https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Spain in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Spain's second-largest bank BBVA is looking to shed 3,800 jobs, affecting 16 percent of its staff, a union said Thursday while denouncing the plans as "scandalous". https://www.thelocal.es/20210422/spains-bbva-bank-poised-to-axe-3800-jobs-and-close-530-branches Thu, 22 Apr 2021 15:52:02 +0200 spains-bbva-bank-poised-to-axe-3800-jobs-and-close-530-branches Spain's second biggest bank BBVA has been charged with corruption for alleged corporate spying involving a disgraced former police chief. https://www.thelocal.es/20190730/spanish-bank-bbva-charged-with-corruption Tue, 30 Jul 2019 15:32:16 +0200 spanish-bank-bbva-charged-with-corruption Hundreds of Chinese citizens staged a rare protest Friday at an office of Spain's BBVA bank in Madrid, angrily denouncing that their personal accounts had been frozen without prior warning. https://www.thelocal.es/20190215/bbva-accused-of-racism-after-freezing-bank-accounts-of-chinese-clients Fri, 15 Feb 2019 15:55:54 +0100 bbva-accused-of-racism-after-freezing-bank-accounts-of-chinese-clients Spain's second-largest bank BBVA is suspected of having used a disgraced former police chief to illegally tap the phones of journalists, politicians and businesspeople to push back an unwanted shareholder, according to media reports. https://www.thelocal.es/20190111/spanish-bank-bbva-accused-of-corporate-spying-reports Fri, 11 Jan 2019 17:05:13 +0100 spanish-bank-bbva-accused-of-corporate-spying-reports Spain's second-biggest bank BBVA on Wednesday said that solid revenues and a cost-cutting drive helped lift profits by more than 30 percent last year. https://www.thelocal.es/20170201/spanish-bank-bbva-sees-profits-rise-on-cost-cutting Wed, 01 Feb 2017 10:35:19 +0100 spanish-bank-bbva-sees-profits-rise-on-cost-cutting BBVA, Spain's second-largest bank by market value, will close half of its branches in Portugal and lay off a quarter of its staff in the country, a source familiar with the plan said on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.es/20141112/spains-bbva-bank-to-shut-half-its-portugal-branches Wed, 12 Nov 2014 10:19:00 +0100 spains-bbva-bank-to-shut-half-its-portugal-branches Santander, the eurozone's biggest bank by market value, said Tuesday its profits jumped by 52.1 percent in the third quarter due to higher earnings in its main markets and lower costs. https://www.thelocal.es/20141104/santander-posts-52-per-cent-jump-in-third-quarter-profit Tue, 04 Nov 2014 14:34:00 +0100 santander-posts-52-per-cent-jump-in-third-quarter-profit Spain's second-biggest bank by market value BBVA said on Wednesday its profits tripled in the third quarter despite falling over the first nine months of this year after exceptional gains in 2013. https://www.thelocal.es/20141029/spanish-bank-bbva-says-quarterly-profits-triple Wed, 29 Oct 2014 14:51:00 +0100 spanish-bank-bbva-says-quarterly-profits-triple Spain's second-biggest bank by market capitalisation, BBVA, said Wednesday its profits plunged by nearly two thirds in the first quarter but its ratio of risky assets eased. https://www.thelocal.es/20140501/spain-bank-bbva-says-profits-plunge-by-two-thirds Thu, 01 May 2014 12:52:00 +0200 spain-bank-bbva-says-profits-plunge-by-two-thirds Spaniards are among the most suspicious people in Europe with only the French getting lower marks in the trust stakes, a new study into the world view of different European countries shows. https://www.thelocal.es/20130715/untrusting-spaniards-score-high-in-suspicion-stakes Mon, 15 Jul 2013 13:38:00 +0200 untrusting-spaniards-score-high-in-suspicion-stakes BBVA, Spain's third-largest bank by assets, on Friday reported a 72.6 jump in first quarter net profits compared with the same period a year ago, boosted mainly by the divestment of non-strategic assets. https://www.thelocal.es/20130426/bbva-bucks-banking-trend Fri, 26 Apr 2013 15:27:00 +0200 bbva-bucks-banking-trend