Spain · Credit institution
Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria S.A
Legal name in the LEI recordBANCO BILBAO VIZCAYA ARGENTARIA SOCIEDAD ANONIMA
Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A. (BBVA) is a Spanish public limited company (sociedad anónima) with its registered office in Bilbao. Its shares trade on the Spanish continuous market and in London and Mexico, and its American Depositary Shares are listed in New York. It is the parent of the BBVA Group, which provides retail, business, corporate and investment banking in Spain, Mexico, Türkiye and South America. It was formed by the 1999 merger of BBV and Argentaria. Its October 2025 takeover offer for Banco Sabadell lapsed because acceptances fell below the minimum threshold.
Licences and registrations
Held by Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria Sociedad Anonima (LEI K8MS7FD7N5Z2WQ51AZ71). The ESMA interim MiCA register lists this LEI as a crypto-asset service provider. No other register entry is matched to it.
- Licences belong to the legal entity, not to a BIC.
- Each licence applies in the country of the regulator that granted it.
- Registers are tracked in 37 countries. Licences granted elsewhere are not recorded here.
- The register entries and their trading names were not matched against sanctions lists. The sanctions facts on this page cover the BIC and its LEI only.
ESMA interim MiCA register
The entry that gives this LEI as the registration number
| Name on the register | Jurisdiction | Registration number |
|---|---|---|
| Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria S.A. | Spain | K8MS7FD7N5Z2WQ51AZ71 |
Regulatory status
ECB banking supervision
List of supervised entities as of 2026-07-01
- Classification
- Significant institution
- Supervisor
- European Central Bank (direct supervision)
- Listed as
- Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A.
- Entity type
- Credit institution
- Supervisory group
- Heads its own group
- Why significant
- Size (Total assets EUR 500-1,000 bn)
European registers
ECB · monetary financial institutions
List as at 2026-09-25
- Category
- Credit institution
- Minimum reserves
- Subject to minimum reserves
- Listed as
- Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A.
- RIAD code
- ES0182
ESMA · MiFID II register
Register as at 2026-09-28
| Entry | Competent authority | Authorised | Services or instruments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Investment services (MiFID II) | Comisión Nacional del Mercado de Valores (CNMV) | 1988-10-01 | A1 A2 A3 A4 A5 A6 A7 A8 A9 B1 B2 B3 B4 B5 B6 B7 |
Service codes follow MiFID II Annex I: A for investment services, B for ancillary services. Hover a code for its meaning.
Entries are matched on the LEI. Each register is quoted as its publisher lists it.
Swift network
Swift’s ISO 9362 BIC directory
- BIC
- BBVAESMMXXX head office
- Connection to Swift
- Connected to SwiftThis BIC is registered as a live address on the Swift network. The institution sends and receives Swift messages under BBVAESMM directly.
- Swift GPI
- Live member
- Payment schemes and systems
- SCT · SCT Inst · SDD Core · SDD B2B · OCT Inst · VOP · T2 · TIPS
- Branch codes
- 13 branch codes
- BIC first registered
- 2000-06-03
- Last updated
- 2026-09-22
Overview
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
Ownership
Publicly listed
Tickers BBVA · BBVA
Institution type
Universal bank
Trades as BBVA
- Standing
- On 9 July 2026 the Audiencia Nacional opened trial proceedings against the bank as a legal entity in the Cenyt (Villarejo) case. The bank states that no criminal liability arises for it from the facts under investigation.
- Ownership
- BBVA is widely held: at 30 June 2026 it had 655,706 shareholders, with institutional investors holding 68.0% of the capital and retail shareholders 32.0%.
- Major shareholder
- BlackRock, Inc. 7.158%
- Stock listings
- Bolsas y Mercados Españoles (Spanish continuous market) BBVA
New York Stock Exchange (ADS) BBVA - Head office
- Plaza de San Nicolás, 4, 48005 Bilbao, Spain
- Company register
- Company Registry of Bilbao, Volume 2083, Book 1545, Section 3, Folio 1, Sheet 14741 (tax ID A-48265169); Banco de España bank code 0182
- Name in the local language
- Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A.
- Former name
- Banco Bilbao Vizcaya, S.A.
