Bankia

For other uses, see Bankia (disambiguation).
Bankia S.A.
Sociedad Anónima
Traded as BMAD: BKIA
Industry Financial services
Founded 3 December 2010 (2010-12-03)
Headquarters Madrid and Valencia, Spain
Area served
 Spain
Key people
 José Ignacio Goirigolzarri, President
Products Retail banking, corporate banking, investment banking, private banking, asset management, finance and insurance
Revenue Decrease € 3.806 billion (2015)
Profit Increase € 1.040 billion (2015)
Total assets Decrease € 206.970 billion (2015)
Owner Spanish Government (64%)
Number of employees
 13,569 (2015)
Website www.bankia.com
Bankia's operational headquarters in Puerta de Europa Tower in Madrid

Bankia (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈbaŋkja]) is a Spanish bank that was formed in December 2010, consolidating the operations of seven regional savings banks.[1] As of 2012, Bankia is the fourth largest bank of Spain with 12 million customers.[2][3] The bank is organised into six business areas: Retail Banking, Business Banking, Private Banking, Asset Management and Bancassurance, Capital Markets and Investees.[4]

Formerly a private bank, it was partially nationalized by the government of Spain in May 2012 due to the near collapse of the institution.[5][6] Bankia reports total assets of approximately €207 billion for 2015. The bank is listed on the Bolsa de Madrid and is a constituent of the IBEX 35.

History

Formation and IPO

Bankia was formed on 3 December 2010 as a result of the union of seven Spanish financial institutions, with major presence in their areas of influence. The merger of the seven savings banks, known as 'cold fusion', took only four months, with the integration contract being signed on 30 July 2010.[7] Caja Madrid, which is itself owned by the government of the Community of Madrid, holds controlling interest. The distribution of shares was as follows:

After the merger, Bankia was initially owned by a holding company Banco Financiero y de Ahorros (BFA), and the seven banks controlled BFA. The most toxic assets from the banks were transferred to BFA, which obtained 4.5 billion euros from the Spanish government rescue fund FROB in exchange for preference shares with an annual interest rate of 7.75%, maturing in 2015. In 2011 Bankia offered shares to the public in an IPO.[8][9] Investment bankers found little interest in the IPO among international institutional investors. Strategy shifted to selling the stock domestically with 98% of the initial 3.1 billion euros raised by domestic sales of shares.[10]

Shares of Bankia began trading on the Bolsa de Madrid on 20 July 2011, under the symbol BKIA, and was listed in the IBEX 35.

Insolvency and state bailout

In 2012, Bankia was the third largest lender in Spain, but the largest holder of real estate assets at 38 billion euros.[9] On 7 May 2012, Rodrigo Rato stepped down as chairman of Bankia SA in order to clear the way for a rescue plan that the Spanish government hoped would persuade international investors of the country's financial stability. José Ignacio Goirigolzarri became the new president. Concerns about the value of Bankia's assets, and the potential for further losses in the future prompted speculation that the Spanish government would inject up to 10 billion EUR of new capital into the troubled bank.[11]

On 10 May, the Spanish government said it would convert its preference shares in BFA into voting shares, giving it a controlling stake of 45% in Bankia.[9] On 25 May, trading in the shares was suspended at Bankia's request.[12]

On 25 May, it was reported that Bankia SA had negotiated a further 19 billion euro (US$23.8 billion) bailout, marking another rise in the cost of a drawn-out rescue.[13] The government had already spent 4.5 billion euros to prop up Bankia, and the entire rescue was then seen totalling some 20 billion euros.[14] The New York Times described the increasing bailout as making Spain one of the new focal points of the European sovereign-debt crisis.[15] Bankia also revised its earnings statement for 2011, stating that instead of a profit of 309 million euros, it had in fact lost 4.3 billion euros before taxes and asked for 1.4 billion fiscal credit to reduce its loss.[16][12]

In response to growing concerns, Standard & Poor downgraded its rating of Bankia's creditworthiness to "double-B-plus", making it a junk bond.[13]

Restructuring

A number of limitations were imposed as a result of having received state aid. Shareholders had to share part of the burden of the capital injection, the balance sheet had to be reduced, dividends were restricted until 2014 and the branch network (-39%) and workforce (-28%) had to be reduced.[17]

On 28 February 2014, Spain sold a 7.5% stake in Bankia for €1.3 billion, realizing a €138 million profit. The shares were sold at 1.51 euros each. The government needs a share price above 1.35 euros per share to sell its stake at a profit.[18] In September 2014, Bankia sold the final tranche of its shareholding in insurance company Mapfre. The total stake of 14.99% generated revenues of €1.25 billion and capital gains of €232 million.[19]

On 7 July 2015, Bankia paid the first dividend in its history, 1,75 cents per share. On 16 October 2015, Bankia completed the sale of City National Bank of Florida for $883 million to Banco de Crédito e Inversiones (BCI). This resulted in a net gain of €117 million.[20] At the end of 2015, Bankia had fulfilled two years ahead of schedule all the targets set by the European Commission in the BFA-Bankia Group Restructuring Plan.[21]

