APPLYNG FOR THE LINK ACCOUNT IS EASY:

 click here but please read the important information below!

The Spanish Link Account (“The Link’ Account”) is an account established with Banco Bilbao Vizcaya  Argentaria, S.A (“BBVA”), through any of our London branches for customers of BBVA’s branch network in Spain who wish to move funds from the UK to Spain from time to time

The ‘Link’ Account helps you to be in control of your international money transfers from the comfort of your own home. With the ‘Link’ Account you can easily transfer funds via the internet to your account with BBVA in Spain to meet your mortgage payments, payment of direct debits, payment of utilities, etc...

            MAIN FEATURES

Competitive Transfer Fees

Transfers of €12,500 or less from your Spanish Link Account via the web at www.bbvanet.co.uk are £10.00

Transfers of €12,500 or less from your Spanish Link Account by post, telephone, fax or email instruction are £15.00

Transfers of more than €12,500 are subject to our standard tariff*

Competitive Exchange Rates

            Preferential Exchange Rate for transfers of £25,000 or more

            Free Account

Your Spanish Link Account is free of opening and monthly account maintenance charges provided you maintain an average minimum monthly balance of £1,000**

            Bilingual Account Managers

            Simplicity and Comfort

You can make payments in euros via www.bbvanet.co.uk to your BBVA euro account in Spain. Fast, cheap and secure. You can also give payment instructions by post, fax or email

*Our standard tariff applies to transfers for over €12,500 by any means and is £1.75 per £1,000 (or the euro equivalent) transferred subject to a minimum charge of £20.00 and a maximum charge of £100.00. Additional charges may be made for transfers of €50,000 or more.

**The average monthly balance will be calculated by dividing the sum of each daily balance on the account during a relevant calendar month (or part thereof) by the total number of days falling in that calendar month (or part thereof). Please contact us for further information if required.

BBVA reserves the right to introduce new charges or to increase the above charges from time to time. We will however only do so if we have a valid reason and by notifying account-holders personally not less than 2 months before the change comes into effect. All other terms and conditions relating to the Spanish Link Account will be as per the general terms and conditions applicable to normal current accounts offered by BBVA London. Details available on request.

 BBVA is a bank with branches in the UK at the following addresses:

City Branch: 108 Cannon Street, London EC4N 6EU.  Tel: (020) 7623 3060 Fax: (020) 7648 7622. E-mail: cannon@bbvauk.com

Knightsbridge Branch: 142 Brompton Road, London SW3 1HY.Tel: (020) 7225 2415 Fax: (020) 7584 8313.E-mail:knightsb@bbvauk.com

New Covent Garden Branch: Market Towers, 1 Nine Elms Lane, London SW8 5NU. Tel (020) 7720 6751 Fax: (020) 7978 2010 E-mail: ncg@bbvauk.com

Additional taxes or charges not imposed or paid by us may apply to your Spanish Link Account.

The information provided on this website is valid until 31 December 2011 or earlier if we notify you of the change in accordance with applicable laws and regulations.

There is no minimum duration of the contract for your Spanish Link Account.The law of England and Wales  shall 

be taken by us as the basis for the establishment of relations with you prior to the opening of your Spanish Link

Account.

If you are not happy with the Spanish Link Account, you have a 14-day period in which to cancel it beginning on the date on which the account is opened. If you contact us within this period to cancel your account, we will refund any account fees and charges you may have paid. If you wish to cancel the account please tell us in writing to BBVA London, 108 Cannon Street, EC4N 6EU.

 You can take full advantage of BBVA London’s range of internet banking services enabling you to have access to your money 24 hours a day 365 days a year. For more information visit www.bbvanet.co.uk

AND ALSO: If you are not yet a customer of BBVA Spain, subject to our usual requirements, you can open an account in any of our Spanish branches via our principal London Office (108 Cannon Street, EC4N 6EU)

For information regarding your account with BBVA in Spain, please visit www.bbva.es or contact Linea BBVA on:

+34 913 747368

Click here, if you are interested in applying for the Spanish Link Account.

 BBVA is a trading name of Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A. incorporated in Spain with limited liability. Registered in England (Company No. FC014702). Authorised by the Bank of Spain and subject to limited regulation by the Financial Services Authority. Details about the extent of our regulation by the Financial Services Authority are available from us on request.

Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A. is a member of the Spanish Deposit Protection Scheme. Deposits held with our UK branch are protected by the Spanish Central Bank’s Deposit Guarantee Scheme (known as the Deposit Guarantee Scheme). Payments under the Spanish scheme are limited to the first €100,000 (one hundred thousand euro) of a customer’s total deposits held with us. Therefore, this means that each of our customers with deposits at our UK branches are protected up to a maximum of €100,000. Further information on compensation and how this would apply to our customers is available online from the Spanish Central Bank at www.fgd.es/en/index.html. For your information, we do not participate in the Financial Services Compensation Scheme in the UK for our retail deposits.