It was a subsidiary of Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria from 2007 until 2021, when it was acquired by PNC Financial Services.

Other founding directors included Frank L. Hardy, John R. Israel, Wendell H. Taylor, and Stewart Welch.

[2] In response, Alabama's other major banks filed several court actions in an attempt to block the merger.

While this finding was being appealed, banking lobbyists were pushing for new legislation that would prevent the merged company from being able to operate in more than one county.

Another group, led by Frank Plummer, Norman Pless, and Bob Lowery, formed Alabama's first statewide holding company while Central's appeal was pending.

This group even stole Brock's intended name for Central's proposed holding company, First Alabama Bancshares, forerunner of Regions Financial Corporation.

[1] During Jones's tenure, Compass Bancshares expanded into Florida and the west with the acquisitions of banks in Arizona, Colorado, and New Mexico.

[8][9] On September 7, 2007, Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA), then second largest bank in Spain, acquired the company.

[15] In 2010, Garcia Meyer-Dohner stepped down as the bank's chairman and U.S. country manager for BBVA.

Board member Lawrence R. Uhlick was chosen to serve as BBVA Compass chairman.

[17] BBVA Compass was one of over 30 banks accused of improperly manipulating customers’ checking account transactions to generate excess overdraft fees by posting them in highest-to-lowest dollar amount instead of in chronological order.

[23][24][25] In October 2015, Money recognized BBVA USA for the best mobile banking app of the year.

Since 2014, the stadium has also hosted home games of the Houston Dash, a team in the National Women's Soccer League owned and operated by the Dynamo.