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 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 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