Cenyt Case
BBVA’s priority, set by the Board of Directors, is to fully cooperate with the judicial authorities in clarifying the facts. The Spanish High Court's investigation remains underway. Justice has its own deadlines and it’s important to let the courts do their work, and not make parallel judgments. In this phase of the proceedings, being declared as an investigated party does not imply that a formal accusation for any crime has been made. On the other hand, BBVA pleads that the entity bears no responsibility for the facts under investigation. In the future, BBVA will continue to act with full determination and diligence under the direct leadership of the Board of Directors, whose members have no connection whatsoever with the case. Until now, this case has not had a relevant impact on the bank’s business, on its investors or on the stock performance. Additionally, BBVA’s reputation remained stable in 2019, improved in 2020 and has remained at very similar levels in 2021.
MARCH 23, 2021
The information provided by the Police had already been made available by BBVA to the Judge and the Public Prosecutor’s Office
The report from the Spanish National Police’s Unit of Internal Affairs (UAI, in Spanish) does not provide information that had not already been made available by BBVA to the Judge and the Public Prosecutor’s Office. This, therefore, confirms the rigour and objectivity of BBVA’s investigation, as well as its full cooperation with the judicial authorities.
OCTOBER 21, 2020
BBVA welcomes the new judicial resolution
Spanish High Court’s judge Manuel García-Castellón underlines that BBVA has contributed all relevant results for the preliminary investigation, accepts the bank’s offer to make documents available, and dismisses all requests from other parties.
JULY 30, 2020
During the press conference to present 2Q20 earnings, Onur Genç said that "there are no major updates vs. what we said at the March AGM” and said that “we have repeatedly offered and made available to the judge all the documents and all the data gathered in case any further investigation is to be carried out.”
MARCH 13, 2020
“Our actions have always been in the best interest of the bank and its shareholders”
BBVA chairman Carlos Torres Vila said at the 2020 Annual General Meeting that, “in this process our actions have always been in the best interest of the bank and our shareholders”.
