The key for a financial institution to survive in such a rapidly changing environment is to abide by ethics, according to BBVA Executive Director José Manuel Gónzalez-Páramo. In a conference on Companies and Public Goods held by the University of Navarra’s Entrerprise and Humanism Institute, José Manuel González-Páramo emphasized that “ethics is the keystone of the banking sector”.

“It is basically a train travelling within an airless vacuum tube. No air means no resistance and a highly efficient system,” explains Ángel Benedicto, one of the five students of the Polytechnic University of Valencia that won the first prize in the category of General Design and also winners in the Propulsion/Compression Subsystem Technical Excellence, organized by SpaceX, the US aerospace company, and the University of Texas A&M.

London, Hong-Kong, Phoenix, San Francisco and Santiago de Chile are (in that order) the cities chosen for the third BBVA-El Celler de Can Roca Tour: a trip around the world. For 5 weeks, the Roca brothers and 40 members of staff from their restaurant will embark on a journey that will take them from Europe to the Asian continent and then across the Pacific to the U.S., then down the continent to the Chilean capital.

Less than a week before it begins, the Mobile World Congress (MWC), the telecommunications congress that has become the main global technology event, has already caused rivers of ink to flow. The possible innovations that will be presented by smartphone manufacturers are combined with an agenda of presentations by personalities from a wide variety of industries and interests.

On February 1st it became mandatory to provide an IBAN when ordering a money transfer between private customers, in addition to the destination account’s 20-digit code - or XML* bank account code, for companies - that was exclusively required up until now.

Nineteen candidates will compete in the first round of the presidential elections in Peru on April 10, which reflects the multiparty nature of the Peruvian political system. Who are the favorites?

• Francisco González: “With this official opening, we stand by our long-term commitment to Mexico, because we believe in this great country, in the Mexican people and in their future”

• Enrique Peña Nieto: “I would like to acknowledge both the work and the commitment that an institution as important on a global scale as BBVA Bancomer is undertaking and showing in our country”

• The building's construction is one of the pivotal milestones of the $3.5 billion investment plan that BBVA Bancomer announced in 2013.

• At 234 meters, the 50-story skyscraper is now the tallest building in Mexico’s capital

• From the new headquarters, the company will continue to drive the implementation of a new work model, based on innovation and digital banking

BBVA Executive chairman Francisco González and Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto unveiled yesterday BBVA Bancomer’s new headquarters, in the heart of the Mexico City’s Paseo de la Reforma. The event included a fireworks show that could be seen from all across the city. The BBVA Bancomer Tower now stands as the tallest building in the city, and has claimed its spot as one of its architectural landmarks.

Drones are conquering the skies thanks to interest from investors, their appeal to consumers, market possibilities and favorable regulation

What can we expect from 2016 in terms of new banking regulations? The report entitled Financial Regulation Outlook from BBVA Research looks at 10 new regulatory developments that will impact the banks.