Alphavalue / Divacons | The financial institution has climbed the rankings in the UK project finance market, securing seventh place by volume mobilised (£1.36 billion) and eighth by number of transactions. According to Refinitiv data, the bank has made a significant leap forward compared to 2024, when it ranked fourteenth. During 2025, the bank managed to participate in a quarter of the financing deals in this segment in the UK…

Link Securities | According to the Romanian newspaper Ziarul Financiar, Raiffeisen Bank International is set to be the bank that will ultimately purchase BBVA’s Romanian subsidiary, which it controls through Garanti, Expansión reported yesterday. BBVA and Raiffeisen have declined to comment. Negotiations initially began with ING, although ultimately, the bank is more inclined to close the sale with Raiffeisen. The decision to sell will be made on Monday, according to…

Link Securities | BBVA (BBVA) Chairman Carlos Torres says that what sets them apart from other banks is growth and anticipates that excess capital could be distributed through an extraordinary dividend, according to the newspaper Expansión.‘The sale of the US subsidiary was the right decision and has yielded great results. It allowed us to strengthen our position in other markets and reward shareholders,’ said BBVA Chairman Carlos Torres at the…

Renta 4 | According to press reports, BBVA is considering selling its business in Romania, where ING could be the main candidate to take it over. BBVA operates in Romania through Garanti BBVA, a subsidiary of the Turkish bank Garanti BBVA, ranking among the top ten entities in the country with a market share of 2%. BBVA already attempted to sell this business in 2020, with the process at an…

Alphavalue/Divacons | The financial institution has executed 36.26% of the first tranche of its share buyback programme, which has an initial allocation of €1.5 billion out of a total of up to €3.96 billion, which began on 22 December 2025. Between 19 and 23 January 2026, the entity acquired 4.8 million shares at an average price of €20.46 per share, representing an investment of €98.7 million. Since the start of…

Alphavalue / Divacons | The EIB Group (comprising the European Investment Bank and the European Investment Fund) invested more than €714 million in two BBVA securitisation transactions, enabling the bank to mobilise around €1.3 billion to finance Spanish SMEs, mid-caps and entrepreneurs, as well as sustainable housing projects. The first is a securitisation of a consumer loan portfolio of approximately €1.1 billion in financing, enabling companies to address their liquidity…

Alphavalue / Divacons | The financial institution obtained a preliminary licence from the Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM) authority, allowing it to expand its wholesale banking services in the Middle East and strengthen its position as a strategic partner for corporate and institutional clients in the region. Eduardo Ortiz will lead operations from the new Abu Dhabi office. BBVA also informed the National Securities Market Commission (CNMV) that the monetary…