BBVA Analyzing Acquisition Opportunities In The UK -CEO

Spain's Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA (BBVA) is analyzing acquisition opportunities in the U.K. and also sees potential for buys in other markets, Chief Executive Officer Angel Cano said Wednesday.

"There will be opportunities in general in the U.S., in Latin America, in the U.K. and in other European countries," Cano said on the sidelines of a banking conference here.

"We're analyzing opportunities in the U.K. and in other countries," he said in response to a question about the bank's interest in the U.K. market.

BBVA has just three branches in the U.K., but it recently made an offer to buy 318 branches put up for sale by the Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC (RBS), people familiar with the matter have said.

-By Jonathan House and Christopher Bjork, Dow Jones Newswires, +34 91 395 81 21, jonathan.house@dowjones.com

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