Editing Bilbao (section)

=== Banking ===
[[File:Edificio BBVA (antiguo Banco de Comercio), Bilbao, 2017-07-23, Triplecaña retouched.jpg|thumb|left|upright|Headquarters of BBVA]]
Banking became an important sector with the establishment of the Bank of Bilbao (Spanish: ''Banco de Bilbao'') in 1857 and the Bank of Biscay (Spanish: ''Banco de Vizcaya'') in 1901. These two entities merged in 1988 creating the BBV, which finally merged with Argentaria bank in 1999, creating the current multinational corporation, the [[Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria|BBVA]]. The [[savings bank]]s that were established locally, the Municipal Savings Bank of Bilbao (Spanish: ''Caja de Ahorros Municipal de Bilbao'') in 1907 and the Provincial Savings Bank of Biscay (Spanish: ''Caja de Ahorros Provincial de Vizcaya'') in 1921, would merge in 1990 to form the [[Bilbao Bizkaia Kutxa]] (BBK),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://portal.bbk.es/internet/banners/centenario/libro/index.html |title=bbk 100 años |publisher=Portal.bbk.es |access-date=10 April 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720140314/https://portal.bbk.es/internet/banners/centenario/libro/index.html |archive-date=20 July 2011  }}</ref> which would merge again in 2012 with other Basque financial entities ([[Kutxa]] and Caja Vital Kutxa) to form [[Kutxabank]]. There is also the Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Navigation of Bilbao and the Stock Exchange Market of Bilbao, founded in 1890.<ref name="periodistasvascos.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.periodistasvascos.com/imagenes/cap_6.pdf |title=Bilbao 700 – Capítulo VI |access-date=10 April 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110715064419/http://www.periodistasvascos.com/imagenes/cap_6.pdf |archive-date=15 July 2011  }}</ref>