TSB names Banco Sabadell exec Marc Armengol as new CEO
Armengol will succeed Robin Bulloch, who is retiring after three years at the helm of TSB.
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Garanti BBVA International taps Worldline for instant payments solution
The cloud-based solution will ensure GBI’s compliance with the EU’s Instant Payments Regulation.
Sibos 2024: Oiling the wheels of trade with digitalisation
Digitalisation is driving sweeping changes throughout the global trade ecosystem.
October 2024: Top five fintech partnership stories of the month
FinTech Futures takes a look back at five of the top fintech partnership stories of the month.
BBVA headed for 2025 token pilot with new Visa asset platform
The bank is leveraging Visa’s new tokenised asset platform, which launched this month.
BBVA and Telefónica Tech team for cybersecurity push, launch dedicated centre in Mexico
BBVA says its goal is to be “prepared to respond to all types of attacks”.
May 2024: Top five AI stories of the month
FinTech Futures takes a look back at five of the top AI stories from May.
May 2024: Top five fintech partnership stories of the month
FinTech Futures takes a look back at five of the top fintech partnership stories of the month.
FinTech Futures: Top five news stories of the week – 24 May 2024
Our pick of the top fintech news stories this week includes JP Morgan Chase, Citi, BBVA, OpenAI and more.
BBVA partners OpenAI to deploy ChatGPT among its employees
BBVA has begun deploying 3,000 ChatGPT Enterprise licenses among its employees in Spain.
FinTech Futures: Top five news stories of the week – 17 May 2024
Our pick of the top fintech news stories this week includes BBVA, Deutsche Bank, Lemonway and more.
BBVA makes $13bn hostile takeover bid for Banco Sabadell
Banco Sabadell’s board had previously rejected an offer from BBVA claiming it significantly undervalued the company.
Video: BBVA at FinovateEurope 2024 – Open banking in the EU
Jose Luis Navarro of BBVA discusses the evolution of the open banking landscape in the EU.
Atom Bank on track for balance sheet growth following £100m equity raise
The bank’s “long-term” shareholders, BBVA, Toscafund and Infinity Investment Partners, participated in the raise.
BBVA merges its three tech subsidiaries to form BBVA Technology
The bank says the new company will have “a more strategic focus” on software development transformation.
Garanti BBVA Financial Technologies launches new venture for digital assets
The launch is Garanti BBVA Financial Technologies’ first foray into digital assets.
FinTech Futures: Top five stories of the week – 28 July 2023
Here’s our pick of five of the top news stories from the world of finance and tech this week.
Banco Santander, BBVA and CaixaBank team up to tackle fraud with FrauDfense
FrauDfense is a new company set up to enable the exchange of information between the three banks.
BBVA to hire over 2,600 technology experts in 2023
Of the amount foreseen for 2023, the bank says 1,200 professionals have already joined this year.
BBVA migrates its investment banking platform to the cloud with AWS
BBVA says the AWS platform “provides greater computing power” to make financial market-related calculations.
Colombian fintech Truora raises $15m Series A led by BBVA fund
Accel, Kaszek and Y Combinator also participated, as well as a number of angel investors.
Spanish banking giant BBVA invests $300m in Brazilian neobank Neon
“Digital is opening new ways for us to grow in very attractive markets,” says BBVA chairman.
BBVA enters open finance partnership with Italy’s Sella
The European multinationals will utilise open banking platform Fabrick.
Swift launches low-value payments service Swift Go
Payments network aims to make things easier for small businesses.
Video: fintech news pick of the week – Wise, Société Générale & BBVA
Our top pick of news from the world of finance and tech in bitesize video format, twice a week.
BBVA Switzerland launches Bitcoin trading service for private banking clients
The banking giant plans to add support for more cryptocurrencies going forward.
Video: fintech news pick of the week – Klarna, Mastercard & BBVA
Our top pick of news from the world of finance and tech in bitesize video format, twice a week.
BBVA cuts Spanish workforce by 13% to survive “tremendous competitive pressure”
The Spanish bank says digital changes and new competitors have forced its hand.
Design as a strategic superpower in banking
Design-led change is a collaborative process in which personal relations are a key driver.
BBVA deploys Google Cloud security analytics platform
Spanish bank is first in Europe to implement Google Cloud’s Chronicle
BBVA sells Holvi business lender, invests $150m in VC fund
Spanish banking giant ditches Finnish business bank, sells back to founder
BBVA shutters Simple after paying $117m for it in 2014
The bank is cutting out standalone entities which no longer make sense to operate solo.
Spanish mega-merger off the cards as BBVA and Sabadell call it quits
The two banks couldn’t agree price over a major combination.
BBVA taps Amazon and Bloomberg for cloud-based equities platform
Spanish giant launches “BBVA C-fit” for its corporate banking division.
BBVA debuts “dynamic CVV” numberless card Aqua
It features a dynamic CVV code in order to provide security for online payments.
Holvi becomes next UK casualty, exits just six months after launch
The Finnish start-up says its departure is down to both COVID-19 and Brexit.
BBVA collaborates with Fujitsu on quantum tech proof of concept
Spanish giant thinks quantum will be key to industry future.
Five Spanish banks complete blockchain POC for interbank payments
The platform has programmed more than 20,000 instant credit transfers.
BBVA joins $1.3m round for UK gig economy start-up Wollit
It’s one of the first to evolve out of BBVA’s ‘Venture Creation Partnership’ with Anthemis.
BBVA inks deal with Nok Nok Labs for FIDO authentication
Spanish giant looks to improve mobile channels.