Business lines
The group's business areas are Spain, Mexico, Türkiye, South America and Rest of Business. Rest of Business covers corporate and investment banking in the United States, Europe and Asia, and digital banks in Italy and Germany.
Online
- Websites & references
- bbva.com ↗
shareholdersandinvestors.bbva.com ↗ investor relations (English)
accionistaseinversores.bbva.com ↗ investor relations (Spanish)
bbva.es ↗ retail banking site, Spain
bbvacib.com ↗ corporate and investment banking site
Wikidata Q806189 ↗ - Official social accounts
- LinkedIn ↗ · X ↗ · Facebook ↗ · Instagram ↗ · YouTube ↗ · Snapchat ↗
Sources · 17 pages consulted
- bbva.com/en/legal-notice/
- shareholdersandinvestors.bbva.com/corporate-governance-and-remuneration-policy/board-of-directors/
- shareholdersandinvestors.bbva.com/financials/financial-data/
- shareholdersandinvestors.bbva.com/the-share/capital-stock/
- bbva.com/
- bbva.com/en/economy-and-finance/bbva-renews-its-leadership-team-to-drive-transformation-in-this-ne
- bbva.com/en/biography/gonzalo-rodriguez/
- bbva.com/en/economy-and-finance/earnings-2q2026/
- shareholdersandinvestors.bbva.com/bbva-group/bbva-in-brief/
- bbvacib.com/solutions/corporate-transaction-banking/ifi-international-financial-institutions/
- merca2.es/2026/07/10/audiencia-nacional-juicio-bbva-villarejo-2414743/
- theobjective.com/economia/2026-07-31/bbva-provisionar-180-millones-multa-villarejo/
- capitalmadrid.com/2026/3/18/71391/caso-fg-bbva-villarejo-la-fiscalia-pide-173-anos-de-carcel-para-francisco
- eldiario.es/economia/bbva-fracasa-opa-banco-sabadell-no-llegar-30-capital_1_12682412.html
- infobae.com/espana/2025/10/18/los-accionistas-de-bbva-y-banco-sabadell-son-los-grandes-beneficiados-d
- eleconomista.es/legal/noticias/12643472/01/24/la-audiencia-nacional-confirma-la-multa-de-6-millones-a-bbv
- eleconomista.es/mercados-cotizaciones/noticias/13890376/04/26/blackrock-tiene-participaciones-por-valor-d
Leadership
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- Chief executive
- Onur Genç Chief Executive Officer
- Chair
-
Carlos Torres Vila
Chair (executive director)
- Chief financial officer
-
Gonzalo Rodríguez
Global Head of Finance (CFO), subject to regulatory authorisation
- Executive
- José Miguel Andrés Torrecillas Deputy Chair (independent director)
- Executive
- Raúl Galamba de Oliveira Lead Director (independent)
Supervisors & regulators
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- European Union
- European Central Bank (Single Supervisory Mechanism) Prudential supervisor
- Spain
- Banco de España (Bank of Spain) Central bankPrudential supervisorConductResolution
- Spain
- Executive Service of the Commission for the Prevention of Money Laundering and Monetary Offences (Sepblac) AML supervisor
- Spain
- Comisión Nacional del Mercado de Valores (CNMV) SecuritiesConduct
- European Union
- Single Resolution Board Resolution
Recent events 3 enforcement or investigation items
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
-
Leadership
The bank named Gonzalo Rodríguez to succeed Luisa Gómez Bravo as CFO from 1 September 2026, subject to regulatory authorisation.
bbva.com ↗ -
Investigation
The Audiencia Nacional opened trial against the bank as a legal entity for bribery and disclosure of secrets in the Cenyt (Villarejo) case.
merca2.es ↗ -
Investigation
The Anti-Corruption Prosecutor sought fines against the bank of EUR 9 million for bribery and EUR 172.8 million for disclosure of secrets.
capitalmadrid.com ↗ -
Merger / acquisition
The CNMV reported that the bank's takeover offer for Banco Sabadell had failed, with acceptances of about 25.5% against a 30% minimum.
eldiario.es ↗ -
Enforcement
The Audiencia Nacional upheld Bank of Spain fines totalling EUR 6 million for breaches of the Code of Good Practice for mortgage debtors.
eleconomista.es ↗
Compliance-relevant events of the last three years, newest first: fines and enforcement, investigations, incidents, leadership changes, mergers and licence changes. Each links to its source.
