Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria S.A. (BBV) Wrap Up:

Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A. engages in the retail banking, asset management, private banking, and wholesale banking businesses worldwide. It offers banking services and consumer finance to private individuals and businesses; financial services for individuals and small businesses; cars, consumer items, and equipment financing; e-banking, bill payment, and car and equipment rental services; and investment banking services, which include project finance, real estate, acquisition finance, corporate finance, equity origination, and global trade finance for international companies. The company also provides asset management and private banking products, such as private equity funds, hedge funds, guaranteed mutual funds in equity and fixed-income, and exchange-traded funds in equity and fixed-income; and markets insurance products, including direct insurance, reinsurance, and insurance brokering services for private individuals, SMEs, retailers, professional service firms and providers, and self-employed individuals through various insurance companies. In addition, it provides fixed-income securities and equities, custodial services, fixed-income origination, and syndicated loans; and operates trading rooms in Europe and New York, as well as operates ATM and point-of-sale terminal networks. Further, the company offers savings accounts for children and young people, and various cards for family members receiving remittances from the United States, as well as public liability insurance for trips to the United States. It has a strategic alliance with the CITIC Group. The company was founded in 1988 and is based in Bilbao, Spain.