turkey)
-Acquisition of a 29.5% stake in Atom (UK)
2014Simple (USA)
2013-Sale of Panamá
-Sale of pension business in Latam
-Sale of CNCB's 5.1% (China)
2012-Sale of Puerto Rico
-Unnim Banc (Spain)
2011-Extension of Forum SF agreement (Chile)
-Credit Uruguay (Uruguay)
2010-New extension CITIC agreement
-Turkiye Garanti Bankasi (Turkey)
2009Guaranty Bank (USA)
2008Extended CITIC agreement
2007-Compass (USA)
2006-Texas Regional Bancshares (USA)
-Forum Servicios Financieros (Chile)
-State National Bancshares (USA)
-CITIC (China)
2005-Granahorrar (Colombia)
-Hipotecaria Nacional (Mexico)
2004-Valley Bank (USA)
-Laredo (USA)
-OPA sobre Bancomer
2000Bancomer (Mexico)
1999Merger of Banco Bilbao Vizcaya and Banco Argentaria
1999-Provida (Chile)
-Consolidar (Argentina)
1998-Poncebank (Puerto Rico)
-Banco Excel (Brazil)
-Banco BHIF (Chile)
1997-Banco Provincial (Venezuela)
-B.C. Argentino (Argentina)
1996-Banco Ganadero (Colombia)
-Bancos Cremi y Oriente (Mexico)
-Banco Francés (Argentina)
1995-Banco Continental (Peru)
-Probursa (Mexico)

More information about the history of BBVA in bbva.com

BBVA was founded more than 160 years ago. It was born out of the merger of two major Spanish banking institutions. 1995 marked the start of an era of significant expansion for BBVA.

Investments and divestments

2021- Sale of Paraguay
2020- Bancassurence partnership with Allianz (Spain)
- Agreement to sale (USA)
2018-Sale of the stake in BBVA Chile to The Bank of Nova Scotia (Chile)
2017-Agreement with Cerberus to transfer the Real State Business (Spain)
-Acquisition of 9.95% stake in Turkiye Garanti Bankasi (Turkey)
-Sale of CNCB China)
2016- Holvi (Finland)
- Sale of CNCB's 1.12% (China)
- Sale of GarantiBank Moscow AO (Moscow)
- OpenPay (México)
2015-Sale of CIFH's stake to CNCB (China)
-Sale of CNCB's 4.9% (China)
-Catalunya Banc (Spain)
-Acquisition of an additional stake in Turkiye Garanti Bankasi (Turkey)
-Acquisition of a 29.5% stake in Atom (UK)
2014Simple (USA)
2013-Sale of Panamá
-Sale of pension business in Latam
-Sale of CNCB's 5.1% (China)
2012-Sale of Puerto Rico
-Unnim Banc (Spain)
2011-Extension of Forum SF agreement (Chile)
-Credit Uruguay (Uruguay)
2010-New extension CITIC agreement
-Turkiye Garanti Bankasi (Turkey)
2009Guaranty Bank (USA)
2008Extended CITIC agreement
2007-Compass (USA)
2006-Texas Regional Bancshares (USA)
-Forum Servicios Financieros (Chile)
-State National Bancshares (USA)
-CITIC (China)
2005-Granahorrar (Colombia)
-Hipotecaria Nacional (Mexico)
2004-Valley Bank (USA)
-Laredo (USA)
-OPA sobre Bancomer
2000Bancomer (Mexico)
1999Merger of Banco Bilbao Vizcaya and Banco Argentaria
1999-Provida (Chile)
-Consolidar (Argentina)
1998-Poncebank (Puerto Rico)
-Banco Excel (Brazil)
-Banco BHIF (Chile)
1997-Banco Provincial (Venezuela)
-B.C. Argentino (Argentina)
1996-Banco Ganadero (Colombia)
-Bancos Cremi y Oriente (Mexico)
-Banco Francés (Argentina)
1995-Banco Continental (Peru)
-Probursa (Mexico)

More information about the history of BBVA in bbva.com

Updated page 01 June 2021