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...BBVA also expanded through several large acquisitions in more traditional banks, including an investment in Turkey's Garanti that began in 2011, and its purchase of Compass Bancshares in the US in 2007....
...The 2014 acquisition of the digital bank Simple, by BBVA’s US arm BBVA Compass Bancshares, valued Simple at $117m. Almost $90m of goodwill impairments have since been taken against the acquired bank....
...BBVA, Spain’s second-largest bank, on Friday stepped up its push into the US by unveiling an agreed $9.6bn (€7.3bn) acquisition of Compass Bancshares, a franchise covering six states....
...M&A news on Friday was dominated by Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria as Spain’s second-largest bank announced its largest foreign takeover with a $9.6bn deal to buy Compass Bancshares of the US....
...The figures were boosted by last month’s proposed $44bn buy-out of TXU Corporation, the US energy group, and included the $9.9bn offer by Spain’s BBVA for US lender Compass Bancshares....
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