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BBVA Hypocrisy Desecrates Memory of George Floyd
Carlos Torres Vila, Group Chairman of BBVA, declared that “BBVA works to help build a more inclusive and sustainable society.” Onur Genҫ, Group CEO of BBVA, stated, “BBVA’s values…[are] wrapped under the broader principle of right ethical conduct, being principled in what we do and how we do it. That is a non-negotiable must-have in everything that we all do.” BBVA USA announced in June of 2020 that the bank…
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BBVA USA’s Racist and Intolerant Beginnings
BBVA USA, then known as Central State Bank, was founded on March 2, 1964 by Schuyler A. Baker, Sr., a staunch segregationist and member of the inner-circle of Alabama Governor George Wallace, a racist and segregationist who declared, “Segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever!” Wallace and Baker were so close, that on his very first day as governor in 1963, Wallace borrowed a necktie from Baker after the Governor failed…
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BBVA and the KKK
Schuyler A. Baker, Sr., BBVA USA’s founding father, was involved in a federal highway scandal during the racist era of Governor Wallace. The federal government was upset that cronies of segregationist Governor Wallace were obtaining well-paying engineering contracts. Shockingly, the person who was hired to do the publicity on the highway projects was the Imperial Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan, Robert Shelton. An Associated Press article published in The…
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BBVA Stoked the “Same Fiery Furnace” of Segregation and Intolerance
During the Civil Rights struggles in the 1960s in the United States, racists brutally and violently attacked African-Americans. In 1963 in Birmingham, the Commissioner of Public Safety Eugene “Bull” Connor unleashed water hoses and vicious dogs on African-American children and adults. The brutality of Bull Connor’s actions are now an ugly legacy of intolerance and unfathomable conduct. And guess who supported and was an ally of Bull Connor during the…
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In 2020, BBVA Continues to Subsidize Alleged Racist Law Firm Balch & Bingham
Alleged racist law firm Balch & Bingham in Birmingham has represented BBVA for over half a century. Why? Schuyler A. Baker, Sr., the founding father of BBVA USA, a staunch segregationist and one-time close adviser to racist Alabama Governor Wallace, was a long-time partner at Balch & Bingham. BBVA USA continues to funnel million of dollars in fees to alleged racist law firm Balch & Bingham. The law firm has…
