bank mergers

Will Spain no longer be able to veto bank mergers? A decade later, Brussels is targeting the law.

Economy | 20/07/2025

The Minister of Economy, Trade and Business, Carlos Cuerpo, in a file photo.

BBVA sends the updated prospectus for the Sabadell takeover bid to the CNMV.

Economy | 07/07/2025

The CNMV is overseeing the transformation of SICAVs.

Shareholders ratify the takeover of Cajasur by Kutxabank

Economy | 30/06/2025

A Kutxabank office with mortgage advertisements.

The State acknowledges that the CaixaBank-Bankia merger reduced financing for SMEs.

Economy | 29/06/2025

CaixaBank headquarters in Barcelona and Bankia in Madrid

Banking in Spain: from Bilbao's hostile takeover bid to an independent Banesto

Economy | 28/06/2025

Sánchez Asiaín on the day of his admission to the Royal Academy of Economic and Financial Sciences

Sabadell shareholders would pay more personal income tax than the cash they receive if they join BBVA's takeover bid.

Economy | 28/06/2025

Sabadell President Josep Oliu and BBVA President Carlos Torres at the entrance to the Círculo de Economía conference.

Oliu on the BBVA takeover bid: "The dance hasn't even begun yet."

Economy | 17/06/2025

Sabadell President Josep Oliu and BBVA President Carlos Torres at the entrance to the Círculo de Economía conference.

Sabadell is considering offers to sell its TSB subsidiary amid BBVA's takeover bid.

Economy | 16/06/2025

A TSB office in Newcastle / WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

Of the large EU states, Spain has the highest banking concentration.

Economy | 12/06/2025

Sabadell and BBVA offices in Barcelona.

González-Bueno (Sabadell): "BBVA's takeover bid won't go through because society doesn't want it."

Economy | 05/06/2025

The chief executive of Banc Sabadell, César González-Bueno.

BBVA-Sabadell: general interest and too much European interest

Economy | 29/05/2025

What has become of the Catalan financial system?

Misc | 24/05/2025

BBVA-CatalunyaCaixa plans to close another 53 branches this year; in the last five years, it will have closed 687.

The Economic Circle warns that the BBVA-Sabadell merger will accentuate the territorial imbalance in favor of Madrid.

Economy | 20/05/2025

Jaume Guardiola at the Círculo de Economía (Economy Circle), during the press conference on the Circle's position on the amnesty.

Analysts have raised the price BBVA should pay for Sabadell to 33%.

Business | 14/05/2025

The president of Banc Sabadell, Josep Oliu, and the president of BBVA, Carlos Torres.

BBVA's takeover bid for Sabadell is a year in the making: the price will set the tone.

Economy | 10/05/2025

Carlos Torres with President Salvador Illa at the Economic Circle Meeting

Pimec joins more than 30,000 companies against BBVA's takeover bid for Banc Sabadell.

Business | 21/03/2025

The president of Pimec, Antoni Cañete.

The great-grandparents of Banc Sabadell

Opinion | 20/03/2025

Sabadell-BBVA: Customers speak

Editorial | 16/03/2025