In the United States, however, its NII should grow in high single digits this year, he added.

Genc also said the lender expected to maintain its guidance for cost of risk in Turkey at around 300 basis points. BBVA's first-quarter net profit fell almost 10 percent as a depreciating lira hit earnings at its Turkish unit.

(Reporting by Jesús Aguado; Writing and Editing by Andrei Khalip)