Identifiers
Head-office record
- BIC
- BBVAESMMXXX
- How the BIC breaks down
- BBVABank
- ESCountry · Spain
- MMLocation
- XXXBranch · head office
- Branch description
- FOR ALL REMAINING UNLISTED BRANCHES
- LEI
- K8MS7FD7N5Z2WQ51AZ71
- LEI record
- View on GLEIF ↗
- How the LEI was matched
- BIC: Mapped to this BIC in the Swift and GLEIF BIC-to-LEI relationship file.
- National bank code
- Código de entidad (NRBE) 0182
Profile
- Type
- Credit institutionListed as a credit institution, or a branch of one, on the ECB’s list of supervised entities, or named as a bank on the Financial Stability Board’s G-SIB list, directly or as a G-SIB’s main operating bank. These are the only bank lists the directory tracks so far.
- Regulation
- Prudentially supervised (ECB list)Prudentially supervised, according to the ECB list of supervised entities (as at 2026-07-01). This is banking supervision, not a licence on a tracked register.
- Register licences
- None matched by LEI in the 22 tracked registersThe tracked registers cover payment, e-money, crypto and money-service firms in 37 countries. Bank licences from national supervisors are not tracked.
- Country · region
- Spain · Europe & Central Asia
- Banking supervision
- Significant · supervised by the ECB as of 2026-07-01
- Trading venues (MIC)
- Operates MIC BBVA list of 2026-09-17
- OFAC sanctions
- No listing cites this BIC
- EU sanctions
- No listing matched this BIC or its LEI
- Country sanctions
- No country programme
- Founded
- 1999
Types come from Swift’s BIC classification, the licences on the 22 tracked registers, and the ECB and FSB bank lists. Most banks outside the euro area appear as financial institutions, because their supervisors’ registers are not tracked yet.
Ownership and group
GLEIF relationship records
The Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria Sociedad Anonima group has 38 institutions in the directory, in 28 countries: 37 hold a BIC and 1 does not.
Including Garantibank International N.V. Niederlassung Dusseldorf, BBVA Instituicao Financeira de Credito S.A, Bbva Merchant Solutions E.p., S.l., Garantibank International N.V., BBVA Mexico, S.A. Institucion de Banca Multiple.
See the Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria Sociedad Anonima group →Group membership follows the accounting-consolidation relationships reported to GLEIF. It does not show ownership shares or control.
Addresses
- Registered address
- PZ DE SAN NICOLAS 4 BILBAO 48005 SPAIN
- Operational address
- PZ DE SAN NICOLAS 4 BILBAO 48005 BILBAO SPAIN
ISO 20022 identification
As an agent in a Swift cross-border payment message (CBPR+)
A CBPR+ message identifies this institution by its BIC, and may add its LEI or a clearing code. CBPR+ does not allow a name and postal address next to a BIC.
- Identified by
- BIC, with its LEI
- Roles in CBPR+
- Any agent, including the instructing and instructed agents
CBPR+
For cross-border payments on Swift: the BIC, with the LEI and clearing code where known
<FinInstnId>
<BICFI>BBVAESMMXXX</BICFI>
<LEI>K8MS7FD7N5Z2WQ51AZ71</LEI>
</FinInstnId>Full record
Every ISO 20022 element the directory holds. Base ISO 20022 allows them together. CBPR+ does not allow a name and address next to a BIC
<FinInstnId>
<BICFI>BBVAESMMXXX</BICFI>
<LEI>K8MS7FD7N5Z2WQ51AZ71</LEI>
<Nm>BANCO BILBAO VIZCAYA ARGENTARIA S.A</Nm>
<PstlAdr>
<TwnNm>BILBAO</TwnNm>
<Ctry>ES</Ctry>
<AdrLine>PZ DE SAN NICOLAS 4 BILBAO 48005</AdrLine>
</PstlAdr>
</FinInstnId>The BIC, name and address are as published in Swift’s BIC directory. The LEI comes from the Swift and GLEIF BIC-to-LEI file. Check them against your own records before use.
