Finance

BBVA Weighs Buyback Plan This Week After Sabadell Bid Failure

A customer uses an automated teller machine (ATM) at a Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA (BBVA) bank branch in Madrid, Spain, on Monday, July 21, 2025. Spain has been the fastest-growing of the euro area’s top four economies since the end of 2021 thanks to private consumption, tourism recovery and lower energy prices.Photographer: Claudia Paparelli/Bloomberg

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By Jorge Zuloaga

December 17, 2025 at 2:45 PM UTC

BBVA SA is weighing a series of large share buybacks as it seeks to return capital to investors following its failed bid for Banco Sabadell SA.

BBVA could unveil a repurchase of about €2 billion as a first tranche, with more to follow, according to a person familiar with the matter. The bank has already been looking for an adviser to help it implement a program of that size, the person said.