Controversies

IPO misleading

On 27 January 2016, the Spanish Supreme Court ordered Bankia to reimburse two small investors for misleading them during its 2011 IPO. The court said that the prospectus for its public stock offering had contained “serious inaccuracies". The bank is aware of lawsuit claims totalling €819 million, and has set aside €1.84 billion in provisions for claims.[22] On 17 February 2016, the bank announced it would fully compensate minority shareholders who participated in the IPO in exchange for returning their shares to the bank. They will receive 100% of their investment plus 1% compensatory interest per annum.[23]

Credit card misuse

There is a separate lawsuit against 66 individuals linked to misuse of the company's credit cards. Prosecutors are demanding a jail sentence of four and a half years for Rodrigo Rato (former president) and six years for Miguel Blesa (former head of Caja Madrid). Documents indicate that the personal spending by executives and directors totaled €15.25 million.[24]

Headquarters

The bank has its registered office and address of the subsidiaries in Valencia, while its operational headquarters are in Madrid. It also has a representation office in Shanghai.

References

  1. ↑ "Bankia Profile". Bankia.com. Retrieved 17 May 2012.
  2. ↑ "Spain's loss-making Bankia vows transparency". BBC News. 26 May 2012. Retrieved 26 May 2012.
  3. ↑ "Quiénes Somos" (in Spanish). Bankia.com. Retrieved 26 May 2012.
  4. ↑ S.A., Bankia. "Business areas - Who we are - Bankia". Bankia. Retrieved 2016-03-09.
  5. ↑ Christopher Bjork, Jonathan House, and Sara Schaefer Muñoz (25 May 2012). "Spain Pours Billions Into Bank". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 26 May 2012.
  6. ↑ Abiven, Katell (25 May 2012). "Spain's Bankia seeks record bailout of €19 bn". Yahoo! News. Agence France-Presse. Retrieved 26 May 2012.
  7. ↑ "Creation of the Bankia Group". Bankia. Bankia. Retrieved 9 March 2016.
  8. ↑ "Bankia's IPO Float hopes". The Economist. 30 June 2011. Retrieved 25 May 2012.
  9. 1 2 3 Charles Penty and Emma Ross-Thomas (9 May 2012). "Spain Takes Over Bankia, Readies Second Bailout After Rato Quits". Bloomberg. Retrieved 25 May 2012.
  10. ↑ Sara Schaefer Munoz, David Enrich, and Christopher Bjork (11 June 2012). "Spain's Handling of Bankia Repeats a Pattern of Denial". Wall Street Journal.
  11. ↑ "Bankia chief quits as Spain readies bailout". Reuters. 8 May 2012. Retrieved 26 May 2012.
  12. 1 2 "Bankia shares suspended amid bailout request reports". BBC News. 25 May 2012. Retrieved 25 May 2012.
  13. 1 2 Bjork, Christopher (25 May 2012). "Spain to Inject €19 Billion into Bankia, Troubled Lender Says". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 25 May 2012.
  14. ↑ "Spain's Bankia Seeking $19B in Government Aid". Fox Business. Reuters. 25 May 2012. Retrieved 25 May 2012.
  15. ↑ Minder, Raphael (25 May 2012). "Spanish Lender Seeks 19 Billion Euros; Ratings Cut on 5 Banks". The New York Times. Retrieved 25 May 2012.
  16. ↑ M. Jiménez (26 May 2012). "Las pérdidas antes de impuestos de Bankia son de 4.300 millones". El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 May 2012.
  17. ↑ S.A., Bankia. "Strategic Plan 2012-2015 - Strategic plan - Who we are - Bankia". Bankia. Retrieved 2016-02-01.
  18. ↑ "Spain makes small profit on Bankia stake sale". Reuters. 2014-02-28. Retrieved 2016-03-12.
  19. ↑ S.A., Bankia. "BFA-Bankia completes the sale of its shareholding in Mapfre with additional capital gains of €66.5 million". Bankia. Retrieved 2016-02-12.
  20. ↑ S.A., Bankia. "Bankia closes the sale of City National Bank with a net capital gain of 117 million euros - Press releases - In the news - Communication - Bankia". Bankia. Retrieved 2016-03-10.
  21. ↑ S.A., Bankia. "BFA-Bankia Year 3 Report" (PDF). Bankia. Retrieved 2016-04-01.
  22. ↑ Minder, Raphael (2016-01-27). "Spanish Supreme Court Orders Bankia to Repay 2 Investors in Its I.P.O.". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2016-02-15.
  23. ↑ S.A., Bankia. "Bankia begins returning investments to minority shareholders who acquired shares during IPO - Press releases - In the news - Communication - Bankia". Bankia. Retrieved 2016-02-17.
  24. ↑ Buck, Tobias (2016-01-14). "Spanish prosecutors demand jail sentence for Rodrigo Rato". Financial Times. ISSN 0307-1766. Retrieved 2016-02-15.

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