Payment schemes and systems
EPC registers of 2026-09-11 · ECB T2 list of 2026-07-02 · ECB TIPS list of 2026-09-01 · SIX Bank Master valid on 2026-09-28
| Scheme or system | Since | Registered with | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| SEPA Credit TransferISO 20022 messages | 2008-01-28 | Head office | — |
| SEPA Instant Credit TransferISO 20022 messages | 2017-11-21 | Head office | — |
| SEPA Direct Debit CoreISO 20022 messages | 2010-06-07 | Head office | — |
| SEPA Direct Debit Business-to-BusinessISO 20022 messages | 2011-11-07 | Head office | — |
| One-Leg Out Instant Credit TransferISO 20022 messages for the euro leg | 2024-11-04 | Head office | — |
| Verification of Payee | 2025-09-30 | Head office | — |
| T2 (Eurosystem real-time gross settlement)ISO 20022 messages | — | Head office | — |
| TIPS (TARGET Instant Payment Settlement)ISO 20022 messages | — | Head office | — |
SEPA dates are when the institution became ready for the scheme. The T2 list names direct participants only and gives no joining date. TIPS entries have no joining date.
An institution missing from T2 may still be reachable through an indirect participant. The ECB’s TIPS list does not separate participants from reachable parties. It includes institutions reachable in Swedish kronor as well as in euro.
“ISO 20022 messages” marks a scheme or system whose rulebook or operator specifies ISO 20022 for messages between participants.
Market identifiers
One trading venue or reporting service run under this LEI list of 2026-09-17
| MIC | Market | Kind | Category |
|---|---|---|---|
| BBVA | BANCO BILBAO VIZCAYA ARGENTARIA S.ABBVA | Operating MIC | Systematic internaliser |
National bank codes
Código de entidad (NRBE) · Spain
1 code file of 2026-09-24
| Code | Routes to BIC | Name in the national file | City |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0182 | BBVAESMMXXX | BANCO BILBAO VIZCAYA ARGENTARIA, S.A. | BILBAO |
Each code shows the name in the national file. Smaller banks often route through a central institution’s BIC. A code can therefore belong to a different bank than the one on this page.
Network
Branches and correspondent banking
All 13 branch BICs connect to the head office, spread across 2 cities. Largest: Madrid (7), Bilbao (5). 3 other banks publish 3 accounts held with this bank.
All 13 branch BICs connect to the head office. Most were registered in 2017–2020 (5 BICs) and 2013–2016 (4). 3 other banks publish 3 accounts held with this bank.
- Own offices
- Respondent banks: they hold accounts here
Hover over a branch, account or group to see its details
Respondent banks
From the correspondent lists other banks publish
3 other banks publish 3 accounts held with this bank.
| Currency | Respondent bank | Held at | Account | Purpose | Published in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EUR | BBVA Mexico, S.A. Institucion de Banca Multiple Mexico | BBVAESMM | — | incoming international transfers | bbva.mx ↗ dated 28 Sep 2026 |
| EUR | Scotiabank Inverlat, S.A. Institucion de Banca Multiple Mexico | BBVAESMM | — | Inbound EUR payments (intermediary bank) | scotiabank.com.mx ↗ dated Sep 2026 |
| EUR | State Bank of India India | BBVAESMM | 01820061770080107287 | — | sbi.bank.in ↗ |
Each row is an account the respondent bank lists as held with this bank, as published. Only banks that publish their correspondent accounts, and that Elucidate has researched, can appear, so the list is not complete. Confirm settlement instructions with either bank before relying on them.
