BBVA Compass is one of the U.S.’s 25 largest banks with 716 branch locations,[citation needed] and was previously a member of the S&P 500 Index and the Dow Jones Select Dividend Index. Ranked by its US$ 65 billion total assets, BBVA Compass Bancshares is the 34th largest bank in the United States.[1] BBVA Compass's corporate headquarters are in the Daniel Building in downtown Birmingham, the city where also all of its administrative and operational functions are located
On February 16, 2007, Compass Bancshares announced that it would be acquired by Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria(BBVA), then second largest bank in Spain. The deal was completed on September 7, 2007, when Compass Bancshares became a wholly owned subsidiary of BBVA and was renamed BBVA Compass. The transaction gave BBVA a substantial stakehold in the US banking sector and placed it among the largest financial institutions in the Sun Belt region. BBVA plans to integrate banks previously acquired in the US with the current Compass technology and management platforms.[citation needed]
On August 21, 2009, in a Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation-supervised transaction, BBVA Compass acquired the deposits and other core assets of the failed Guaranty Bank of Austin, Texas. The deal gave BBVA Compass a first-time presence in California and expanded an existing presence in Texas.[2] BBVA further expanded its regional presence with BBVA Compass Plaza, a 312,000 square foot office building in Houston, which was officially opened on 13 June 2013.[3]
In July, 2012, BBVA Compass agreed to pay $11.5 million to settle a lawsuit accusing the bank of improperly