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BBVA is a global financial group with a customer-centric vision, characterized by its pioneering commitment to digitalization, innovation, and sustainability. It currently has over more than 77.2 million active customers and over 125,916 employees. BBVAoperates in more than 25 countries worldwide, has a leading position in the Spanish market and, is the largest financial institution in Mexico and has leading franchises in South America and Turkey. BBVA also has a remarkable investment banking, transaction banking, and capital markets business, leveraged on the cross-border business among its geographies and sector-specific expertise, with specialized focus on supporting companies in their decarbonization efforts.
BBVA stands out for the strength of its financial indicators, which have allowed it to adapt to the changes and challenges in the macroeconomic environment, while maintaining its firm commitment to value creation, not only for its shareholders, but also for itscustomers, employees and society as a whole, additionally promoting inclusive development.
For yet another year, the bank stood out among comparable European peers for its unique combination of growth of its lending portfolio (14 percent yoy in constant euros), and profitability, with ROTE of 19.7 percent. In 2024 the Group added 11.4 million new customers and channeled €99 billion in sustainable business, reaching the €300-billion¹ goal one year ahead of schedule. Between January and December, BBVA posted a net attributable profit of €10.1 billion, up 25 percent. Earnings per share² saw a higher increase, 28 percent, on the back of a share buyback. Against 2024 earnings, BBVA will pay a cash dividend of €0.70 per share³, 27 percent more than in 2023, and will execute a new share buyback program for €993 million⁴. In total, BBVA will distribute €5.03 billion to its shareholders.