Branch codes
| BIC | Branch | City | Address | LEI | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BBVAESMM062 | VALORES-0062 | Madrid | C/ SAUCEDA 28 MADRID 28050 MADRID SPAIN | — | 2026-09-22 |
| BBVAESMM101 | ONE BANK | Bilbao | PZ DE SAN NICOLAS 4 BILBAO 48005 BILBAO SPAIN | — | 2026-09-22 |
| BBVAESMMBA2 | BANCO AGENTE - BIC PARA IBERCLEAR | Bilbao | PZ DE SAN NICOLAS 4 BILBAO 48005 BILBAO SPAIN | — | 2026-09-22 |
| BBVAESMMBAG | BANCO AGENTE | Madrid | CLARA DEL REY 26 MADRID 28002 MADRID SPAIN | — | 2026-09-22 |
| BBVAESMMBOL | INTERNAL MESSAGING | Madrid | MADRID MADRID SPAIN | — | 2026-09-22 |
| BBVAESMMCBF | NSCV LMP | Madrid | C/ SAUCEDA 28 MADRID 28050 MADRID SPAIN | — | 2026-09-22 |
| BBVAESMMCFI | FIX INCOME | — | PZ DE SAN NICOLAS 4 BILBAO 48005 | — | 2026-09-22 |
| BBVAESMMCMP | CLIENTE MULTIPAIS | Madrid | MADRID MADRID SPAIN | — | 2026-09-22 |
| BBVAESMMFXD | TREASURY DEPARTMENT | Madrid | CALLE SAUCEDA 28 MADRID 28050 MADRID SPAIN | — | 2026-09-22 |
| BBVAESMMHYD | EQUITY EXECUTION | Bilbao | PZ DE SAN NICOLAS 4 BILBAO 48005 BILBAO SPAIN | — | 2026-09-22 |
| BBVAESMMRE1 | CORPORATE CASH MANAGEMENT. BANK RELAY | Bilbao | PZ DE SAN NICOLAS 4 BILBAO 48005 BILBAO SPAIN | — | 2026-09-22 |
| BBVAESMMREL | — | Madrid | MADRID MADRID SPAIN | — | 2026-09-22 |
| BBVAESMMSPV | NEW STRUCTURED NOTES TOOL (PRIMARY MARKET) | Bilbao | PZ DE SAN NICOLAS 4 BILBAO 48005 BILBAO SPAIN | — | 2026-09-22 |
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Sources & method
Every value comes from a public source, such as Swift’s ISO 9362 BIC directory, GLEIF or the OFAC and EU sanctions lists. Most sources are matched on a BIC or an LEI, not on a name.
Swift GPI membership is matched on names and is indicative. A missing sanctions match does not mean that no listing applies. Always screen against the official lists.
Register entries are not screened against sanctions lists. The sanctions facts on this page cover the BIC and its LEI only.
An institution is one entry in the directory: a BIC8 in Swift’s directory, or a firm on a tracked register that holds no BIC. Licences held by an institution with a BIC are shown on its page.
Read the methodology →Credits for this page
- Payment schemes and systems—Source: European Payments Council (EPC) Registers of Participants; matched to BICs by Elucidate. Source: European Central Bank, List of T2 participants. Source: European Central Bank, List of TIPS participants and reachable parties.
- Banking supervision—Source: European Central Bank, list of supervised entities.
- Wikidata—CC0, matched on the BIC or LEI recorded in Wikidata. It is community-edited, so check key facts.
- National bank codes—Spain (Source: Banco de España).
- ESMA interim MiCA register—European Securities and Markets Authority; entries whose registration number is this LEI, matched by LEI.
- Ownership and group—GLEIF Level 2 relationship records (accounting consolidation), matched by LEI.
- Overview, leadership, regulators and events—researched per institution by an AI model with web search, from the institution's own website and reports, regulators, company registers and news. Figures, people and events link to their source, and each card shows the research date. AI research can be wrong or out of date, so check key facts at the source.
- European registers—Source: European Central Bank (ECB), list of monetary financial institutions and list of institutions subject to minimum reserves. Source: European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), MiFID II/MiFIR register (investment firms, trading venues, systematic internalisers, data reporting services providers). Matched on LEI by Elucidate.
- Images—logos and photos from Wikimedia Commons (credited with their author and licence) or from the institution's own website, where Wikimedia has none. Elucidate keeps a copy of each; the links lead to the source and the original image. Logo: Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A. · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · original; Carlos Torres Vila: Manuel Casamayón · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons · original; Gonzalo Rodríguez: bbva.com (official website) · original.
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