BBVA-Banco Bilbao Vizcaya - BBVA- Profile

Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA(BBVA). The Group's principal activities are retail banking, corporate banking and other related financial services including asset management, investment services, insurance activities, real estate and private equity. The group is organized in 5 business segments: retail banking in Spain and Portugal, wholesale and investment banking, Mexico and USA markets, South America market and corporate activities. At 31-12-2006 the Group operated a total of 7,585 branches, 3,635 in Spain and 3,950 branches in other locations and had 98,553 employees. A multi-bank holding company that offers a complete range of banking and related financial services and insurance activities