BILBAO (dpa-AFX) - Spanish financial services firm Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A. (BBVA) reported that its second-quarter 2015 earnings, which includes corporate operations, increased 78.8% to 1.23 billion euros from last year.
At current exchange rates, net profit in the second quarter, excluding Venezuela and corporate operations, increased 57.8% to 1.08 billion euros.
If the contribution from Venezuela is added, the BBVA Group posted 1.22 billion euros in earnings in the latest-quarter, up 73.5% from the prior year.
Quarterly net interest income rose 12.4% year-over-year at constant exchange rates to 3.81 billion euros.
Copyright RTT News/dpa-AFX