The European Commission has sent Spain a legal warning over its move to block a banking merger between BBVA and Banco ...

Ruling prevents an immediate merging of the banks even if Spain’s bigger lender succeeds in its €13bn hostile bid ...

The EU said Spanish laws granting the power to intervene in banking deals undermined the ECB and restricted the bloc’s ...

According to the EC, Spain's actions contravene European Union rules, potentially impacting the region's banking ...

The European Commission officially challenged the Spanish government on Thursday over its attempts to hinder Spanish bank ...

Spain's BBVA said on Monday it would move ahead with its hostile takeover bid for Sabadell despite the government effectively blocking it from fully merging with its smaller rival for at least three ...

BBVA, Spain's second-largest bank, and smaller rival Banco Sabadell have walked away from a planned merger after a price disagreement. The two lenders had confirmed a tie-up less than two weeks ago.

Spain's Banco Sabadell on Friday said it had called off merger talks with its bigger rival BBVA after failing to agree on the terms of a potential share exchange ratio.

MADRID, Nov 26 (Reuters) - Merger talks between Spanish lenders BBVA BBVA.MC and Banco Sabadell SABE.MC have stalled and could potentially fall apart over disagreements on the price BBVA could pay ...

Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria is pursuing merger talks with smaller peer Banco de Sabadell, seeking another shot at a tie-up that could make it Spain’s largest bank after a previous attempt ...

(Sharecast News) - Spain's second-largest lender BBVA has expressed its renewed interest in a takeover of its smaller rival Banco Sabadell. BBVA said it had told Sabadell's board of its interest ...

while their Sabadell counterparts "will receive a highly attractive premium and a 16 per cent stake in the bank resulting from the merger", it said. The takeover bid, the first hostile one in the ...