On April 4 the new €50 note will enter into circulation. This new note, presented on July 5, 2016 by the European Central Bank will be phased in gradually and will coexist with the preceding model, which will remain legal tender. Thus, the ECB completes another step in the rollout of the Europa series, and follows the €5, €10 and €20 notes, which have already been issued. Reinhold Gerstetter, independent banknote designer was selected to refresh the design of the notes.

Spaniards listen to 30.84% more classical music than the rest of the world on average, according to Spotify’s data published in Europa Press.

90% of the professional digital crowdlending platforms believe that collaboration with banks will increase this year, according to a survey of MytripleA.

Nearly one in five mobile phones, and one in four video game consoles, shipped internationally is fake according to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), which has issued an alert regarding the impact the increase in the trade in counterfeits in the global information and communications technology (ICT) sector has on consumers, manufacturers, and public finances.

On January 10th, BBVA launched a new tagline - Creating opportunities. It was a necessary step to reflect the changes underway at the bank - a transformation BBVA began more than 10 years ago that more than anything, benefits customers.  In just two words, this new tagline summarizes the bank’s new purpose: “To bring the age of opportunity to everyone.”

The big data business will reach €5.5 billion in Europe in 2018, a sector on which Spain’s biggest banks are betting, according to CUNEF (Colegio Universitario de Estudios Financieros).

BBVA has created the global position of Head of Data at the highest level of the organization to promote the strategic use of data in all the areas and businesses of the Group. David Puente will take on the new role, reporting directly to BBVA CEO Carlos Torres Vila.

As Laura Fernández reports on BBVA, if the gender gap were eliminated and women could participate equally in the economy, global GDP would increase by 28 trillion in 2025 – the equivalent of the U.S. and Chinese economies, according to a recent study by McKinsey Global Institute (MGI).

Nearly 200 BBVA employees, from both global and local teams, met on March 21st in Madrid for the Second Global Quarterly Planning Session. The goal of the event was to expedite the execution of the products and services the bank is developing, converting them into customer experiences. Global Executive Chairman Francisco González participated in the session, indicating that “BBVA has a unique opportunity to be one of the big ‘players" in the global financial system.