The money - 37 billion euros for the four nationalized banks Bankia (>> Bankia SA), Catalunya Banc, NCG Banco and Banco de Valencia (>> Banco de Valencia SA) and 2.5 billion euros for the so-called "bad bank" - should be paid to the state's banking fund FROB around December 12, it added.

Euro zone finance ministers are expected to approve the disbursement later on Monday when they meet in Brussels for their monthly meeting.

(Reporting By Jesús Aguado; Editing by Julien Toyer)

Stocks treated in this article : Bankia SA, Banco de Valencia SA